The clients' evaluations were unrelated to their therapists' evaluations, but they were highly related to the evaluations made by independent judges. Further analyses suggested that the disagreements between clients and therapists stemmed from the therapists' inaccuracy in perceiving the clients' problem and the therapists' tendency to…

Discusses the ways to utilize existing continuing education resources for psychologists and ways to develop cooperative programs for resource development. (GB)

The characters of this study were two boys in a class for pupils with learning disabilities. After an initial assessment, which revealed that the inappropriate verbalizations occurred about twice each day, the peer-manager, contingent on each inappropriate remark, moved away from the subject to another desk explaining to the subject why he was…

This paper discusses the phenomenon of elective mutism as a learned response and presents some techniques whereby speech can be elicited from the electively mute child. (Author)

A practicing investigator cognizant of the limitations of science claims that the white psychologist cannot help but maintain the current social system since he is rewarded quite well by it for his current activities. (Author/JM)

Psychologists for Social Action showed how the American Psychological Association (APA) practices institutional racism by condoning employment practices of Lancaster Press, APA's major printer; a May 1973 postscript documents APA's continued hesitancy to influence its suppliers toward equal employment practices. (Author/JM)

Discussed is the changing role of the school psychologist in identifying the educable mentally handicapped child for special class placement in light of recent trends toward regular class placement of the mildly retarded. (DB)

This paper asks school psychologists to view themselves as others see them, namely as special educators see them function. It challenges the school psychologist to join with the special educator in establishing a team which is capable of activating a diagnostic-prescriptive instructional relationship. (Author)

The survey was conducted to determine pupil personnel supervisor interests with emphasis given to the services rendered by practicing school psychologists. Responses suggested that supervisors preferred the psychologist with post masters level training performing as a generalist within his speciality rather than as a specialist performing one or…

This article describes a program at a small college in which professionals from the medical and psychological specialties are attempting to work as a team. (Author)

Defined are the roles of the psychotherapist and the teacher in working with learning disabled children in a special school. (KW)

The more generally informed teachers were about psychological functioning of educable mentally retarded children, the more favorably they tended to rate psychological services. (Author)

This article reviews three aspects of program planning in terms of the value issues involved. These include manipulation of both antecedent and consequent events to the behavior, inclusion of the child in program planning, and teacher resistance to the program. Presented at American Psychological Association, San Francisco, 1968. (Author)