Some Aspects of the Selection and Training of Group Workers for After-School Programs in Culturally Disadvantaged Neighborhoods

Publication Date: June 1977

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Lea Baider; Eva Rosenfeld

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Social Services; Children; Youth; Organizational Development

Type: Report

Coverage: Israel

Abstract:

The authors discuss problems arising in the process of selecting and training young adults to become "facilitating agents" in projects designed to foster personality and cognitive development in young children in culturally disadvantaged neighborhoods in Israel. Major issues, according to the authors, are the ability of the young adults (1) to maintain contact with the children and (2) to act as an adult in dealings with the children and with program staff.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.53, no.4, June 1977, p.345-355.