The project reported on in this paper involved the implementation of systematic interpersonal skills training in empathy for the staff members of a community based, vocational development program developed to promote the career development of black youth. The design was to raise 12 black staff members level of skill functioning to an adequate…

Presents an outline of a six-session communication lab. These labs focus on feelings and their relationship to human behavior. (Author/HMV)

The authors present modes used to train both paraprofessionals and graduate students for a wide range of tasks within the helping process. With emphasis on the mastery of the behavior of systems entry, their training program combines the components of careful trainee selection, competence building, and trainer preparation. (LA)

Fifteen college students participated in a 24-hour marathon group and responded to the Internal-External Scale immediately before and after the experience. The results disclosed significant positive change at the .001 level in perceived locus of internal-external control of reinforcement expectancies in the direction of increased internality.…

Assessed the effect of Kagan's Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) on group work and compared it with a T group method. The IPR groups showed significantly greater change in individual and group interaction factors. High-self-esteem subjects showed no difference between methods. The self-confrontation of IPR was beneficial to the low-self-esteem…

Discusses the need for better communication and understanding between students and teachers, and between students and administration. (DD)

A subordinate culture is outlined for girls by the attitudes of the teachers and administrators, by the textbooks, and by the entire career counseling system. Now is the time for the conscientious school administrator to study the career training his school system provides for girls from kindergarten through commencement. (Author)

Systematic methods are needed for studying group development over time. The method described here permits interpretive description of a group session, useful both for feedback to the group and for further study of group processes. (Author)

The wave of the future for student personnel work is to restructure all service relationships so that they enhance the worth and dignity of each student. This revolution requires retraining. (Author)

Technics for providing campuswide discussion of issues and problems through sensitivity training methods are suggested. (Editor)

Author shares a recent experience he had with a group of faculty and administrators which reinforced his faith in the ability of his colleagues to improve processes of teaching and learning, decision making, and interpersonal relations. (Author/LF)

This study attempted to induce innovations by encouraging groups of teachers to discuss their professional practices during six weekly meetings in self directed T Groups. The results showed an increase in innovation though differences among buildings existed and new ideas and innovations disappeared once the regular meetings stopped. (Author/CG)

The use of group sensitivity training in a counselor education program as an approach to increasing personal development and effectiveness of interpersonal functioning in counseling was not supported by this study. (Author)

The rapid proliferation of life education programs has created a need for good teachers in the field. How to select and train these teachers is discussed. (Author)