Care Environment English for Non-English Speaking Staff

长期护理（TLC）的现场工作培训存在市场潜力，可以帮助非英语间接护理人员学习工作环境中的英语。创意行动公司（Creative Action Inc .）计划为间接护理职位的非英语员工开发和推广“护理环境英语（CEE）课程”。针对LTC行业，CEE项目将立即改善间接护理员与主管、其他工人和住院医生的沟通，并在之后提升到设施内薪酬更高的职位。中东欧项目将包括创新

Market potential exists for on-site job training in long-term care (TLC) to help non-English-speaking indirect care dietary, housekeeping, and maintenance staff learn English for the work setting. Creative Action Inc, plans to develop and market the "Care Environment English (CEE) Program for non-English-Speaking Staff" in indirect care positions. Targeted to the LTC industry, the CEE Program will immediately improve the indirect care worker's communication with supervisors, other workers, and residents and will later enable advancement to better-paying positions within the facility. The CEE Program will consist of innovative learning materials with a learning station for self-paced practice, easy-to-use portable materials with phonetic transliteration in Spanish of English words for on-the-spot speaking and a curriculum for weekly training classes in "Care Environment English," and cultural competency. Phase I research and development will create prototypes and test the feasibility of the program curriculum, materials and components for use with Spanish-speaking workers. A counter-balanced control group design will be used. Guided by Phase I results, Phase II research will develop refined prototypes, expand use for other foreign languages, and extend technology to PDA-based language software and DVD multi-media materials. During Phase II, CEE curriculum, materials, and components will be finalized for commercialization in Phase III.