The Service Outcome Measurement Form (SOM) was the result of Service Outcome Measurement Project, and was developed and tested with the cooperation of Rehabilitation Administrators and Counselors in the state agencies of 11 states. The Project was designed to develop a method of measuring the relative difficulty of cases and to measure client…

This paper offers the classroom teacher a positive answer for the test anxious student. The writer developed a group testing strategy which is concerned with ways students learn as well as subject matter testing. This evaluation strategy used successfully in high school and college classes is based on group work principles as applied in the…

This paper reviews recent evidence on a new treatment procedure for dating anxieties and inhibitions based on real-life practice dating interactions. The procedure involves randomly pairing opposite-sexed partners (both of whom are volunteers for the treatment program) for a series of practice dates, each with a different partner. Data from five…

Psychological testing as an area has perhaps evoked more controversy and heated emotion than has any other area within the fields of psychology and counseling. Part of the reason for this has to do with the inherent complexity and difficulty of the task of assessing human abilities, emotions and achievements. But beyond this basic issue, an…

The evaluation of the traffic safety curriculum as presented to K-9 students in North Carolina focused on three areas: (1) the extent to which students acquired the information included in the curriculum, (2) the extent to which students showed a change in their actual pedestrian and bicyclist behavior, and (3) the extent to which teachers made…

Studied was the effectiveness of biofeedback techniques in reducing the hyperactive behavior of five hyperactive and four nonhyperactive children (all in elementary level learning disability classes). After 10 15-minute biofeedback training sessions over an 8-week period, Ss learned to raise their finger temperatures an average of 12.92 degrees…

The Street Academy is an alternative school specially designed for students aged 12 to 18 who cannot acclimate to the regular public school system. The purpose of the evaluation is, generally, to see if the program is serving the students for whom it was established. The evaluation is also concerned with such areas as academic skills development,…

A study involving 20 emotionally disturbed boys (9- to 11-years-old) was conducted to determine the effects of tactile and verbal reinforcement on attention to task and accuracy. Ss were given arithmetic problems to work during 16 20-minute sessions under four conditions: tactile reinforcement (intermittent touch pressure applied to Ss shoulders…

The efficacy of a self-management program emphasizing self-assessment and self-recording was investigated with a class of nine behaviorally disordered boys (10-13 years old). Following baseline and untrained self-record phases, two training phases in which Ss were reinforced for accurate self-recording were implemented. A final self-record phase…

An overcorrection procedure was developed and used to eliminate drooling and tongue thrusting in two 5-year-old speech and language impaired females (one cerebral palsied and the other with an inherited disease of the autonomic nervous system). The procedure, which involved positive reinforcement paired with a verbal warning, eliminated one…

In light of procedural problems of the social sciences, what is known about television and human behavior was reviewed. It was found that the relevant literature included over 2,300 items of great variety. From the diversity of information considered, the report focused on specific themes which they included: (1) the role of television in behavior…

A variety of psychotherapeutic methodologies has proliferated as a consequence of rapid growth in the need for mental health services. The effectiveness of many of these methods is questionable. Although each psychotherapeutic technique advances claims for its continued use based on clinical effectiveness, few offer adequate scientific evidence to…

Teachers should understand how the persuasive process employed by advertisers affects consumers' cognitive responses. They should also be aware of the purposes and techniques employed by the American consumer movement, which is attempting to augment the rights and power of buyers in relation to sellers. Since a review of the current rights of…

This study investigated the effects of delay of reinforcement on the classroom academic behaviors (rate of increase and accuracy of mathematical problem completion) by elementary students. A total of 11 fourth graders with a history of low achievement in arithmetic were divided into two groups and given timed arithmetic tests daily. Three…

One of the major studies conducted by the Consortium involved examining the inter-relationships of various aspects of teacher and student classroom functioning to determine what happens to a particular class of teacher or student behavior as the quantity and/or quality of other aspects of classroom interaction change. This examination occurred in…