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Tesis presentada para obtener el grado de Maestro en Administración de Tecnologías de Información

After a review of Florida state and institutional data and interviews with staff at five campuses of the Florida State University System and several Florida state agencies, this report describes the history, implementation, and effects of the Talented 20 Program. The report concludes that Talented 20 Plan is, in fact, not race-neutral and is not an effective alternative to race-conscious affirmative action. Also available at: http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu

20 profoundly retarded children (4 to 12 yr.) were trained, using a variety of relaxation and tension activities designed to help them differentiate and gain control of the toileting musculature. Operant techniques were used to reinforce appropriate urination. The post-training scores of the experimental and control groups differed significantly for both accidental and appropriate urination.

Ward technicians in a state residential institution were trained to reinforce a set of “positive” behaviors with social rein-forcers (verbal and physical attention) and to extinguish selected “negative” behaviors (by not attending to them) in 15 severely retarded young Ss. Changes were statistically significant with improvement on 11 of the positive behaviors and 12 of the negative behaviors. The training value to the technicians for general ward programs was noted.