A group of five psychologists and graduate students in psychology met for 16 weeks in a weekly one-hour group supervision meeting. This is a summary pf the experiences with an emphasis on the authors' feminist approaches to the supervision meeting. (Author)

This study surveys practicing school psychologists (N=86) in both private and public sectors for their estimates of the time required to administer, score, and interpret the tests they regularly administer in their schools. It provides school districts and school psychologists with time estimates, which can be used to quantify the actual time…

Briefly describes the use of a newsletter to transmit information about current articles or books of interest to teachers, to provide a vehicle for explaining role of school psychologist, and to help teachers learn to bring psychological matters out in the open for discussion. (CJ)

If school psychology is to make a significant impact on educational processes in the years ahead, it must develop a theoretical base from which systematic intervention and evaluation procedures can be established. The model presented in this paper is an effort to provide one base from which such a theory could evolve. (Author)

A procedure was developed to establish control of three tarbet classroom behaviors by making point reinforcers backed up by hard goods contingent upon working behavior in both math and reading classes. Behavior frequencies experimentally established were maintained during the fading procedures in both math and reading classes. (Author)

This paper proposes a consultative model for school psychology which includes four levels of functioning: I) Direct Service to the Child; II) Indirect Service to the Child; III) Direct Service to the Teacher; and IV) Service to the School System. A distinction is made between the content and process of consultation. (Author)

This study was designed to determine if anxiety in intermediate grade school children would influence their perceptual reading pattern of word phrases. Higher anxiety scores significantly limited student perceptions among 3-, 4-, and 5-word length phrases. (Author)

This study investigated patterns of WISC performance of children with serious school learning and adjustment problems. WISC scores of mentally retarded, learning disordered, and hyperactive learning disordered children were analyzed in terms of three categories of subtests to reflect process or functional aspects of intellectual performance.…

Compares the personal channel of training and the impersonal channel of publication for recruitment to scientific theories considers both number of recruits and degree of affiliation. Examines social effects of training as seen through associates' perceptions of traits and attitudes of theorists. Analyzes correlations between perceptions and…

An analysis is presented of the reasons for the failure of clinical psychologists to provide strong supporting evidence for the utility of their diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, for the declining interest in diagnostic testing, and for the proliferation of new methods of intervention. (Author)

Author summarizes the two main aspects of the field of occupational psychology: fitting the man to the job by career counselling and guidance; and fitting the job to the man by improving work methods, layouts, conditions, etc. (LF)

The authors suggest that the directors of APA approved counseling psychology programs perceive their programs as focusing more on the personal than the vocational emphasis. If this is true, then a reappraisal of the desired preparation of counseling psychologists may be in order. (Author)

The present study offers partial support for the view that a therapist's empathy is related to the ways in which he describes his emotional experiences, and suggests ways in which further research might explore this relationship. (Author)