This practicum was designed to train special education teachers and paraprofessionals at a private, special education facility in ways to identify precursor behaviors and antecedent events eliciting maladaptive behaviors in children with developmental disorders and behavior disorders. Staff were given five inservice sessions (totalling 10 hours) on child management skills and applied behavior analysis. Although analysis indicated that the inservice training was effective and staff applied their new skills in the classroom, it also indicated that staff use of behavior management approaches trailed off after several weeks and staff reverted to their former ineffective methods. The program rating scale is appended. (Contains 17 references.) (DB)