Mentoring programs for incarcerated youth have shown promising outcomes with researchers suggesting that this population can benefit from mentoring relationships. A mentor provides guidance and support to youthful offenders. Having a caring adult involved in the life of a youth at risk may help them overcome adversity and develop the skills…

This article presents a brief historical review and survey of the current landscape of online graduate psychology programs within the Canadian context. Specific focus is given to outlining the establishment and evolution of the first Canadian online professional specialization program in school psychology. The article argues that given the virtual…

To address key policy and programmatic questions and help improve student and system performance, states must work to link data across the early childhood, postsecondary and workforce (P-20/workforce) spectrum and share this information with appropriate stakeholders. This issue brief highlights current efforts in California, Florida, Indiana, and…

Presents basic concepts and techniques for developing an effective, supportive program for supervising child care workers in residential facilities. (CM)

This paper begins by delineating common characteristics of nannies and indicating aspects of England's nanny training programs. The discussion then focuses on efforts begun in 1985 in Wisconsin to develop nanny training programs through the Vocational, Technical and Adult Education's post-secondary system. Particular emphasis is given to findings…

Describes development, objectives, program content, and evaluation of a model for training New Hampshire family day care providers. (MP)

Addressed to persons responsible for developing all kinds of training programs, this two-part monograph provides information for replication of a program titled "Training Administrators of Community-based Residential Correctional Facilities," of the training process used in the Community Corrections Training Project. Part 1 describes the…

Saint Louis University's efforts to develop and implement a comprehensive sexual harassment training program as the foundation for a cultural influence process is described. The use of the training program as the foundation of a normative-reeducative process of change is described. (MLW)

Describes a self-evaluative and self-sustaining management development program which has resulted in great savings, operations improvements, and organizational change in a very conservative organization. (JEG)

Church-based programs for caregivers of black elders have emerged from both demographic and cultural factors. To investigate the effectiveness of a training program for caregivers of noninstitutionalized elders, 95 Washington, D.C. adults (99% black, 87% female), who were providing caregiving assistance to an older adult, completed a 12-hour…

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…

The proposed use of paraprofessionals in migrant education is one of 9 Texas Migrant Educational Development Center programs focusing on the special educational needs of the migrant Mexican American child and his family. The use of paraprofessionals in migrant education described in this handbook will be pilot tested at selected Texas Migrant…

Designed to inspire parents throughout the United States to develop parent support programs, this book describes one such program which successfully operates in a community of 150,000 people. The Postpartum Education for Parents (PEP) program is designed to offer free assistance to families following the arrival of a baby. Specifically, the…

This appendix accompanies Volume 1 of the Information and Referral Center Study and the Evalaution of Information and Referral Services for the Elderly, and contains job descriptions for the Wisconsin Information Services (WIS) project staff, guidelines for proposals for project participation, the interview used for proposed I and R Center sites,…

Current social changes reinforce the need for trained marriage and family counselors. After a brief examination of these changes, the authors suggested paraprofessional training as one alternative for providing needed marriage and family counseling services. Already established paraprofessional programs, advantages, disadvantages, and the…