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Cristine Smith

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Creating A Community Of Practice To Prevent Suicide Through Multiple Channels: Describing The Theoretical Foundations And Structured Learning Of Pc Cares, Cristine A. Smith, Lisa Wexler, Diane Mceachern, Gloria T. Difulvio, Louis F. Graham Dec 2015

Creating A Community Of Practice To Prevent Suicide Through Multiple Channels: Describing The Theoretical Foundations And Structured Learning Of Pc Cares, Cristine A. Smith, Lisa Wexler, Diane Mceachern, Gloria T. Difulvio, Louis F. Graham

Cristine Smith

It is critical to develop practical, effective, ecological, and decolonizing approaches to indigenous suicide prevention and health promotion for the North American communities. The youth suicide rates in predominantly indigenous small, rural, and remote Northern communities are unacceptably high. This health disparity, however, is fairly recent, occurring over the last 50 to 100 years as communities experienced forced social, economic, and political change and intergenerational trauma. These conditions increase suicide risk and can reduce people’s access to shared protective factors and processes. In this context, it is imperative that suicide prevention includes—at its heart—decolonization, while also utilizing the “best practices” …

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Coaching And Mentoring In Adult Basic Education, Sharon Reynolds, Cristine A. Smith, Kimberly Johnson Dec 2013

Coaching And Mentoring In Adult Basic Education, Sharon Reynolds, Cristine A. Smith, Kimberly Johnson

Cristine Smith

This chapter discusses case studies of mentoring or coaching teachers of adult basic education in the U.S.

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The Great Dilemma Of Improving Teacher Quality In Adult Learning, Cristine A. Smith, Ricardo Gomez Dec 2009

The Great Dilemma Of Improving Teacher Quality In Adult Learning, Cristine A. Smith, Ricardo Gomez

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Literacy For Adults In Fragile States: Design Adaptations For Successful Implementation, Cristine A. Smith, Wendy Wheaton Dec 2008

Literacy For Adults In Fragile States: Design Adaptations For Successful Implementation, Cristine A. Smith, Wendy Wheaton

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This paper reviews the benefits and challenges of providing adult literacy education services in fragile states. The goal of the paper is to provide guidance to adult literacy practitioners and program planners about design adaptations based on the challenges in such settings. Using project experiences from Sudan and Afghanistan and existing literature on education in emergency settings, this paper proposes practical suggestions for implementing adult literacy programs in fragile states. A comparison of recent reviews of adult literacy program implementation is followed by options for adaptations to program design in fragile states, including suggestions for what should count as successful …

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Evidence-Based Practice: A Workshop For Training Adult Basic Education, Tanf And One Stop Practitioners And Program Administrators, Cristine A. Smith Dec 2006

Evidence-Based Practice: A Workshop For Training Adult Basic Education, Tanf And One Stop Practitioners And Program Administrators, Cristine A. Smith

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Establishing An Evidence-Based Adult Education System, Cristine A. Smith, John P. Comings, Hal Beder, Stephen Reder, Beth Bingman Dec 2002

Establishing An Evidence-Based Adult Education System, Cristine A. Smith, John P. Comings, Hal Beder, Stephen Reder, Beth Bingman

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How Teachers Change: A Study Of Professional Development In Adult Basic Education, Cristine A. Smith, Judy Hofer, Marilyn Gillespie, Marla Solomon, Karen Rowe Dec 2002

How Teachers Change: A Study Of Professional Development In Adult Basic Education, Cristine A. Smith, Judy Hofer, Marilyn Gillespie, Marla Solomon, Karen Rowe

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A Secondary Analysis Of A Nepalese National Literacy Program, Cristine A. Smith, John P. Comings, Chij K. Shrestha Dec 1991

A Secondary Analysis Of A Nepalese National Literacy Program, Cristine A. Smith, John P. Comings, Chij K. Shrestha

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