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Recognizing The Impact Of Personal And Environmental Influences On Type 2 Diabetes Management, Johna S. Brown

Research Papers

Globalization has drastically altered the way humans function. Modern ways of life have induced obesity and type 2 diabetes upsurges on a global level. Type 2 diabetes is a complex chronic illness that can be extremely difficult to prevent and manage. It requires strict consistency in terms of energy consumption, self-assessment, and physical activity. A wide array of variables impact human behavior and one’s ability to abide by such strict regimens. These variables can often be categorized as environmental or personal influences. Comprehensive understanding of these variables can provide insight to diabetics and health professions regarding barriers to diabetes management …

Parkinson Disease And Rehabilitation Administration And Services, Deanna Booker

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Learning Disabilities And Substance Use, Marqueeta L. Harrington

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Spinal Cord Injury: What Every Rehabilitation Counselor Should Know About Function And Independence, Monica M. Mccabe

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The Daily Egyptian, October 18, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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Development Of A Token Economy At The Evaluation And Developmental Center Transitional Living Program, Nicole M. Fuscaldo

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Examining The Relationship Between Supervisory Styles And Counselor Skill And Personal Development Perceived By The Supervisee, Bruce Michael Meissner

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This study replicates the Fernando and Hulse-Killacky (2005) study of supervisory styles and self-efficacy perceived by the supervisee. The Fernando and Hulse-Killacky study assessed general counseling students from Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educa¬tional Programs (CACREP) using the Supervisory Styles Inventory (SSI; Friedlander & Ward, 1984) with a measure of self-efficacy, the Counseling Self-Estimate Inventory (COSE; Larson, Suzuki, Gillespie, Potenza, Bechtel, & Toulouse, 1992). The present study used the SSI with a population of rehabilitation practicum counseling students from Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) accredited master level rehabilitation counseling training (RCT) programs to assess the relationship between supervisory …

Psychosocial Issues With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder And Treatment For The Veteran Population, Joleen K. Skortz

Research Papers

AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER OF

JOLEEN SKORTZ, for the Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, presented on June 28, 2012 at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

TITLE: Psychosocial Issues with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Treatment for the Veteran Population

MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. James E. Bordieri, Ph.D

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder that occurs after a traumatic event in which the threat of serious injury or death was experienced or witnessed. Symptoms of PTSD are wide ranging often include psychiatric co-morbidity that can significantly affect many aspects of an individual’s life. Evidence suggests that PTSD among …

Co-Occurring Mental Health And Substance Use Disorders: A Review Of Issues And Clinical Approaches For Dual Diagnosis, Jacob Aaron Weatherford

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Individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder (SUD) encounter a number of challenges that significantly diminish their quality of life. As compared to persons with either a mental illness or SUD alone, those with co-occurring disorders often have significantly more impairment in functioning, more severe symptoms, and are at an increased risk of health problems, hospitalization, incarceration, and suicide, amongst other negative consequences. Furthermore, those with co-occurring disorders are often more difficult to engage and retain in treatment, and have a worse prognosis than those with a single disorder. Treatment facilities are often not equipped with adequate assessment …

Factors Influencing Post-Acute Brain Injury Rehabilitation Treatment Outcome, Nicholas Joseph Cioe

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Brain injury has a tremendous effect on the United States. The medical system has a continuum of care available but many of these services are extremely expensive. Despite the effectiveness of residential post-acute brain injury rehabilitation (PABIR) resistance to provide adequate funding remains because of a dearth of randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies demonstrating effectiveness. Some research suggests observational trials are typically more representative of community samples and yield conclusions similar to RCT studies. This study uses a large multi-state naturalistic community-based sample of individuals who received residential PABIR. The purposes of this study were to (1) use logistic regression …

The Effects Of An Educational Intervention On The Aging Knowlege Of Graduate Counseling Students, Damien Gent Dotson

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The purpose of this study was to test the effects of an educational intervention on the aging knowledge of graduate counseling students. Overcoming misconceptions, such as positive and negative stereotypes about older adults, is essential for graduate counseling students to be effectively trained to work with the aging population. Educational interventions have been found to be the most consistently effective way of increasing aging knowledge and helping individuals overcome ageist beliefs rooted in faulty aging knowledge. For this study, it was hypothesized that a comprehensive educational intervention (approximately 2 hours in duration) would increase overall aging knowledge, increase aging and …

Treatment For Persons With Heroin Addiction, Angie K. Mcduffie

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Heroin addiction is devastating to both the person addicted and to society. Attempts to treat heroin addiction have proved difficult due to the extreme addictive qualities of the drug. Medication-assisted recovery or pharmacotherapy, such as methadone and buprenorphine, are controversial in that it is providing a medication that has similar qualities of heroin itself. Behavioral treatments alone have limited success due to many factors. The literature presented will provide a look at heroin and heroin addiction, as well as a comprehensive study of outpatient treatments that are currently being used. The purpose of this study is to determine the most …

Alcohol Abuse Among Persons With Traumatic Brain Injuries, Alissa Sisirak

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The Epidemic Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Veterans, Tai Hawk

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Southern Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

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2012-2013 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Graduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

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Syringe And Needle Exchange Programs: A Valuable Harm Reduction Technique In The Battle Against Injection Drug Use, Stephanie M. Woods

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In the last two decades there has been a growing interest surrounding the topic of clean needle exchange programs, the effects they have on injection drug users, their effectiveness in the prevention and spreading of HIV, AIDS and other blood borne pathogens, the cost surrounding the operation of NEPs and SEPs, and their beneficialness on society as a whole. The objective of this research paper is to examine all the aforementioned facets as well as other benefits that stem from NEPs and SEPs. Since injection drug use is driving HIV epidemics in many countries and accounts for almost a third …

Navigating The Illinois Workers Compensation Act: A Guide For Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals, Jennifer L. Carril

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Identifying Competencies Of Aoda Clinical Supervisors For Integration Into Rehabilitation Counselor Training Curriculum: A Delphi Study, Marissa Mckee

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This study preliminarily identified clinical supervision competencies needed for alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) clinical supervisors for integration into rehabilitation counselor training (RCT) curriculum. The Delphi method via LimeSurvey® was utilized to identify competencies specific to AODA clinical supervision. A panel of six experts in RCT and AODA clinical supervision completed five rounds of data collection beginning with an open-ended question. Consensus and stability of responses were calculated following Rounds 2-5 of data collection. Panelist fatigue resulted in data collection being discontinued after Round 5, prior to a consensus or stability of responses being reached. A total of 115 …

The Need For Specialized Programs For Lgbt Individuals In Substance Abuse Treatment, Erin E. Mooney

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Specialized substance abuse treatment programs for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are limited. Specialized treatment programs offer unique and tailored services to ‘special populations’ in order to provide effective treatment. The services offered in these programs are proven to be especially helpful and effective for LGBT individuals. Many researchers have suggested that LGBT-Specific substance abuse programs have better treatment outcomes for LGBT individuals than mainstream treatment programs. LGBT individuals have been said to have much higher rates of substance abuse than their heterosexual counterparts. They also face discrimination, prejudice, negative attitudes and behavior, and unique life experiences that …

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Returning U.S. Veterans: A Comprehensive Review Of The Literature And Its Implications, Amanda D. Chesnek

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The topic of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in veterans returning from the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is reviewed in an in-depth study through a comprehensive review of the literature. A thorough definition of PTSD is provided. An approach to identifying the pertinent literature will be outlined. The importance of the topic is discussed, including prevalence as well as impact to the individual veterans affected. Impact on veterans’ families will also be reviewed, as well as how PTSD is affecting the nation and society. Various treatments and barriers to treatment will be reviewed, along with screening tools and prevention …

The Job Search Knowledge Scale: Assessing Consumers Of A Carf Exemplary-Rated Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation Program, Daniel L. Joutras

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Screening Chronic Pain Consumers For Potential Prescription Opiod Misuse By Medical Professionals, Jennifer A. Klein

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Screening For Alcohol And Drug Use Among Persons With Disabilities, Matthew E. Sprong

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People with disabilities experience many barriers when attempting to gain employment. Substance Use Disorders (SUDS) is one particular challenge that has been identified in this research paper. Individuals with SUDS experience an increase in unsucessful case closures in state funded vocational rehabilitation agencies. Screening for SUDS has been overlooked in many agencies and his paper intends to identify barriers of a screening protocal in state VR and provide recommendations for subcontracted-state comprehensive vocational evaluation programs to contribute to screening for SUDS.

The Importance Of Early Counseling And Education Of Persons Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease And Their Caregivers, Haley Pottorff Basnett

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When people are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, they go through periods of depression simply because the prognosis is eventual and certain death. By the same token, many healthcare professionals and insurance companies with whom individuals and their families must deal take an often cold approach to the diagnosis, considering counseling as a waste of time for a situation in which a physical prognosis is hopeless. In treating the physical aspect of the disease, many doctors do in fact prescribe an antidepressant, which ironically, will exacerbate the physical condition of the person affected, hastening the physical decline. Therefore, while the ultimate tragedy …

Job Burnout: The End Or A New Beginning?, Patricia J. Alsup Jr

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Human services work entails providing services to others.  Services are personalized to meet the needs and desires of the recipient.  Providers may encounter a range of emotions, not only their own but those of the service recipient and other interested parties. Combined with increased workloads, fewer resources, and outside pressures, employees can experience job stress or burnout.  This work explores the nature of human services work and burnout and provides recommendations for further examination to aid in retaining service providers, thereby preserving continuity and quality of services.

Gulf War Illness And Injuries, Dianna S. Inman

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER OF

DIANNA S. INMAN, for the Master of Science degree in REHABILITATION COUNSELOR, presented on May 2011, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

TITLE:  GULF WAR ILLNESS AND INJURIES

MAJOR PROFESSOR:  D. Shane Koch, Ph D., CRC

The Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq Enduring Freedom are wars

our United States troops have been involved in the Middle East.  The goal of

this research paper is to present and discuss the injuries and illness some of our

soldiers are experiencing in their tour of duty in the Middle East.  I will focus on three

conditions …

Employment And Disability: Debugging The Myth Of Employment And Loss Of Benefits., Matthew Fred

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In the United States those with disabilities have few options for support outside of family and friends.  For most persons with disabilities this support comes in the form of either Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) provided through the Social Security Administration (SSA).  Throughout the years qualifying for these benefits has become a labor intensive process.  During this process a person must demonstrate an inability to work under a definition that nearly requires a complete incapacity of the individual.  This difficulty in qualifying has resulted in a long held belief among recipients that if one returns …

2011-2012 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Graduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

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

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