Extent of
Training
Needed

Sources of
Training
Personnel

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Chapter iil

HOW TO TRAIN VOLUNTEERS

Recreation affords opportunities for volunteer service
regi varying degrees of professional capacity,

cca cai skills of a wide variety, and varying types and
degrees of training.

ioe the recreation task for the volunteer involves group
organization or leadership only those volunteers should be
sought who have had the same background of training and
experience that would be required of the employed pro-
fessional. Where partial experience or training can be.
found the training program should emphasize the supple-
mentary training needed to fit the individual to the task.
For example, a manual training or art instructor in the
public schools may have the necessary technical background
and formal teaching skills, out may need to learn the methods
involved in organizing a group and in conducting an activity
in a manner adapted to voluntary attendance groups.

The planning and organization of this special training can
be carried out more readily in those communities with
organized community recreation services with experience in
training professional staffs, and with resources to use and
supervise the volunteers when trained. Staff members of
these agencies supplemented by capable training personnel
from their national organizations, educational institutions,
and sources with which they are familiar can organize and
conduct a training program in general accord with professional

standards.