Presents a case study of one subject's life history, obtained from depth interviews, which reveals the process of change from involvement to noninvolvement in drug use and criminal activity. Explains how, for this subject, rehabilitation was facilitated by specific structural factors which interacted with and altered personal values. (Author/NRB)

Assessed degree of alcohol aversion in 60 alcoholics who received emetic alcohol-aversion therapy. Results revealed changes in response to alcoholic, but not to nonalcoholic, flavors, including decreased consumption in taste tests, more negative flavor ratings, overt behavioral indicants of aversion and increased tachycardiac response. (Author/NB)

Self-concepts of men and women in treatment in a therapeutic community were tested using the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS). Particularly striking are the negative self-concepts of females preparing to leave treatment in the areas of acceptance by family, self, and peers. (Author/BL)

Involuntary clients resist efforts to help them because they do not admit having a problem, they do not want to change, or they do not know how to change. Specific techniques to help these clients overcome various kinds of reluctance and resistance are discussed. (Author/BL)

Argues that evidence for radical discontinuities between underlying organizations at different stages is often equivocal and that polarization of views concerning continuities and discontinuities in development may impede understanding. Specifically discusses major reorganizations, behavioral evidence for reorganization during development,…

The constant task condition in which only trials on the target task were presented during each session led to faster response acquisition by two of four autistic children (9-10 years old) than the varied task methods in which trials for three nontarget tasks were interspersed with trials for the target task. (CL)

Provides evidence (based on observations at an environmental center) which suggests that frequent interaction with a variety of animals provides humans with a form of sensitivity awareness training such that they become more aware of communication on many levels and more finely attuned to feedback sent and received. (JN)

Investigated whether behavior modification would improve short- and long-term results of weight control programs for obese patients (N=53) with Type II diabetes. The behavior modification group lost more weight than the nutrition education or standard-care condition during the 16-week treatment, but at 16-month follow-up, weight loss differences…

Psychologists in a large institution for mentally retarded persons present their observations from a week of serving as direct care staff. They report on the effectiveness of such procedures as reducing the noise level, alleviating crowding, structuring activities, and persisting in correcting resident behavior. (CL)

Shaping behavior by reinforcing a series of successive approximations is discussed, and procedures for promoting internal shaping in children are described. Instructions are given for the "shaping game," by which parents and children can learn the techniques. (CL)

Group counseling sessions with 10 learning disabled students (9-10 years old) have focused on exploring and modifying students' self-defeating behaviors. Contents of seven sessions are briefly summarized. (CL)

A simple and effective program for the reduction or elimination of ruminative behavior in four school-aged students with multiple handicaps used a combination of peanut butter, reduced fluid consumption at meals, and fading. In each of the cases, the ruminative behavior was significantly reduced or eliminated. (Author/CL)

The paper presents the case of a sixth-grade boy, labeled dyslexic, who responded positively to a biochemical approach. Remedy of iron, zinc, and Vitamin B-6 deficiencies as well as an imbalance of fatty acids resulted in improvements in hair and skin and also in reading. A biochemical approach to behavior problems is proposed. (Author/CL)

Participants in a cognitive-behavioral treatment program for obesity were asked 6 to 10 years after treatment to describe their current use of cognitive and behavioral activities during periods of weight maintenance, loss, and gain. Respondents' cognitive and behavioral efforts increased during weight loss; decreased during times of maintenance…