Argues that headteachers in English secondary schools should be trained by specially devised training programs. The role of the headteacher and the content and form of the training programs are discussed. (RM)

Afraid of change, many employees refuse to join the computer revolution. The author states that only understanding and proper training can break down such resistance. The term "technostress" is described and the importance of employee self-assessment is examined. (CT)

Studied frequency of occurrence of four different types of physical contact (touching, holding hands, sitting-on-lap, and hugging) in school-based helping interactions between nonprofessional child aides and young referred children. Frequency of contact behaviors did not relate either to adjustment status at referral or to intervention outcomes.…

Evaluated three approaches to teaching social skill training (SST). All three conditions showed equivalent improvement in familiarity with SST; however, only the structured learning format and conference workshop format improved evaluative skills significantly. A measure of therapist behavior during a simulated SST session showed roughly…

Issues that must be dealt with when training recreation managers about evaluation skills are discussed and training strategies, such as simulation and case studies, are explored. The importance of converting evaluation techniques and theory into useful daily practices is stressed, whether the training takes place in the classroom or in a staff…

Language form and communication style are two domains of verbal behavior. Two parents of language disordered children received six hours of training in one domain. Each parent demonstrated positive change in the trained and untrained domain. The duration and domains of parent training programs might be reduced while increasing efficiency.…

Diekhoff argues that you must teach trainees how to learn. He recommends pretraining in learning strategies, including self-pacing, concentration, and reading comprehension. (CT)

Assigned 24 supervisors to two behavior modeling workshops designed to improve the supervisors' skills in coaching and handling employee complaints. Generalization of observational learning to a novel context was significantly better in the experimental group, showing the efficacy of formalized retention processes. (Author)

Discusses the responses of 303 teaching assistants and faculty about their attitudes toward TA training. While respondents agreed that training should be practical, the concerns of native speakers differed from those of nonnatives, and the views of experienced faculty differed from those of younger respondents. (EKN)

Discusses three major areas with which community work training must be concerned: the political and organizational needs of the working class; the learning needs and interests of the individual student; and the lessons of practice. (CT)

Describes 22 internship centers that accept school psychology students and examines the nature of the experiences students receive. Primary roles and activities include counseling and psychoeducational assessment, intervention, and consultation. Suggests implications for the broader development of internships. (Author/JAC)

Investigated the differential impact of natural interpersonal skills and specific, brief, interview training. Dramatic convergence of effectiveness scores for volunteers preselected by the group assessment of interpersonal traits technique was impressive. Results shed no clear light on the talent v training controversy. (Author/BEF)

Assigned subjects to an audiovisual model followed by practice or no practice, or a written model followed by practice or no practice. Results reveal total use and total preferred use of interviewing skills were significantly higher for subjects in practice training than in no-practice training, regardless of the model. (Author/BEF)

Examined the effectiveness of rehearsal training and strategy awareness to train groups of mildly retarded and normal children in using mature information processing techniques. Recall scores on a training task were influenced by rehearsal training, but neither the rehearsal and strategy conditions nor their combination influenced recognition of…

Suggests the need for a multicultural model in race relations training in Great Britain. Examines the current didactic, lecture-discussion, groupwork, and experiential methods of training with emphasis on future trends and the development of new training models. (JCD)