This program is based on the theory that students in education need early exposure to the classroom and is designed so that the student progresses through the professional education sequence receiving progressively more complex assignments. (JD)

The present state of stuttering therapy programs enables the clinician to render many stutterers virtually stutter-free in the clinic; however, the transfer of fluency to nonclinical situations and its maintenance over time are major clinical problems. (Author)

When AVCO Financial Services, a national multibranch financial company, decided to convert from manual to computerized operations, a training program for employees was developed to implement the changeover. The program design, trainer training seminars, and a forty-five-day preconversion training period are described. (MF)

Computer diagnosis has been shown in a University of Wisconsin study with medical students to assist the clinician through its ability to present a detailed diagnostic analysis of data collected on a patient. It can also document clearly the logic behind its differential diagnosis, making it a good tool for teaching medical decision-making. (LBH)

Describes the Australian Traineeship System (ATS), a program integrating formal education and employment designed to increase options for dropouts. Discusses problems involving the centrality of ATS's educational component and implementation of a program evaluation strategy. Includes two references. (MLH)

The study assessed the efficacy of time delay and peer modeling procedures in increasing spontaneous verbalizations of affection in four autistic children (ages 6-8). Results indicated that the time delay was a quick and effective procedure for all subjects. Peer modeling was unsuccessful in teaching the target behavior. (Author)

Programmed instructional training materials in orientation and mobility were developed and field tested with 22 multiply handicapped blind infants and toddlers functioning between ages 0 and 3. Children receiving intervention from trainers using these materials demonstrated significant performance gains over control subjects in cognitive…

Presents a description and an evaluation of a formal training program for new catalogers that uses class sessions and a training manual in addition to actual cataloging experience. Appendices provide samples of training materials and the training schedule. (Author/CLB)

Training techniques used by five trainers conducting a workshop on changing teaching behaviors were studied to discover methods for examining trainer behaviors. Four observation methods were used. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)

One member from each of two object pairs was assigned as a reinforcer during a generalized requesting intervention using manual signs or graphic symbols with two severely handicapped learners (age 18). Prior generalized request training and reinforcer use did not influence effectiveness of later instruction in acquisition and generalized use of…

A cues-pause-point procedure was used to train two severely retarded females to remain quiet before, during, and briefly after the presentation of questions and then to verbalize on the basis of environmental cues whose labels represented the correct responses. Echolalia was rapidly replaced by correct responding on the trained stimuli. (Author/JW)

A videotape modeling procedure used in conjunction with shopping training in one natural environment was effective with three autistic young adults in promoting generalization of purchasing skills to community stores. These and other results of the use of videotapes as a means of program generalization in community training programs are discussed.…

The Harpersbury Hospital School in Hertfordshire, England, developed a curriculum of "mothering," or intensive, structured interaction teaching, to promote development of language, cognition, and sociability in pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties. The process approach is based on the critical learning that infants…

Discusses the contributions that cognitive psychology can make to the development of instructional designs and systems. Instructional design models for training and educational applications are described, potentials of cognitive engineering are reviewed, and possibilities for improved instructional design are presented, including objectives, kinds…

Discusses the development of a library training program by the University of Juba Library in Southern Sudan, and describes three levels of courses offered to library staff. Details are given of the curriculum, training staff, selection of trainees, and teaching tools, as well as examples of problems encountered. (CLB)