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Clayton, Olivia; Chester, Andrea; Mildon, Robyn; Matthews, Jan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: Challenges for practitioners who work with parents with intellectual disability arise from several sources. The purpose of the current study was to identify the stressors experienced by practitioners who work with parents with intellectual disability in Australia, investigate coping strategies and explore training needs so as to inform…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Mental Retardation, Professional Development, Coping
Choca, James P.; Van Denburg, Eric J. – 1996
Though directed primarily to graduate psychology students, this revised and expanded edition is intended to assist everyone involved in patient care. The manual attempts to provide practical and easily understandable guidelines which can be used for each step in the provision of psychological services. Instead of documenting every possible…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Counselor Training, Counselors, Guidelines
Hart, E. Wayne; Kirkland, Karen – 2001
Executive coaching is an increasingly popular means of accelerating professional growth and enhancing managerial performance. Unlike most other training and development options, coaching is completely personalized and private. This guide offers practical suggestions and tips to aid in understanding the nature of a coaching engagement and in…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Consultants, Corporate Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Piper, David Warren – 1994
This book offers a descriptive account of the world of the British external examiner: who they are, what they do, how they are appointed, and what problems they face. Findings are based on a questionnaire survey of and personal interviews with examiners. The external examiner is independent of the university awarding the degree and quite…
Descriptors: Examiners, Experimenter Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Hixson, Judson; Tinzmann, Margaret Banker – 1990
Changes in education have direct implications for the role and responsibility of professional development. This eighth guidebook in a series of nine video conferences examines the meaning of professional development in light of recent educational innovations. Included are an outline of new priorities and expanded functions of professional…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Interactive Video, Professional Development
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1984
This handbook, designed to assist Kentucky school district personnel in planning school psychological services, is organized into four major sections. In the initial section, Overview of School Psychology, information on training and credentialing of school professionals is presented. This section includes information on state requirements for…
Descriptors: Certification, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Hayes, Sherman, Ed. – 1978
Although appropriate for all librarians, this primer is aimed at beginning librarians and students pursuing library science degrees, and covers 150 terms used in most libraries. The purpose of the primer is to encourage its readers to analyze their use of the defined business terms and to expose them to new and applicable terminology. The work…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Communication, Glossaries, Language Usage

Varlejs, Jana – Top of the News, 1987
Discusses the need for continuing education for youth services librarians at different levels based on their educational background and purposes for continuing education, range of currently available programs, and barriers to participation. Ways in which state library agencies and professional associations could provide structured coherent…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Educational Needs, Library Associations, Library Schools
Felder, Richard M.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1989
Reports the teaching effectiveness workshop experiences for engineering professors. Lists several workshop titles and describes participants' responses. Provides suggestions for successful workshops. (YP)
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Faculty, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education

Aston, Mike – Computers and Education, 1988
Describes and evaluates the various strategies employed by the Microelectronics Education Programme to provide training in computer-based learning to teachers in the United Kingdom. Suggestions for future strategies that focus on the child, the teacher, and the class are presented. (14 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developed Nations, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Huber, Gunter L.; Kiegelmann, Mechthild – 2002
Teacher education in Germany has no subdiscipline dedicated to school administration. School principals and candidates for this position are offered short inservice training, but most of the necessary skills are acquired on the job. It remains unclear how principals master this challenge and to what extent these learning opportunities are…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Leadership

Halpin, David; And Others – British Educational Research Journal, 1990
Presents findings from a British study of nearly 200 teachers who attended in-service education and training (INSET) courses at 4 British universities. Examines perceptions of course effects on teacher abilities. Finds teachers who felt their skills improved also reported improvements in student attainment. States INSET improves teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Kennedy, Tamyra; And Others – 1990
Mountain Empire Community College (MECC), Southwest Virginia Community College (SVCC), Virginia Highlands Community College (VHCC), and Clinch Valley College (CVC), a four-year institution, participated in a cooperative professional development program to enrich their support staff and explore support staff dynamics. The colleges used the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Professional Development
Daresh, John C.; Playko, Marsha A. – 1989
In nine chapters, this guide provides planners of professional development programs for school administrators, directors, and supervisors with background information for assistance with the design of local entry-year programs and activities by employing school systems. In chapter 1, the legal basis for entry year programs is examined through a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Inservice Education
Cortright, Jacqueline E. – American Jails, 1993
A survey of Kansas jail administrators investigated the kinds of training available to them (seminars, correspondence courses, on-the-job training courses), how they felt it met their needs, incarceration trends, jail facilities, and the perceived need for a standardized jail training course and/or jail officer academy. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Correctional Institutions, Higher Education