The document describes a program to enlarge, through inservice training workshops, the pool of individuals available to provide appropriate services for multiply handicapped students in various communities and at residential schools. Outlined are plans for providing training courses to collaborative service coordinators, non-education…

Studied frequency of occurrence of four different types of physical contact (touching, holding hands, sitting-on-lap, and hugging) in school-based helping interactions between nonprofessional child aides and young referred children. Frequency of contact behaviors did not relate either to adjustment status at referral or to intervention outcomes.…

Public education about memory was evaluated with a controlled intervention trial. Participants in group 1 (n = 273) attended a symposium covering memory-related topics and received a magazine with identical information. Group 2 (n = 141) only received the magazine. Participants were nonprofessionals and professionals aged between 29 and 88.…

In this report, progress made since 1975 in the desegregation of faculty and staff of schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky, is described in light of the Singleton standard. Although overall progress towards teacher and administrator desegregation is evidenced, it is shown that black teachers are still significantly underutilized in the high…

The authors distinguish between the therapeutically-oriented and the socializationally-oriented nonprofessionals, and maintain that both are valuable in a comprehensive program and neither one is uniquely effective. Hence, task assignments should represent the differing orientations as should training programs. A realistic conception of the types…

This document reports on the success of a peer counseling program funded on a college campus through the EXXON Education Foundation. The program sought to: (1) increase the size of the counseling staff; (2) provide students with necessary survival skills, diagnostic testing, and counseling; (3) minimize unnecessary attrition and early transfer;…

This report is intended to serve as a basic information source for those who seek to establish an Occupational Resource Center, are seeking information concerning paraprofessional training programs, or simply wish to expand their awareness of the programs and materials available in the career education field. This report is intended as a guideline…

This monograph provides a revised list of research hypotheses and questions, a detailed review of psychological and operational definitions of over fifteen vocational contructs (including such ambiguous concepts as vocational stability and vocational satisfaction), and an overview of projected research procedures. In addition, a comprehensive set…

Variations in scoring and feedback provided by professional and nonprofessional debate judges were studied using 197 ballots from the six preliminary rounds of the Big Sky Intercollegiate Forensic Tournament in 1971. Results indicated no significant difference in the sides (affirmative or negative) awarded the decision by the two groups of judges.…

The Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS) were administered to 102 Black women workers in occupational environments consistent with Holland's six vocational environments. Four scales in each test successfully differentiated the occupational groups, supporting the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for…

A subordinate evaluation instrument was used to identify factors that employees of Dayton-Montgomery County (OH) Public Library value in their supervisors. Results suggest that subordinates place considerable value on supervisors as role models and expect supervisors to treat them with respect and to encourage their opinions. Implications of these…

Describes results of a survey of catalogers in academic libraries that investigated if and how their job functions have changed over the past 10 years. The 271 respondents discussed a change from print to electronic formats, involvement of nonprofessionals, outsourcing, and more cataloging of specialized items including Internet resources.…

This study was designed to gather current data relating to paraprofessionals in California who have direct involvement with instructional programs. This information was gathered from school districts, principals, and teachers. The data included the following general subject areas: (1) number of school districts using paraprofessionals and school…

This document evaluates six three-week inservice training sessions provided for Kentucky public assistance workers. The training was conducted with 15 trainees participating in each session. Trainees were state employees who were employed to determine eligibility for food stamps, medical assistance, SSA unemployment insurance, etc. Their formal…

This paper is a review of recent research relevant to Holland's theory of vocational choice as it may apply to non-professional workers. Section I focuses on studies which use working adults and, to some extent, vocational high school students as subjects. Section II provides a review of sociological viewpoints of the impact which chance factors…