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)

The counselor, using the activity interaction model, has become an arranger of the conditions required for learning. The establishment of such an environment assists children to fuller functioning in school and the reality of their lives outside the school. (Author)

Examined are two alternatives to the use of electric shock to control destructive or repugnant behaviors in severely retarded or schizophrenic children: continued use of noncorporal punishment, and widescale application of appropriately arranged contingencies of positive reinforcement. (KW)

Modeling with guided participation was used to modify a 6 year old boy's (S) extreme social withdrawal from peers. A model (M) demonstrated social interactions, provided S with opportunities for practice, and participated with him in other social interactions, all under optimal conditions. The frequency of S's social interactions rose…

Technicians participating in a behavior modification demonstration project with severely retarded institutionalized persons were encouraged to generalize the techniques they learned during limited daily trials to the control of resident movement behaviors in the intervals between trial periods. (KW)

Effective treatment appears to be a function of an effective helping relationship plus an effective helping program. Benefits accrue according to the presence of one or both of these relationships. (Author/CJ)

This study investigated effects of different modeling stimuli in a model reinforcement counseling setting. Results indicated no differences in effects between an all-verbal presentation and a more detailed presentation showing the activities he was describing while being verbally reinforced for his behavior. (Author)

Children's behavior affected by model's acts but not his words. Children's judgment of model affected by both acts and words. Children fail to recall accurately conditions in which the model acted inconsistently. (MH)

Following 14 weeks of therapy conducted by volunteer teachers, experimental subjects showed a statistically significant rise in assertiveness, particularly with their peers. The correlation between the teacher's role performance and degree of child's improvement suggests that this technique was instrumental in change. (Author/CJ)

Briefly described is a method of relating to black students by providing them with physical outlets during the sessions to relieve their tensions (cards, puzzles, etc.). Another feature of the program calls for some personal revelations by the counselor, which serves to open avenues of communication. (CJ)