"Microcounseling" can pack a lot of skill training into 60 minutes, including role playing, modeling of interview behavior, and use of video feedback. (Author)

Presents a model combining videotape and other media for integration into social work curriculum design as part of the on-campus laboratory, a skill training and practice center, which assists with the interface of classroom and field education. (JT)

Because feelings workers experience as part of counter-transference may affect attitudes toward clients and their performance of casework, such feelings are the concern of supervisors and workers. An exercise which has been used successfully in the exploration by worker and supervisor of feelings that are nontherapeutic is presented. (Author)

Presents an experiential technique for teaching the family life cycle, where participants are asked to create simulated families and are assigned a series of structured exercises. Includes directions for each exercise, questions designed to develop observation skills, and discussion of specific workshop issues. (Author/LLL)

Subjects in all three experimental groups maintained eye contact for a significantly longer period of time than did controls. Reflection of feeling responses were recorded a significantly greater proportion of the time for the lecture-discussion and lecture-modeling treatments than for the control group. Males in the lecture-modeling treatment…

Investigated the effects of yoking role-play practice to modeling treatments designed to teach rudimentary counseling skills of reflection of feeling. Counselors-in-training (N=28) were assigned to one of the four treatment conditions. There were significant differences between students who received an opportunity to role-play practice and those…

A social effectiveness program which teaches positive social behavior to socially handicapped children is described. The social effectiveness training inservice program agenda includes: (1) establishing expectations for social behavior; (2) introducing and strengthening new skills; and (3) positive feedback and ignore-attend-praise strategies. (JN)

Two methods for enhancing the job-interviewing skills of rehabilitation clients were studied: the MDC Job Quest Series (Part 3) and group role playing. Main effect findings revealed that both role play and Quest methods may show promise in raising clients' interview competency. Suggestions for further research are elaborated. (Author)

Probationers' problems with probation officers and employers were used in a role-play test. Groups of probationers received behavior training in petitioning and justification skills and were able to learn the responses as assessed during role-played situations. (JAC)

Although the effectiveness of role play and its vicarious learning experiences for counselor training is well documented, little research has focused on the impact of the order of playing the roles on skill development. To investigate the effect of ordinal position, 36 beginning counseling students, 24 female and 12 male, with a median age of 30,…

Two methods of teaching interaction and communication skills were compared. One method was lecturing while a second involved lecturing plus modeling and practice. Results showed that although both groups of 24 subjects made progress, only the second group's learning of communication skills was statistically significant compared to the pretest…

A model for developing teacher interpersonal skill was employed to improve teacher-student relationships. Teachers (N=18) received 20 hours of training that consisted of studying human relationship skills, listening to taped examples of good relationships, and practice through role playing. Teachers did significantly increase their ability to…

The author describes a method for presenting Carkhuff's model of a helping relationship which involves three-to five-hour workshops. The training scheme is a sequential approach to the attending, responding, initiating and communicating stages found in a helping relationship. (Author/SE)

While research efforts have determined that decision making is of major importance in lesson planning, there has been little work that systematically explores the effect of training in decision making on lesson planning, particularly in terms of preservice teachers. This study used four computer simulations designed to teach decision making skills…

Describes Checkerboard, a game-like exercise designed to teach financial awareness, control, and appraisal to managers and reinforce the principle that all people in managerial positions make decisions, all of which incur costs and generate benefits. Students are guided by discovery and discussion toward improved financial decision making. (MBR)