Two children with similar physical disabilities were paired as mentor and mentee as a strategy of teaching self-determination skills. In this case study, the mentor was a junior in high school with a physical impairment and had possessed the desired qualities of self-determination according to transition rating scales. The mentee was a fifth-grade…

The study examined the 2-year stability and validity of playroom observations of behaviors associated with hyperactivity in 48 boys who were evaluated originally as outpatients in a child psychiatry clinic, and seen again approximately 2 years later at follow-up. At both evaluations, the boys participated in two 15-minute playroom procedures: a…

This article presents a scale for the measurement of teacher-provided levels of Meaning, an interpersonal process variable similar to the characteristic called Empathy by Carl Rogers. (Author)

A multidimensional scaling technique, INDSCAL, was used to investigate the underlying structure 18 behavioral and 18 nonbehavioral clinical psychologists gave to 73 symptomatic behaviors descriptive of a wide range of psychopathology. Only limited differences between behavioral and nonbehavioral ratings in the structure that provided the…

The competency Based Training Project was designed to validate the Teaching Skills Inventory (TSI) and assess its utility as a tool for training parents to implement educational and therapeutic activities with their handicapped children. Four studies evaluated the TSI. Teachers and physical and occupational therapists were taught to rate mothers'…

Study supported largely by Contract Nonr 228(32) between the Office of Naval Research and the University of Southern California.

A procedure was devised to assess the degree of reliability and validity of a behavior rating scale checklist used to evaluate parents' training skills with handicapped infants. Reliability was tested by independent observers viewing videotapes of training sessions and filling out checklist ratings of the parents' behaviors. Validity was assessed…

DIRECT CLASSROOM AND COMMERCIAL APPROACHES TO TELEVISED FOOD DEMONSTRATIONS WERE EVALUATED BY PRE AND POST TESTS ON PAPER, AND IN THE LABORATORY. ATTITUDE RATING SCALES, AND SUBJECTIVE COMMENTS. TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENT AND EDUCATOR PARTICIPANTS IS NOT GIVEN. OBJECTIVE TEST GAIN SCORES FOR BOTH APPROACHES WERE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, BUT LAB…

THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, AND SOCIAL FAVORABILITY RATINGS OF 941 ITEMS THAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE DESCRIPTIVE OF CHANGE IN CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR. THIS POOL OF ITEMS COULD THEN BE USED FOR SCALES MEASURING THE OUTCOME OF COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH CHILDREN. THE VALIDATION AND CROSS-VALIDATION SAMPLES INCLUDED…

Behavior can be described and measured in many ways. One approach in particular provides a potential for making precise and valid cross-cultural comparisons of behavior not equaled by other techniques. This approach is one in which low-inference observation instruments called "category systems" are used to measure behaviors observed.…

A two-part instrument for evaluating education students in the practicum has been developed. Part 1 is designed to assess the student teacher's definition of instructional objectives, while Part 2 focuses on his implementation of those objectives. The student teacher is given both performance and explication ratings. Performance level is evaluated…