Youth adjudicated delinquent, likely to be sentenced to a training school, were chosen for work with specially designed court counselors. These probation officers have a lighter work load; contact the juveniles during evenings and weekends; and work closely with families, school officials, and employers. Counselors are available 24 hours a day for crisis prevention; they monitor compliance with court orders and probation conditions closely. Data collected from the IP sites indicate that most IP juveniles probably would have been committed to training school if their court dispositions had occurred in the year before the IP program began. The recidivism of IP juveniles was higher than that of regular probationers for an average of 8 months. Of the 44 IP recidivists, 28 avoided training school commitment during the followup, perhaps because judges wanted them to continue to receive IP services. IP delinquents were supposed to be high-risk juveniles when they were first chosen for the program. It is suggested that moderate-risk, rather than high-risk, delinquents be selected for new IP programs. 3 figures and 21 notes.