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Own It: Becoming A Trauma Sensitive School, Oatanisha Dawson Ed.D., Karen Thierry

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

The concepts of poverty, trauma and child development cannot be ignored when reviewing educational outcomes especially in schools where trauma and poverty are prevalent. Glynn County School System (GCSS) has collectively witnessed an overwhelmingly negative impact that poverty has had on early learning. Low income students are highly likely to be traumatized (e.g. witnessing violence at home, polyvictims of abuse, having separated or divorced parents) so they don’t always come to school to learn but, come to school to be loved. Many GCSS schools have students that come from low-income, high-stress home environments. One school in this district, Goodyear Elementary …

Promoting Behavioral Health Supports Through School Attendance/Climate Committees (Hb763), The Georgia Appleseed Center For Law And Justice, Georgia Appleseed Center For Law And Justice, Renata Turner, View Point Health

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This year, the Georgia General Assembly passed and the Governor signed HB 763, which requires each county’s Student Attendance Protocol Committee to include reviewing school climate as part of the committee’s responsibilities. This presentation would explain the new aspects of this law and how these committees may be leveraged to advocate for school climate reform and increased behavioral health supports. We will present an example of how a committee has successfully organized to promote school climate change. The strategies and information will empower parents and communities to access these services for their children.

GA Appleseed Staff Attorney, Terrence Wilson will …

Readiness , Implementation , Now What? Growing Pbis Strategically And Effectively, Caryn Lott

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

The purpose of this presentation is to share methods and strategies of moving beyond the initial implementation of PBIS and moving into a fully functioning and effective team. The focus will be to develop an analytical and solution oriented team meeting format, as well as define and delegate specific roles within the team and school. Last, building positive relationships with all stakeholders, from students and staff to parents and the community, will be emphasized as the backbone to every decision that is made within PBIS.

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• Georgia Southern to host 18th annual National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action and Change

Foundations For Learning: How To Create A Willing Learner, Lisa Cymbor, Videsha Marya

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Motivating a learner can be a challenging task. We want to encourage children to approach us willingly during teaching opportunities. Often, teaching is associated with hard work. If we do not start out by making the interaction fun, then the child will likely want to avoid teaching times. Before getting “down to work,” we have to make sure that the child is motivated to interact with us. This presentation is for educators, parents, and caregivers of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and related disorders. Our focus will be to strengthen the teacher-learner relationship in a variety of environments. Additionally, …

School-Based Mental Health; As It Supports Pbis, Jenny Wilhoite

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This presentation will provide insight and guidance on how to create a thriving, sustainable school-based mental health program and provide support for the existing PBIS program within the school, but will also introduce successful strategies to promote family involvement, community outreach, parent education, and positive behavioral strategies to be used at both home and school, promoting integrated care on all levels. This school-based program, also offers and delivers in home consultations, family training, and bridges the communication barriers between home and school.

Trauma Sensitive Schools And The Pbs Framework, Dr. Melissa W. Sadin

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Recent research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology shows that the toxic stress that results from early exposure to traumatic situations (abuse, neglect, in-utero exposures to drugs and alcohol, exposure to domestic violence, and poverty) impacts brain development. Neurobiology is a significant, and often overlooked, aspect is in a child's social and emotional development. The change in brain development can be connected to bullying (both perpetrators and bullies), attendance, discipline, and to the achievement gap.

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study discovered that childhood trauma leads to the adult onset of chronic diseases, depression and other mental illness, violence and …

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Honors College: News & Publications (2008-2020)

• Congratulations Fall Graduates!
• Carolyn Nixon is Named a Rangel Fellow
• Coffee, Beignets, and Conference Conversations
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College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• Upcoming Events

• COE alumnus helps land major grant, puts Apple technology in hands of Brock Elementary 2nd, 3rd graders

• Education Exposed: A 2019 film series to be offered free to students, community

• College of Ed faculty member receives national Evolution Education Award

• Georgia Southern named No. 1 on master's in educational leadership rankings

• Faculty Updates

• College of Education seeks feedback on monthly newsletter

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• SoTL Commons Conference
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• 2019 SoTL Award and Fellowship -Applications Now Open
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Mental Health Stigma And Help-Seeking In A College Sample: Barriers And Potential Motivators For Action, Christina H. Morris

Honors College Theses

Stigma surrounding mental health is one of many barriers impeding help-seeking behavior. This study had two aims: (1) to examine the relationships between mental wellbeing, internalized stigma, help-seeking attitudes, and demographic variables such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, and marital status, and (2) to explore what hinders students in the help-seeking process and determine what would make students more likely to seek psychological help if they perceive a need for it. It was hypothesized that the relationship between internalized stigma and help-seeking attitudes would be moderated by gender, and the relationship between mental wellbeing and help-seeking attitudes would be mediated …

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• Dual enrollment ‘too good a deal to pass up’ for Georgia Southern freshman

• Georgia Southern University Center for Addiction Recovery celebrates 10th anniversary

Predicting Thrill Seeking Behavior, Matthew I. Keane

Honors College Theses

Extreme sports, sports characterized as involving speed, height and danger, have become an increasingly popular pastime around the world and have grown into a $250 billion industry. As a result of the inherent risks of taking part in these extreme sports, the most common participants are thrill seeking, risk taking, and often reckless. Known as the type-T personality type, these extreme sensation seeking individual’s constantly seek out new experiences that will stimulate their mind and frequently find their thrill by participating in extreme sports. The goal of this study is to determine various factors that will influence an individual’s thrill …

An Investigation Of Web Atmospherics In Online Luxury Branding, Emilie E. Jones

Honors College Theses

Having an online presence for a retail store has transitioned from serving as simply a new avenue through which a profit can be made, to a tool that can be harnessed to express a brand’s personality. So how do luxury brands manage to maintain a high-end, exclusive status on the highly available landscape of the internet? The intention of this research is to identify whether luxury brands are currently taking advantage of differential web atmospherics cues, in a way that significantly sets them apart from non-luxury brand websites. To do this, we measured elements including screen space, reduction of elements, …

Perceived Effects Of Learning Disabilities On College Students, Samantha E. Penta

Honors College Theses

The purpose of this study is to explore the perceived effects of learning disabilities on college students, as well as the barriers faced during the transition into postsecondary education. The sample was composed of 37 undergraduate students reporting a learning disability diagnosis. A questionnaire was distributed to explore several factors; including university accommodations, barriers to academic success, and perceived stigma on campus. Participants over the age of 18 reporting a learning disability were included in the study. Approximately one-quarter of participants reported the presence of a learning disability, however, the majority of these students denied receiving academic accommodations from their …

The Relationship Between Masculinity And Stigma: Predicting Help-Seeking Behaviors In Men, Bethany G. Johnson

Honors College Theses

Men tend to not seek help for mental health reasons, even when they express significant symptomology. Men’s barriers to help seeking are masculinity and stigma. The current study examined how masculinity, self-stigma, public-stigma, and perceived public stigma are related to men’s help seeking behaviors and the type of help seeking behavior men report advising for themselves, a friend, and a stranger. Results show masculinity was positively correlated to self-stigma and public stigma and self-stigma and public stigma are also positively correlated. Additionally, men reported being less willing to seek psychological help when expressing symptomology but more willing to suggest a …

Vulnerable Narcissism And First-Person Singular Pronoun Use, Hannah L. Dorough

Honors College Theses

Who talks about themselves most frequently? Recent research has explored the top correlates of self-focused language use. Depression and negative emotionality tend to appear as key positive correlates. Surprisingly, narcissism—which is largely known for its trait of self-centeredness—is not a major correlate of self-focused language use. Studies demonstrating this null effect have only measured grandiose narcissism, while entirely neglecting vulnerable narcissism. By using a survey methodology with carefully-selected trait inventories and a language task, the purpose of this study is to fill the gap in the literature—to see whether vulnerable narcissism accounts for talking about oneself, above and beyond the …

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• Georgia Southern University announces $5 million gift to the College of Business
• Georgia Southern students change the world through volunteering
• Department of Biology researchers use DNA to monitor endangered species
• Georgia Southern team awarded more than $750,000 for teacher development grant
• Georgia Southern University to host 32nd annual Southern Conference on Children
• Georgia Southern alumnus, Perot Museum of Nature and Science unveil virtual reality app
• Georgia Southern, Ocean Exchange announce winner of annual BIG Pitch Award
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• Georgia Southern ranked in most affordable online master’s in national elementary education list

• School psychology students claim awards at state conference

• Adult education alumnus receives national award

• Georgia Southern team awarded more than $750,000 for teacher development grant

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College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• Georgia Southern ranked in most affordable online master’s in national elementary education list

• School psychology students claim awards at state conference

• Adult education alumnus receives national award

• Georgia Southern team awarded more than $750,000 for teacher development grant

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• Georgia Southern students change the world through volunteering

• Department of Biology researchers use DNA to monitor endangered species

• Georgia Southern ranked in most affordable online master’s in national elementary education list

• Georgia Southern school psychology students sweep awards at state conference

• Georgia Southern team awarded more than $750,000 for teacher development grant

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College Of Graduate Studies News, Georgia Southern University

College of Graduate Studies: News & Publications (2016-2023)

• The Grad Post Double Eagle Spotlight Fall 2018

Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

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• Upcoming Events

• Georgia Southern team awarded more than $750,000 for teacher development grant

• Adult ed. alumnus receives national award

• Georgia Southern ranked in most affordable online master's in national elementary ed list

• School psychology students claim awards at state conference

• Faculty Updates

• College of Education seeks feedback on monthly newsletter

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• SoTL Commons Conference
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• Faculty Award Deadlines
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• Happiness is a new book - Choose Yours!

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Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• Upcoming Events

• Georgia Southern team awarded more than $750,000 for teacher development grant

• Adult ed. alumnus receives national award

• Georgia Southern ranked in most affordable online master's in national elementary ed list

• School psychology students claim awards at state conference

• Faculty Updates

• College of Education seeks feedback on monthly newsletter

Learning Skills That Transfer: Using Class Conferences To Teach Critical Thinking, Jeanne Hughes

Journal of Student Success in Writing (Archived)

This qualitative study examines class writing conferences, a conference method that includes all members of the class participating in weekly discussion of written drafts. Fourteen first-year undergraduate composition students and their teacher met for one semester where they participated in class writing conferences. Field notes from class observations and writing conference discussions, written feedback from each student on drafts reviewed during class writing conferences, original drafts and revisions of writing, student interview data, and student survey data are analyzed. Evidence from the data reveals that students were active participants in this method, showing independence in writing decisions and appropriate evaluative …

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