Describes the goals of a training program to reduce staff sexual anxiety in adolescent treatment programs. Describes specific guidelines regarding effective staff interventions at an individual and group level. Emphasizes alertness to the broad implications of sexuality in staff and patients and emphasizes necessity for careful monitoring of ward…

Three adolescents with moderate to severe mental retardation were taught to use picture prompts to guide their performance on two vocational sequencing tasks. All students completed the training task with at least 96% accuracy with the picture prompts, and generalized their performance with equal accuracy to the untrained task. (Author/CL)

Reviews federal fair employment legislation, administrative guidelines, and court cases that relate to training. Results indicated that most courts will not accept training success as a valid criterion for test selection; review equal treatment factors rather than business necessity of training; and have definite guidelines for demonstrating pay…

Discusses three task analysis techniques utilized at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station to review training programs: analysis of (1) job positions, (2) procedures, and (3) instructional presentations. All of these include task breakdown, relationship determination, and task restructuring. (MBR)

Provides an annotated bibliography of ERIC documents dealing with job training programs, methods of granting academic credit for employment training activities, and human resource development. (DMM)

Examined the efficacy of using three levels of prompts on three mentally retarded clients' acquisition of 18 response sequences in cleaning a restroom. Subjects completed ten training sessions conducted once a week for one hour. Results indicated that the training was effective in teaching restroom cleaning skills. (BH)

Results of four studies involving 30 mildly mentally retarded students (9-19 years old) suggested that focal color coding was attention-attracting and effective in training in an initial, basic assembly task. Findings also suggested limitations to the usefulness of focal color coding stemming possibly from loss of effectiveness from repeated…

Using data on wage claims investigations of a state labor department, this study indicates that investigators become significantly more productive during the first six years of job experience. (SK)

This study presents the successes and failures in the delivery of services to low income communities. Executive directors of community-based organizations throughout the county were asked to describe their most and least successful community-based service delivery projects. The service ventures then were classified based on the extent to which the…

Describes a program through which one company, Control Data, has attempted to address unmet social needs in the areas of unemployment, especially for disadvantaged youth and the handicapped; more responsive education and training; revitalization of poverty-stricken areas; a more viable small business sector; and lower cost, more efficient public…

Judgments of 126 military instructors on 129 candidate skills were factor analyzed to identify the basic cognitive skills soldiers must possess before entering the Army. Results suggest that for all occupational specialties studied, skills related to the learning process are as crucial as academic skills for successful training course completion.…

Builds upon Lazear's empirical explanation of mandatory retirement by adding these testable implications: the relationships between mandatory retirement and (1) specific on-the-job training, (2) vested pension plans, and (3) costs of monitoring worker performance. Indicates that a comprehensive explanation requires consideration of human capital…

The duties, training, qualifications, job outlook, salary, and working conditions of emergency medical technicians are described. (EA)

The duties, training, and employment opportunities of a demographer (a scientist who studies the size and characteristics of human populations and how they change) are described. A list indicating United States and Canadian universities with graduate departments emphasizing demography is included. (EA)

The training departments that need consultant help the most often are the least likely to hire it, because they do not realize the time and money outside consultants can save. Training directors are advised on how to increase training value by effective management of the relationship with outside consultants. (Author/AJ)