Attendees at workshops and lectures were asked to complete a questionnaire which assessed the following: 1) First death experience, 2) Present conceptualization of death, 3) Anticipated reactions to a personal terminal illness, 4) Resources in managing one's own death, and 5) Difficulties experienced in working with dying persons. (Author)

Vincent Wixon and Pat Stone suggest ways to adapt the Talk-Write approach to the teaching of writing so that it can be used in the middle school or junior high. (DD)

Three workshops designed for bus drivers focused on understanding what troubles drivers, improving communications and problem management, and including faculty, administrators, and coaches in a discussion of driver problems. (Author/IRT)

Examined was the effectiveness of an assessment and training instrument with 32 mentally retarded adults in a sheltered workshop. (CL)

This article offers a working checklist designed to facilitate the planning and implementation of an inservice workshop for foreign language teachers. The checklist is divided into three sections: Program, publicity, and service. It focuses on cognitive aspects of the workshop and meeting the affective and psychomotor needs of the participants.…

Describes workshop approach for helping adults deal with loss and grief which combines one-day seminar, support system development, and a reunion of seminar participants. Explains content and activities of the workshop which is held prior to the holidays and offers suggestions for family life educators interested in offering similar programs.…

Educational supervision must be tied to improving staff skills in several critical areas--planning, diagnosis, monitoring, evaluating, and modifying programs to meet individual students' needs. To address supervisors' training deficiencies in these areas, this article recommends a workable training model and outlines desirable supervisor…

The Association of School Business Officials has focused on workshop programs that (1) provide general orientation to new subject matters, (2) reinforce and/or illustrate new techniques of established practices, and (3) provide a structured instructional learning environment. (MLF)

Redefinition of placement to include not only competitive employment but sheltered and volunteer employment as well as training on the job setting can increase the probability of success for head-injured adults. Preplacement preparation and placement selectivity can increase the chances for placement success as illustrated in two case histories.…

A 10-day workshop helped teachers and administrators in the Central Oklahoma Area Vocational-Technical School learn how to manage an open entry classroom and the differing needs of its students. (CH)

Identifies the general principles underlying the Council of Writing Program Administrators' summer workshop, and the ways in which they are currently being applied. (HTH)

Describes how training managers initiated a senior management development program to help an organization develop a new approach to managing change and upheaval. (Author/JOW)

Summarizes issues raised at a workshop on "People and Dams" organized by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia. Objectives were to (1) understand problems created by dams for people, (2) consider forces affecting displaced populations and rehabilitation efforts, and (3) gain a perspective on popular education efforts among…

Central features of "write-to-learn" are discussed and the results of a faculty workshop that aimed to acquaint faculty members in the Pennsylvania State University system with the method are presented. (MLW)

Assessed outcome in 10 British and American sensitivity training workshops in terms of reported self-benefit and benefit to one's relations with others not present. Found differing patterns of change between the two outcome variables, suggesting that they embody separate models of workshop learning processes. (Author/NB)