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)

Changes in trainee selection, administrator education program structure, and the full usage of in-service school personnel and professorial staff could lead to significant and much-needed improvement in the quality of American school principals. (LH)

Assesses the value system held by supervisors in the counseling practice. Results indicate a strong relationship between the supervisee's satisfaction with the supervisory relationship and the level of communication that was developed in supervision. (Author)

Describes the Croft Community, a prototype of preventive health care which endeavors to provide a renewing and learning experience for persons already employed in health care. (Author)

University-based training and development centers help business and industry identify and satisfy training needs. Faculty have opportunities for professional development and work with adult learners. Although operated as a business, such centers must still function within the university mission. (SK)

Outlines a heightened level of training to support advanced roles for the alcohol and other drug (AOD) counselor. The functions differentiate AOD professionals--who have an advanced degree and extensive experience--from entry-level professionals. Provides a set of educational components that help counselors obtain competence in these functions.…

Describes the implementation of a brief behavioral intervention, based on the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program, by 13 pre-school practitioners with 39 parents. The results point to the role of primary care practitioners in providing services in settings that are easily accessed by parents, thus increasing the availability of support to parents…

Presents a response to "School Psychology Training for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities" (this issue). The author highlights additional points to consider, including performance-based accountability and expertise in system level change. (GCP)

Presents results of a survey of sign language interpreter training and provision in European Community countries. The questionnaire addressed such areas as: language forms used by deaf people and interpreters; training funding and priorities; interpreter evaluation, registration, availability, and salaries; and societal acceptance of sign language…

Defines the concept of curriculum for industrial personnel development needs, explains the concept of professionalism, and presents a model for developing curricula for business and industry called the Professional Development Curriculum (PDC) model. Training needs are discussed and two applications of the model in General Motors are described.…

Advocates interprofessional education as an efficacious approach to the professional development of arts administrators. Presents a set of guidelines and goals that support interprofessional education. Warns that failure to realize the interrelated nature of the creation, support, and study of the arts will lead to even more failures in art…

Describes the reasons that child care workers may lack enthusiasm. Discusses the design of effective training programs for employees who lack enthusiasm and provides suggestions for training paraprofessional staff. (RJC)

Describes the history of libraries in Bangladesh and discusses personnel needs for libraries today. Topics include education and training of librarians; professional, subprofessional, and inservice training; the present state of libraries; personnel shortages; and recommendations for librarianship education. (LRW)

Discusses a collaborative approach to evaluating professional training methods. Describes 4 objectives and 10 steps for "evaluating evaluation" that include identifying the training and evaluation goal, forming an evaluation team, designing the evaluation, developing the methods, collecting data, interpreting findings, and reporting results. (AEF)

Teachers on sabbatical who participated in professional development had improved professional identity, greater feelings of empowerment, less job burnout, and less desire to leave their workplace or the profession. These findings resulted from survey responses from 269 of 400 Israeli elementary school teachers who took sabbaticals. (SK)