The voucher training program for Work Incentive Program (WIN) clients described within this interim report is a system for providing occupational training to clients through entitlements rather than direct service (client and trainer are in a direct relationship facilitated by the agency). The basic program objective, discussed in the…

The project was designed to provide counseling services for children in poverty areas by preparing community educators to function as counselors. Participants were counselors, teachers, administrators, and employees of helping agencies (Boy Scouts, YMCA, YWCA, etc.) from two school administrative districts evidencing poverty-related problems. The…

Described in a monograph published by the Technical Assistance Delivery System (TADS) are the rationale, intake and screening procedures, service delivery, liaison and follow through, and evaluation of parent training models from four preschool demonstration centers for handicapped children. An overview discusses the purposes and dimensions of…

Reported is a special training institute, funded by the U.S. Office of Education, on school desegregation in Georgia. Participants were school personnel and community representatives from 19 school systems of a single district. The nine-day summer institute sought to provide opportunities for self-examination and for information acquisition about…

To update and improve the skills and competencies of vocational and technical education administrators in Oklahoma and provide preservice education for those aspiring to administrative responsibilities, a series of activities in a flexible inservice training program for 53 persons were conducted during the year, including a 4-week summer institute…

As mentoring programs have proliferated, considerable variation in approaches to programmatic mentoring has emerged. Concomitant confusion exists about the context, structure, and goals that constitute mentoring as a distinct intervention. This article presents a brief summary of what is currently known about different approaches to mentoring and…

This article describes the current operation of the Behavioral Counseling Laboratory (BCL). The Laboratory, which represents a new approach to practicums, gives counselor-trainees a chance to see clients, to receive supervision, and to participate in the operation of a student-managed counseling center. (Author/PC)

Describes the Navy's Program for Afloat College Education (PACE) administered by Chapman College for Western Pacific ships. (PG)

Describes a volunteer program in which volunteers were successfully trained to conduct predisposition reports and present them to the juvenile court, and to provide juvenile intake services. (Author)

Careers Program-Outreach is a project funded by the Vocational Education Act whose purpose is to expand career options for students, particularly the disadvantaged, and to serve as an incentive to school staffs to innovate and implement career development programs. The major emphases of this program are: (1) to assist counselors to develop…

This report, in addition to being a final report for an NIE grant awarded to the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning, summarizes the strategies, efforts, and results of implementing Individually Guided Education (IGE) nationally since 1971. Chapter 2 of this report (Chapter 1 is an introduction.) briefly describes the…

Two major counseling techniques were selected: the feeling-cause statement and the open-ended question. The problem-solving framework was chosen as a means of structuring the counseling interaction. The paraprofessional states the problem in a clear, concise, specific manner. He can then begin the problem-solution phase. (Author)

A three-part training model in diagnosing marital and family systems is described. The first unit introduced diagnostic tools and techniques. The second focuses on family systems theory and its relation to diagnosis. The third integrates the derived theory of diagnosing marital and family systems with clinical application. (Author)

The CTEA process described provides a systematic, step-by-step process for comparing proposed training and education system alternatives. (Author)

Describes a pilot staff development project at Christie School, a residential center with a capacity for 38 emotionally disturbed children. (RH)