The results of four studies conducted to measure the effectiveness of Clinical Rehabilitation Support Teams (Project CREST) are summarized. Professional counseling was provided to delinquent youths, as were regular probation services--a dual-treatment model. Studies indicate that clients in the CREST program have consistently shown decreased…

This study measured the effectiveness of a behavior modification training program with parents of hard-core delinquents. Ten parents of hard-core delinquents were assigned to an experimental group, and ten to a control group. The comparison between the pre- and post-testing showed statistically significant differences for the experimental group.…

Chronic rumination (voluntary vomiting and reconsumption of the vomitus) was eliminated in a ten-year-old severely emotionally disturbed boy through an overcorrection procedure. (CL)

The author examines three phenomena--the inconclusiveness about the nature of intelligence and how to deal with it, the supplanting of learning theory by behavior modification, and the rise of human technology--and argues that a confluence of ethological theory applied in the human context may provide a coherent theoretical picture of…

When drugs are prescribed, school personnel who are working with the medicated child should assist the physician or clinic in assessing their value as well as communicate the finding and their best judgment to both the parent and physician. (Author)

States that there are ethical questions surrounding the employment of the technology of behavior modification under particular conditions. Attempts to classify the subjects, such as prisoners, very young children, adults who volunteer, toward whom behavior modification is likely to be directed. (Author/RK)

An inexpensive urine alarm circuit is described which works with detection currents of less than 10 microamps, thus preventing any electrical burns. (Author)

A multiple-baseline design was used to evaluate facial screening (covering a subject's face with a terrycloth bib) as a means of reducing a 20-year-old retarded person's self-injurious behavior. (Author/SBH)

This follow-up study was undertaken to assess consistencies or changes in attitudes and behavior of self-reported Mexican American drug users from 1973 (N=254) to 1977 (N=150). Analysis of the data indicated significant changes in the users' socioeconomic status, home environment, school related variables, and attitudes toward drug use. (Author)

There are a number of methods and activities clinicians can use to overcome vocal abuse in school-age children. (Author/PHR)

Four preretirement education models were analyzed in terms of their effectiveness in contributing to behavioral, informational, and attitudinal change. A statistical methodology for assessing the effectiveness of short-term training programs is also presented. (Author)

Reports a study conducted to determine whether individuals who observed others experiencing noncontingency would develop learned helplessness vicariously. Subjects were 75 college female undergraduates. (MP)