This article presents advantages gained in having parents act as behavior therapists with their problem children and explores several case studies making use of varied intervention strategies. Presented at Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, April 1970. (CJ)

Traces the events in the life of a 6-year-old emotionally disturbed boy during the ten months of his mother's deterioration and death from cancer. (WY)

This study investigated whether behavioral contagion would be observed when socially accepted and socially rejected children were exposed to an emotionally disturbed child for 3 months. (Author/BY)

While the behavioral model used did not produce any significant results, it offers the suggestion of positive change in students who consistently attended the group sessions. Further, more long term research with these methods is indicated. (CJ)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether children with perceptual learning difficulties also exhibit poor classroom adjustment. There is evidence that kindergarten children with visual perceptual difficulties are rated by their teachers as maladjusted in the classroom. (Author)

Simplified and generalized theories of noted psychologists are presented to help one develop an understanding of human behavior along with problems in applying these theories to the learner and teacher of industrial arts. (GR)

Presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association, Washington, D.C., March 21, 1967. Study supported in part by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Research supported by a Public Health Service Fellowship and based on a dissertation submitted to the University of Minnesota, March 1968. Reprints from: L.M. Anderson, St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital, Saint Paul, Minn. 55101.