Describes and evaluates a student-administered group-oriented contingency technique for improving the arithmetic performance of grade school children. (KH)

Author is Associate Commissioner of Education and director of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped of the U.S. Office of Education. (MB)

Good self-esteem and self-concept have a bearing on a child's performance in school. The article describes ways to recognize poor self-image in a child and suggests strategies for building self-concept. Activities listed include positive marking of papers, bibliotherapy, improvisational drama, and values clarification. (DS)

Golden Age 4-H Clubs provide opportunities for older persons to remain curious and creative. They can become vehicles for communication between the generations both in the family and in the community. Their development requires careful planning, incremental development, and clear participant motivation. (Author/SK)

The article discusses the roles of music education and music therapy in special education, specifically with reference to the concept of the individualized education program (IEP) as mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). Journal availability: National Association for Music Therapy, Inc., P.O. Box 610, Lawrence,…

Many learning-disabled students experience social skill problems which call for training to promote success in school, work, and social settings. Social skill problems fall into three categories: skill deficits, performance deficits, and behavioral excesses. Interventions generally focus on increasing the individual's repertoire of skills, using…

This article examines ways in which intuitive understandings may help teachers in developing the thinking of pupils with autism. The article suggests that, by working toward students' development of an autobiographical memory, it may be possible for them to establish an awareness of their own role as a problem solver. (JDD)

A comparison is made of the gains in examination performance of students in an open enrollment college for whom counseling in study strategy, immediate feedback, and motivational approaches were available or not available. (Author)

Parental involvement is critical to the maintenance and generalization of language behavior established in the instructional environment, in this case, a day training center for the mentally retarded. This practicum project sought to teach parents from 46 families to work effectively in the area of communication with their severely/profoundly…

Social dramatics is a therapeutic and educational program that can act as a mirror to reflect images of the self in action with others. It is the modality for experiential learning to correct social dysfunction by providing models for imitation, opportunities to practice and develop individual forms from that model, and risk free environments for…

Discusses the possibility of the field of education becoming a major setting for behavioral science interventions and, hence, educational change. (Author/SB)

This issue of the information letter consists of two articles, "Music Therapy" and "Research and Applications of Psychomusical Techniques"; a review of the book, "La musicotherapie et les methods nouvelles d'association des techniques" by Guilhot and Cecourt, and a bibliography of books on music therapy written in…

There is a severe shortage of professionally trained workers in the fields of remedial reading, psychotherapy, and preventive psychological/educational preschool programs. In response to this shortage, many paraprofessional workers have entered these fields. Since 1966, the Children's Center for Educational Therapy in Venice, California, has…

The final report describes Project RUN, funded by the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program to develop a model demonstration program for multiply handicapped children from birth to 8 years or functioning below fourth grade level in a low income rural area. Objectives and accomplishments are reported for the following program components:…

Community-Oriented Mental Health Education is viewed as an economical and effective approach to the delivery of mental health services in rural areas. This review explores the issues in design and implementation of mental health education programs, with particular reference to the program developed in Madison County, New York. A descriptive…