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When mother is a prefix: New directions in youth correction
BEHAVIOR THERAPY (1973) 4, 731-737
Book Reviews Briefly Noted
HENRY, NELSON. When Mother is a Prefix: New Directions in Youth Correction. New York: Behavioral Publications, 1972, vii + 129 Pp. $7.95. The author--a black Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology--came through the ranks; working in a juvenile detention home in Ohio, teaching in the public school system, and spending almost 4 yr at a center for disturbed children. Later employment in New York City youth houses confirmed his feelings about the seemingly ubiquitous shortcomings of the American correctional scene. Painfully, out of his frustration and his determination, Nelson Henry evolved an effective method for getting through the "'administrative inertia" to the youth of these detention centers. The outcome is this little book, geared primarily toward youth counselors but of interest to all whose concern is with the future of that large section of our young population labeled delinquent. The style is forthright, homespun, and even colloquial at times, but its honesty is compelling. This is a book to be read.
UPPER, DENNIS, & GOODENOUGH, DAVID S. (Eds.). Behavior Modification with the Individual Patient: Proceedings of the Third Annual Brockton Symposium on Behavior Therapy, April 21, 1972, Nutley, NJ: Roche Laboratories, 1972, ii + 115 Pp. No charge. The Brockton Symposium on Behavior Therapy is rapidly becoming an institution and the present proceedings seem to be the best yet. Cautela and Wisocki both write about their experiences with covert conditioning techniques in the treatment of drug addicts. Mostofsky considers the psychosomatic aspects of epilepsy in behavior modification terms, Upper reviews a number of approaches to the modification of the maladaptive behavior of individual psychiatric inpatients and Baron discusses the treatment of self-injurious behavior in a state hospital setting. But, for me, the pidce de rdsistance of the whole proceedings was Schwartz" concise yet thought provoking appraisal of biofeedback in clinical practice and some of the problems presented therein. PIZZAT, FRANK. Behavior Modification in Residential Treatment /or Children: Model of a Program. New York: Behavioral Publications, 1973, 98 Pp. $7.65. More and more residential treatment centers for children follow some sort of behavioral model, either as a cornerstone for their program or in concert with more traditional approaches. This book describes such a project at a center for 34 emotionally disturbed boys and girls ages 6 to 14, housed in two cottages. Approximately half the children were on medication and presented behavior problems symptomatic of so-called Minimal Brai~; Damage. The style is literate yet conversational and the 731 Copyright © 1973 by Academic Press, Inc. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.
Book Reviews Briefly Noted
HENRY, NELSON. When Mother is a Prefix: New Directions in Youth Correction. New York: Behavioral Publications, 1972, vii + 129 Pp. $7.95. The author--a black Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology--came through the ranks; working in a juvenile detention home in Ohio, teaching in the public school system, and spending almost 4 yr at a center for disturbed children. Later employment in New York City youth houses confirmed his feelings about the seemingly ubiquitous shortcomings of the American correctional scene. Painfully, out of his frustration and his determination, Nelson Henry evolved an effective method for getting through the "'administrative inertia" to the youth of these detention centers. The outcome is this little book, geared primarily toward youth counselors but of interest to all whose concern is with the future of that large section of our young population labeled delinquent. The style is forthright, homespun, and even colloquial at times, but its honesty is compelling. This is a book to be read.
UPPER, DENNIS, & GOODENOUGH, DAVID S. (Eds.). Behavior Modification with the Individual Patient: Proceedings of the Third Annual Brockton Symposium on Behavior Therapy, April 21, 1972, Nutley, NJ: Roche Laboratories, 1972, ii + 115 Pp. No charge. The Brockton Symposium on Behavior Therapy is rapidly becoming an institution and the present proceedings seem to be the best yet. Cautela and Wisocki both write about their experiences with covert conditioning techniques in the treatment of drug addicts. Mostofsky considers the psychosomatic aspects of epilepsy in behavior modification terms, Upper reviews a number of approaches to the modification of the maladaptive behavior of individual psychiatric inpatients and Baron discusses the treatment of self-injurious behavior in a state hospital setting. But, for me, the pidce de rdsistance of the whole proceedings was Schwartz" concise yet thought provoking appraisal of biofeedback in clinical practice and some of the problems presented therein. PIZZAT, FRANK. Behavior Modification in Residential Treatment /or Children: Model of a Program. New York: Behavioral Publications, 1973, 98 Pp. $7.65. More and more residential treatment centers for children follow some sort of behavioral model, either as a cornerstone for their program or in concert with more traditional approaches. This book describes such a project at a center for 34 emotionally disturbed boys and girls ages 6 to 14, housed in two cottages. Approximately half the children were on medication and presented behavior problems symptomatic of so-called Minimal Brai~; Damage. The style is literate yet conversational and the 731 Copyright © 1973 by Academic Press, Inc. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.