Despite increased attention given to alcohol use and its negative consequences on college campuses, national data indicates that there have been only small decreases in levels of alcohol consumption for over two decades. This guide describes how one university was able to decrease heavy drinking on campus by 29.2% during a four-year period. Their…

Research suggests that the use of positive social skills with peers early on can lead to the development of positive peer relationships, acceptance, and friendships. Although many children develop these positive social skills naturally, some children do not. Children who are withdrawn as well as young children with mental retardation, autism,…

Despite abundant research relating physical attractiveness and social skill, no studies have systematically assessed the influence of social behavior on perceived attractiveness. This study experimentally investigated how exposure to positive, negative, and neutral childhood behaviors influences ratings of physical attractiveness and other social…

Reviews several studies on the relationships and interaction among elementary and secondary school students in which personality characteristics and peer group evaluation are important factors. (SF)

Day treatment for the emotionally disturbed child was the focus of this short-term summer project. Among the positive results of this program was the increased interaction of children, parents, center, and community. (CS)

This discussion of the historically dependent dispositions influencing prosocial behavior includes both a brief summary of the present state of knowledge regarding individual orientations to prosocial behavior, and a critical examination of the form that research has taken to date. (JM)

Study suggests that an important social stimulus is the sex of the child's peers. Peer sex and changes in the sex composition of dyads affect the frequency of occurrence in several categories of social behavior. (Authors/CB)

Described are instruments of a cognitive, affective and social nature which might be used for studying the social and organizational climate of schools. (CB)

Findings suggest that the child who is curious, alert, and assertive will learn more from his environment and that the child who is passive, apathetic, and withdrawn will learn less about his environment because of his diminished contact. (Authors)

Describes an innovative program of multi-age team teaching to provide individualized instruction in both academic and personality development. (AN)

Discussed the need to reach agreement on precise objectives in sex education. (Author/RK)

Presents various concepts and principles presently being used to develop social skills training methods for children from a cognitive-social learning perspective. Identifies skill deficits that may lead to later social difficulties and suggests methods to remediate each type of deficit. (AOS)

Steps for enhancing skills and motivation for solving interpersonal problems are included. In addition, reference is made to planning intervention for learning disabled students. (Author/SEW)

The effects of a simple timeout procedure on the eye gouging and head wagging behavior of a totally blind, seven-year-old child were studied. Parent and staff reports suggested that the reduction in manneristic behaviors was associated with the emergence of more acceptable and age appropriate social behavior. (SEW)

Research evidence regarding the educability of profoundly retarded persons is reviewed. Attention is focused on five areas of research: the development of motor skills, self-help skill training, social and communication behavior development, the reduction of severe maladaptive behaviors, and the impact of environmental factors on learning. (SEW)