Suggests strategies for mobilizing more leadership and power in the early childhood profession including: (1) getting teachers, providers, and directors to the table; (2) taking time to reflect and raise questions; (3) using a constructivist, empowering pedagogy; and (4) forging relationships of integrity and respect. (SD)

A study evaluated effects of a staff training package on the number of choice responses and performance responses made by adults with disabilities in a community purchasing activity. After training, all four staffers generalized offering choices and promoting performance across settings and adults with disabilities and maintained the skills.…

A study evaluated effects of a multifaceted training procedure on the inappropriate and appropriate social behavior of five adolescents with mild intellectual disability and on staff responses. The training included video feedback and self-management procedures and staff training with video and graphic feedback. Results indicated increases in…

This report describes a 2-year effort begun in fall, 1988, to improve the child care provided at the Child Health and Development Institute, located in an unidentified Middle Eastern country. The report begins by stating eight guidelines that governed the project. Discussion then turns to the three phases of the project: (1) identifying and…

This policy research brief summarizes three studies on training direct service personnel serving people with developmental disabilities, conducted at the Research and Training Center on Residential Services and Community Living, University of Minnesota. The studies provide information on competency-based training, effective training strategies,…

This report was developed to meet the staffing assessment requirements of the Vision 2000 program, an Arkansas effort to support a community-based service system to increase the independence, productivity, and integration of individuals with developmental disabilities. The staffing assessment portion of the program focused on three tasks: (1)…

Developed in response to a trend toward using hourly students and library school graduate students at the reference desk, this training manual provides basic training for library staff involved in providing engineering reference services. It integrates traditional and electronic resources into a 10-unit, 6- to 8-week program of instruction. The 10…

This study verified a need for the development of entry-level and continued training methods for educational secretaries in Oklahoma, with special focus on unique problems in the rural setting. The project aimed to: (1) ascertain if there was a statewide need for developing training for educational secretaries; (2) project during what time period…

This manual is one of four volumes in a staff development series designed for use with the Georgia Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling units. The helping skills training program, developed to equip school personnel with the competencies necessary to establish and maintain interpersonal relationships, has two components, this self-instructional…

Since training is an integral and intrinsic component of the college union program and operation, this manual is designed for use by college union and student activities programmers. A section on the training concept and design gives a brief introduction then discusses an approach to planning a training program, seminar planning and development,…

This booklet was designed to help supervisors with employee training problems. The problems may relate to upgrading job knowledge and skills or other training areas. The supervisor can share the training workload with fellow supervisors, the larger organization, and the personnel officer. Knowledge of an enthusiasm for the training subject will…

This paper contains discussion and recommendations regarding the training of school personnel to work as teams. An introductory section lists administrative actions needed as prelude to the introduction of auxiliary (paraprofessional) personnel into the school setting. The purposes of team training are discussed, and training objectives (growing…

This document briefly discusses the planning and implementation of a Child Development Associate (CDA) program developed to fulfill the requirements of a Head Start Supplementary Training (HSST) grant at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. One of the first steps in organizing the CDA program was to convince potential candidates for 51 Head…

This paper describes a pioneering attempt to create the role of organizational specialist in a school district. Needs for organizational specialists are cited, the implementation and training of specialists is described, and the strengths and weaknesses of the project are detailed. Suggestions for other school districts are given in a final…

This book presents a design for the training of all school personnel for effective cooperation when auxiliaries (paraprofessionals) are introduced as members of the multilevel, multifunctional educational team. Major chapters discuss (1) institutional setting for team training, (2) concepts of adult learning with implications for training, (3)…