This article details a mixed methods study designed to examine the impact of a group process consultation model in helping staff manage challenging behaviour in the nurture group setting. It relates to two geographical clusters of staff, including teachers and teaching assistants, running 11 nurture groups in a major metropolitan area in the UK,…

In a 5-year longitudinal study of typical literacy development (Grades 1-5 or 3-7), relationships were examined between (a) parental responses to questionnaires about home literacy activities and ratings of children's self-regulation at home, both completed annually by the same parent, and (b) children's reading and writing achievement assessed…

Being in a Service family can be a difficult position for children and parents alike due to high levels of mobility, parental separation, and the remaining parent's stress and emotional well-being. A Service family is defined as a family with one or both parents employed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The current project looked at the…

A Consultation Feedback Questionnaire was designed to examine subjective perceptions of consultees as related to assumptions regarding school-based consultation. Subjects were 191 teachers who had utilized psychological consultation services in diverse school settings. Results showed consultee's perceptions of consultation outcomes to be highly…

Describes a study conducted to assess the quality of institutional self-evaluation as perceived by accreditation team members visiting 11 Arizona high schools during 1978-1979. The effect of consultative assistance on school self-evaluations and the different perceptions of public school and university team members are examined. (JP)

Results of a 1979 survey of colleges belonging to the Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) are presented. Objectives were to develop a file of general information about each higher education institution represented on AEL's Board of Directors, and to identify areas of particular academic strength represented in these institutions. The…

Results of a 3-year study of the use of consulting to improve teaching among University of California, Berkeley, faculty are presented. Ideas were obtained from excellent teachers about what they did that led students to rate them high on any of 30 questions about particular facets of their teaching. These ideas were then passed along to other…

Designed for new consultants or those who will be employing them, this manual focuses on principles of consultation and the use and training of consultants in colleges and universities. The role and functions of a consultant, the consulting process (from introductory to exiting stages), and three models of consultation are presented in the first…

The Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP) was initiated to develop and demonstrate curriculum improvement strategies in basic skills areas at the local school level in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Education and several research and development agencies. The PSIP process is a problem-solving method with five major steps:…

Factors related to faculty willingness to participate in university-sponsored service programs were studied at five Ohio state universities. Of a random sample of 1,000 faculty members, 416 returned usable questionnaires. In addition to obtaining demographic data on respondents, information was gathered on the extent of faculty member's previous…

The Association of California Community College Administrators' Management Development Institute was established in 1977 to provide workshop consultants and services for professional development activities. In 1979, a survey was conducted to determine whether the needs of the colleges were being met. Of the 105 California community college…

A project to improve college instruction in the basic and allied health sciences at New York Chiropractic College and the New York Institute of Technology is described. Attention was directed to: the kinds of resources colleges and professional schools provide to improve instruction; motivation of faculty to explore innovative or strategic…

A drug information service clerkship is described including the philosophy, environment, objectives, methodology, and assessments of what is believed to constitute an idealized model for adaptation to other university settings. Appended are textbook references, indexing and abstracting resources, reading list, and two student evaluation forms.…

A project was undertaken by Coahoma Junior College (CJC) during 1980 to strengthen its institutional research and planning efforts in the areas of adult and continuing education. During the course of the year-long project, a consultation team led by two nationally prominent, retired educators carried out a series of planning activities, which…