The training manager can be successful in a period of economic difficulty by shifting the focus of the training program from activities to results. Benefits of this approach are wider options, flexible programs, budget justification, and support of senior management. (SK)

Reports a test of the efficacy of time-limited, cognitive-behavioral group treatment with parents who maltreat their children. Intervention focused on providing access to models of effective parenting, giving detailed feedback on parenting skills, building social skills, promoting awareness of cognitive precursors of anger, and enhancing…

To maintain employer cooperation and support, career educators must evaluate employer contacts and show results in terms employers can understand and value. Includes six possible objectives related to employer contacts and suggests types of evidence relevant for each. (JOW)

To be effective, a community career resource network must anticipate and meet the needs of both business and education. (JOW)

Reviews the literature on distance learning. Devotes particular attention to the telecourse and the role two-way communication plays in distance learning effectiveness. Concludes that a broad theoretical framework that can be applied to distance learning is lacking and needed. Suggests needed research. (JOW)

Shows how career development programs often fail because of poor planning and lack of attenion to the four major players--the individual, the manager, the trainer/human resource development specialist, and the organization. (Availability: 1190 South Bascom Avenue, Suite 211, San Jose, CA 95128) (JOW)

Discusses a model of inservice teacher education based on active participation of the teachers involved and their commitment to it; it depends upon a voluntary partnership with college and research staff and with teaching colleagues. (JOW)

The effects of a peer tutoring procedure on the spelling behavior of a mainstreamed elementary school learning disabled student were investigated. Overall results indicated that the S obtained greater accuracy on the spelling tests during the peer tutoring than baseline condition. Both the tutor and the tutored student claimed improved spelling.…

The Minnesota Institute studied the assessment of LD (learning disability) children, including such topics as characteristics of referred children and of those found eligible for special education placement, methods of planning instructional interventions, evaluations of the extent to which children profited from instruction, and of effectiveness…

The article reviews children's intellectual response to four major programs concerned with the prevention of developmental retardation that have used experimentally adequate research designs. (Author/CL)

Describes the operation and effectiveness of the Alternative Learning Center program administered by James Madison Memorial High School in Madison (Wisconsin). The center permits the school to remove students committing breaches of school discipline from their classes without removing them from the educational environment altogether. (PGD)

Describes the preparation and successful introduction into an elementary school of a computer literacy program for pupils and parents. Preparation involved setting up a steering committee, purchase of 18 microcomputers and one disk drive unit, providing inservice training for class teachers, and production of a fifth-grade teaching manual. (EAO)

Discusses teacher inservice training in Dutch higher education. The results of a study which evaluated the effectiveness of teacher inservice training programs are included. (AM)

A program for gifted adolescents at Franklin and Marshall College has involved 172 junior high and high school students over a three-year period in seminars. Despite problems, the program has expanded, resulting in five types of benefits, including challenge, basic skills, and research opportunities. (CL)

Assesses an experimental and control group of 16 teachers and 412 heterogeneously-grouped students to determine the impact of a specific inservice teacher training program on student achievement. Shows positive results, with the experimental group gaining at a significant level over the control group following training. (Author/AH)