This conference report, which includes the findings of the Bank Street College of Education survey on the use of paraprofessionals in education, traces the development of paraprofessionals in the classroom from the Depression era until the present time. While their early use was seen as an aide to the teacher, recent use is seen as part of an…

This speech discusses client advocacy, a paraprofessional service offered in many community mental health centers to help bridge the gap between therapist and client. While having an advocate on the mental health team is an attractive idea, these client advocates are quite susceptible to "corruption." The author discusses two major causes of this…

This paper describes a Behavior Modification Training Program, emphasizing self-control, for staff working with drug addicts. The program, which is primarily geared toward training paraprofessionals, takes place in 10 one-and-a-half hour sessions and includes an overview of behavior modification as well as instruction in behavior control,…

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…

This updated search of the ERIC system, "Dissertation Abstracts", and the journal literature yielded 41 documents which focus on programs that have trained and utilized paraprofessionals (K-16) with a look at outcomes and potential adoptability. (SD)

This guide was prepared to aid Spanish-speaking volunteers working with preschool children before, during, and after viewing the television program, "Sesame Street". The text is written in Spanish. Suggestions in this booklet grew out of a study called the Sesame Mother Pilot Project conducted in 1970-71 by the Institute for Educational…

Help Anonymous, a volunteer-operated telephone service for persons in crisis, is presented in its various aspects. Five key areas, descriptive of the person in crisis, are delineated as are the external signs which signal that a crisis is impending or ongoing. The service is viewed as the right arm of the Pueblo Suicide Prevention Center, and in…

Many needy elderly residents of New York City are unable to secure help of one kind or another, because of the lack of awareness of existing services, inability to complete the application process, or hesitancy in accepting assistance from others. Significant unmet needs exist in the areas of housing, health, finances, home services,…

Summarized are the proceedings of a 4-day institute on career opportunities for visually handicapped secretaries. The proceedings are presented in the form of official minutes. General topics briefly mentioned include basic and interpersonal skills thought to be necessary for successful visually handicapped secretaries, psychological testing,…

Described is a preservice training program for staff members working with young, multiply handicapped, profoundly or severely mentally retarded children in an institutional setting. The training program, which emphasizes concrete and practical experiences, is intended to develop appropriate attitudes and technical competencies of both professional…

This report presents the results of a descriptive survey of personnel departments in the ten largest multi-campus community college districts in California. Topics such as department organization, classified personnel systems, employment of classified staff including testing, ranking and selecting candidates, affirmative action programs, employee…

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.…

This publication summarizes responses to a 1976 survey of state education associations that gathered information on collective bargaining policies and practices affecting noncertificated school employees throughout the United States. A total of 41 state associations responded to the survey. The survey included questions pertaining to state…

As a supplement to an article on the theory of introducing nonprofessionals into ordinary schools to work with disadvantaged or emotionally vulnerable children, a teacher aide program tested in six English schools was described. (GW)

Analyzes employment statistics of Association of Research Libraries members, relates data to patterns of library collection growth and decline during those years, and speculates on future staffing. Variables used to measure personnel are the number of professionals, nonprofessionals, full time staff, and ratio of professionals to full time staff.…