Examined in the doctoral dissertation research was the effectiveness of a humane value activity oriented summer program to increase IQ scores and improve behaviors of 40 educable mentally retarded (EMR) children between 6 and 12 years of age. Teachers of the experimental group participated in a 10-day workshop on ways to incorporate the humane…

Discusses the concept of copability and the development of a sense of competence in juxtaposition to the depersonalization and anomie resulting from an increasingly industrialized and institutionalized society. Explores this juxtaposition by relating these concepts to experiencing a close family member's death. (Author)

Presents a two-hour counseling session with a family dealing with problems relating to a re-marriage. Using critiques and commentary of others, explores the role of the counselor, issues and techniques used in family counseling. (EJT)

Describes a drug treatment case which involved family counseling and group therapy. Using transcripts of actual sessions, commentary by the author and critiques by other writers, explores the problems and issues of treating drug addicts. (EJT)

Of 50 students enrolled in an introductory group-counseling course, 19 chose to participate in a laboratory experience focusing on weight loss, in addition to other course objectives. Six weeks of comprehensive behavior programming produced a mean loss of 6.54 pounds. (Author)

On the basis of an instrument designed to detect changes in teachers' attitudes as a result of a drug education course, trial results on 200 teachers indicate the instrument does measure changes in attitude. These changes reflect a move from punitive to rehabilitative measures in response to major drug incidents. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to test the effect of a feedback method on certain aspects of interns' teaching performance. Results indicate the experimental group, which had been given positive feedback, gave significantly more positive verbal reinforcement to children than the control group. (Author/HMV)

A discussion of the interpersonal and organizational underpinnings of group living and residential care for children. (Author/CS)

Results indicate that reward and ignore conditions were not different but both yielded higher imitative scores than the punishment condition; same-sex models yielded higher imitation scores than opposite-sex models; lowest imitation scores were obtained by children exposed to a male experimenter and a female model. (Author/BJG)

The impact of a seven-week counseling program for mothers on the perceptions and behavior of family members was investigated. The experimental families reflected a significant increase in the number of positive responses and a significant decrease in the number of negative responses used by the three family members. (Author)