The acceptability of behavioral treatment interventions is very important. Problem severity, treatment approach, time needed for treatment implementation, treatment integrity, effectiveness of treatment, and understanding are factors influencing acceptability. A model for conceptualizing the impact of acceptability on treatment compliance,…

Intervention research should be evaluated based on treatment effectiveness, treatment integrity, social validity, and treatment acceptability. Research designs used in intervention research are examined in terms of these criteria. Examples of intervention strategies for modifying academic, social, and emotional behavior are discussed. Conclusions…

Three preschool children participated in a behavioral training program to improve their gross-motor skills. Results indicated that the program improved the 10 targeted gross-motor skills and that improvements sometimes generalized to other settings. The program did not produce changes in fine-motor skills or social behaviors. Implications are…

Thirty learning disabled (LD) elementary students participated in weekly group counseling sessions for 10 weeks. When compared to a control group, results (based on teacher ratings and other measures) indicated that the intervention was beneficial in improving acting out and distractibility behaviors and one area of self-concept. (Author/JW)

Assessed the effectiveness of two types of messages in improving nutrition knowledge, food shopping practices, and dietary intakes. The messages were: (1) sender-oriented, based on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of mothers; and (2) receiver-oriented, based on specific nutrition orientations. Results show that the first type of…

Presents a rationale for developing a social psychology of computing, and provides some historical background on research concerned with the impact of technology on behavior. Describes the articles in this issue, which are said to suggest, as a whole, that computer technology amplifies existing social conditions. (KH)

The Go for Health project uses interventions based on school change and social learning theory to facilitate changes in diet and exercise behavior by elementary school children. A summary of both school and student outcomes is given, and the intervention model is described. (Author/MT)

Argues that use of self-help audiocassette tapes in psychological counseling can accelerate the introduction of therapeutic ideas, promote continuity of counseling between sessions, and reinforce behavioral and attitudinal changes. Discussed rationale and description of a program in which this approach is used in brief counseling of college…

An intermittent reinforcement procedure using tangible reinforcers was successful in maintaining the occurrence of nutritious snack choices by three developmentally normal preschoolers (ages 4-5), behaviors which had initially been established using correspondence training procedures. (JW)

States that community college instructors, using techniques of small group work to organize effective collaborative learning among students, have a unique opportunity both to foster genuine, positive change in their students and, through a disciplined process of classroom research, to document significant aspects of American cultural life. (SR)

Outlines a delivery system which improves teachers' classroom performance by (1) introducing them to content-area reading strategies and (2) drawing upon the research on effective inservice education, in an attempt to create a format which will allow and encourage participants to experience behavioral change. (RAE)

This article describes ways in which physical education teachers may influence shy children in order to reduce their shy behavior by working closely with them to encourage class participation, motivating them to develop new skills, and offering positive reinforcement of pro-social behavior. Twelve steps are described. (JL)

Five experiments with severely retarded noncompliant males made use of behavioral momentum to increase compliance. A series of commands with which the subject was very likely to comply were issued immediately prior to issuing a low-probability command. Results indicated increased compliance and decreased compliance latency and task duration.…

The article attempts to provide a definition of attention that has relevance for rehabilitation therapists working with the brain injured. A review of clinical studies suggests that, although behavioral aspects of attention are amenable to change and improvement, cognitive or information-processing changes are not so easily achieved. (Author/DB)