The article describes ways in which band directors can use positive reinforcement techniques to improve band members' performance. (CD)

Suggests that man cannot survive without a system of some kind for predicting the course of events. It does not matter that the system may be false on another system's terms, so long as it identifies experiences in a way which enables people to attach meaning to them and respond. (Author/AM)

This article presents a case study which illustrates how one counselor used the school, the home, and the referral agency in order to develop a plan of action for helping a student. (Author)

The guidance learning center is an effective method for promoting personal growth within the classroom on an individual or small-group basis. This article presents examples of guidance learning centers and describes how teachers can evaluate the success of their centers. (Author/EJT)

Are the behaviors that constitute the essential features of behavior counseling consistent with the principles of behaviorism that form the substratum for a behavioral counseling approach? The author maintains they are not and presents his arguments in this article. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to postulate a psychological mechanism to account for self-defeating behavior, which is also the central mechanism in a new definition of mental health. (Author)

Highly anxious self-referred snake phobics received either (a) therapist-administered desensitization, (b) self-administered desensitization with weekly therapist phone calls, (c) totally self-administered desensitization, (d) self-administered double-blind placebo control, or (e) no treatment. Pretreatment to posttreatment measures revealed…

The effects of reinforcement on four different intelligence test measures for 72 trainable mentally retarded children was investigated. The Lorge-Thorndike Vocabulary, WISC Arithmetic, Picture Arrangement, and Comprehension subtests were administered. Reinforced administration resulted in superior performance on all but the Comprehension test.…

This experiment demonstrated that 12-month-old monkeys reared in social isolation developed appropriate species-typical behavior through the use of adaptation, self pacing of visual input and exposure to younger "therapist" monkeys. A critical period of socialization is not indicated in the rhesus monkey. (GO)

From a practical point of view, this study, drawing on the works of several writers, has attempted to present the existential point of view with respect to both therapy and educational change. Specifically, it centered on some of the factors of psychological dysfunction as conceived by Bugental in contrast to more traditional approaches.…

An examination is made of the specific language used in giving advice and the fine difference possible between what the speaker says and the effect of what he says on the actions or thoughts of the person receiving advice. (JD)

Based upon the assumption that the way teachers perceive others depends upon how they view themselves, some items are proposed for self-study. (JD)

Explains the basic philosophy of Personal Mastery Counseling and how this counseling approach differs from other types of counseling. (HMV)

The author provides a model designed to identify the flow of events that occur in sequence and cycles during the life of a counseling group. The purpose of the article is to provide the group leader with a series of intervention techniques designed to facilitate that process. (Author)

Fifty-two University of Georgia juniors in a Competency Based Teacher Education Program employed two families of teaching models while teaching in two elementary field centers for three consecutive quarters. Observation revealed that four models were extensively implemented in grades K-5 while two were selected less than half the time. (Author/JC)