A professional school is a program, department, or school that trains students to deliver psychological services. The professional school movement as an alternative training model, the differences between Psy.D and Ph.D degrees, and the implications of accreditation for program quality are discussed. Professional schools are listed. (AM)

Contributions of various clinical schools of thought to the theories about lawyering are examined, categorized by their emphasis on the individual attorney's role or the profession's in general. Although clinical legal education has matured, it is lacking in legal scholarship. Available from Dennis & Co., 251 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14203. (MSE)

Included are listings of important books, journals and newsletters; brief descriptions of the major professional societies in the program evaluation field (including membership information); a listing of resources for evaluation training materials; and a brief discussion of targeted research on evaluation. (Author/RL)

Evaluates the role of psychological theory in training effective psychotherapists and social workers. The authors advocate a problem-solving or "Social Technik" approach in which the demands of the practitioner's job--to cause desirable changes in client behavior--define the scope of all skill development and theoretical training. (AM)

An engineering ethics course is described which utilizes laboratory exercises to bring students into more intimate contact with their profession. (BB)

Responds to Norman Langhoff's criticism of community college police education programs (JC 502 099), offering conflicting opinions on the role of the police and the functions and methods of police education. (JP)

Movement education is a vital addition to the professional training of dance instructors. (LH)

Over 250 offerings of undergraduate, masters, specialists, and doctoral level programs in health education are listed by state. (JMF)

Explores some of the methods for training librarians that are available and have been tried in American library schools; then assesses the successes and failures of the two-year program at the University of California at Los Angeles and describes a new three-year program in librarianship and not-for-profit management. (Author)

Organizational behavior courses can ease the transition from classroom to practicing business community. Key features of the approach include firsthand experiences for the student and the integration of economic, behavioral, and management theories. (MP)

The experience of the first two years of the Annual Summer Institute in Evaluation Research is reviewed based on participants' assessments following the training sessions. Overall, the Institute appears to be successfully imparting evaluation skills to social scientists with varied backgrounds and experiences. (Author/MV)

A questionnaire concerning graduate offerings in psychology of aging was mailed to 238 departments of psychology throughout the United States. Of the 191 responses, 16 departments were found to offer a formal program of graduate study in gerontological psychology. Presented at the American Psychological Association meeting, Washington, September,…

Discusses a teacher-training experience in which a systemwide inservice seminar was offered. Offers the following tips for novice inservice providers: foster professionalism, provide structure for reading and writing activities, support change, accept participants as they are, stress commonalities, vary activities, provide supplemental fuel…

Examines statistics and research design requirements at various levels of school psychology education in the United States. Results indicated more required courses in statistics and research design at the doctoral level. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of statistics and research design competency at all levels of the profession.…