This digest focuses on Information Process Recall (IPR), a supervision strategy developed to increase counselor awareness of covert thoughts and feelings and to deepen the therapeutic relationship between the counselor and the client. Steps in conducting IPR are given as a guideline for conducting IPR recall sessions using audio or video tapes. To…

Much research has attempted to understand the short-term effects of divorce, and it has shown overall harmful effects during childhood. The long-range implications, or effects in adulthood, have largely been ignored. This correlational study sought to understand the long-term effects of divorce by identifying interpersonal traits, intimacy, and…

Social skills instruction and appropriate individualization of instruction can help mainstreamed handicapped children become accepted by their peers. Modeling (practicing demonstrated behaviors), prompting (correcting behavior when signaled), and feedback (giving corrective guidance) are used to teach the handicapped student such important social…

Advice for students preparing for job interviews is provided in this guide. First, preliminary steps are reviewed, including ascertaining the type of job wanted, securing an appointment for an interview, researching the firm, dressing appropriately, writing a resume, being prepared to fill out job applications and to give reasons for leaving…

The investigation of developmental integration among preschool children included a descriptive study of social proximity and social integration in a university-based model program, a replication of the methods and analyses in seven community sites, and a comparative analysis of the findings. Observations of geographic proximity and social…

Cognitive social skills were assessed in 22 learning disabled (LD), 18 behavior problem, and 20 control boys in grades 7-9. Measures included an interview tapping social knowledge, self-reported behavior, generation of alternative solutions to social problems, and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised Vocabulary Scale. Sociometric…

A test battery was prepared for use in assessing the effectiveness of Head Start and similar programs in fostering young children's development. The instruments were designed to measure program effects on several dimensions of the cognitive, social-emotional, and applied strategies domains. Specific competencies measured are presumed to define in…

The effectiveness of microteaching as a method of training student teachers in human relations skills is assessed. (BRT)

The author defines sales effectiveness in terms of problem solving skills and interpoersonal awareness as well as knowledge of the product. Awareness in a communications/sales situation is discussed, and 15 characteristics are presented as the outcomes of successful awareness training. (AJ)

Nine individual prosocial child behaviors of 2-year-olds were obtained from mothers and caretakers. These behaviors were combined into a fourfold scheme which was then used to assess child prosocial behavior outside a laboratory setting. In addition, the two dispositional attributes of sociability and happiness were assessed. Observations of 28…

Adolescence is often described as a "transition" period between childhood and adulthood. Parents of adolescents are faced with the challenge of encouraging their adolescent offspring to achieve autonomy, while retaining a certain degree of responsibility for their actions. This study examined how differing parental qualities such as…

The language behavior adaptations used by individuals and groups in a multilingual insider-outsider encounter to promote interaction are discussed. Forms of letting-in, asking-in, and withholding entry devices are examined in a variety of multilingual situations involving British and Ghanaian, West Indian, and Asian interlocutors. Letting-in and…