This report describes a 3-year research project that developed a community-based consumer-researcher training model and subsequently trained an American Indian consumer-researcher team in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. For this project, consumers were defined as American Indians with disabilities, their families, and rehabilitation service providers.…

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…

Current and projected manpower shortages within the field of mental health suggest a greater role for paraprofessionals. But, without careful evaluation and precise training, added manpower will not solve any of the problems facing psychology in overcoming the limits to the delivery of services. These two papers review several attempts to evaluate…

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…

Applicants for a paraprofessional counselor training program were assigned to one of two training conditions: brief, leaderless reflection training or a simultaneous control experience. Applicants then participated in Goodman's Group Assessment of Interpersonal Traits (GAIT). Reflection-trained applicants used more reflections but fewer questions…

This investigation compared the relative effectiveness of group-administered cue-controlled relaxation and group systematic desensitization in the treatment of speech anxiety. Also examined was the role of professional versus paraprofessional counselors in implementing the treatment program. A description of the cue-controlled relaxation technique…

This study measures the effectiveness of mothers functioning as teachers with their own pre-school academically high-risk children. Results indicate that mothers can use structured visual perceptual training to increase the perceptual development of their children. The parents reported favorable attitudes concerning their new roles. (Author/PC)

It was hypothesized that structured training would cause an increase in the ability to discriminate helpful counseling conditions and a shift toward the internality dimension of locus of control. Results indicate that changes in counseling skill and personality orientation may be effected in very brief but structured training programs. (Author/PC)

This paper describes a research project aimed at discovering the vocational interests of women employed in the labor market in nonprofessional occupations. Women from 17 nonprofessional occupations were contacted by mail and asked to complete a revised form of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) for women, and a questionnaire concerned…

The problems with which peer counselors are most effective are identified, paraprofessional training is described, and the professional and paraprofessional roles are clarified. The wider effect of such a program on the university and the program participants is discussed. (Author)

This monograph provides clear evidence that relationships do exist between education and work. It makes equally clear the fact that these relationships are complex and, to a very significant degree, individually determined. The present analysis is based on the responses of 3,077 men and 1,061 women holding a bachelor's degree and working full-time…

This document assesses the impact of two-week in-service training programs provided for eligibility workers in Kentucky Public Assistance Offices. Approximately 15 trainees participated in each of the three training sessions. Each trainee was a State employee who was required to conduct interviews to determine eligibility for medical assistance,…

The authors report the results of a pilot research program in Texas involving the use of local low-income farmers as agricultural program aides to bring about changes in agricultural production and management and level of living. (Editor)

This study reports three-year, service-utilization patterns of the Primary Mental Health Project (PMHP)--an innovative school mental health program that uses nonprofessional child-aides as help-agents with maladapting primary graders. The PMHP model delivers, with relatively small cost increments, approximately 10 times more service than…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE DURHAM EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (EIP) FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF A UNIVERSITY, TWO SOUTHERN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, A NEGRO COLLEGE, AND A COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM. EIP IS AN EXPERIMENTALLY DESIGNED MODEL SCHOOL SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES LONGITUDINAL STIMULATION. BUILT…