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Since behavioral consultation (BC) was introduced over 30 years ago, the core procedures and assumptions of the model have remained largely unchanged in spite of its widespread popularity in practice. This article presents the Treatment Validation Consultation (TVC) model, which addresses limitations of BC and integrates recent technological innovations that are lacking in the traditional BC model. Two detailed cases are described to illustrate the procedures associated with the TVC model. Guidelines for evaluating the consultation process and outcome variables across cases are provided as a framework for consultants to self evaluate their services as a part of the TVC model. Finally, aggregated data across five consultant trainees are presented to illustrate how to validate consultation services across cases and offer preliminary data on outcomes associated with the model. (Contains 9 tables and 11 figures.)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert