Recent articles have expressed concern over the increasing retreat to mentalism among behaviorists. The problem has been described elsewhere as a shift in verbal behavior resulting from the contingencies imposed by mentalistic verbal communities. Previous solutions have focused on strengthening our behavioral graduate programs to make the graduates' verbal repertoires more resistant to change. We suggest it is useful to analyze the problem in terms of inappropriate audience control and offer an approach by which behaviorists may assemble audiences to maintain their behavioral verbal repertoires within mentalistic verbal communities.

The demand for board-certified applied behavior analysts is not being met, and there is a perception that fewer students are exposed to systematic courses in basic and applied behavior analysis than was true a generation ago. This article outlines how we have successfully implemented an undergraduate curriculum in behavior analysis within a traditional department of psychology. Certification credentials offered by the Behavior Analysis Certification Board facilitated the approval of this curriculum, and the cultural practice selection contingencies that supported the creation of our curriculum in behavior analysis may be similar at other comprehensive universities. Advice for developing an undergraduate program in behavior analysis within a psychology department is outlined. We also summarize strategies we have used to attract talented students to the courses and the significant impact these strategies have had on the number of our graduates who pursue graduate training in basic and applied behavior analysis. Attracting the best and brightest students to behavior analysis is critical to the future of the field.

The early t o mid 1970s saw an increase in court decisions favoring the rights of patients in mental institutions. These decisions have affected numerous changes t o what constitutes patients' rights. and have had a significant impact on the practice of behavior modification in institutions. The present article provides the practitioner with a comprehensive guide t o the case law affecting behavior modification procedures. The topics covered include: the right-to-treatment concept. protection from institutional peonage. the right to enjoy basic privileges. and protection from aversive treatment.Beginning in. the early 1970s, numerous law suits were initiated on behalf of residents of institutions for the mentally ill or retarded. Some were raised in response to misuses of behavior modification procedures (Martin, 1979). As a result, the decisions in these cases have impacted greatly on the definitions of patients' rights and the practice of behavior modification in institutions.