In its recent report outlining principles for teaching undergraduate students in psychology, the American Psychological Association Board of Educational Affairs recommended including experiential learning in the curriculum and identified study abroad opportunities as being particularly valuable. Unfortunately, although American universities offer…

Describes monetary and nonmonetary costs and benefits of university-sponsored paraprofessional training courses which utilize community facilities and staff. The specific program described involved undergraduate psychology students as tutors in a residential treatment program for behaviorally disturbed adolescents. (KC)