In this article, the authors describe how they use a strategic planning tool known as SWOT as a framework for case analysis, using it to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a public works project intended to enhance regional economic development in Tempe, Arizona. Students consider the project in light of a variety of…

The objectives of training activities as stated in the DoW are: 1. to organize training within the project for the participants to learn to use the necessary tools; 2. to support training activities of the partners when they deliver and take in use the tools and practices during extended pilots. The approach with regards to the first point is that…

We describe our experiences using a research apprenticeship model, specifically the tripartite model, as an example of how we teach and work with doctoral students. The apprenticeship complements students' formal course work and introduces them to research and scholarship processes useful for their future roles as rehabilitation counselor…

Negotiation skills are essential in everyday life, whether in a professional or personal context. Negotiation enables two parties to address misunderstandings and avoid conflicts through an exchange that depends as much on the interpersonal skills of the negotiators as the tactics employed. Acquiring these skills requires not only sound conceptual…

A basic problem in preparing group counseling leaders is providing an instructional program which gives both information about group work and experience in leading groups. The Structured Counseling Role Interpersonal Phased Transactions (SCRIPT) format attempts to reduce this problem. Frequently, students are required or expected to participate in…

The second of two volumes, this document describes the activities of the Tri-State Parenting Collaborative (TSPC) Project, developed to promote education for parenthood activities and programs in the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The document details the leadership development programs and support systems that have evolved…

A method of training used by the Applied Physics Laboratory of John Hopkins University to upgrade the skills of mail clerks to enable them to fill clerk typist positions is recounted and its adaptability pointed out. (AJ)

This paper describes a systematic research program examining the remedial and preventive effects of coping skills training for the management of anxiety. The general conceptual/methodological frameworks guiding the project, the rationale behind selection of fears as the target problem, and the coping skills training as the preventive intervention…

This report describes how theoretical principles and counseling skills are taught in a program for training school counselors. The model used resembles others in assuming that three main phases can be discerned in most counseling relationships: a beginning phase, a developing phase and an action phase. Within each phase, specific skills are…

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…

This article describes the use of the precise feedback and negative reinforcement to ameliorate problems at a community health center. Both procedures were successful in improving the performance (returning toys to their appropriate places) of undergraduate paraprofessionals involved in an educational program for disadvantaged children. The study…

The appendix is a guide to the curriculum and training procedures of the Integrated Management of Cerebral Palsy project which evaluated the effectiveness of a program of conductive education. Introductory sections provide an overview of conductive education (training motorically disabled children in small, motivating groups of similarly…

Describes a program at the University of Rhode Island that maintains that teaching career development skills to students is more effective when placement and residence personnel work together. (Author)

Describes two years of an organizational change program in which a major federal agency utilized race training and organizational development methods to improve the effectiveness of its equal employment opportunity program. (Author/AM)

Adult counselors can benefit from applied skill training to increase their effectiveness as helpers. This article outlines an eclectic training model developed to train paraprofessional counselors. It then describes three major training approaches in use today, and makes some comparisons among the four training models. (Author)