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Resources
NSDTA is committed to contributing to the ongoing development of training staff through dissemination of new training products and information. This page is intended to grow and evolve based on the feedback from our members. We intend to keep expanding these resources over time. If you have anything to contribute to this list of resources, please contact us. Currently, we have information on NSDTA Publications and APHSA's Organizational Effectiveness Frameworks located here, and as well as links to Related Web Sites, and the APHSA Affiliates. Check out the new web site resources, added in March 2005.
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NSDTA Publications
Please contact
Beki Lockery, NSDTA Boar
Member, if you are interested in ordering any of these publications. |
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Competency
Guides for Human Services Roles Competent, qualified professional and clerical personnel are key to the success of an effective staff development and training program. What Guides are available?
What can I use these guides for?
If you want to learn more about the competencies needed within the Human Services training and staff development environment for each of these roles, order these guides today! NSDTA has recently compiled all nine competencies, along with the competency matrix, on a CD. This CD is now available for sale. |
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The NSDTA
Code of Ethics for Training and Development Professionals in Human
Services
In 2000, NSDTA Conference participants attending a workshop on Ethical Issues in Human Services Training and Development recognized the need for a national dialogue on ethical issues in human services training and development. They also recommended that the workshop leaders approach the NSDTA Board to request further development in the ethical arena by establishing a committee with the charge of pursuing the development of a code of ethics for human services training and development professionals. Initial committee meetings focused on a review of the ethics literature, including an analysis of existing Codes in both human services and training and development fields. Ethical principles from both areas were ultimately integrated into the NSDTA Code. In 2001, members of the Ethics committee updated interested NSDTA members of the progress of the initiative including a draft list of core values at the Denver national institute. A draft NSDTA Code of Ethics was developed during the next year and presented to the NSDTA Board and membership for feedback at the 2002 Institute in Nashville, TN. A final draft version of the Code was presented to the NSDTA Board for adoption in 2003 at the national Institute in Anaheim, CA. The code was then adopted, and is now available. Examples of compliance and
noncompliance to each of the Code's principles have also been
developed as part of supplementary materials for "teaching the
Code." The Code and these Case Scenarios and Training
Implications were given out to attendees of the 2004 Institute in The NSDTA Code of Ethics for Training and Development Professionals in Human Services is available as a free download. |
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Training and
Development in Human Services: The Journal of the National Staff
Development and Training Association
Training and Development in Human Services is the journal of the National Staff Development Training Associations (NSDTA), an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association. The mission of NSDTA is to build professional and organizational capacity in human services through a national network of membership, sharing ideas and resources on organizational development, staff development, and training. The primary goal of NSDTA’s Journal is to provide a venue for both human services training scholar and practitioner to contribute the to knowledge base and advance the field of human services training and development. This publication is structured in a way that encourages the "traditional" conceptual and empirical journal articles that contribute to advancement of the field. The journal also provides very practical compositions that can be immediately applied by training and development practitioners. It is divided into four areas:
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A Key to Success: Guidelines
for Effective Staff Development and Training Programs
This guide is currently being revised. A workshop at the 2008 Professional Development Institute in Atlanta, GA will be conducted to introduce and market the new guide. The new guide will be available by the end of 2008. |
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Training
Evaluation in the Human Services
Evaluation of training serves many purposes. Agencies may conduct training evaluation to show improvement in staff knowledge and skills or increased progress toward agency goals; to secure employee commitment to agency values and mission; to provide feedback to improve the content, structure, or delivery of the training itself; or even as a reward for good performance. Well planned training evaluations often serve multiple purposes and answer multiple questions for a variety of stakeholders. Training evaluation is most productive when the evaluation design and methods follow directly from carefully defined organizational needs, clearly articulated job requirements, and a competency-based, job-related curriculum. Training evaluation needs to be seen as an integral part of the training process and as part of a cycle of continuous quality improvement. |
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Organizational
Effectiveness Frameworks
Organizational Effectiveness:
Extraordinary Outcomes Phil Basso, Director of Leadership and Practice Development at APHSA, has recently written an article that describes the OE model and its value. Read the complete article at Strategic Return-on-Investment: Putting the Horse before the Cart. Also available at this time is a high level visual representation, Strategic Framework for ROI, of the OE framework described in Phil’s article. Last, a Glossary of Helpful Terms has been created for your use. This work is still in its beginning stages. When more information on the frameworks becomes available, this site will be updated. If you have any questions related to Organizational Effectiveness, please contact us.
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NSDTA is an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association.
Last updated on
02/16/2008
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