Two disruptive adult behaviors, arriving late to class and not remaining in class, were significantly changed by changes in the reward structure. Implications are considered for the use of behavior modification approaches in designing more effective learning environments for disadvantaged adults. (Author/AG)

Briefly examines existential counseling, behavioral counseling, reality therapy, Gestalt therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, and rational-emotive therapy. (CJ)

The client-worker contract is potentially a dynamic tool that can contribute substantially to the effective outcome of social work intervention. It can be used to clarify objectives and encourage clients to participate in the entire process of intervention. (Authors)

The author suggests eight ways by which a counselor can help a client strengthen his self concept in order to increase the counselor's general effectiveness. (RWP)

A model combining a behavioural approach with Reality Therapy was used effectively in controlling a group of behaviour problems in the classroom. In this design the children earned and/or lost certain rewards depending on their daily classroom behaviour. Some difficulties that may arise, and suggested solutions to these, are discussed. (Author)

Article describes a drug abuse prevention program conducted by school counselors with ninth grade students. While results are mixed, they do give the practicing counselor some direction in which to move. (Editor)

Unemployment is seen as unadaptive behavior, and its antecedent conditions are examined. Behavioral counseling tactics of goal setting, contingency management, counterconditioning procedures, and social systems intervention are considered in relation to the employment counselor's repertoire of potential helping responses. A hypothetical case is…

A university laboratory school counselor was consulted by a fourth grade teacher in order to resolve disruptive classroom behaviors of one student who did not stay seated and spoke without permission. A behaviorial approach was employed and the study illustrates how the counselor can be effective as a consultant. (Author)

Compared effectiveness of two counseling approaches in increasing the frequency of verbal assertive responses. A homogeneous sample of students was divided into matched pairs and randomly assigned to the social learning and behavior rehearsal treatments and to a control group. Results indicated that the treatment groups produced significantly more…

Comment on article by Ray E. Hosford in same issue. Supports Hosford in general, but indicates limitations such as the lack of integration, lack of a plan for psychodiagnosis, and failure to translate more of the psychological theory into a set of concrete guidelines for use in counseling. (Author)

Comments on article by Ray E. Hosford, in same issue. Stresses his feeling that Hosford's total presentation was imbalanced in direction of overemphasis on modeling. (Author/CJ)

Describes the rationale, methodology, and scope of a new form of psychotherapy, Verbal Satiation Therapy, based on assumption that language symbols stand for real objects and events. Verbal symbols may produce emotional responses normally associated with the objects themselves. Verbal Satiation Therapy attempts to reduce the emotional component of…

Multitreatment and multiple baseline designs were used to determine the relative influences of task demands, vibration, and a brief overcorrection procedure on two topographies of self-injurious behavior in one 16-year-old severely retarded male. (Author/SEW)