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Bautsch, John E. – 1979
The paper describes the background and development of The Residential Facilities Worker Training Program, a 2-year degree program at Seattle Community College (Washington) to train staff persons to work in community based residential settings with developmentally disabled children, adolescents, and adults. Need for the program is discussed,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Higher Education
Download full textVassiliou, Demetrios; Johnson, Dave – 1994
Since 1983, the North Dakota Statewide Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled Faculty Staff Training Program has used a career ladder approach to provide training to over 10,000 staff, primarily in scattered rural developmental-disability facilities. Cooperative relationships among the Department of Human Services, Minot State University, and…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Certification, Community Services, Developmental Disabilities
Peer reviewedWheeler, John J. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1996
An assessment of the needs of persons with developmental disabilities and their families was conducted via focus groups of individuals with disabilities, family members, and professionals (n=50). Concerns included preservice staff training, inservice staff training, and program delivery and development. Implications for quality assurance and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Family Needs, Focus Groups
Hayden, Mary, Ed. – Policy Research Brief, 1994
This policy research brief summarizes three studies on training direct service personnel serving people with developmental disabilities, conducted at the Research and Training Center on Residential Services and Community Living, University of Minnesota. The studies provide information on competency-based training, effective training strategies,…
Descriptors: Agencies, Caregivers, Community Programs, Competency Based Education
Vassiliou, Demetrios; Johnson, Dave – 1995
This paper describes the North Dakota Statewide Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Facility Staff Training Program. For the past 10 years, the training program, in association with Minot State University, has been available to agencies and their employees who provide services to individuals with developmental disabilities in rural…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Ladders, Certification, Competency Based Education
Denny, Verna Haskins – 1998
The Self-Directed Workplace Literacy Distance Learning Project demonstrated a model workplace literacy program that helped direct care workers in state-operated developmental disabilities facilities improve their literacy skills for a changing workplace. During the project, 268 New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Role, Allied Health Personnel, Computer Uses in Education
