Two studies were conducted to examine the difference between the roles of resource teachers as proposed in the literature and the actual allotment of time in practice. Studies involved 101 graduate students in a university resource teacher training program and 371 resource teachers in the public schools. Findings confirmed previous conclusions…

Prepared to serve as a basis for comment by both employers and consultants who have worked on projects in developing countries, this paper describes the consulting process, conditions that warrant employment of consultants, the various alternatives for selection of consultants, common problems encountered by consultants and employers, the range of…

Programs for developing the managerial capacities of department heads in secondary schools tend to be of two types. One type concentrates on the dynamics of interactions between participants during the program. In this type of program, consultants either call for active involvement of the participants in the analysis of their interactions, or…

The Psychological Center provided a family oriented mental health consultation service to 17 delegate agencies who had contracts with Head Start programs in 1966-67. This paper presents an overview of the services which an interdisciplinary staff of 52 professionals provided to 6,780 families and 1,500 agency staff members. Gerald Caplan's (1964)…

This booklet attempts to give a brief overview of the nature of organization development (OD). It describes the role of the professional organization development specialist, how he functions, and what he tries to do in the client system. It also describes the purposes of the Midwest Organization Development Network, a nonprofit association of OD…

The Strategies for Change and Knowledge Project is a concrete attempt to apply the Lindage model to eight colleges and universities. It is completing its third year of on-campus task force action to stimulate academic reform, of linking agent, survey feedback, workshop and consultant aid to those problemsolving efforts, and of external research…

Within a standard format the details of instruction and training in various areas (units) of information and referral (I and R) services are given for Social Security Administration workers. Each unit is specified by the following categories: objective, special consideration, background, presentation, participation, review, and examples. There are…

This technical report documents teachers', principals', and consultants' perceptions of the importance of identified consultant behaviors when installing the process-promoting program, Science--A Process Approach. Teachers' viewpoints are reported within the framework of grade level taught, age, years of experience, and degree status. Principals'…

The author discursively shares her personal story in becoming a consultant, primarily to university-related care-givers. Consultation is defined as helping the consultee to maximize his potential in his work role by assisting him to more effective and efficient use of his own initiative, perception and resources. The author explains her innovative…

This paper offers some suggestions and guidelines for the communications expert or teacher who would serve as consultant to business organizations. Most important, the author suggests, is that he must be flexible in his approaches to employee training programs, adapting them to individual needs and the needs of the organization. He must also have…

Most programs of mental health consultation are offered without systematic plans for follow up evaluation. Controlled experimental procedures for assessing consultation are difficult to apply in most field settings, and alternate approaches to evaluation are needed. Eight problems which are commonly encountered when undertaking objective study of…

An effectively functioning family is one in which each member is able to exchange opinions; affection, views and information. The member learns in the family to relate with ease to others and to accept himself. Family group consultation is a means of helping families to become effective as the members relate better to each other. Other approaches…

Parents have always been the primary teachers of their children. Counselors, as consultants, can help parents organize for the best interests of their children and obtain the support they need from school personnel. (Author)

In order to increase counselors' effectiveness in cooperative and systemic approaches to problem solving, a large school district offered an inservice consultation program. Two successive training designs were piloted and evaluated. Several recommendations are proposed for further improvements. (Author)