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…

References selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts and pertaining to teacher aides and nonprofessional personnel (in schools, institutions, or elsewhere), particularly as related to handicapped children, are listed in the annotated bibliography, which is one in a series of over 50 similar listings concerning exceptional children. For…

Written for personnel in early childhood education who are planning training programs for nonprofessionals, the paper outlines a program for training instructional aides who will be actively involved in the teaching process, unlike volunteers or teacher aides. Some major problems and general guidelines for training and employing nonprofessionals…

This document reports New York State junior colleges with paraprofessional programs in 1971-72. Four categories of junior colleges were considered: agricultural and technical colleges, community colleges (City University of New York and State University of New York) and private colleges. Completed questionnaires and college announcements were…

An attempt to determine the nature or scope of volunteer activity within the rehabilitation facilities of this country is described. The study involved the following "first-time" procedures: (1) compiling a comprehensive list of rehabilitation facilities in the United States; (2) designing a single questionnaire for distribution to an extremely…

Para-professional personnel were recruited from various child-care agencies in the New Orleans area to participate in a training program. Questionnaires were used in selecting trainees. After the needs of the trainees were identified, trainees were selected who had the appropriate skills to deal successfully with these para-professional needs. The…

The SERD (Social, Educational Research and Development, Inc.) Report, also known as "A Task Analysis of Library Jobs in the State of Illinois" (ED 040723) studies the problem of the proper utilization of library manpower from the viewpoint of the employee. The present report analyzes the data in the SERD Report and prepares proposals for…

Examines bargaining unit determinations in college and university cases. Available from the Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60646. (IRT)

Compared 16 professional and 16 nonprofessional instructors of "Coping with Depression" classes for elders (N=68) on several outcome measures (including depression, life satisfaction, and frequency of negative thinking). Improvement occurred over time, and no significant differences were found between participants, grouped by leader status. (JAC)

Briefly discusses the importance of collective bargaining with noninstructional personnel in education and points out the frequent cross-impact of legal requirements affecting noninstructional personnel and instructional personnel. (JG)

Hiring paraprofessionals from the community is a way of providing leadership within the community. The paraprofessionals who were yesterday's welfare recipients are today earning money. (Author)

Critically reviewed are studies on employment of mentally retarded persons as paraprofessionals. (Author/MC)

The application of the triadic model of therapeutic intervention was tested within a community-based program that trained indigenous nonprofessionals as behavior change agents to 42 youngsters, aged 11-17. These adult buddies attempted to influence their youngsters through their relationship and through the contingent use of social and material…

Describes the international operations of the world's most extensive private training mission and the lesson to be learned from its example. (Author/RK)