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The Lived Experiences Of Nurses Caring For Pediatric Behavioral Health Patients In The Emergency Department, Jamie Rivera
The Lived Experiences Of Nurses Caring For Pediatric Behavioral Health Patients In The Emergency Department, Jamie Rivera
Doctoral Dissertations
Obtaining behavioral health evaluation and care for the pediatric population is particularly difficult. In recent years, emergency departments (EDs) have become a customary location for patients to seek behavioral health treatment. This spike has created unforeseen problems and caring for this vulnerable population presents ED nurses with many challenges. The purpose of the study was to understand the lived experience of nurses caring for pediatric behavioral health patients in the ED. A qualitative, descriptive phenomenological research design was utilized. Participants (N = 15) engaged in semi-structured interviews and Colaizzi’s (1978) method was used to identify themes. The data analysis …
A Naturalistic Observational Study On Parenting Styles, Healthy Eating Indicators And Bmi In Latino And White-European Children, Gloriana Rodriguez-Arauz
A Naturalistic Observational Study On Parenting Styles, Healthy Eating Indicators And Bmi In Latino And White-European Children, Gloriana Rodriguez-Arauz
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation examined the relationships between general and food parenting practices, healthy eating indicators and child BMI in diverse sample of 30 families with a child from 3 to 5 years old (15 Latino families, 15 White-European families). This study used an innovative audio recording device to track caregiver-child interactions in natural environments, as caregivers and children went about their lives. Main findings of this study include that Latino caregivers tended to be less warm and encourage less their children to eat, both at the behavioral level and the caregiver-report level, compared to White-European caregivers. Inconsistent results were obtained regarding …
Impact Of A School-Based Mindfulness Intervention On Children’S Self Regulation, Elizabeth Chaney
Impact Of A School-Based Mindfulness Intervention On Children’S Self Regulation, Elizabeth Chaney
Doctoral Dissertations
When schools recognize the importance of social-emotional learning and support young children’s self-regulation skills, students are also likely to see improvements in their academic potential. Youth who encounter the stressors of toxic stress and thus, who may have more challenges developing self-regulation competencies, may particularly benefit from classroom environments where self-regulation and coping skills are emphasized. The current study examined the impact of a school-based mindfulness program on self-regulation and mindfulness skills of 42 children in two fourth grade classrooms that were assigned to either a Mindfulness Group (n = 30) or to a Control Group (n = 12). The …
Children And Transitional Justice In Nepal: Entrenched Violence And Marginalized Perspectives, Krista Elizabeth Billingsley
Children And Transitional Justice In Nepal: Entrenched Violence And Marginalized Perspectives, Krista Elizabeth Billingsley
Doctoral Dissertations
In this dissertation, I argue for an approach to transitional justice that analyzes the diverse and dynamic ways in which people experience armed conflict and its aftermath. I question what actually changes during a state’s “transitional period” and illuminate how transitional justice is utilized, politicized, and manipulated by powerful actors. Throughout this dissertation, I examine the varied experiences of people who endured gross violations of human rights as children, according to international law, and who are now, within that legal framework, adults. I follow the lives of victims of Nepal’s armed conflict as they transition out of what is recognized …
Using Video Self-Modeling To Increase Social Communication In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bryndis K. Andrade
Using Video Self-Modeling To Increase Social Communication In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bryndis K. Andrade
Doctoral Dissertations
The need for effective interventions to improve the social communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that are feasible to implement in the general education classroom has been well documented. Video self-modeling (VSM) interventions have produced rapid, durable positive behavioral changes that have been generalized beyond the intervention setting for individuals with a wide variety of conditions including ASD. In this study VSM was used as an intervention for increasing the use of spontaneous verbal communication during cooperative math activities with peers by three Hispanic boys ages 5 and 6 who had high functioning (HF) ASD. No defensible …