Implementing behavior modification programs with limited consultation time

It may be possible to reduce significantly the amount of consultation time required in applying behavior modification techniques to classroom behavior problems if modifications are made in certain procedures commonly associated with a behavioral approach, including recording frequency data, teaching behavioral principles in individual cases, establishing criteria, and continuing to work with unresponsive cases. Consultation time can also be reduced if techniques for anticipating certain difficulties in implementing behavior programs can be developed, such as establishing that alternative treatment plans are not available, using social and naturalistic reinforcers, anticipating certain predicatable variations in target behaviors, concentrating consultations during the early stages of a behavioral program, and consulting with teachers in small groups.