The day care center is a location where youngsters go during the day for school and group or individual counseling, while continuing to live at home. Juveniles remain in the formalized education and treatment program for approximately four months. Then they graduate into eight months of aftercare. Evaluation measures included recidivism,…

The youths attended the center during the day for school and individual or group counseling, while continuing to live at home. Objectives of the program were to increase academic achievement, improve attitude and motivation toward education, decrease post-center truancy and recidivism, and improve the self-esteem of the individual. A group of 62…

In an attempt to move the principles and technology of the therapeutic community into the college classroom, the author used mutual interviews and first-name group discussion among his students to build group rapport. Once group leaders were assigned, the students again used interviewing techniques to admit members to the groups. Other features of…

Discusses diametrically opposed attitudes between custodial personnel and professional correctional counselors. Outlines primary characteristics requisite to establishing a "therapeutic milieu." Presents theoretical and pragmatic aspects of internal-external locus of control orientation in correctional counseling. (Author)

By working together in sharing pain and joy as they grow and mature, adolescents can belong, can come together. Group counseling provides one vehicle for such shared development but to be effective it must include the respect and the freedom for adolescents to help themselves. (Author)

Points out the contributions that wilderness education can make to individuals' sense of personal, social, and natural history. Differentiates between wilderness education and wilderness recreation and suggests that leadership and the organization of experiences may enhance learning outcomes. Reviews specific wilderness-oriented programs. (ML)

Describes trial use of milieu and activity-based therapy in two adult day centers to increase client involvement in physical and social environments of treatment settings. Reports results from empirical observations and recommends further investigation of this treatment modality in settings for the elderly. (Author/NRB)

Examined how systemic and nonsystemic clinicians differ in diagnostic processes. Experienced therapists, with family systems or psychodynamic orientations viewed a stimulus film of a family session and individual interviews with parent and patients. Compared to nonsystems clinicians systemic clinicians identified as clinically relevant more…

The formation of a psychotherapy relationship was studied using self-reports of clients and therapists. Items designed as measures of a set of dimensions considered salient to the process of therapy were incorporated into client and therapist report forms. A number of client and therapist dimensions predicted persistence in treatment. (Author)

This study evaluated the factor structure of the Rorschach Prognostic Rating Scale (RPRS) in order to: (a) test the assumption that the RPRS represents a unitary response system and (b) determine the efficacy of employing population specific factor scores as predictors of therapy outcome. (Author/NG)

Presents a few of the key beginning developments of behavior therapy with delinquents in the 1960s, with an evaluation of major current practices and trends. (Author/RK)

This is a critical look at the field of marriage and family counseling, particularly the paucity of empirical research related to therapeutic outcomes. It is contended that many clinical theories are promoted on the basis of merchandising principles. However, some encouraging developments are cited, and recommendations are made. (Author/NG)

Describes some of the common elements in activities of non-therapeutic groups (such as Synanon Recovery, etc.) and suggests kinds of persons most likely to be helped by them. (CJ)