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Bullying Behaviors In Middle School Special Education Settings, Maria Teresa Reyes
Bullying Behaviors In Middle School Special Education Settings, Maria Teresa Reyes
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Middle school students with learning disabilities face a higher risk of being targets of bullying compared to their peers without learning disabilities due to challenges in developing social skills. Bullying behaviors peak at the age of 14, potentially inflicting lasting psychological harm and endangering the student's well being into adulthood. The lack of clearly defining bullying leads to uncertainty amongst students on identifying bullying behaviors thus many bullying incidents being unreported by the victims or their peers. For this study, the participants for this project consisted of middle school students aged 10 to 14 years old, grades 6 to 8, …
Beyond The Field: Exploring Identity, Spiritual Growth, And Community Through The Fellowship Of Christian Athletes, Haylee Clay
Beyond The Field: Exploring Identity, Spiritual Growth, And Community Through The Fellowship Of Christian Athletes, Haylee Clay
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
For this Capstone Project, the researchers investigated Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) representatives’ views on bringing student-athletes to have a relationship with Christ and why they think it is important. Based on an analysis of the data and the relevant research literature, the researchers used what they have learned to formulate an action that responds to improving FCA in a way that inspires, informs, or involves a particular audience. This is important because student-athletes need a sense of community and safe space to express their relationship with God. It is argued that having a relationship with Christ is important, especially …
Mental Health Awareness In Adolescents And The Impact Of Social Media, Vanessa Clark
Mental Health Awareness In Adolescents And The Impact Of Social Media, Vanessa Clark
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This capstone project focuses on informing parents of the effects of social media on adolescents’ mental health. Adolescents are frequent users of social media as they are more likely to explore online content and be unaware of the potential dangers that can pose a threat to their mental health (Rapee et al. 2019). Due to social media being difficult to monitor at all times, along with advances in technology through school curriculums, we want to acknowledge its presence and usage. Social media allows the opportunity to connect with others digitally but there needs to be awareness of the potentially harmful …
Increasing Social-Emotional Skills For First-Graders, Rebecka Baxter
Increasing Social-Emotional Skills For First-Graders, Rebecka Baxter
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Many grade school children may not have yet developed social-emotional skills and may have difficulty managing their emotions when they have challenges or difficulties in school. Children may feel overwhelmed, break rules, act out, or cry as a result of not knowing how to control their emotions. When children learn how to manage their stress and regulate their emotions, they are able to have positive relationships and perform better in school. In order to address the issue of lack of social-emotional skills in elementary school children, I created a two-day lesson for first graders at Barrett Elementary School in Morgan …
Increasing Pre-Kindergarten Students' Emotional Awareness And Regulation, Mildred Garcia
Increasing Pre-Kindergarten Students' Emotional Awareness And Regulation, Mildred Garcia
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This paper is focused around Pre-kindergarten students and increasing their emotional awareness and regulation. It will dive into what development for their age range looks like, and what is expected of them. Inclusively reviewing what the results were of the program made by me.
Project Emerald : Youth And Their Ability To Shine, Lupita Rocha-Fernandez
Project Emerald : Youth And Their Ability To Shine, Lupita Rocha-Fernandez
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
A lack of leadership opportunities available to at-risk youth has caused an increased likelihood of struggles in school, higher rates of juvenile delinquency & a lack of job readiness skills. Growing Greatness is a non-profit organization located in Watsonville, California that teaches leadership and health advocacy workshops for youth who attend local middle schools and high schools. The purpose of this project was to implement a new online confidence building workshop. One of the activities was titled, “Group Agreements” and it shed light on a way to build on confidence, by creating a safe space that can provide a break …
Building Anger Management Skills In Preschoolers, Manuelita Valdez Aceves
Building Anger Management Skills In Preschoolers, Manuelita Valdez Aceves
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Many young kids have not yet developed social-emotional skills, which prevents them from controlling their feelings and emotions. When children do not learn to regulate their emotions, anger, frustration, and aggression issues are more likely to arise. However, when they do develop these skills, children can build self-awareness and confidence, increase empathy for others, and build positive relationships. Therefore, to support young children in developing self-regulation skills and dealing with feelings, I created a three-day lesson for teaching anger management skills to preschool children at Migrant Seasonal Head Start in Gonzales, California.
Recognition Of Childrens’ Benefits While Participating In Sports To Parents, Melida Carmona
Recognition Of Childrens’ Benefits While Participating In Sports To Parents, Melida Carmona
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This capstone project focuses on the development of life skills through children’s participation in sports activities. Involving the success and failures involving, technology, social media and its effect on the human mind and body.
Context-Specific Conceptualizations Of Death In Early Childhood, Spencer Hart Winter
Context-Specific Conceptualizations Of Death In Early Childhood, Spencer Hart Winter
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Despite cultural myths and social taboos, young children are capable of understanding death and death concepts. Previous research has demonstrated that children have a varied and complex understanding of death that is influenced by their age, family culture, and previous experience. This study aims to differentiate children’s death concept depending on context, including children’s magical thinking, namely the difference between the deaths of a human, an animal, and an electronic toy. Using a modified version of the Death Concept Questionnaire, preschool-aged (3 to 5 years old) children (n=7) were presented with short video clips of a human, a dog, and …
Promoting Emotional Development Skills In Preschool Children., Carolina Cordova
Promoting Emotional Development Skills In Preschool Children., Carolina Cordova
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Some preschool students have not yet developed the skills to regulate their emotions. Without sufficient skills on how to regulate their emotions, their academic progress may be negatively affected, and their ability to thrive in their Kindergarten classroom may be compromised. In order to help them develop the skills to regulate their emotions, I have created a three-day lesson for preschool students at Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Bay in Seaside, California.
Teaching Early Literacy Skills To Low-Income Mothers, Cecilia Regalado
Teaching Early Literacy Skills To Low-Income Mothers, Cecilia Regalado
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Many mothers categorized as low-income families don't know how to help their children to build language and early literacy skills. One of the main reasons why they are struggling a lot is because of the lack of knowledge and resources within their grasp group. Thus, the Women’s, Infant’s, and Children’s is a federal assistance program that will help many of them to provide early literacy techniques, food coupons, and healthy eating habits to pregnant women and children under 5 years old. For example, by teaching children how to talk or just making simple conversations at an early age will help …
Effects Of Communication Disorders On Children's Development, Brinley Rosenberger
Effects Of Communication Disorders On Children's Development, Brinley Rosenberger
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This senior capstone research project examines the different forms of literature in regard to the effect of communicative disorders on children’s development. The paper discusses the implications of communication that influences a child’s development, such as personal development, social development, and academic success. It analyzes the different factors associated with communicative disorders, including the environmental and biological aspects. This capstone also emphasizes the importance and awareness of children’s communication disorders and further investigates how teachers and parents could provide support these children. The findings reveal that effective intermediation can help support and aid children in overcoming communication difficulties and avoid …
Promoting Social And Emotional Competency In Toddlers, Giana Hamilton
Promoting Social And Emotional Competency In Toddlers, Giana Hamilton
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The lack of social and emotional competence in preschoolers needs to be emphasized and more structured in the classroom, as they are not prepared to handle kindergarten readiness within this development. This project will consist of teaching preschoolers emotional and social competence by means of activities that focus on promoting emotion recognition and social supportive skills with their peers. This lesson plan will take place over a 2-days at the Child Care Center located at California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA.
Friends Of Walnut Avenue, Elena Owens
Friends Of Walnut Avenue, Elena Owens
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Walnut Avenue Family & Women’s Center (Walnut Avenue) is a nonprofit agency that provides services to women, children, and families in Santa Cruz County. Programs include domestic violence services, early childhood education, and youth engagement. To provide these services, Walnut Avenue depends heavily on restricted funds, but this can be an unstable revenue stream. If an unexpected cost arises, restricted funds designated to a specific program cannot be reappropriated to alleviate the expense. Losing a critical grant may also force an organization to make cuts in programs or staff, impacting the quality of services. In order to expand revenue sources …
Future Vs Past Development Goals: The Sdg’S Vs The Mdg’S, Osvaldo Espinoza
Future Vs Past Development Goals: The Sdg’S Vs The Mdg’S, Osvaldo Espinoza
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The years I’ve been attending college, issues that tend to come up year after year are poverty and the environment. Over time my interest in these topics grew and led me to what I am writing about today, the MDG’s and the SDG’s. As goals that aim to eradicate both poverty and environmental issues, I believe the SDG’s will benefit countries more overall than the MDG’s did. My paper will include two major parts, in the first I will be going over the MDG’s and how each one specifically causes a disadvantage towards Africa. In the second part I will …
Identity & Learning : A Zine Project, Dorrie Coman
Identity & Learning : A Zine Project, Dorrie Coman
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Current educational practices and policies erode and ignore student's racial, cultural, socioeconomic, and gender identities forcing students to leave their unique characteristics at the classroom door in order to become socially acceptable. This erosion has many negative implications for students, including lack of motivation and interest in learning, failing, and dropping out. In the project, students created Zines, self-published self-distributed texts that include a variety of formats, mediums, and topics, with the goal of exploring and expressing their identity while meeting content standards. The objectives were to use what students bring into the classroom to motivate them to learn, to …
Incorporating Art Into Education : The Importance Of Teaching Creatively In A Standards Based Classroom, Monica Petersen
Incorporating Art Into Education : The Importance Of Teaching Creatively In A Standards Based Classroom, Monica Petersen
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Art education is an important aspect of overall learning and schools are failing to provide adequate art education programs for students. Eighty-nine percent of Americans believe that art education is important enough to be taught in schools, and still, art education is being allowed to slip out the backdoor without anyone asking why (National Arts Education, 2007). If teachers could incorporate art into the current curriculum, students would benefit and art could be used as a valuable teaching tool. An art resource packet was created for teachers in response to the interviews conducted. The resource packet contains information on how …