This paper documents the type of functions performed by interns and the relative quantity of time devoted to each function. It also evaluates the program from the point of view of the teaching staff of the school and assesses the effects of the program on the teachers' conceptions of the optimal functions of mental health professionals. (Author)

In Colorado, expanded efforts to provide continuing education opportunities for mental health professionals are proving satisfactory in overcoming a traditional resistance. (GB)

Within the limitations of this study it has been demonstrated that: (1) the Shape-O Ball Test is a good predictor of both objective and subjective measures of academic ability; (2) objective measures of academic ability are significantly related to subjective measures of academic ability; and (3) the objective measures used in this study can be…

The present study involved four classrooms that were experimenting with the open-classroom system. Although most children were making adequate progress there were some children who consistently failed to engage in academic activities. For these youngsters, a behavior modification procedure that motivated them to partake in academic tasks was…

Psychologists and psychiatrists have brought on themselves the infallible expert status.'' It is no longer functional. It reinforces other people's poor self image, their inferiority feelings, and their guilt feelings. Instead they should practice accurate empathy, nonpossessive warmth, and genuineness.'' (The editor suggests substituting the…

A program of training for understanding other professionals, cooperating with them, and actual experience in shared effort, concern, and application is described. (Editor)

Presidential address at the American Psychological Association meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 1972. Examines some implications of diversity with regard to psychology in relation to other disciplines, as well as within psychology itself. (DM)

Arguments are given for replacing school psychologists with psychological clinics which are administratively independent of the schools." (Author/SP)

Three innovative trends in education are described as contributing most significantly to the demands for change in the school psychologist's role: an emerging behavior change technology, the applications of a systems approach in evaluation, and the increasing movement toward individualized instruction. (Author)

Student personnel services could make a more meaningful contribution to human development. (Editor/IR)

The results of the present study suggest that clinical cognitive assessment is not influenced by examiner bias as in experimental or nonclinical assessment. A bias effect was not observed as a result of the referral process. The halo effect demonstrated in previous studies was not observed in this study. (Author/BY)

Sex-role Stereotype Questionnaire of 122 bipolar items was given to clinicians. Hypotheses confirmed and possible reasons for effects of double standard of health are discussed. (Author)

Studies relating to the more popular explanations of enuresis, are discussed and research relating to each is presented. Evidence supporting, or failing to support, treatment methods is also presented. Research possibilities for the school psychologist are suggested. (Author)