A program of sex education for adults using behavior rehearsal techniques has been developed which focuses initially on eliminating the fear and anxiety adults experience when discussing sex. In addition, the program gives adults practice in answering questions similar to those children might ask them. (Author)

The author maintains that the skills of the counselor should be available to the teaching staff as well as to the student body. This article describes this experience in working with one particulat teacher. (Author/HMV)

The article considers the use of the Holmes Social Readjustment Rating Scale as a device for helping to assess the learning needs of adult basic education participants. (Author)

A description of a behavioral intervention using token rewards that facilitated talking with deviant adolescent boys about their feelings in group therapy and produced dramatic short-term improvement in school adjustment but ultimately failed because of lack of institutional support. Implications for behavioral treatment programs are discussed in…

Behavior analysis for changing behavior in mentally retarded and educationally handicapped children involves the classroom teacher in four tasks. (CL)

This article is a description and evaluation of a Parent-Teacher Education Center based on an education model of family counseling and family living. Evaluation results indicate that participants in the program experienced positive attitudinal changes in their adult-child relationships. (Author)

The treatment of a 10-year-old elective mute boy is reported in detail. A learning principles based approach was used in a one-to-one therapeutic setting. Relatively normal speaking patterns were established after 15 months of treatment. (Author)

Described is a psychoeducational model for developing social contract between teachers and acting out children which uses an alternative behavior to teach social competence in the classroom. (LS)

The Youth Development Project is a research-based program for delinquency prevention. The project tested three strategies for children and youth at-risk: social skills training, cooperative student team learning, and parent school liaison. Data collection and planning began in the 1983-84 school year and intervention was started in 1984-85.…

This examination of the use of aversive techniques as a form of "therapy" for people with mental handicaps includes 12 articles by specialists who argue that the use of aversive procedures is socially, ethically, legally, and scientifically untenable as well as 3 ancedotal case studies by a patient advocate and 2 personal accounts by…

People, corporations and government are all responsible for the state of the environment and for their contributions to its care. By making small but substantial decisions about the things that are done, the goods that are bought, and the laws that are passed everyone can help to ensure a world that's fit for the future. If government and…