Marriage and family counseling must become an autonomous profession because it is socially necessary, open to those who are qualified to practice it and for those who need it, and consultative. This profession involves the process of interpersonal dynamics in the intimate setting of the family and its effects on the individual. The clinical work…

Based on a matching-to-sample philosphy, modification of the destructive communication patterns of delinquent families was attempted by systematically shaping in behaviors characteristic of adaptive family systems (increased clarity). Based on direct observation of family interaction in a discussion task, the results indicated a significant change…

Evaluates six one-day workshops which were conducted to assist teams of public school teachers and principals, involving both blacks and whites, in resolving problems relating to the desegregating of schools. It was recommended that findings of the behavioral sciences be incorporated into workshop design and that workshops be organized in ways to…

Reports on an experiment using behavior modification techniques to increase readind ability. Results indicate that the percentage of correct answers in the children with deficits increased to approximately the same level as the children tested to be on grade level. (Author/SB)

The modern counselor is urged to re-examine his role and image as a professional with special skills that are valuable to teachers and pupils. A review is attempted to re-acquait the counselor with some current notions of professional role clarifications of team membership, accountability, and recommendations for actions. (Author)

In this study, fourteen teachers were trained to use a contingency management program emphasizing the reinforcement of appropriate conduct while minimizing attention to inappropriate conduct. Twelve of the fourteen experimental classrooms improved dramatically as a result of the program. (Author/NE)

This paper presents a number of inferential statistical models that may aid the operant investigator in presenting his data. (Author/RK)

The present investigation was concerned with the manner in which changes in children's behavior to one dispenser of reinforcement (Experimenter A) might affect behavior to another dispenser (Experimenter B). (Author)

This review of the literature explores studies of the techniques used in behavior modification groups, the stages through which a group goes to solve its problems, and the particular tasks of the group worker in helping the group reach its goals. (Author)

The Standard Behavior Chart is a precision teaching tool used to provide special education students with an individualized program and to measure results of teaching efforts. (MC)

Describes different ways in which curriculum development has taken place and suggests future possibilities for each of the options. Defines basic terms and examines the teacher's function in curriculum development. (Editor)

Two special classes, each containing eight educable mentally retarded students, 9 and 10 years of age, respectively, played a group discussion game twice a week for 3 consecutive weeks in which the teachers presented a discussion topic and reinforced specified good discussion behaviors with high points. (MC)

The withholding of social reinforcement for nonspeaking succeeded in reinstating speech in a 9-year-old secetively mute girl attending a remedial class. (DB)

Behavior modification offers some procedures and new areas of research that may be applicable to open classrooms. More important is the possibility of merging the technology of behavior modification with the humanistic concerns of open education. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to see if self-concept and school behavior of problem junior high school students could be changed by participation in a teacher helper program in an elementary school. Self-concept ratings of the experimental students significantly increased while control group members did not change. Neither group changed…