ABSTRACT
Timeout,abriefsocialisolationandtemporary suspensionofusualactivity,isadisciplinetechnique frequentlyemployedtodecreaseyoungchildren'sundesirablebehaviorinearlychildhoodsettings.Origi-
5nallydesignedasatechniqueforthemodificationof deviantbehaviorinclinicalpopulations(Wolf,Risley, &Mees,1964),timeouthasbeenembracedbymany asameansofquellinganarrayofundesirablebehaviorsinnoncompliantchildren,fromthumbsuckingto
10cryingtohittingothers(Clark,Rowbury,Baer,&Baer, 1973).
