Briefly describes an inservice training program designed to help teachers develop their own understanding of their work and its development. (AA)

The objectives of a mental health program in Illinois are: (1) to have the patient wish to choose a field of work, and (2) to get him to obtain a job in his chosen field. (CK)

This plea to make use of auxiliary personnel in the service areas so that they and those they reach can have a stake in our society climaxed the AHEA Workshop on Utilization and Training of Auxiliary Personnel in Home Economics. Mr. Farmer calls on professionals to coordinate their services and use auxiliary personnel to help improve and deliver…

Workshop for presidents of engineering colleges, deans and directors of engineering research, to discuss improvement of research administration. (IR)

Proceedings are summarized from the four-day conference "Parents and Children: A Family-Focused Approach to Service Delivery," held in Williamsburg, Virginia, July 1982. (MP)

Provides a definition of creative thinking and describes the objectives, design, and outcomes of creative thinking workshops. Gives examples of workshop exercises intended to encourage self-confidence, curiosity, and risk taking, which in turn influence the ability to tap one's potential for creativity. (SK)

Weighs the advantages and disadvantages of using the workshop approach in college writing instruction. Focuses on inadequate instructor qualities, inadequate class mix, poor use of time, boredom, and grading procedures as problems to be overcome when using the workshop approach. (RL)