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Implementation Of Empirically Validated Interventions In Managed Care Settings: The Premarital Relationship Enhancement Program (Prep), Kieran T. Sullivan, Dalia Goldschmidt Apr 2000

Implementation Of Empirically Validated Interventions In Managed Care Settings: The Premarital Relationship Enhancement Program (Prep), Kieran T. Sullivan, Dalia Goldschmidt

Psychology

In an age of managed care, how does the clinician best help couples in marital distress? Do the short-term protocols developed and tested in the laboratory really work in the average clinical setting? This project examined the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a laboratory-based program designed to prevent the development of relationship distress within a health maintenance organization. Both men and women reported high satisfaction with the program and a subjective sense that it was helpful for their relationships. Specific suggestions are made for assisting therapists in using effective treatments for couples in managed care settings.


Education And Ambiguous Borders In Mexican Corridos Thriving In The United States, Sara Soledad Garcia Jan 2000

Education And Ambiguous Borders In Mexican Corridos Thriving In The United States, Sara Soledad Garcia

Teacher Education

In a previous papers on the corrido I have considered the corrido as a device for cultural transmutation and have analyzed several corridos by focusing on intertextual clements. My attempt in this paper was to reflect on the connection of the lives of the Mexican immigrants living in the United States with the history of the rural schools in Mexico through clements chronicled in corridos and modes of popular culture. With this in mind, the initial focus of my effort was directed at examining the role of the rural school teacher in connection with the community. I found however, from …


El Auge De La Literatura Infantil Bilingue: Consideraciones Criticas De Accion Participativa. (The Surge Of Children’S Bilingual Literature: Critical Perspectives Of Participatory Action), Sara Soledad Garcia Jan 2000

El Auge De La Literatura Infantil Bilingue: Consideraciones Criticas De Accion Participativa. (The Surge Of Children’S Bilingual Literature: Critical Perspectives Of Participatory Action), Sara Soledad Garcia

Teacher Education

En la década de los noventa ha habido una cierta proliferación de libros de literatura infantil en espanol e inglés en los Estados Unidos. Basándome en varios de estos libros, de reciente publicación, me ocupo de la importancia que tienen nuestras representaciones culturales en los cuentos infantiles que se usan para la enseñanza de lectura en las escuelas públicas. Los libros que he escogido son los siguientes: En Mi Familia, Carmen Lomas Garza, Prietita y la Llorona de Gloria Anzaldúa, Medio Pollito de Alma Flor Ada y Los Tres Pequeños Jabalíes de Susan Lowell. Trato estos libros en forma de …