Computer games have the capacity to engage the player, are inexpensive, and are readily available. These three qualities suggest possible value as a training medium, even though existing aviation game software has not been designed specifically for training or crew interactions. Reactions of pilots participating in this research indicated that ...
Alignment between apprenticeship and workforce development systems benefits both systems, as well as their business and job seeker customers. This brief identifies the key dimensions of alignment, shares promising practices, and provides a checklist to assess and strengthen alignment.
In response to statistics that show about a quarter of undergraduate women report being the victim of sexual assault or misconduct since beginning college, AIR has developed a collection of guides and online training for college campus health staff caring for students who have experienced sexual assault and other trauma. ...
In his final State of the Union address, President Obama said, “We live in a time of extraordinary change… and whether we like it or not, the pace of this change will only accelerate.” In this blog post, AIR’s Peter Cookson says the key to dealing with this change is ...
Roughly one in five women nationally is sexually assaulted while in college. This diverse collection of tools uses trauma-informed care as a foundation for helping university health centers deal with this crisis.
AIR brings extensive expertise providing training and technical assistance (TTA) to support systems in capacity building efforts to adopt a trauma-informed, survivor-driven approach to care. AIR applies a public health approach to addressing trauma and supports systems in adopting a universal, trauma-informed approach to have the broadest reach and impact. ...
Little is known about how the type and length of school suspensions are related to academic and nonacademic outcomes for disciplined students and their peers. AIR worked with the New York City Department of Education to investigate the effects of the type and length of exclusionary disciplinary responses on (a) middle and high ...
A number of recent authors have argued the need for greater levels of specificity in our understanding of "why, when, and for whom a particular type of training is most effective." The three studies reported here have attempted to respond to this need by examining the determinants of team member ...
In collaboration with our partners, government leaders, and field experts, AIR has worked to strengthen the evidence base, provide evidence-backed equity resources, and support equal access to programs that can help people and communities thrive.