This book presents a design for the training of all school personnel for effective cooperation when auxiliaries (paraprofessionals) are introduced as members of the multilevel, multifunctional educational team. Major chapters discuss (1) institutional setting for team training, (2) concepts of adult learning with implications for training, (3)…

Part 1, the introduction to this manual for designing and implementing training programs for the trainers of nonprofessional or paraprofessional school personnel introduces the training model for new careers in education. Part 2 presents four "Workshops for Trainers" which they can conduct for themselves as they begin to share ideas,…

An experimental human relations program was conducted in which sophomore teacher trainees were stimulated to develop a one-to-one relationship with an elementary school child. The basic objective was to enhance the development of acceptance of self, acceptance of others, and acceptance by others in both the trainees and the children. It was…

Prepared for those interested in program evaluation, this bibliography (largely annotated) on management development and training contains 61 items published between 1959 and early 1969. Citations have been grouped into five categories: descriptions of research studies; literature reviews; discussion of evaluation techniques; surveys of corporate…

This study investigated and compared the effectiveness of T groups and the Human Development Institute (HDI) in changing interpersonal perception styles and communication skills. In 20 hours of instruction over a ten week period, the two training conditions were systematically varied with groups of elementary school teachers differing on the…

This report describes the early childhood educator training programs of the 4-C (Community Coordinated Child Care) project, held in Milwaukee and Dane Counties, Wisconsin from 1970 to 1973. The goal of the training programs was to help teacher-directors, teachers, teacher-aides, and parent-assistants become aware of ways to improve and expand…

American Indian paraprofessionals were trained to teach parents to use social learning principles to develop question-asking skills in their first-grade children. Subjects were assigned to three treatment groups of 10 subjects each for a time lag control form of multiple baseline design. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) instruction by parents would…

This paper describes how a small group of people representing one community both identified and set in motion a strategy to deal with the perceived drug problem in their community. The emphasis of the paper is on the process by which this group moved rather than on the specific details of their efforts. The paper is actually a case study of one of…

This training manual outlines the skill areas and theoretical framework needed for a successful infant caregiver training program. The manual focuses on the child development aspects of training, particularly personality development, sensory development, language development, and the development of large-muscle skills. Throughout the book, an…

Summarized are proceedings of a 3-day special institute in Syracuse, New York, for teachers and paraprofessionals to examine the role of the teacher aide in public school programs for emotionally disturbed children. Noted in two greetings are types of aides such as audiovisual aides or lunchroom aides in New York public schools, amendments to…

Twenty-one nonverbal autistic children, 4- to 9-years-old, with language ages of 4- to 24-months, participated in the communication learning program from 1 to 3 years. Simultaneous verbal and manual signs were chosen as the communications mode. The children initially displayed infrequent, unrecognizable vocalizations (Screeches, or vocal…

Those who wish to bring about positive communication between two groups with strongly polarized attitudes cannot do so merely by bringing the groups together for interaction. A study of inmates and officers at a women's prison revealed the potential of perception training for changing initially polarized conceptions. Analyses of subjects'…

This book is divided into four sections. Part I, "Preparing To Train," presents three reasons why supervisory training and development are worth the time and money they cost. These are: (1) Training can improve a supervisor's attitudes, knowledge, and skills, and increase his effectiveness and that of his department; (2) New knowledge--both…

A study was conducted to determine the appropriate training objectives for fire control personnel aboard nuclear submarines, to identify specific requirements for training materials to accomplish these objectives, and to provide functional descriptions of recommended training devices. A task analysis was conducted to determine the skill and…

Described is a project in which parents of profoundly and severely mentally retarded children were taught techniques of operant conditioning to be used in training their children in self help skills such as feeding, toileting, and dressing, with the end goal of reducing the anxiety level of parents. Involved were 25 parents whose children were on…