The majority of children who met with volunteers showed improvement in grades, attitude toward school, behavior, and general appearance. (Author)

This is the first phase in a continuing study of the role of paraprofessionals in New York State, exclusive of New York City, with 667 school districts being asked for information on the types of services, qualifications, age, training, work hours, financial support, and general acceptance. Ninety-four percent of the questionnaires were completed,…

Due to the high cost of professional services for the emotionally disturbed it is often the case that community-based aftercare programs for this population rely heavily on the use of volunteers to provide direct supportive functions. This study used a structured interview to attempt to describe the perceptions of volunteers of the informal…

The demographic characteristics of the typical volunteer, taken from the personnel files of 208 current and previous volunteers of a Big Brothers agency, indicate the following profile. The modal Big Brother is usually Anglo-American, is a young adult aged 18 to 25, is a student or a full-time employed person, has some college education, lives in…

This bibliography lists 121 books, papers and pamphlets; 306 articles and excerpts from books; and 11 theses dealing principally with persons employed in schools who have less than full professional qualifications including volunteers and nonprofessionals. Most of the items listed appeared in the last five years, but earlier material has also been…

Reviews findings of an empirical study relating to the differential perceptions laymen and professionals have of each other. Such differences are accounted for by reference to professional norms associated with clinical and/or community organizational practice. (Author)

A four-session behavior modification training program for training one volunteer nonprofessional is presented. Readings, discussion, audio-visual taping, and role playing were utilized to prepare the trainee, who then managed a field case at a private school for emotionally disturbed'' children. (Author)

Briefly reports some findings of a survey of elementary principals involved in the California Early Childhood Education experiment. (IRT)

Author discusses attitudes and problems he encountered when a parental assistance program was initiated in his school. (RB)

This guide was prepared to aid volunteers working with preschool children before, during, and after viewing the television program, "Sesame Street". Suggestions in this booklet grew out of a study called the Sesame Mother Pilot Project conducted in 1970-71 by the Institute for Educational Development. This guide is divided into nine main…

This article discusses the development of volunteer programs in clinical and social treatment and prevention areas and analyzes the need for professional supervision of such programs. (Author)

Small and large school counseling center directors generally agree on which functions are appropriate for paraprofessionals. There have been minor changes in their attitudes during the past three years. There have also been greater changes in the sources from which paraprofessionals are drawn--more volunteer and less paid personnel. (Authro)

Volunteerism has a poor reputation these days, because many human service programs have "used" volunteers and given them nothing in return. Discusses a different approach, one in which both service recipients and volunteers gain. (Author)

Contingency contracting, as a viable treatment modality for the rehabilitation of drug abusers, has been investigated, and promising results have been attained. During the past two and one-half years drug abuse treatment and paraprofessional training models have been developed. Treatment for drug abuse has been facilitated within the natural…