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The shops

We have now expanded our bookshops

a complete range of substance and management books.

 

 
Links to Training Sources
This page is about what is considered good practice in generic training. It contains information on standards, organisations and a range of books and articles.

 

Standards and Ethics

National Occupational Standards (the equivalent of DANOS)  for trainers are available from the ENTO. 

The BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapists) has published a Code of Practice for people involved in training on listening and counselling skills.

Organisations

CIPD: The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is the United Kingdom's leading professional body for those involved in the management and development of people.

The Training Zone - online community of trainers. Regular email news updates, resources and a place to get questions answered.

Learning Skills Councils

ENTO 

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Skills for Justice

Skills for Health

TOPSS

Information sources

Facilitation Factory Facilitation repository for all facilitators looking for information on all aspects of facilitating. Includes facilitating meetings and techniques

The Active Reviewing Guide:  : one of the best sources for exercises and articles. Has an online bookshop and listings.

Underoak - The UK Training Index: A directory of training courses and training consultants for all areas of management development and IT skills training.   The Directory holds details of over 25,000 training courses offered by approximately 1040 different training organisations.

Information about drugs and alcohol.
We have assembled a page on good practice in drugs and alcohol work. To go there click here.
Articles for free
 
Writing ObjectivesExperiential Learning
Writing Objectives by ARLKolb's website: the people more associated with the concept than anyone else.
Wilf Ratzburg on Objectives 
Evaluation 
Guidelines on assessing the impact of trainingA step by step guide through the evaluation and assessment process.

 

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Articles and Books

General

The books listed here are ones that have been instrumental in shaping our practice.
The Fifth Discipline: Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (Century Business) by Peter Senge
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization by Peter Senge

Training with NLP: Skills for Trainers, Managers and Communicators by Joseph O'Connor

The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers and Coaches by  Roger Schwarz

Employee Development (People & Organisations)  by Rosemary Harrison

The New, Completely Revised Understanding Organisations by Charles Handy

 

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