This article was a summary of presentations from the annual International Pupil Personnel Workers Convention, Maryland, 1972. Topics included were human relations, identification of learning problems, behavior change, disruptive children, coordination of community activities and behavior modification in the schools. (JC)

A set of artifical reminders'' are developed to compensate for a profound memory deficit in a young brain damaged male. The prosthetic memory techniques are described, and his increase in functional level is documented. A report of a 15-month follow-up is included. (Author)

Behavior modification principles and procedures were integrated with a small group approach to short-term treatment of adult problems. These included child management, anxiety, marital discord, depression, and interpersonal difficulties with friends, family, and co-workers. (Author)

Sketches a theory of motivation from a phenomenological basis carrying it through the psychological experience to actual physical movement. The theory is based on the assumption that motives are not efficient but final causes and that the living being himself is the efficient cause of his actions. (Author/CJ)

The Guilles de la Tourette Syndrome, a relatively rare disorder that usually begins in childhood, is characterized by (1) body tics that progress in severity and involvement of face, neck, shoulder, and trunk musculature; (2) repetitive barking or clucking noises; (3) coprolalia, or tic-like repetitive uttering of obscenities. (Author)

Cites seven books as adequate source material, considers methods to implement behavior control, reports on several successful applications with both emotionally disturbed and physically handicapped. Extensive references. (CJ)

Technology need not be dehumanizing any more than traditional education need be, but sometimes is. The coming together of a technology and the unique individual should not be an encounter but a working together. (CK)

This article discusses the application of learning theory to the solution of human problems. The author describes five successful treated cases of study and examination anxiety. (Author/EK)

Explains a system designed to pinpoint behaviors in children that one may wish to alter and subsequently to produce behavior modifications. (AA)

The results of this study show that laboratory training facilitates constructive process change in the anxiety expression of individuals who are receiving individual personal counseling for anxiety reduction. (Author)

Teachers' responses to question: "What could your school district do for you to convince you to adopt a new, more difficult, but presumably more effective teaching procedure?" included reduction in class size, more money, clerical help, and released time. (RT)