Eighty-two educable and trainable mentally retarded children (6-18 years old) judged whether a series of visual stimuli matched a standard. With each judgment the investigator verbalized "right" or "wrong" and then provided full feedback of cue similarities and differences that supported each judgment. Trained Ss exhibited total intradimensional…

Assessed the effectiveness of role-play and discussion activities in the acquisition of specific consultant interview skills. Results indicated that subjects in the role-play group made a significantly higher mean number of appropriate responses than subjects in either the discussion or control groups. (Author)

Describes a project conducted to improve training in industry. It produced and validated a training technology system and developed a program to prepare corporate personnel in the use of the system. This system and a related training technology course are reviewed. (CT)

A parent and teacher were trained in home and school settings to administer a self-feeding program to a profoundly retarded adult woman. During training, an increase in both the parent and teacher's appropriate use of instruction and attention occurred, and a high stable rate of self-feeding responses developed across settings. (Author)

Studied the effect of progressive muscle relaxation training on a group of anxious older widows (N=10). Found training decreased the severity of stress-related disorders when compared with controls. Results indicated, with state anxiety, improvement continued during home practice after treatment. (Author/JAC)

Describes the cooperative nature and content of Greek agricultural education and training activities and the efforts made to integrate cooperative studies into the national educational system. (CT)

Discusses a research training project for undergraduate psychology students in the development, administration, and evaluation of strategies to deter addictive smoking in adolescents. Students worked closely with faculty and graduate student researchers and became aware of the constraints of institutional regulations and logistical problems…

Tested use of visual imagery for overcoming memory loss in community-living older people with evidence of senile dementia. Patients and caregivers were randomly assigned into one of three training conditions: didactic, problem-solving, or wait list. Recall performance was somewhat improved for subjects in the didactic group. (Author)

Investigated the effects of learning disabilities teacher training for consultation with classroom teachers. Learning disabilities resource teachers (N=4) received communication skills training, and resource teachers (N=4) received conceptual assumptions training. Training resource teachers in communication skills resulted in significantly higher…

Investigated a stress management training program for 11 hospitalized drug-abusing patients, compared to a control group in different psychotherapy programs. Results indicated that the stress management treatment group produced significant decreases in trait anxiety. Subjects used the stress management techniques to overcome insomnia, anger, and…

Suggests that trainers take innovative approaches to training clients who work in high-risk jobs such as the military and recommmends that external needs assessment, front end analysis, and task analysis be used to establish training goals and objectives. Nine references are listed. (MER)

Elaborates Kohlberg's six stages of moral development and applies this theory to a course to train union stewards for processing grievances. Discusses other applications in labor education. (SK)

The key ingredients in starting a new facility are the development and implementation of a training master plan. Other elements include specifically defined training objectives, trained supervisors to implement programs, and an evaluation process. A follow-up training procedure is necessary to ensure that learning continues. (SK)

Compared effectiveness of a systematic social skills group training program to a bibliotherapy program group and a treatment control group. Results showed that the skills training group improved significantly more than the control group and showed superior improvement on the self-report measure. Results failed to demonstrate the efficacy of…

Didactic group parent training and parent-child interaction training were compared for effectiveness. Children (N=29) were divided into three groups, i.e., one control and the two training techniques. After five sessions, therapist observations revealed improvement in the mothers' facilitative behaviors for those mothers participating in the…