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Workers Handling Errant Youth

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  • James Gillham

    (State University College of New York at Buffalo)

  • Carl Bersani

    (University of Akron)

  • Darlene Napady Gillham

    (Buffalo Courier Express)

  • John Vesalo

    (Wayne-Holmes Juvenile Attention Center)

Abstract

Although vouth workers frequently undergo in-service training, methodological shortcomings in evaluations of these programs often obscure the effects. This article reports on a field experiment that randomly assigned school counselors, juvenile court staff, and a variety of other youth workers to a training (experimental) or control group. Results support five of eight hypotheses comparing trainees with controls in terms of (1) tech niques such as reinforcement and (2) certain attributes of interpersonal relations with the youths in caseloads as well as with these youths' parents and friends. Shortcomings in the content of the training program appear responsible for inconclusive results on one hypothesis and lack of verification of two others.

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  • James Gillham & Carl Bersani & Darlene Napady Gillham & John Vesalo, 1979. "Workers Handling Errant Youth," Evaluation Review, , vol. 3(3), pages 347-363, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:3:y:1979:i:3:p:347-363
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X7900300302
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