Arguments are given for replacing school psychologists with psychological clinics which are administratively independent of the schools." (Author/SP)

Behavioral change is accomplished by the use of questionnaires that permit the participants to rate each other and management. (EK)

The results indicate that a procedure of desensitization can be implemented successfully in a typical public-school setting and that it would reduce significantly anxiety related to giving talks in front of class. Also revealed is that an informal and relaxed procedure that involved practice with the anxiety-related activity is equally effective.…

A researcher in psychopharmacology foresees a flood of new drugs that will make man feel happy, cause him to forget his past, and arouse his sexual desires. Man may actually have the possibility of attaining sustained happiness, or something like it, through drugs, and so must ask the question, Is happiness what I most want?" (Author)

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether instructional behavior learned during a series of simulated teaching experiences using peers as students would transfer to a setting in which real" pupils were students. (Author)

Discusses problems of professional identity, Competence, and involvement in campus activities, all with view toward effecting changes necessary to move ahead with the times. (CJ)

Three innovative trends in education are described as contributing most significantly to the demands for change in the school psychologist's role: an emerging behavior change technology, the applications of a systems approach in evaluation, and the increasing movement toward individualized instruction. (Author)

The counselor, using the activity interaction model, has become an arranger of the conditions required for learning. The establishment of such an environment assists children to fuller functioning in school and the reality of their lives outside the school. (Author)

Examined are two alternatives to the use of electric shock to control destructive or repugnant behaviors in severely retarded or schizophrenic children: continued use of noncorporal punishment, and widescale application of appropriately arranged contingencies of positive reinforcement. (KW)

Modeling with guided participation was used to modify a 6 year old boy's (S) extreme social withdrawal from peers. A model (M) demonstrated social interactions, provided S with opportunities for practice, and participated with him in other social interactions, all under optimal conditions. The frequency of S's social interactions rose…

Technicians participating in a behavior modification demonstration project with severely retarded institutionalized persons were encouraged to generalize the techniques they learned during limited daily trials to the control of resident movement behaviors in the intervals between trial periods. (KW)

Effective treatment appears to be a function of an effective helping relationship plus an effective helping program. Benefits accrue according to the presence of one or both of these relationships. (Author/CJ)

This study investigated effects of different modeling stimuli in a model reinforcement counseling setting. Results indicated no differences in effects between an all-verbal presentation and a more detailed presentation showing the activities he was describing while being verbally reinforced for his behavior. (Author)