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The Implications Of Ace Science: A Call To Respond, Valerie Norcross
The Implications Of Ace Science: A Call To Respond, Valerie Norcross
The Diana McDonald Writer's Challenge
In “The Implications of ACE Science: A Call to Respond,” Valerie Norcross employs a professional format for writing in the field of psychology. Her essay cites studies linking Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) with higher mortality rates due to a range of causes. Norcross explains some of the scientific theories for why childhood traumas contribute to shorter life expectancies. She describes efforts to screen children for ACEs and interventions for diminishing the long-term detrimental health effects of ACEs.
Food For Thought: Thoughts On Food, Grace Mayer
Food For Thought: Thoughts On Food, Grace Mayer
A with Honors Projects
For this Parkland College A with Honors project, the student reflects on a group project to create a video on volunteering with the Wesley Food Pantry.
Wesley Food Pantry Project, Jalyn Smith
Wesley Food Pantry Project, Jalyn Smith
A with Honors Projects
For this Parkland College A with Honors project, the student reflects on a group project to create a video on volunteering with the Wesley Food Pantry.
Sabbatical Leave Report, Laura Jamison
Sabbatical Leave Report, Laura Jamison
Sabbaticals
As a professor and social worker, I'd been intrigued by Jane Addams for years. She is routinely discussed in introductory social work and sociology texts as a significant historical figure. She has been described as a selfless social reformer and as a catalyst in the American settlement house movement. I always felt that she deserved far more attention than she received in the texts- and from our students. I used my spring 2011 sabbatical leave to accomplish two different but complementary goals-engaging in research to acquire a greater depth of knowledge of Addams and also developing a strategy for how …