Discusses the use of a dialectical approach to personality assessment and psychotherapy. Focusing on the concept of change, a dialectical approach would emphasize the person as process, would focus on growth, and would emphasize treatment of clients within the context of other human relationships. (BD)

A teacher may be the first person to sense a potentially suicidal student through observing changes in behavior; it is important to realize the seriousness of the situation and to seek help for the disturbed child. (JD)

An interdisciplinary Sexual Health Services unit has been established at the University of Minnesota Medical School that offers counseling and treatment programs for a wide variety of sex-related concerns and problems. One year follow-up results show positive change in a large majority of cases. (Author)

Describes group therapy techniques involving the whole family of a child with a behavior or learning difficulty. A direct question approach is used, with major responsibility for behavior change placed upon the family. The therapist's role is minimized and the influence of parent expectation on child behavior stressed. (BF)

In this article, the three stages of the Values Clarification process (prizing, choosing, and acting) are described and illustrated by strategies which can be used in the counselor's office or the classroom. (JC)

Having the preschool child as a participator, the teacher has a prime opportunity to use the behavior modification techniques of successive approximation, reinforcement, and stimulus novelty. (RC)

This study was designed to identify juvenile delinquent boys who had low social self-concepts as measured by the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) and to enhance their self-concepts through a program of photographic feedback of successful social interactions. (Editor)

Providing teachers with training in interactive behavior skills (activities) is not sufficient to change teacher behavior in the classroom unless teacher beliefs about what is important (objectives) in the classroom are also modified. (MB)

Today, the term 'behavior therapy' has no clear denotation. Those who adhere to the more delimited meanings of behavior therapy tend to disregard significant nonbehavioral therapeutic development. They also overlook convincing data demonstrating that in adult humans, conditioning is produced through cognitive mediation. Adoption of a more…

This study examined effects of social praise on attentive behavior of reinforced and nonreinforced children. Two pairs of mentally retarded preschool boys served as subjects. Results revealed that intervention procedure increased the attentive behavior of the target subjects and nonreinforced subjects also increased their attentive behavior during…

The acceptability of behavioral treatment interventions is very important. Problem severity, treatment approach, time needed for treatment implementation, treatment integrity, effectiveness of treatment, and understanding are factors influencing acceptability. A model for conceptualizing the impact of acceptability on treatment compliance,…

Intervention research should be evaluated based on treatment effectiveness, treatment integrity, social validity, and treatment acceptability. Research designs used in intervention research are examined in terms of these criteria. Examples of intervention strategies for modifying academic, social, and emotional behavior are discussed. Conclusions…

Three preschool children participated in a behavioral training program to improve their gross-motor skills. Results indicated that the program improved the 10 targeted gross-motor skills and that improvements sometimes generalized to other settings. The program did not produce changes in fine-motor skills or social behaviors. Implications are…