The Living Situations Of Children In Foster Care: Which Is Better, Kinship Foster Care Or Non-Kinship Foster Care?, Conisha A. Hill

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Training Parents Of An Adolescent With Autism Effective Behavior Management Strategies Across Multiple Settings, Kari Porter

Research Papers

Research suggests that rearing a child with a developmental disability can be highly stressful and may lead to a heightened risk for child maltreatment. This study demonstrates the utility of a behavioral skills teaching model to train parents to engage their child with autism in adaptive behavior and to manage her disruptions at home, in the car, and in public settings. In some conditions, the experimenter trained the child directly in order to establish control in these settings before attempting to train the parents. Parents were trained through a combination of discussion, video presentation, and guided (shadowed) practice. The results …

Falling Through The Cracks: A Screening Assessment For Student Veterans With Learning Disabilities, Charles G. Hillesheim

Research Papers

AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER OF

CHARLES G. HILLESHEIM, for the Masters of Science degree in REHABILITATION COUNSELING, presented on JULY 29, 2011, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

TITLE: FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS: A SCREENING ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENT VETERANS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Thomas Upton

This paper examines historical context of military intelligence assessment, post secondary challenges of student veterans, student veterans with a learning disability and campus support for veterans with learning disabilities and to facilitate an intervention by using a C-SIP style screener survey which can be a useful tool for a Rehabilitation Counselor. Facilitating …

Effectiveness Of A Staff Modeling Procedure On Increasing Appropriate Interactions Between A Mother And Child With Behavior Problems, Mitchell D. Mast

Research Papers

AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER OF

MITCHELL D. MAST, for the Master of Science degree in Behavior Analysis and Therapy, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

TITLE: EFFECTIVENESS OF STAFF MODELING ON INCREASING APPROPRIATE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A MOTHER AND A CHILD WITH BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Brandon Greene

The present study was an attempt to determine the effect of a training program on altering the frequency and type of verbal interactions exhibited by a parent of a child with behavior problems. Data on verbal interactions between a mother and her child was gathered using the Systematic Observation of Family …

Forty Years Of Microhistoriography, Nicholas L. Rion

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Survey Says: Implications Of A Public Perception Survey On Stormwater Education Programming, Katie Giacalone, Catherine Mobley, Calvin Sawyer, James Witte, Gene Eidson

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Effective watershed and stormwater education and public involvement programs strive to increase awareness of watersheds and landscape connectivity and also encourage behavior changes that may be contributing to water quality and quantity problems within a targeted basin. According to new guidance from the US Environmental Protection Agency on stormwater permit improvement, regulators are looking for programs to utilize targeted issues relevant to a community to guide the development of a comprehensive outreach program. In an effort to collect information on public perception, knowledge, behaviors and willingness to get involved in improved stormwater management, a telephone survey was implemented. This manuscript …

The Daily Egyptian, December 16, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2010

No abstract provided.

Hugo De Vries., Daniel Trembly Macdougal

The Open Court

No abstract provided.

Cooperating Teachers’ Perceptions Of Pedagogical Importance, Competence, And Programmatic Need: A Frontline Assessment Of Agricultural Student Teachers, Amy Crump, John C. Ricketts, Dennis W. Duncan

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine, as witnessed by cooperating teachers, what learning gaps student teachers brought to the student teaching experience “Supervision of student teachers during student teaching is a very important exercise in teacher training” (Thobega & Miller, 2008, p. 65)..Cooperating teachers spend 10 plus weeks observing student teachers of agricultural education in [state]. One may argue that the cooperating teacher is the best judge of success when looking at the student teacher. Cooperating teachers believed using computers and multimedia in classroom teaching was a strength student teachers possessed. The cooperating teachers felt that the …

Training And Perceived Organizational Support: An Analysis Of The Impact Of The Organizational Training Support Index And The Survey Of Perceived Organizational Support, Mark A. Mcknight

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

Both the Survey of Perceived Organizational Support and the Organizational Training Support Index focus on employee perceptions of organizational support. The present research asked three specific questions related to the relationship between these instruments and their respective constructs. A positive, moderate relationship was found between the two items. Additionally, the present research indicates similar reliability coefficients between the two instruments. Finally, neither gender nor education levels were found to mediate differences between the constructs.

Job Dissatisfaction: A Factor In Maintaining A Highly-Qualified Family And Consumers Sciences Teacher Workforce, Sally E. Arnett, Frederick W. Polkinghorne

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

The supply and demand mismatch in available family and consumer sciences (FACS) teachers in the State of Illinois makes it essential that attrition among highly qualified FACS teachers be decreased or eliminated. Job dissatisfaction has been a signification predictor of the decision to end employment. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify specific factors that contributed to the level of job satisfaction or dissatisfaction among Illinois FACS teachers. Using a descriptive research design, members of the Illinois Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Association were asked to participate in an online survey. Results revealed the majority (95.06%) of participants …

Measuring Awareness Of The Impacts Of Change In The Public Health Workforce: A Precursory Step In Promoting A Shared Vision Via Cross-Sectoral Collaboration, Anthony G. Robins, Dhitinut Ratnapradipa, Kadi R. Bliss

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

Public health is currently undergoing significant changes and becoming increasingly dependent on one another to achieve their missions. The restructuring is forcing public health stakeholders to reexamine their present and future roles. This case study examines a local health department’s staff and its awareness of the department’s epidemiology program as a practical framework for thinking about and implementing cross-sectoral collaboration. An OEB (Office of Epidemiology and Biostatistics) Awareness Survey was developed and administered to 492 participants at the Allegheny County Health Department. Cross-sectional analysis examined associations between demographics, behavioral and cultural factors, and help seeking (attempts at collaboration). Results indicate …

The Daily Egyptian, December 14, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2010

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, December 13, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2010

No abstract provided.

Why Is Meaningful Collaboration Between Ecologists And Economists So Difficult?, Clifford S. Russell, Mark Sagoff

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Distress And Disasters: Positive Outcomes Of The Great Midwestern Floods Of 1993, Graham A. Tobin

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, December 09, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2010

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, December 06, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2010

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, December 02, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2010

No abstract provided.

Teaching Conflict Resolution Skills To Increase Communication And Parental Responsibilities Within Daily Childcare Routines, Rebecca Ann Pastrovich

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Southern Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Toward A New Standard For The Admission Of Expert Evidence In Illinois: A Critique Of The Frye General Acceptance Test And An Argument For The Adoption Of Daubert, Paul A. Rodrigues

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Illinois courts continue to apply the general acceptance test announced in Frye v. United States, as opposed to the Daubert approach used by the federal courts, to determine the admissibility of expert evidence. This article reviews both standards and argues that Illinois should abandon the Frye test in favor of the current federal admissibility standard laid out in the line of cases beginning with Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The recent Illinois Supreme Court decision in People v. McKown demonstrates the flaws of the current Frye analysis. The case fails, however, to adequately draw boundaries between “novel scientific evidence” …

President Obama’S Policy Agenda In The Supreme Court: What We Know So Far From The Office Of The Solicitor General’S Service As Amicus Curiae, Karen Swenson

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

One window into the soul of a presidential administration is the work of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), the representative of the executive branch before the Supreme Court of the United States. This could be particularly true in the case of a president who is a lawyer with work experience as a law professor. This article examines the Obama administration’s OSG efforts in filing voluntary amicus curiae briefs before the Supreme Court. In performing this task, the OSG is at the height of its discretion vis-à-vis the demands, implicit or otherwise, of the Supreme Court and most free …

The Effect Of Dividing Attention On The Maintenance Of Object Representations, Jillian Christine Mayer

Theses

Numerous theories have been developed in explanation of object perception, such as Feature Integration Theory, which posits that an object is perceived after two stages: a pre-attentive stage and a focused attention stage. It is during the focused attention stage that a representation of the perceived object is formed. Theories such as object file theory account for the maintenance of these object representations following their creation. Evidence for object file theory has been provided by studies of the object specific preview benefit. This thesis seeks to examine the effect that dividing attention has on the maintenance of object representations. Using …

Joint Effects Of Communication Mode And Consensus On Virtual Team Decision Quality, Dennis George Nasco, Jr.

Dissertations

The purpose of this research study is to expand upon the body of knowledge and research regarding the conditions and processes for effective decision-making in virtual team environments. Specifically, this study sought to demonstrate that teams instructed in consensus produce higher quality decisions and attain the assembly effect (synergy) on complex decision tasks. In addition, teams in virtual communication environments will produce higher quality decisions and attain the assembly effect (synergistic decisions) less often than face-to-face teams on complex decision tasks. Mostly undergraduate students from business courses (N = 358) completed the NASA Survival Exercise complex decision task first individually, …

The Speaking Cognitions And Attention Scale: An Empirically-Derived Measure Of Public Speaking Anxiety, Robert Drew Beck

Dissertations

Although public speaking anxiety is one of the most commonly reported causes of both clinical and non-clinical anxiety, many of the currently used questionnaire measures of public speaking anxiety do not reflect the advances made in recent decades regarding empirical methods of test construction, including item generation and determination of subscale composition. The current study administered 35 empirically-generated cognitive self-statement items related to speaking anxiety to a sample of 367 undergraduate students along with measures of public speaking anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, generalized social anxiety behaviors, and self-consciousness tendencies. Using exploratory factor analysis and item-total correlations, participant responses to …

The Influence Of Auditory Cues On Visual Spatial Perception, Joseph W. Geeseman

Theses

Traditional psychophysical studies have been primarily unimodal experiments due to the ease in which a single sense can be isolated in a laboratory setting. This study, however, presents participants with auditory and visual stimuli to better understand the interaction of the two senses in visuospatial perception. Visual stimuli, presented as Gaussian distributed blobs, moved laterally across a computer monitor to a central location and "bounced" back to their starting position. During this passage across the screen, a brief auditory "click" was presented via headphones. Participants were asked to respond to the bounce of the ball, and response latency was recorded. …

The Daily Egyptian, November 30, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2010

No abstract provided.

Role Conflict In High School Teachers/Coaches, Andre A. Austell

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Notes.

The Open Court

No abstract provided.