This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit examines the practices of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in the area of cultural diversity programming. These libraries were surveyed to determine if they offered a program which supported ethnic/cultural sensitivity training in the workplace. Survey responses…

A program developed for undergraduate students at Michigan State University that trains and utilizes students as mental health agents working with normal and clinic-referred children is examined. The program helps develop in the students communication skills with young children for use in mental health treatment or preventive capacities.…

A study involving 20 British teachers assessed the use of micro-teaching techniques in the training of oral assessors (raters) of students. The study was designed to: measure the efficacy of a training program versus that of a sensitization program, examine methodologies associated with micro-teaching as applied to specific in-service teacher…

The study, which investigated the influence of teacher behavior on the social participation of 4-year-old preschool children, was conducted in three phases: pretraining, training, and post-training. In the first phase, four preschool teachers were observed for approximately 30 minutes, 3 days a week, for a 2 week period during free play sessions…

This unit has been designed as a means of sensitizing class members to various forms of social discrimination that exist against homosexuals. Each lesson can be adapted to a fifty minute class period; the steps indicate transitions in topic development, the key questions are recommended as guidelines for facilitating class discussion. Students…

Second of three articles in a review, titled "Sensitivity Training: Can It Work for the Schools? .

Physical violence, a factor often associated with drug addiction, must be reduced or eliminated in order for drug dependent individuals to reenter society. To examine the extent to which individual violence associated with drug addiction was controllable by the Odyssey House drug addiction rehabilitation program, the violence potential of 47…

The two papers comprising this conference report serve the following purposes: (1) to alert practitioners and consumers in race relations and anti-racism endeavors to the major issues in the field; (2) to facilitate continuing dialogue; and (3) to provide impetus for a more thorough assessment of the state of the art. The first, by John F. Coffey,…

The purpose of this manual is to provide learning community leaders orientation to the leadership role and its responsibilities. This book is a guide through the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation stages of community growth. Close attention to the manual will allow a learning community leader to: (1) recruit a staff of committed…

THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE MINUTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1967 SANTA BARBARA CONFERENCE ON THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS FOR CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. INCLUDED ARE (1) REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONS ON ACCREDITATION, CERTIFICATION, AND LEGISLATION, (2) REPORTS OF THE FIVE GENERAL SESSIONS HELD UNDER THE TOPIC HEADINGS (A) "A SCHOOL BOARD…

TO ASCERTAIN THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD GROUP PROCESS, AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF TEACHERS WAS ASKED TO WRITE AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR GENERAL ATTITUDES TOWARD THE PROCESS AS THEY UNDERSTOOD IT. THEY ALSO RATED THEMSELVES ON A 5-POINT SCALE, RANGING FROM STRONGLY FAVORABLE TO STRONGLY OPPOSED ATTITUDES, AND BY WHICH THE ACCOUNTS WERE GROUPED. A CONTENT…

A 3-DAY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM OF LABORATORY TRAINING FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUAL SENSITIVITY, SMALL GROUP DYNAMICS, AND DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEM SOLVING. THE PROGRAM WAS PLANNED TO FACILITATE BETTER INTERAGENCY TEAMWORK IN DEALING WITH THE URBAN PROBLEMS OF WASHINGTON, D.C., WHICH ARE COMPLICATED BY THE PROSPECT OF HOME RULE WITH INADEQUATE LEADERSHIP…

A study was conducted to determine the extent and nature of existing and/or planned curricula and training programs that purport to sensitize students and workers to provide social and child protective services to minority clients. The survey of educational institutions and relevant State departments was undertaken in the eight southeastern…

Emphasizing the importance of the role of primary preventive mental health, an inservice program was designed and implemented by the Tri-County Human Services Center in rural, southwest Wisconsin to help school personnel deal with the signs and symptoms of teacher burnout. Acting on the principle that the prevention of disorders, as well as the…

The effects of two types of group intervention, Gestalt and sensitivity training, on time orientation or time competence and psychological effectiveness were investigated with 45 college students as subjects. Results indicate that students participating in the groups did not show significant gains in psychological effectiveness as measured by the…