A study conducted at a metropolitan community center found that program planning is a pertinent variable in controlling the behavior of antisocial children. Evaluation of different activities indicated those that tended to decrease antisocial and nonsocial behavior and those that tended to increase the incidence of prosocial behavior. (Author)

Discusses the Massachusetts Adolescent Level of Functioning Scale designed for measuring the behavior of emotionally disturbed adolescents. Uses of the scale include specifying a standard intervention for any given problem indicator and measuring the outcome. The scale has broad applications for determining cost-effectiveness of programs and for…

How far should agencies go toward involving mental health clients in treatment and evaluation? The achievement of a group of clients in developing measures of self-assessment supports a call for a partnership between the professional and the consumer. (Author)