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A Study To Develop A Multicultural Orientation Program For Staff And Faculty, Carlos S. Moran

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this project was to identify the practical components of a successful multicultural orientation program for faculty and staff at West Coast Christian College. The case study method was utilized as a problem-solving process to determine the multicultural needs of the college community, to identify current practices in multicultural programs and other institutions and to develop the program with a plan for implementation and evaluation.

The methods of investigation utilize in this project included a review of significant and relevant literature about multicultural orientation issues in general, race, relations, campus, climate, multicultural, orientation, program, guidelines, staffing, and program …

Improving In-School Staffing And Multidisciplinary Team Effectiveness In The High School Setting, Thomas G. Sarnecki

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve the operation of the in-school staffing team at the high school level. Three adjunct aims were to increase the awareness and role responsibilities of multidisciplinary team members, to improve the decision making process by greater participation of team members, and to improve the referral process for students in need of special education programs.

An in-service workshop was developed for the in-school staffing team members to make them more aware of their responsibilities with the team decision making process. A handbook describing their role expectations was distributed to them at the second in-service workshop. This …

Improving Teacher Articulation To Increase Program Continuity Preschool Through First Grade, Barbara A. Malaspina

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve preschool, kindergarten, and first grade teachers group decision making skills to enable articulation to occur more frequently and comfortably to encourage program continuity from grade to grade for children. A second aim was to reduce teacher isolation through shared skill building and focus on problem solving related to barriers to articulation.

The writer used a pre and post training survey, follow up interviews of principals, and two and one half hour training targeted to preschool. kindergarten and first grade teachers at two schools to determine previous skills and attitudes toward group decision making skills …

Improving The Monitoring And Maintenance Of Hearing Aids For Preschool And School Age Deaf And Hearing Impaired Children By Training School Personnel, Parents, And Students, Joseph A. Guillory

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve the monitoring and maintenance of hearing aids and auditory trainers for preschool and school age deaf and hearing impaired children through inservice training. The goal of this practicum was to identity and reduce the number of preschool and school age deaf and hearing impaired students who have been provided with hearing aids or auditory trainers and may not be maximizing their potential in their educational placement because their hearing aids or auditory trainers are malfunctioning or nonfunctioning.

The writer conducted inservice training programs designed to improve the skills of speech pathologists, teachers, parents and …

Educating Parents, Teachers And High School Severely Emotionally Disturbed Students Regarding Vocational Rehabilitation Supplemental Security Income And Vocational Training, Van E. Wallace Iii

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to educate Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) students, parents, and educational professionals in regards to supplemental security, income, vocational rehabilitation, and vocational training. Application and procedural information was conveyed to empower students and their parents with skills necessary to apply and receive, when eligible, financial assistance in enrollment in appropriate vocational training programs. The practicum also attempted to provide information to Exceptional Student Education (ESE) professionals involved with special needs students.

Instructional in-services were provided in one on one and family counseling sessions to S.E.D. students and to their families. And in service was provided to E.S.E. …

Helping Dysfunctional Recovering Drug-Addicted Mothers To Build Healthy Families By Enhancing Parenting Skills And Providing Opportunities For Bonding, Nan Kelly Wilson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to enhance the parenting skills of drug-addicted recovering women and to give opportunities for successful family experiences in a half-way house setting.

The writer developed a curriculum, led weekly group meetings, arranged for guest speakers, assisted mothers with individual problems, and administered an evaluation. The Walker Problem Behavior Identification Checklist (1983) and the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Workshop (Dinkmeyer & McKay, 1989) were used.

Results were positive. Recovering mothers completed parenting course activities, participated in weekly family experiences to develop bonding, and reported feelings of higher value as parents. Children’s scores on the Walker Problem …

Project Kind (Keeping Interfering Noncompliance Down) A Social Skills Training Program For Noncompliant Primary Students, Janice A. Masters

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The practicum addressed the need of improving noncompliant, oppositional, defiant, under-socialized, primary aged, at risk students’ social skills. They exhibited poor study habits, academic failure, and were subsequent prime candidates of early school departures.

Project kind, a weekly social skills training program, was designed and developed by the writer to help students acquire socially acceptable behaviors. Its focus aimed at helping them acquire conflict resolution tools by developing problem-solving and decision-making skills that included anticipatory outcomes and/or consequences. Improved social adjustment embodied the concept of solving problems without physically or verbally abusing others.

The 18 students were selected by their …

Expanding The School Psychologist’S Role To Serve Regular Education Students Through Child-Centered, School-Based Consultation, James W. Cole

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum presented a plan to expand school psychology services for regular education students at the elementary ana middle school levels. In order to have an effective delivery system of school psychology services for all students, school psychologists needed to be school-based and given time to provide consultation services to teachers, administrators, and parents. The goals were to broaden school psychology services and make others aware of the consultant role which may be provided by the school psychologist at their school.

The writer's objectives to resolve the problem were to increase the time spent by school psychologists in support of …

Improving Active Parent Involvement For Preschool Teachers And Parents Through In-Service Training, Robin M. Irving

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to provide information and support for preschool teachers to help parents in teaching an active role to parenting. The primary goal was that there would be more active parent involvement between parents and children ages three to five years. The literature indicated that training sessions to provide information and support to teachers and parents could be successful in teaching an active role to parenting. Because the center parents were responsible parents, seeking advice to help in teaching their children, the community preschool teachers were supportive of the center's program and staff, and had requested parent education …

Improving The Morale Level Of Direct-Care Staff In A Residential Group Setting Through Support, Communication, And Recognition, Jimmy Mcadams

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum sought to elevate the morale level of direct-care staff in a residential group care setting. Corollary aims were to reduce staff turnover and to improve staff performance both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Four solutions strategies were attempted, which addressed the areas of staff support, communication, and recognition. The writer, representative of a top administrative position, conducted personal visits with staff at service sites. Three round table, dialoguing meetings were held within each of three regions. Agency communication was enhanced through retargeting and increasing the frequency of an intro agency publication so that its focus was on direct care staff. …

Novafacts - December 28, 1990, Nova University

NovaFacts

No abstract provided.

Improving Kindergarten Achievement Via Hands-On Teaching: A Developmental Approach., Henry O. Hollimon Jr.

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program to improve the achievement of the kindergarten students at the primary school in Charles City County. The instructional program was structured and academic in nature. Developmental hands-on instructional procedures needed for kindergarten-age children was not used. School administrators encouraged the situation in order to have the children reading by the time the entered first grade. All of the kindergarten teachers were not endorsed in kindergarten or early childhood education, and no Inservice teacher-training specific to the instructional needs of that grade had been provided by the school division. The results were students scoring below the …

Datascan - December 9, 1990, Nova University

DataScan

No abstract provided.

The Update - December 1990, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Improving The Delivery Of Academic Advising At West Coast Christian College, Joseph W. Laing

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purposes of this project were to identify the procedures and processes that affect the advising relationship and retention at West Coast Christian College, to discover what is being done to enhance academic advising in other postsecondary institutions that have similar organizational features to West Coast Christian College, and to devise directives to improve academic advising and enhance retention at West Coast Christian College. Answers were sought through five research questions to provide information about strengths and weaknesses of the existing advising program at West Coast Christian College: the student and advisor perception of academic advising at the College, the …

The Development Of A Plan For Recruitment And Retention Of Black Students In Associate Degree Nursing Programs., Brenda Mccane Harrell

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The number of Black students enrolled in associate degree nursing programs across the country, including California Community Colleges, is not in proportion to the general population. It is critical that educators pay attention to the need to recruit the minority student and providing measures to retain these students. The purposes of the study were: (1) to identify the major factors that influence the retention of Black nursing students in associate degree nursing programs in American community colleges, (2) to compare and contrast major problems in retaining Black associate degree nursing students in predominately white community colleges with those of Black …

The Nova Knight Volume I: Issue V, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Update - November 1990, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, November 1990 (Vol. Vi No. 4), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Developing A Self-Directed Computer Training Program For El Camino College Faculty, Donald F. Mcallister

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This study arose from discussions with the deans of instruction of El Camino College, California, during which it appeared that there was a need to develop self-directed faculty training programs in the use of computers. There was little necessity to convince the computer-literate faculty that microcomputers should be used in their educational activities. However, it was difficult to make faculty who were not computer-literate see the usefulness of microcomputers in their work, or to convince them to take advantage of existing staff development programs in computer training. Developing self-directed programs in computer training and basic computer literacy seemed to be …

Use Of Selected Elements Of Patient Perception Of Care In The Evaluation Of Clinical Training, Patrick J. Goff

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this study was to develop a role for the patient perception of care provided by the student doctor within the educational program at Palmer College. The Council on Chiropractic Education, the federally recognized accrediting body of the profession, has indicated that the perception of care by the patient receiving that care should be an important outcome measure of the education process in the colleges. At the time of this study the patient's perception of care was not used in evaluating clinical competence. A review of the literature resulted in the selection of the Patient-Doctor Interaction Scale (PDIS) …

An Investigation To Determine The Prevalence Of Starvation Dieting Among High School Students As Affected By Gender, Race And Socioeconomic Status, Michal Lee Erickson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Sociologists report that twenty million Americans are on a 'serious' diet. There has never been a period when such large numbers of people have spent so much time, money, and emotional energy on their weight. The message conveyed by society, the Fashion and movie industries, modern medicine and the media is quite clear - thin is in! The problem lies in the fact that the message does not distinguish between realistic standards and unattainable ideals, especially for women.

Experts on eating disorders report that ninety percent of those suffering from anorexia nervosa (self-starvation) are females, ages 13-21, from white ethnic …

Clinical Applications Of The Mmpi-2 1990, Nova University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Novafacts - October 26, 1990, Nova University

NovaFacts

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume 1, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Update - October 1990, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Quarterly Report - Fall 1990, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

No abstract provided.

The Communicator - Vol.3 No. 1 - Fall, 1990, Nova University

The Communicator

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - October 1990, Volume 18, Number 1, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

School Of Psychology Master's Course Schedule Fall 1990, Nova University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.