This report describes and details the experiences of the Training and Research Institute for Residential Youth Centers (TRI-RYC) during its first year of operation. The TRI-RYC was established by the Department of Labor, Office of Special Manpower Programs, to provide a capability for initiating, training staff for, and evaluating the…

The responsibility of the Child Care Worker Training Project was to train 500 unemployed people from five cities in an experimental and demonstration project designed to overcome the shortage of child care personnel. Each of the centers (Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Newark and New York) developed its own method of recruitment, short-term…

A demonstration project (1958-1961) was conducted to establish that a self-sustaining workshop for epileptics can maintain itself competitively and be a viable rehabilitative setting for the epileptic midway between one employable in private industry and one employable only in a sheltered workshop. An EPI-HAB project in Phoenix, Arizona,…

The purpose of this practicum was to improve elementary student attitudes toward school, teachers, and administrators through implementation of a LIFE Leadership Program. The program was implemented in three Dallas Independent School District (DISD) elementary schools at the fourth-grade, fifth-grade, and sixth-grade levels. The same grade levels…

This paper presents a program which involves the recruitment and training of college students as counselor-aides in elementary schools. The function of the counselor-aides is to provide the necessary screening, testing and preliminary follow-up contact to facilitate the work of the professional staff. Some of the general goals for the…

A library of audiovisual instructional materials and curriculum guides were developed to train members of volunteer fire departments in LaPorte County, Indiana. The report briefly summarizes the project and includes a guide describing the audiovisual and instructional materials developed. The guide, containing 10 units, presents brief descriptions…

Presented is the training manual used to prepare special education supervisors in a competency based and individualized 1-year program at the University of Texas. Noted in the overview are such program concepts as the role of the supervisor in instructional improvement and as an instructional change agent and the need for determining critical…

The professional slant of the program in technical and scientific communication at the University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, is in contrast to the classical liberal arts tradition of academic preparation in the field of communication. The major concern of this program is to provide a curriculum and an advising strategy to make communications study…

The Summer Orientation Registration Program at the University of Maryland, "Maryland Review," is described. Dominated by academic information and decision-making sessions, it deals with concerns of general adjustment and dissemination of information about campus services and facilities. Students selected as peer advisors undergo specific training…

Article described a peer group counseling program developed at Archbishop Molloy High School in Jamaica, Queens. The program involved virtually every student in this total school approach to mental health social problem-solving. (Author/RK)

When a university owned and operated telecommunications system was installed at the University of Michigan, all members of the university were directly effected. The way the university community was prepared and involved throughout the implementation of the project to ensure the ultimate acceptance and use of the system is discussed. (Author)

Describes Illinois community colleges' involvement in economic development through a network of business centers operated by all of the state's 39 districts. Looks at the programs and services offered by the colleges in areas such as customized job training, training for small businesses, contract procurement assistance, and Job Training…

Considers the practice of school psychology in the Republic of Ireland. Information about the system of education, scope of school psychology services, administration, and training programs of school counseling. Details the problems that the profession faces as well as expected future developments. (Author/MCF)

In response to increased interest in interdisciplinary and liberal arts emphases in professional education programs, the University of Colorado has reorganized its nursing education program structure into a core academic unit and four major divisions, and has proposed that the first professional nursing degree be post-baccalaureate. (MSE)

Argues that the most effective in-service programs for rural schools take place in the classroom with teachers and in-service tutors sharing the teaching, analysis, and evaluation. Describes such a program that helped rural Norfolk and Suffolk (England) elementary teachers gain skill and confidence in teaching science. (JHZ)