LIGHT FROM A BLACK BOX

Duration: 28 min

Creator: Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)

Color: B&W

Sound: Optical sound

Description: An overview of the use of behavior modification through reinforcement as a tool to aid in concept, academic task and social development of the severely mentally retarded child. Filmed in cooperation with Parsons Research Center, Parsons Kansas and Ferral institution, Massachusetts.