The Effectiveness of Prepackaged Instructions for the Inservice Training of Rehabilitation Counselors.

The effectiveness of an innovative prepackaged learning approach for inservice training of employed rehabilitation counselors is analyzed. Thirty learning units consisting of tape recordings and supplementary reading material which could be used at the counselors' convenience constituted the learning package. Changes in counselor knowledge were measured by an information test developed for the study. The results, as indicated by a Type I analysis of variance of the overall program effects and an analysis of covariance of the individual learning units effects, suggest that a voluntary packaged instructional approach to the conceptual training of rehabilitation counselors appears promising, but greater effort is needed in developing the training materials if the program is to be effective.