The designers of this project attempted to bring together the expertise of both educational and mental health disciplines into a method which maximizes the coping potential of school children. Instruments used in evaluating its effects included the Michigan Rating Scale for Pupil Adjustment, the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory, an…

The expansion of developmental reading programs into the secondary grades requires qualified and trained secondary reading teachers . This need is presently being met by local school districts through the operation of inservice training programs. The following observations of these programs are reported: (1) the secondary reading program is now…

Source material for the establishment and maintenance of sheltered workshop programs is arranged in chronological order. Aspects described include planning considerations, how to get started, program of services, operating the workshop, personnel, state and federal labor laws, workshop standards, and the future of the workshop. Appendixes provide…

Parent programs for the Queens Borough Public Library's Operation Head Start Program are informational in nature and presented in the form of group discussions led by library personnel. This manual provides guidelines and materials listings, developed by the Library under the direction of the Adult Services Consultant, to assist branch librarians…

This publication consists of instructional materials and exercises intended for use in a workshop for school administrators on the chartering process. Chartering is a management tool that aids participative administrative decision making and communication. In particular, chartering helps two individuals or groups, who share different levels of the…

Project Priority was designed to bring cognitive style information to two-year colleges in New York State. The project consisted of four sequences: (1) identification of information and personnel for the project; (2) a colloquium on cognitive style for leaders in two-year colleges and related agencies; (3) a series of four workshops considering…

This Coordinator's Guide accompanies the module Developing and Conducting In-Service Programs. It defines the coordinator's role from four aspects: setting the tone, setting the pace, facilitating the discussion, and evaluating. Suggestions for preparing and presenting the workshop are offered. The actual text is given in the accompanying module,…

This module is directed toward those persons who will be responsiblie for providing inservice programs for career guidance personnel. The module will help participants increase their understanding of the stages, activities and issues involved in developing an in-service program and of the competencies required. Upon completion of this module the…

Even in higher education there is a disjunction between the realities of Monday morning--with its budget crunches, operational constraints, and internecine squabbles--and the world of the imagination. However, the separation of the two realms is neither necessary nor helpful. The focus of this point of view is on the problems and potentials of…

The workshop resource manual provides a general approach and specific strategies to train and assist preschool and Head Start teachers in implementing a model of services for identifying, programing for, and evaluating the handicapped child in the classroom. Unit I examines the process of planning and implementing technical assistance activities…

With the current emphasis on mainstreaming handicapped children into regular classrooms, there has been an increase in both the number and types of inservice education workshops requested by and for regular classroom teachers. Since few of these teachers have been affectively involved in the education of the handicapped, the primary focus of the…

In teaching basic health concepts in developing countries, puppets can be an inexpensive and interesting way to hold people's attention and to give them logical reasons for changing their behavior. Puppets are small, easy to transport and to operate, fun to see, have little cultural identification, can talk about embarrassing things, and can…

Intended to serve as either a training program for local educators or as an idea bank for shorter career education training programs, this manual presents a five-day intensive training program based on two major thrusts. The first thrust is team building through human relations experiences. The second thrust is a sequential curriculum design for…

This paper describes the development of a simulation technique that can be used in the training of infant day care administrators and personnel. The planning of the simulation was designed as a training experience for graduate students in an early childhood education program. Students, faculty members and child care professionals from the…

This family enrichment program is designed for parents having children in the Junior High Schools Dimensions for Living Family Life course. However, parents of any school-age child could benefit from the sessions. The three two-hour sessions in the home, each spaced one week apart, provide an opportunity for 10 to l2 parents to come together in a…