The Structured Learning Therapy (SLT), a type of treatment used to assist psychiatric patients to learn skills they need for effective and satisfying living in the community, is described in this article. A description of the community-based treatment facility in which SLT may be utilized and the results of the evaluation studies are also…

A model-test-teach design and a test-teach design were used in sex education and social skills program with 20 trainable mentally retarded students (12 to 17 years old). (SBH)

This paper describes and analyzes a model demonstration project developed to train family care home operators and personal care home aides. The focus is on skills in using a social-adaptive approach on a multiplicity of levels. Conceptual material, examination of attitudes and values, and introduction of specific skills are major emphases. (Author)

A national survey of campus officers and selected professional leaders reveals that the majority of student affairs and academic officers are supportive of a developmental transcript. ACPA leaders are enthusiastic and registrars are moderately supportive. A core of support seems to exist on most types of campuses. (Author)

Two hypotheses are proposed: second language learning enhances various intellectual skills, especially those related to intellectual flexibility, dexterity, and adaptability; and second language learning can help to develop interadaptability; personal understanding. (SW)

Social skills are defined as those social behaviors, interpersonal and task-related, that produce positive consequences in the classroom. The case is made that social behaviors are currently taught informally, that some social behaviors are important prerequisites for academic success, and that these behaviors can and should be taught…

Upon attending university, students often leave behind the parents and close friends who have provided emotional support and now face large classes and grade competition. Dating is one way students can help to overcome social and emotional isolation. The author discusses some of the work with college student nondating. (Author/JEL)

This study investigated the effectiveness of teachers trained in basic interpersonal skills to change the misdirected behavior of students. It was hypothesized that the unsolicited interaction between teacher and student would so fulfill the students' need for attention that classroom misbehaviors would decrease. (Author)

The questions of the value of structure in groups and the value of experience in group leadership merge when the two areas of conflict are considered together. The present study was concerned with effects of an interpersonal growth contract and of leader experience on encounter group process and outcome. (Author)

Psychoeducation is a therapeutic approach under which the psychological practitioner's functioning is viewed not in terms of abnormality diagnoses, prescription, therapy, cure; but rather in terms of client dissatisfaction, goal-setting, skill-teaching, satisfaction or goal achievement. Content of psychoeducation is discussed in terms of general…

Examined are approaches to career awareness for handicapped children at the elementary grade level. Available from: Division on Career Development, The Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. (DB)

Describes a four-year Illinois project to identify twelve topics that can be developed into instructional modules for teaching occupational survival skills. Topics include working in an organization, understanding self/others, motivation, interpersonal relations, on-the-job communications, creativity, authority/responsibility, problem solving,…

This article presents an approach to the evaluation of the procedural techniques and/or the counseling process occurring between the counselor and client in the one-to-one interview situation. (Author)

Counseling, especially group counseling with persons who are retarded, has been found to be effective. Even if some retarded clients are not capable of insight it is a fallacy to assume that insight is a prerequisite for therapeutic change. (Author)

This study assessed 113 children in eight Head Start classrooms using both sociometric measures of acceptance and rejection and observational measures of behavior when alone, when interacting with peers, and when interacting with the teacher. Results suggested that these two measures of social isolation do not tap the same dimension. (Author/JMB)