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Fibel, Lewis R. – Tech Educ, 1969
Bimonthly Supplement to Ind Arts Vocat Educ; v58 n7 Sep 1969
Descriptors: Curriculum, Paraprofessional Personnel, Postsecondary Education, Program Descriptions
Download full textWiesner, Peter – 1975
Adult education opportunities can be increased through cable television technology, which provides home-based instruction as an alternative to the strictures of the classroom or learning center. The 18-month Salem project used television for primary instruction together with the services of paraprofessional tutors as a personal contact for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cable Television, Educational Television, Paraprofessional Personnel
Collins, Wanda R.; And Others – 1973
The document describes the Senior Citizens Legal Services program in Santa Cruz, California, which provides legal services to the elderly poor with the assistance of senior citizens who act as legal assistants. Among those involved in the Senior Citizens Legal Services are the following staff members, whose duties are outlined: office assistant,…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Legal Aid, Legal Assistants, Legal Education
Hoff, Wilbur – 1969
These guidelines are the outcome of a nationwide study which evaluated the effectiveness of the aides employed by sponsors of projects under the Migrant Health Act of 1962. Intended to assist project administrators and other professional workers, the guidelines are organized within a system model consisting of five major phases. The initial…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Guidelines, Migrant Health Services, Occupational Mobility
Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education, Harrisburg. – 1974
Following a discussion of the need for the service the document presents a proposal for the establishment of a career resource center in order to properly utilize and disseminate career information to students in Grades 6-9 in selected Pennsylvania schools. The career resource center will be involved with the following activities: (1) collection,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
Social Development Corp., Washington, DC. – 1969
Prepared under authority of the Economic Opportunity Act, this New Careers report offers suggestions on how police departments can improve relations with inner city disadvantaged residents (usually minority groups) by using hard core unemployed community members to close the information gap on both sides, provide community services, relieve the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Indigenous Personnel, Inner City, Job Development
Alley, Sam; And Others – 1978
A group of 12 federally funded community mental health centers which make effective use of paraprofessionals is described. The purpose is to make mental health policy makers and service agency staff members aware of the wide range of innovative service models in existence in which paraprofessionals play diverse and crucial roles. A case study for…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Mental Health Programs, Paraprofessional Personnel, Policy Formation
New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Albany. – 1979
This report contains information to assist organizations and personnel responsible for the quality and quantity of operators available for water quality control efforts. The text discusses in detail the current developments in operator instructional programs. Each of the seven sections of this report deals with a specific aspect of manpower…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Certification, Educational Programs, Instruction
Wallace, Hilda – 1970
This paper presents, from the worker's point of view, ways in which paraprofessionals have related to clients, agencies, and the community, in their own idiom, often giving and receiving help that the professional staff were unable to obtain. The author discusses in detail: (1) important aspects of the black community that relate to patient…
Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, Career Planning, Job Satisfaction
Steely, Robert D. – 1975
In order to assess the employment potential for human services paraprofessionals in the Kellogg Community College service area, a survey by mail of 103 organizations identified as potential employers was conducted in 1975. Thirty-nine of the 54 agencies responding indicated that they employ human services paraprofessionals. A large number of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Employment Opportunities, Human Services
Evans, Joyce – 1981
Alternatives for Paraprofessional Training (APT), a 3-year project, addressed the need for training paraprofessionals working with young handicapped children in rural and urban areas of Texas. Objectives of the project were: to identify competencies needed by paraprofessionals in working with young, handicapped children; to identify the needs of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Steely, Robert D. – 1975
Following a review of the history of the legal assistant profession and the present status of legal assistant education, this document reports a study of the need for a legal assistant program at Kellogg Community College (KCC). A survey questionnaire was distributed to 106 private attorneys, financial institutions, businesses and industries,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Employment Opportunities, Labor Needs
Moore, Marv; Delworth, Ursula – 1976
This Training Manual for Student Service Program Development is being published by the WICHE program Improving Mental Health Services on Western Campuses as a result of work done on a grant from the Experimental and Special Training Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health. The manual presents processes used during on-site campus…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Services, Counselor Training, Guidance Centers
COHEN, DEBORAH B. – 1967
THIS INSTITUTE, SPONSORED BY THE UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN BOSTON, THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION ON AGING, AND THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY COUNCIL OF GERONTOLOGY, FOCUSED ON RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF TRAINERS WHO COULD BE AVAILABLE TO AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR TRAINING PERSONNEL WORKING WITH THE AGING. ONE CONFERENCE PAPER DISCUSSED…
Descriptors: Age, Allied Health Occupations, Community Involvement, Community Services
Bailey, Bruce E.; Ray, Patricia E. – 1983
This guide describes the organization, administration, and maintenance of a student volunteer program designed to provide experiential learning to students and paraprofessional staff in rural human service agencies. The need for volunteer paraprofessionals in rural human service agencies, the benefits of a student volunteer program to both…
Descriptors: College Students, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
