In this paper we describe an evaluation training program sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by Duquesne University and OMG Center for Collaborative Learning designed to meet the challenge of developing a cadre of diverse evaluation professionals, specifically those from traditionally underrepresented or underserved…

Partnerships for Autism through Collaborative Community Choice and Empowerment (Project PACE) was developed to empower parents and professionals (e.g., general or special education teachers, therapists, social workers, school counselors, psychologists) through training and education. Project PACE was designed to provide participants with basic…

The population dealt with in this report comprises educationally disadvantaged people 18 years of age or over, who have not completed eight years of formal schooling. These fall in the following categories: illiterate, semi-illiterate, unemployed, and underemployed. The summary of the work done by the Department of Adult Education of Florida State…

Reviews what stress is and how it affects people. Describes some company programs in stress management, and examines implications of stress training for trainers. (CSS)

This report describes the application of videotape recordings as an applied research technique in a project directed toward the research and development of training designs and materials for human service agency professionals. The multiple applications of VTR and the types of data collection situations in which it has been utilized are briefly…

A project to demonstrate how a team of instructor/consultants could function on a regional basis to help upgrade inservice education programs in nursing homes was conducted. The design of this Nursing Home Training Program was structured to allow for changes in demonstrated services in accordance with reactions of participants. An advisory and an…

A graduate-level management training program in gerontology is presented through a description of a consortium of two universities (Boston University and Brandeis University) and consisting of three types of training (gerontology and aging, sociology and social work, and management techniques). The areas of interest described in these materials…

In order to facilitate a synergistic relationship to the community, the Center for Human Development was established at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. The major purpose of the Center was to initiate adjunct professional experiences to assist the training of graduate students in counseling and guidance. Results are discussed. (Author)

The author presents an overview of the role of existentialism in the training of counselors and mental health practitioners. Exercises and skill development techniques are also presented for existentially oriented training of psychotherapists, using a workshop format. (HLM)

This training program, designed to assist treatment programs decision-makers in planning, implementing, and monitoring practices and services for alcoholic women, provides participants the opportunity to: (1) measure the current state of their agency programs; (2) select priorities for change; and (3) develop an action plan for change. The program…

This descriptive study is mainly intended for adult educators, teachers, engineers and technicians in industry and agriculture in charge of illiterate workers, international and national specialists responsible for the launching and running of literacy programs, and more generally for all who take an interest in the work which is being done to…

Training psychologists for school consultation is relatively new. Most training programs do not include systematic training in consultation, and consultation has been identified by school psychologists as the area in which they consider their training most deficient. In light of the inadequacy of school consultation training and the sparsity of…

This training program, designed to assist treatment program decision-makers in planning, implementing, and monitoring practices and services for alcoholic women, provides participants the opportunity to measure the current state of their agency programs, select priorities for change, and develop an action plan for change. The program sessions, led…

Describes a training program and a specific information strategy for police promoting substance abuse prevention. Discusses training components for a successful drug abuse presentation and selection of an appropriate prevention strategy. Presents a model of types of drug information. Discusses problems with negative attitudes and use of drug…

The historical evolution of NIMH manpower and training policy is set forth as the framework for examining recent changes in the psychology education programs of the Institute. The new and exclusive emphasis on priority-focused training as a basic condition for NIMH support in the future is described with special reference to training in the child…