This paper on staff development proposes one dimension of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), Stages of Concern, as a diagnostic tool for use by counselors, administrators, staff developers and other change facilitators who are responsible for the timing and delivery of staff development experiences. A rationale for staff development, the…

Many counselors, psychologists and other growth specialists functioning in institutions seek ways of improving them but are frustrated by feelings of lack of personal influence or expertise. Attempts at change are often aborted or actually programmed for failure by professionals who expect rejection of their ideas. In many instances, professionals…

Although schools have served as a major target of both educational and mental-health oriented interventions, they have shown a marked tendency to assimilate innovative programs into existing patterns. This paper analyzes the sources and manifestations of resistance to change in schools and discusses the implications of such resistance for the…

Organizational adaptation and types of adaptation needed in academe in the future are reviewed and major conceptual approaches to organizational adaptation are presented. The probable environment that institutions will face in the future that will require adaptation is discussed. (MLW)

The seven papers contained in this monograph were presented at the Seventeenth UCEA Career Development Seminar held in Portland, Oregon, October 1967. Some papers view the problems of applying new knowledge to practice quite generally in the context of the broader society while others focus more sharply on strategies for implementing the…