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Murphy, Lois Barclay; And Others – Children, 1969
Descriptors: Nonprofessional Personnel, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation, Psychotherapy
Download full textTrue, John E.; Kepes, Sherwin – 1970
The first paper discusses the philosophy, values and climate of a program for training non-professional mental health workers who can be considered generalists and thus employable in a wide range of settings within the rapidly changing mental health field. The advantages and disadvantages of training generalists are considered. The program, which…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Learning Experience, Mental Health, Nonprofessional Personnel
Leidenfrost, Nancy B. – Welfare in Review, 1972
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program of the Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture, seeks to improve the diets of low income families using paid nonprofessional workers called program aides, supervised by professional home economists, to deliver services. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Foods Instruction, Health Education, Health Programs
Peer reviewedMitchell, Christina M.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1980
Results indicated that nonprofessionals serving in well-defined, highly supervised roles felt more satisfaction with themselves and some of the systems with which they were involved than those left to their own devices. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Counselor Training, Delinquency, Intervention
MacPhee, Barbara Campbell – 1971
In September 1970, Congress launched a comprehensive program to make funds available directly to those school districts facing problems associated with school desegregation. The legislation was entitled the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP) and took $75 million from previously authorized appropriations. Ten percent of the funds was…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Nonprofessional Personnel
Wang, Virginia Li; Ephross, Paul H. – 1970
An evaluative study of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program in Maryland was made. The study aimed at the assessment of the results of this program currently conducted by the University of Maryland. The object of the program is to influence homemakers to change and improve family nutritional practices. This study focused on the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Interviews, Low Income Groups, Nonprofessional Personnel
State Univ. of New York, Ithaca. Coll. of Human Ecology at Cornell Univ. – 1971
Reported are reviews of the Cornell-OEO Project in South Brooklyn by the family assistants--women who lived in the community and worked with the families served. The collection of statements are presented as they were dictated or written. When the statement was in Spanish it was translated to English. These statements of the family assistants…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Extension Education, Nonprofessional Personnel
Appalachia, 1971
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Education, Homemakers, Homemaking Skills
Peer reviewedCowen, Emory; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
This research evaluates the effectiveness of the Primary Mental Health Project (PMHP)--a program for early detection and prevention of school maladaptation that uses nonprofessional child-aides as direct help-agents with maladapting primary graders. (HMV)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Mental Health Programs, Nonprofessional Personnel
Danish, Steven J. – 1974
This paper describes the current status of a helping skills program designed to train mental health paraprofessionals in relationship-building skills. Six skills were identified as the basis of the training program: (1) understanding the need to be a helper; (2) using effective nonverbal behavior; (3) using effective verbal behavior; (4) using…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Helping Relationship, Nonprofessional Personnel, Program Effectiveness
Mitra, Sudhansu B.; And Others – 1974
This paper reports on a longitudinal Model Cities Project at Baltimore, the objective of which was to determine the effectiveness of the process of rehabilitation of handicapped persons residing in the Model Cities area when vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors assisted by rehabilitation aides were located within such area. The research…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Field Studies, Nonprofessional Personnel, Physical Disabilities
Peer reviewedAuthier, Jerry; Gustafson, Kay – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
The effect of supervision on the learning of basic clinical interviewing skills within the microcounseling format was studied. Subjects were 12 paraprofessional counselors. Analysis revealed only one significant effect indicating more frequent use of microcounseling than opposite skills. No significant differences were found between training…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Microcounseling, Nonprofessional Personnel, Practicum Supervision
Peer reviewedLassiter, Roy L., Jr. – Negro Educational Review, 1974
Follows up an earlier article the purpose of which was to describe a tentative affirmative model in higher education under which significant achievements had been made; this sequal describes and analyzes the results of the Affirmative Action Program through the University's first year of operation. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: College Admission, Faculty Recruitment, Higher Education, Nonprofessional Personnel
Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc., New York, NY. – 1966
THE AIMS OF THIS EVALUATION OF THE USE OF NONPROFESSIONALS IN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS WHICH WAS PREPARED FOR THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ARE--(1) TO PROVIDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAMS, (2) TO ASSESS THE VALIDITY OF THE BASIC PREMISES OF A NONPROFESSIONAL PROGRAM, AND (3) TO IDENTIFY THE SUCCESSFUL AND…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Programs, Employment, Job Training
Danish, Steven J.; And Others – 1973
Chaired by Bernard G. Guerney, Jr., this program on the development and evaluation of helping skills training included the following presentations: (1) "The Development of a Helping Skills Program" (Steven Danish); (2) "Paraprofessionals Assess the Training Program" (Barbara Wakshul); (3) "Research Conducted on the Training of Basic Helping…
Descriptors: Conferences, Counselor Training, Helping Relationship, Human Services
