Presents a model for constructing and evaluating an effective alumni volunteer program to aid the student recruitment effort. A review of successful programs reveals certain common features and provides important touchstones for other schools looking for the principles and practices with which to organize their own efforts. (Author)

A word level behavioral routine for the remediation of distinctive feature errors was developed for resolving some current theoretical criticisms of minimal pair therapy and used with seven children (5 and 6 years old) with moderate to severe nonorganic phonological disabilities. (Author)

Examines the effects of a creativity training workshop on the behaviorally defined creative responses (fluency, flexibility, and originality on both unusual uses and problem-solution exercises) of 14 college students. (CM)

Four subjects, aged six to seven, identified as visually impaired, were given training in making eye contact with a stimulus under both white and black light visual field. All subjects performed better under the black light condition, even overcoming the expected practice effect when white light training followed black light training. (Author/SJL)

A prominent dancer/educator is interviewed about the "mind set" of today's aspiring dancers and about significant components in dance training. (Editor)

Two case reports of 4 and 5 year old children describe the rationale and procedures for structuring an articulation therapy program on the basis of distinctive feature analysis of the child's articulation problems. (Author/DB)

Describes ways in which algorithms which refer to underlying procedures should be represented in order to improve communication in educational and/or training materials. Representations of linear procedures, decision rule procedures, and complex procedures are provided. (MER)

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)

Two related experiments with two speech-handicapped children (three and four years old) examined generalization across contexts involving different sentence forms when selected grammatical features were trained within a single syntactic context. (Author)

Considers the role functions and general competencies of communication trainers. Focuses on the way trainers execute two principal tasks: 1) selecting topics, teaching, and evaluating communication seminars; and 2) diagnosing and managing communication problems which occur within the organization. (JMF)

Examines selected areas of education, training, and needed awareness for caregivers working with the woman alcoholic. The training of alcoholism and drug caregivers is viewed from a multidimensional perspective. Attempts to describe important issues which must be recognized and integrated into existing training efforts. (Author)

Discusses new evaluation procedures developed for the Gregg Office Job Training Program. In part 1, the student is evaluated and graded on performance of a specific job. In part 2, the student is graded on 10 areas of job performance, and in part 3, the student writes a brief job description. (CT)

Findings indicate that the effects of assertion training generalized to novel teacher, parent, and student situations and to the in vivo test. Structured learning training with teacher trainers produced more assertive behavior in teacher situations. Performance was differentially affected by type of participant. (Author)

Provides an overview of a training program for online searching used by the University of California's Computerized Information Services (CIS), focusing on database training through workshops and seminars. (FM)

Describes a training program for early childhood program directors in Israel. The program focuses on leadership training and is based on the belief that the growth and development of children and their families depends on the home, the educational setting, and the community at large. (CM)