Explains how to set up a morning news show for elementary schools that uses sixth grade students. Highlights include recruiting and selecting team members; training; scheduling guest anchors; setting up; and organization and student roles. (LRW)

Presents an analysis of an international teaching assistants (IGTAs) workshop. Analysis and evaluation of the workshop used five social difficulty variables: language, age, academic classification, cultural similarity, and friendship communication network. Findings reveal that the workshop was effective in providing a good foundation toward…

Offers suggestions for training librarians to work with teens. Discusses knowing the audience and including them as part of the presentation; addressing controversial topics such as gay and lesbian teens; using handouts, including an evaluation of the presentation; and some basic topics to cover. Includes recommended resources for young adult…

Examines the effects of adding correspondence training to a behavioral skills training package that taught abduction prevention skills to 31 children, ages 4-5 years. Results indicate that correspondence training did not improve correspondence between saying and doing target behaviors. However, both training approaches were equally effective in…

Programmed identity-matching training was given to five participants with severe mental retardation and histories of failures in assessments and training attempts. When an intermediate goal of establishing one-trial discrimination learning was eliminated, four participants completed the program and passed tests for generalized identity matching…

Presents guidelines for the evaluation of parent training programs. Guidelines emphasize that components of evaluation should occur before, during, and after implementation of any training program. Recommends that the content of programs and the training methods employed should be based on sound theoretical principles and on evidence of…

Investigates the relationship between three training procedures (didactic, modeling, or rehearsal feedback) and treatment integrity. Results indicate that higher levels of treatment integrity were associated with direct training procedures. Discusses implications for treatment planning and potential ramifications for consultants working in…

This article examines applied behavior analysis (ABA) based communication instruction for students with autism. It offers an historical context for ABA in speech-language pathology and reviews the literature on the use of ABA as a treatment method for communication impairment in autism, comparing contemporary ABA with the developmental…

Describes the differences between traditional computer-based training (CBT) and electronic learning environments using the principles of activity theory. Concludes that an e-learning environment developed on the principles of activity theory characterizes the workplace because it provides a contextual-community perspective that is lacking in…

Describes the procedures and benefits of using Library of Congress Playing Card games to teach library staff number sequencing and thereby reduce shelving errors. Appendixes include illustrations of the cards themselves, including table showing which call numbers correspond to various suits and values; training handouts; and two proposed studies.…

Explores various dimensions of the clinical supervisory process, including an assessment tool to measure trainee development, a supervisor developmental model, qualities of "excellent" supervisors, the differential effects of expert modeling versus self-observation using videotape, and growth issues for therapist and supervisor. Represents…

Describes a methodology for course development based on instructional systems design that is geared toward organizational training, including assessment, course design, research, resource allocation, instructional design, training program development, implementation, training program description, and program evaluation. (LRW)

Two young adults with severe intellectual disabilities received either frequent or infrequent verbal prompts through a small earphone and pocket radio- and computer-controlled device as they completed daily living tasks. Data indicated that the frequent prompts condition fostered a higher level of on-task behavior and correct task responding.…

Presents an empirically based discussion of methods for reconstructing the clinical training portion of counselor education to increase the effectiveness of training. The proposed reconstruction focuses on the topics of establishing a therapeutic relationship, increasing counselor skillfulness, and training in client matching. (Contains 101…

Relates a discussion held via teleconference that addressed trends relating to performance support. Topics include computer-based training versus performance support; knowledge management; Internet and Web-based applications; dynamics and human activities; enterprise application integration; intrinsic performance support; and future possibilities.…