Describes two years of an organizational change program in which a major federal agency utilized race training and organizational development methods to improve the effectiveness of its equal employment opportunity program. (Author/AM)

Adult counselors can benefit from applied skill training to increase their effectiveness as helpers. This article outlines an eclectic training model developed to train paraprofessional counselors. It then describes three major training approaches in use today, and makes some comparisons among the four training models. (Author)

This article describes training roles and experiences of a new special education paraprofessional. Offering two-year, A.A.-level training, the Child Health Care Worker Training Program gives such personnel clinical, academic, and community training which articulates with unmet special education needs for developmentally disabled children and their…

Described is a model training project, based on five operating programs (in Virginia, California, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut), and designed to train and place severely physically disabled persons as computer programers. (IM)

Because of high unemployment, western European governments have created temporary employment, provided on-the-job training, and helped the unemployed set up businesses. The authors examine initiatives to illustrate types of employment programs and discuss how the schemes are designed, implemented, and financed by looking at structure, content, and…

A 1986 study assessing the efforts of higher education institutions in leadership education or development programs and courses is reported. Types of programs and the factors that make them good programs are described. Some examples of leadership programs are provided. (MLW)

The Hebron Advanced Placement Institute, a group of teachers spending a week in the summer examining methods and materials for Advanced Placement English, is described. Its mission is to engender excitement for the discipline and to enable its participants to face confidently the challenge of AP instruction. (MLW)

Describes a faculty training program instituted by the Instructional Media Center at University of California Northridge, which helps faculty members to become competent content specialists by working with media specialists to produce instructional media, and exposes them to the media center's operation. The program's objectives, operation, and…

Describes the involvement of the Moncton Campus of the New Brunswick Community College and Correctional Service of Canada in offering vocational training programs at Dorchester Penitentiary, a maximum security facility. Provides an assessment of the program from the teacher's point of view. (AYC)

Discusses the rationale and describes the components of a three-phase approach in which an instructional improvement consultant and training instructor work as partners in the process of building and refining the teaching skills of classroom instructors in training settings. (MBR)

A 5-year study of medical students who had participated in a first-year elective course on cancer found that 47% of all participants subsequently became involved in other cancer programs. Subsequent expressed and overt interests in cancer were related to achievement on neoplasm-related test items. (Author/MLW)

Discusses the growing need for professionally trained college career planning and placement staff and describes the master's degree program in student personnel services offered by the University of South Carolina. Course objectives and content are described including functional aspects of career development. (JAC)

A concept development program to prepare first and second grade blind children for future mobility training was established at the Illinois Braille and Sight Saving School in Jacksonville, Illinois. (Author)

The initiation of programs in mathematics held in the physical facilities of industry, the implementation of these programs, and guidelines for establishing the programs are discussed. (DT)

This brief summarizes the importance of professional development, identifies core competencies for youth workers, highlights professional development training delivery models, and sets fourth next steps for professional development that can benefit youth programs. Programs often attribute their success to effective youth workers, and research…