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2015 Open Access Week Full Schedule, Marilyn S. Billings

Open Access Week

Full schedule for 2015 Open Access Week events at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

“Add As Friend?”: Adoptive Parents Expectations And Feelings Concerning Their Children’S Contact With Birth Family Via Technology

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

“Add as Friend?”: Adoptive Parents Expectations and Feelings Concerning their Children’s Contact with Birth Family via Technology
Kaitlin Black (Clark University) April Moyer and Abbie Goldberg

Advocates For Families First: A Collaborative Approach To Improved Permanency Outcomes

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Advocates for Families First: A Collaborative Approach to Improved Permanency Outcomes
Kim Stevens (Advocates for Families First)

The Role Of Siblings In Adoptive Family Dynamics

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

The Role of Siblings in Adoptive Family Dynamics

Speak Out Team Development And Youth Advocacy

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Speak Out Team Development and Youth Advocacy

Emerging Adoption

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Emerging Adoption

“I Want To Be There When He Graduates:” Foster Parents Show Higherlevels Of Commitment Than Group Care Providers

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Albert Lo (University of Delaware) Caroline K.P. Roben, Collin Maier, Kimberly Fabian, Carole Shauffer, Mary Dozier

Preparing Adoption Professionals For Practice With Young Adult Adoptees

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Preparing Adoption Professionals for Practice with Young Adult Adoptees

Emerging Adulthood In Open Adoption

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Emerging Adulthood in Open Adoption

Adoptee-Adoptive Mother Relationships In Emerging Adulthood

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Adoptee-Adoptive Mother Relationships in Emerging Adulthood

Emergent Adult Adopted Persons And Their Families

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Emergent Adult Adopted Persons and Their Families

Understanding The State Of Adoption Research Through Scholarly Network Analysis

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Understanding the State of Adoption Research through Scholarly Network Analysis
Catherine Hamilton (University of Florida) Raffaele Vacca and Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini

Genetic Testing

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Genetic Testing

Birth Family Contact Among Sexually Diverse Adoptive Families: Types Of Contact And Perceptions Of Open Adoptions

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Birth Family Contact Among Sexually Diverse Adoptive Families: Types of Contact and Perceptions of Open Adoptions
Yelena Ravvina (UMass Amherst) and Rachel H. Farr

Instilling Racial Pride: Transracial Adoptive Parents Navigating Their Children’S Racial Groups

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Instilling Racial Pride: Transracial Adoptive Parents Navigating their Children’s Racial Groups

Max Tulinski (Clark University) Kaitlin Black and Abbie Goldberg

Narrating Reunions With Birth Families In Interviews Of Adult International Adoptees

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Narrating Reunions with Birth Families in Interviews of Adult International Adoptees
Maarit Koskinen (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)

Advocates For Families First

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Advocates for Families First

Length Of Time During The Adoption Process For Lesbian And Gay Compared To Heterosexual Parents

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Length of Time During the Adoption Process for Lesbian And Gay Compared To Heterosexual Parents
Krystal K. Cashen (UMass Amherst) and Harold D. Grotevant

Beyond Foster Care: Exploring Continued Child Needs And Advocacy Priorities

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Beyond Foster Care: Exploring Continued Child Needs and Advocacy Priorities
Jennifer M. McDermott (UMass Amherst) Adaeze Egwuatu, Chaia Flegenheimer, Rachel H. Farr, Jen H. Dolan, Patricia Ramsey, Harold D. Grotevant

Adoption Medicine

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

Adoption Medicine

Conference Program 2015, Rudd Adoption Research Program

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

New Worlds of Adoption Conference: Launching into Adulthood

Maple Producers Perception Of Climate Change, Thomas Sharkey, Diane M. Kuehn, Lisa Chase

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Setting The Record Straight: The Practical Realities Of Self-Sufficiency In State Parks Management, Kc Bloom

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Measuring Self-Reported Fidelity In Experiential Education: Exploring The Effectiveness Of The Facilitator Characteristics And Program Contributions Scale, Ryan J. Gagnon, Barry A. Garst, Garrett A. Stone

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

Social science researchers have called for evidenced based practices when implementing, delivering, and evaluating programs. One important component of these practices is to monitor program implementation. However, in experiential education and more broadly the social sciences this process is rarely assessed or evaluated; when it is assessed it is frequently resource intensive. As such, program providers have needed an implementation measurement approach more conducive to low-resource organizations. This paper introduces a self-report mechanism to measure facilitator characteristics that contribute to delivering a program as designed. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of 121 program facilitator responses to the Facilitator Characteristics and Program …

Manager And Visitor Perceptions Of Public Recreation Land Management, Rick Gage

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

This paper presents the results of semi-structured interviews with key informants representing both users and managers of a public recreation area in West Virginia investigating perceptions of visitor and manager goals and objectives, and their relationship to user-manager recreation conflict. Preliminary analysis indicates that management goals are not as diverse as expected and there seems to be a much stronger emphasis on development and visitor satisfaction than protection of natural resources. Further, it appears to be the case that both visitors and managers experience and can identify user-manager conflict at this recreation area. Results of these interviews will be used …

Homelessness And Long-Term Occupancy In National Forests And Grasslands, Joshua W.R. Baur Dr., Lee Cerveny, Joanne F. Tynon

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Study On The Meanings Of A Local Fair From The Perspectives Of Locals, Alvin Hungchih Yu, I-Yin Yen

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

Abstract

Many festivals originated with community celebrations. Through festivals, their ethnic, historical, religious piety, community pride, culture preservation, social cohesiveness and reconciliation are embodied. The significance of the economic contribution from festivals or special events has been well documented in the past two decades; thus, festival/special event creation is now treated as a strategy for tangible economic development. In addition, research focused exclusively on the relationship between patrons’ perceptions of festivals/special events and economic benefits overwhelmingly dominates this field. Indeed, it is essential to understand the meanings of festivals from the patron’s standpoints since their perceptions are associated with the …

Competition Climbing As Serious Leisure, Ryan J. Gagnon, Garrett A. Stone, Barry A. Garst

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

Serious Leisure has received considerable attention in the leisure research for the past forty years. Building on recent efforts to operationalize serious leisure constructs, this study examined the relationship between serious leisure characteristics and rewards in the context of indoor competition climbing, a sport recognized as a potential serious leisure pursuit. The purposes of the study were to validate the 18-item Serious Leisure Inventory Measure (SLIM) as well as the three-factor model of serious leisure proposed by previous researchers. A national sample of 646 indoor competition climbers completed a 59-item survey. Results suggest partial validation of the 18-Item SLIM and …

Developing A Measurement Protocol For The Tourism Opportunity Spectrum, Joshua Carroll Ph.D.

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

No abstract provided.