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Patricia A. Tomson Center For Violence Prevention Newsletter, V3, Fall 2023, University Of Northern Iowa. Patricia A. Tomson Center For Violence Prevention.

Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention Newsletter

In this issue:

--- PATCVP Mission
--- Director's Note
--- MVP: Mentors in Violence Prevention
--- University of Iowa Grant Partnership
--- MVP Orientation Workshops at Iowa Colleges and Universities
--- Ft. Dodge MVP Ambassadors Training
--- Mentors in Violence Prevention Training of Trainers: September 2023-West Des Moines, IA
--- Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson MVP Teacher Training
--- MVP Student Leadership Summit
--- MVP School Spotlight: Mason City High School
--- National Sexual Assault Conference - San Francisco, CA
--- World Anti-Bullying Forum - Raleigh, NC
--- Iowa BEST Summit - Des Moines, IA
--- Iowa School Counselor Association Conference …

Patricia A. Tomson Center For Violence Prevention Newsletter, V2, Spring 2023, University Of Northern Iowa. Patricia A. Tomson Center For Violence Prevention.

Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention Newsletter

In this issue:

--- PATCVP Mission
--- Director's Note
--- MVP: Mentors in Violence Prevention
--- STOP School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Training Grant (Department of Justice)
--- Hampton-Dumont High School Healthy Relationship Presentations
--- MVP TTT & Workshops at Iowa Colleges
--- MVP Workshop
--- Ft. Dodge Teacher Training
--- UNI's Social & Emotional Learning Conference
--- UNI School of Education Student Teaching Program
--- MVP School Spotlight
--- Tomson Scholars

Patricia A. Tomson Center For Violence Prevention Newsletter, V1, Fall 2022, University Of Northern Iowa. Patricia A. Tomson Center For Violence Prevention.

Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention Newsletter

In this issue:

--- Director's Note
--- MVP: Mentors in Violence Prevention
--- MVP Student Leadership Summits Fall 2022
--- UNI Campus MVP Workshop
--- Iowa BEST Summit
--- Systems of Support Conference
--- UNI School of Education Student Teaching Program
--- Friends of the Family Fundraiser
--- Meet Our Graduate Assistants
--- Tomson Scholars
--- Joan Oeltjen Violence Prevention Internship Scholarship
--- UNI Distinguished Awards Celebration

Assessing The Implicit Curriculum In Social Work Education: An Examination Of The University Of Northern Iowa Students' Experiences, Madison Motz

Honors Program Theses

As part of a social work program’s accreditation process, social work programs across the United States are now being asked to assess their implicit curriculum, defined as the educational environment in which the explicit curriculum is presented, as new evidence has shown that implicit curriculum plays an important role in the learning, development, and professional outcome of social work students. Following the wake of a series of student diversity-related injustices across the state of Iowa, our team set out to create an implicit curriculum survey tool shaped by the experiences, concerns, and feedback presented by students within the social work …

Stress And Coping Behavior : The Effects Of Poverty On Women And Children, Laura J. Sorensen Lyons

Graduate Research Papers

The following paper reviews research on poverty, its effects on women and their children, and how they cope with the increased level of stress. There are more single headed households now than ever, the majority headed by women. This adds an increased level of stress on both the women and the children they care for. Research also shows that a large number of these families are also coping with the special needs of their children. This stress leads many women and children to cope in some conventional and unconventional ways.

Schools are playing an increasingly larger role in the lives …

Trends In Family-Centered Early Intervention, Jody Lee Albertson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Family-centered early intervention services have been evolving for quite some time, and the role of the family in intervention for children with disabilities has changed drastically. Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandated the family-centeredness of early intervention services, which is evident in the services and supports a family receives, the Individualized Family Services Plan document, and service coordination activities. The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) then conducts compliance monitoring to gauge whether states are in compliance with IDEA. State monitoring reports are available to the public online.

The purpose of this study was to …