[Possibilities of behavior therapy in childhood].

The author, after discussing methods of conditioning and their theoretical substantiation, describes the behavior disorders, forms of malconduct, and development disorders where methods of behavior therapy have so far been made successful use of. Possibilities of, and technical problems associated with, the treatment of nocturnal enuresis are discussed in addition to methods of treatment of autistic, electively mutistic, and stuttering children. Also discussed in this paper are methods of behavior therapy of states of anxiety, phobias, and hypermotor conditions as well as the instruction of educators in the use methods developed on the lines of behavior therapy. Behavior therapy is characterized as a form of psychotherapy which cannot replace general pedagogic influences.