Training State Child Service Coordinators in Creative Problem Solving.

The preliminary findings of the evaluation of the training program, Creative Problem Solving, are presented. The training was provided through the Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education at Indiana State University. Twenty-one state and county child service coordinators participated in the training on a voluntary basis. Participants completed a pretest measure, the "Facilitator Self-Evaluation," prior to the training and two and four months after the training. Statistical significance was obtained on six dependent variables on the evaluation instrument. However, major concerns (such as high pretest self-evaluations) regarding the validity of the instrument in this situation are raised. (Author/DB)