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Gartner, Alan – 1979
The report addresses the need for retraining direct service personnel in community based programs as a result of deinstitutionalization. The state of the art regarding state practices in job descriptions and classifications for paraprofessionals indicated the existence of few systematic attempts to retrain current instituional staff. Few examples…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Programs, Course Content, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Download full textLenz, Diane; Contrucci, Linda – 1992
This report describes an outreach program that provides service coordination and home-based early intervention for disabled infants and toddlers on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona. Developed by the Institute for Human Development (IHD), the outreach program uses paraprofessional instructional aides that are based in six northern…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Programs, Disabilities, Early Intervention
City Univ. of New York, NY. Center for Advanced Study in Education. – 1987
The manual addresses the design and implementation of personnel practices for improving the preparation and performance of paraprofessionals who work with developmentally disabled persons in community-based settings. The first part of the manual describes components of a comprehensive system of career development (entry level positions, career…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Community Programs, Community Services
Bunse, Carol; Deardorff, Pamela – 2001
This project was designed to provide training to personnel serving infants and young children with disabilities and their families. The outcome was increased capacity for state and local service agencies in Oregon, California, and Idaho to deliver quality home-based services for young children (birth through six) with disabilities and their…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Consultants, Disabilities, Diversity (Student)
Bunse, Carol; Deardorff, Pamela – 2000
The Family Consultant Model (FCT) was designed to provide training to personnel serving infants and young children with disabilities and their families. This was accomplished through the replication of the FCT Model within local programs presently serving infants, toddlers and their families. Training in the FCT model was provided to…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Consultants, Disabilities, Diversity (Student)
Wallace, Teri, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1992
This newsletter theme issue features articles on training of direct service staff working with persons with developmental disabilities in employment, education, and residential settings. The articles examine job training, delivery systems, training models, and implications of current approaches. The newsletter includes three articles presenting…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Programs, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Programs
Guilfoy, Vivian M.; Grothe, Mardell S. – 1976
This first volume of a three-volume final report describes the activities of a 3-year project to design, develop, and implement a comprehensive delivery system to meet the career-related information, guidance, and referral needs of home-based adults, those 16 and older neither working nor attending school on a full-time basis. The volume begins…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Career Counseling, Career Development
