Ways to increase the involvement of parents in child development programs are presented in this training manual. The sections of the manual are as follows: I. Parent Involvement; II. How Parents Can Participate; III. Making Participation Meaningful; IV. What the Parent Groups Do; V. The Parent Sub-Committee; VI. What Would the Parents Be…

This document contains 404 abstracts relating to pertinent aspects of staff development in adult education, and should be useful as a resource for adult educators, graduate students in adult education, staff development personnel, and decision makers at all levels of adult basic education staff development. Materials cited are those not easily…

Library media centers have not reached their potential as a force for educational excellence due to lack of adequate staffing and poor administrative vision. (Author)

Maintaining that the best teachers are taken out of the classroom via differentiated staffing, this article suggests that the reverse should happen; that is, the poorer teachers should be given the ancillary work and the best teachers should remain in the classroom. (JC)

Three modes of using the microcomputer in aphasia rehabilitation include the dependent mode (with the clinician in the clinic setting), the clinic-based independent mode, and the home-based mode. Also considered are hardware and software selection, patient selection, clinician responsibilities, and family support. A case study illustrates…

Obtained data in hospices (N=34) from social workers, nurses, and volunteers on how frequently and for how long they performed 27 social service activities. Found that social workers were employed part time and did not play a unique role in service provision, but that nurses were employed full time and provided social services. (Author/ABB)

Potential sources of stress and satisfaction perceived by 83 direct-care staff members in community residences for mentally retarded adults were investigated. Results indicated that stress and satisfaction are not polar opposites but two largely separate dimensions of workers' experiences. Sources of satisfaction and stress had two components,…

Residential staff rated common consequences of stereotypic or self-injurious behaviors of 60 severely and profoundly retarded residents. Ratings indicated that only 7 percent of stereotypic behavior was followed by positive consequences or escape/avoidance from demands, while 30 percent was followed by staff attention and 38 percent led to escape…

Paraprofessionals may fulfill a number of roles with learning disabled students, ranging from assistance in diagnosis to individual instruction. State and local education agencies should prepare for the advent of paraprofessionals through inservice and supervision, being attentive to problematic areas of responsibilities, interpersonal…

A study conducted at a institutional dormitory for 32 profoundly retarded adolescents and preadolescents assisted by nine attendants supported the value of rearranging the traditional personnel structure to provide a slightly lower staff-resident ratio and assigning more comprehensive responsibilities to particular attendants. Improved training…

The paper describes a scale to measure individual participation in interdisciplinary team meetings based on data from an observational study of team meetings at a residential institution for severely and profoundly mentally retarded persons. (Author/CL)

Describes the Montgomery County Children Services (Ohio) program designed to teach racial awareness to staff. Discusses problems and outcomes. (Author/SB)

This manual discusses the school nurse's role in prevention and management of overweight children from an individual student perspective and, perhaps more important, from a system perspective. Manual includes the BMI (Body Mass Index) Wheel.

Discussed the role and accomplishments of the advisory council. (RK)