A revolution took place in staff development in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. It was not reported on the evening news. Very few knew it was happening. The author was a rebel, along with others she had not yet met, in the rebellion that resulted in learning communities, the dominant form of professional development today. In 1978, the…

Early Head Start/Head Start teachers and staff encounter parents who have wrestled with depression and other adversities every day. This article describes an innovative program of trainings for and consultation to Early Head Start/Head Start staff to help them effectively deal with mental heath challenges faced by parents and children. The program…

Provides some direction on how mental health counselors can begin delivering staff development workshops to outside agencies. (Author/ABB)

A mobile interdisciplinary consultation and training team trained residential staff in behavior modification and program development. Involvement of top and middle administration as well as of direct care staff was critical to program success. Training emphasized active and direct methods, emphasized maintenance, and confronted political/social…

A model of ongoing consultation was effectively implemented in a community group home for eight adults with severe and profound mental retardation. Two consultants taught staff members to use a token reinforcement system, engage clients in a variety of activities, and improve staff interactions with clients. (Author/DB)

This model for an inservice workshop is based on an ongoing relationship between a college or university (acting as consultant) and an instructional staff. The workshop is built around an actual problem situation facing the staff, in this case, the task of providing remediation in conjunction with the Florida State Assessment Test. The design of…

While studies of school climate abound, conceptual frameworks have been ambiguous, and parent perceptions of climate are seldom considered. This paper describes a school improvement model employed in four rural Maine school districts in which (1) a school climate assessment is designed collaboratively with school staff; (2) the assessment is…

Hospice care differs from traditional medical care in that it aims to optimize the quality of the patient's remaining life rather than to maximize its duration. The Hayward Hospice project, begun in November of 1977 as a pilot project to evaluate whether hospice quality care could be provided within manageable costs and thus be included as a…

Night shift nursing home aides who received in-service training in behavior therapy designed and implemented intervention programs for two of their most difficult residents. Describes programs and their outcomes. Discusses use of staff members as agents of behavior change. (Author/NB)

This study reports on a rural developmental project based on local coordination and Addiction Research Foundation (A.R.F.) community consultation. The purpose of the project is to develop addiction services and general community awareness in a small, northern, rural setting in Hastings County, Canada. The effect of the effort has been the…

Procedures used by the Eugene (Oregon) Public Schools to train staff members as organizational development specialists are described. School employees volunteer time to work as internal consultants, using organizational management concepts to help colleagues in the school system improve their organizational capabilities, interact effectively,…

A regional approach to improving small rural schools through staff development was taken in Washington State. Consultants from the Child Service Demonstration Center at Washington State University trained teachers to use Madeline Hunter's instructional methodology, called Instructional Theory into Practice. (PP)

The Special Education/Early Childhood Consultation Model provides on-site consultation to help day care providers acquire skills to adapt and modify activities to facilitate the social integration of handicapped children in all activities of the day care program. (Author/CB)

Project CoNECT (Collaborative Network for Early Childhood Training) provided preservice and inservice training to help multidisciplinary personnel better serve young, severely handicapped children. The project, which was divided into three subcomponents, utilized univerisity-based training as well as field-based training. In Subcomponent I,…

A "learning by doing" class was offered by the University of Minnesota to teach needs assessment concepts and approaches. The needs assessment was conducted at the Onan Corporation, which produces industrial engines and other equipment. The class was composed of nine graduate students in industrial or vocational education and was…