The present study is a nationwide survey of study-release programs in the United States. Study-release attempts to bring the inmate back into the community by providing him with educational skills that are important and highly valued in achievement-oriented modern societies. (Author)

Because feelings workers experience as part of counter-transference may affect attitudes toward clients and their performance of casework, such feelings are the concern of supervisors and workers. An exercise which has been used successfully in the exploration by worker and supervisor of feelings that are nontherapeutic is presented. (Author)

Describes and explains the program of skill training at the University of Hawaii School of Law, with special emphasis on the first-year Legal Method Seminar. (Author/RK)

It is concluded that the systematic desensitization studies, the masturbatory training approaches, and the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation series are all effective treatment procedures, employing graduated exposure to sexual stimuli plus some form of directive psychotherapy emphasizing interpersonal skills acquisition. These may be the…

Thirty students were placed in a traditional or one of two experimental courses that each used television and simulation but differed in the way the history-taking demonstrations were presented. Videotapes of later history-taking from a simulated patient indicated that students in experimental courses obtained more information and used more…

The scoring technique was used successfully to score the 1974 computerized patient management problems examination taken by pediatric candidates as part of the certification process required by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Problem types, strategies, and scoring details are described. (LBH)

Discusses the principle elements for understanding and using mathematics, particularly arithmetic. Three aspects of arithmetic are considered: Understanding the concepts underlying a mathematical process, techniques or algorithms of arithmetic, and applications of the techniques to real situations. (SH)

After discussing three major trends which have significantly altered the position of a secretary in a company or corporation, the author presents guidelines and other information to assist a company in planning either to initiate or upgrade a secretarial training program. (TA)

Counseling skills can be learned through self-management programs, as well as through more traditional methods. The benefits of self-management in counselor training are discussed, and an outline of an applicable procedure for self-change projects is detailed. Two examples of completed self-managed change in counselor behavior are included.…

Eight model competencies for attending behavior are presented. The data which are presented indicate that these competencies can be measured reliably. Although these competencies were developed for use with microcounseling training, they are easily adaptable to other training programs. (Author)

Retention of verbal helping skills by human service worker trainees who had completed the Danish and Hauer (1973) training program earlier was explored. Trainees (N = 26) engaged in three helping interviews--before training, immediately following training, and seven months later. High skill levels at posttraining were generally not maintained at…

At the George Washington University School of Medicine a 52-hour course in emergency care was adapted for first-year medical students from an 81-hour program for training emergency medical technicians. (Author/LBH)

Recommends a classroom exercise to demonstrate intergroup relations. Possible learning outcomes include conflict resolution, decision-making, trust, and increased understanding of differences between competitive and collaborative behavior. (Author/DB)

Suggests ways to implement Occupational Survival Skills into high school curriculum and to develop materials for teaching these skills and attitudes necessary for "survival" in the world of work. Topics discussed include occupational unrest, career education, and curriculum development. Twelve topics are suggested for developing into…

Although Rational Emotive Therapy (RET) pioneered in some aspects of skill training, it recognizes some distinct disadvantages in making that approach the modus operandi of counselling. Both the advantages and the disadvantages of a skill-training approach are discussed in order to clarify RET's position on the topic. (Author)