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Cinematherapy And Bibliotherapy : Counseling Lgbt Clients In The Coming Out Process, Stephanie A. Germann

Graduate Research Papers

Research indicates lesbians and gay men report higher rates of therapy than heterosexuals, of which 20% sought counseling during the coming out process (Murphy et al., 2002). This implies the need for counselors to be aware of the challenges and concerns involved in the coming out process, as well as counselors being knowledgeable with appropriate counseling interventions for the LGBT population. Current literature purports the effectiveness of using cinematherapy and bibliotherapy for LGBT clients. This paper includes various movie and book recommendations and how to use them to promote personal growth in clients during the coming out process.

Dance Therapy, Darcy Gene Feuerbach

Graduate Research Papers

"The arts, often a source of joy and expression, have helped us to say what we could not say in words" says Fran Levy, who is a psychotherapist and creative arts therapist. Whether it is music or drama, art or dance, all of the arts can have implications for the counseling process. This project focuses specifically on Dance Movement Therapy. Dance/movement therapy has been developing ever since the early 1900s and it is based on the notion that mind and body are inseparable. (Levy 1)

Kicking The Tires Of Natural Selection: The Carriage Still Runs After 150 Years

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Science is both tentative and durable. This is its great strength: as we discover new evidence, or find new ways to interpret existing evidence, scientific ideas can be modified, offering us a more complete and reliable picture of the universe. Helping your students understand this aspect of science not only reduces their resistance to learning about evolution, but also encourages deeper understanding about how science works.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V05n4, Winter 2009, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--President's Message: Each One, Reach One

--122nd Annual Meeting

--Images from the 2009 ISTS Fall Conference

--Excellence in Science Teaching Awards (ESTA)

--Distinguished Science Awards

--IJAS Silent Auction

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

--IAS Corporate Memberships

Olanzapine Vs. Conventional And Other Atypical Antipsychotics In Response And Side Effects For The Treatment Of Schizophrenia, Jade A. Knutson

Graduate Research Papers

The efficacy and side effects of olanzapine (an atypical antipsychotic) for the treatment of Schizophrenia were compared over ten different studies. The methods, findings, and limitations of olanzapine treatment when compared to conventional antipsychotics, monotherapy atypical antipsychotics, and combination atypical antipsychotics were addressed. These studies looked at populations of people with first-episode Schizophrenia, chronic cases, and resistant positive and negative symptoms. Olanzapine showed to have an equal to or greater decrease in negative symptoms and also an equal to or greater reduction in positive symptoms. Olanzapine also showed to have a reduction in extrapyramidal symptoms and an increase in neurocognitive …

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 …

Think Like A Mountain : The Need For Nature For Increased Mental Health, Erin M. Mclaughlin

Graduate Research Papers

Nature has been an integral part of the human life for thousands of years. Only in the most recent hundred years, societies have begun to view nature as a foreign concept outside of the normal realm of daily life. Along with this disconnect from nature, mental illness has increased in our societal populations. This paper identifies the correlation of the need for nature, the lack of connection to nature, and the significant increase in depression, ADHD, anxiety, and autism diagnoses, among others. It also identifies therapeutic techniques that incorporate and connect with nature, as well as provides a comprehensive reference …

2008-09 University Of Northern Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Quick Facts --2
--Ticket Information --2
--Covering the Panthers --3-5
--Athletics Directory --5
--UNI Head Coaches --6
--This is UNI --8
--UNI Administration --9
--Rick Hartzell --10
--Academics --11
--Strength and Conditioning --12
--Sports Medicine --13
--UNI We Build Champions for Life --14-15
--UNI Fight Song --16
--Head Coach Tanya Warren --18-19
--Assistant Coach Brad Nelson --20
--Assistant Coach Kelley Jacobs --21
--Assistant Coach Nate Oakland --22
--2008-09 Preview --24-28
--The 2008-09 Panthers --30-39
--Support Staff --40
--2007-08 Review --42
--Results and Leaders --43
--Final Stats --44
--Superlatives --45
--Team GBG --46
--PRA Chart --47
--MVC All-Game Team Stats …

2008-09 University Of Northern Iowa Panther Basketball Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--This is UNI Basketball --3
--Outstanding Coaching --4
--Panther Success --5
--The UNI Experience --6-7
--First-Class Facilities --6-9
--UNI Gameday --10-11
--Missouri Valley Conference --12-13
--The University --14-15
--Academic Support --16-17
--Traveling with the Panthers --18-19
--Media Coverage --20-21
--UNI Athletics --22-23
--The Cedar Valley --24
--Community Outreach --25
--Strength and Conditioning --26
--Sports Medicine --27
--Alumni/Hall of Fame --28
--President Allen --29
--Board of Regents --29
--Director of Athletics Troy Dannen --30
--Athletic Staff --31
--Panther Head Coaches --32
--Head Coach Ben Jacobson --34-35
--Assistant Coach Kyle Green --36
--Assistant Coach P.J. Hogan --37
--Assistant Coach Ben Johnson …

Field Research Experience: Earth Science And Iowa Core Curriculum, Michael Goudy

Graduate Research Papers

Due to the retirement of the former earth science teacher I was given the opportunity to take over the earth science elective classes. Oskaloosa Senior High School is based on a trimester school year. The third trimester earth science course was formerly called Wilderness Adventures. I renamed the course as Field Research Experience. This added greater value due to emphasis on more science skills and possible career application. As an active outdoorsman and former Boy Scout leader I was excited to incorporate the skills needed to enjoy outdoor recreation into those required of persons involved in doing scientific field research.

When The Personal Becomes Professional: Surveillances Of A Professor's Eating Disorder Personae, April Chatham-Carpeneter

Iowa Journal of Communication

Four personae are presented as ways in which I act out my role as a professor studying eating disorders: (a) a former anorexic, (b) a seasoned professor, (c) a concerned, yet controlled, mother, and (d) a partner of my eating disorder. Using autoethnography, I present the internal wrestling match I go through on what to expose about myself as a scholar. In doing so, I experience a surveillance type of watching from various audience members, including myself, and this puts the anorexia back in my face again as a possible option. I reveal the myth of controlling one's research or …

A Family Affair: A Study Of A Family Owned And Operated Business, Jessica Palmer

Iowa Journal of Communication

Recently there has been an increase in research focusing on family owned businesses. This research has focused on defining the family firm, what differentiates it from other businesses, and the importance of planning for succession. Informed by the research, this paper explores one small family-owned-and-operated wholesale plumbing business in the Midwest. Three family members were interviewed in order to understand how they came to work in the family business, how the family is viewed within the company, and how they plan for succession. The results indicate that planning for succession is difficult for family businesses, yet crucial to their survival …

That’S Not My Style: Myths About Learning And Teaching, Jerrid Kruse

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The notion of “Learning styles” seems to be very popular these days in education. The idea that we all learn differently is intuitively appealing with the varied personalities, successes, and struggles of our students. However, the notion that each person learns differently is likely a myth (Olson, 2006; Feldon, 2005; Willingham, 2005). Students don't possess different learning styles; rather every student has unique prior knowledge, experiences, and developmental levels.

Social Phobia, Sarah S. Cosley

Graduate Research Papers

Social phobia is a common diagnosis for people of all ages. In the United States alone millions of people suffer from Social Phobia. People who suffer from social phobia can have problems in many areas of their life including: work, school, relationships, and daily functioning. Symptoms associated with social phobia can range from general fears to specific fears. A discussion of the definition of social phobia, symptoms, treatment, and application will be explored in the following paper.

Locating Community, Memory And Meaning-Making In The Performative Gap: An Experiment In Aesthetics, Autoethnography, And The Ethic Of The Unfinished, Rebecca M. Kennerly

Iowa Journal of Communication

I perform here a complex triangulation of shifting centers of geography, intellect, and memory as I investigate the practice of marking sites of death on the road with a shrine. This essay introduces a close-to-the-bone layer of sound/experience that emerged while in-field and in memory, as I risk revealing what Pollock (2006) calls "going under," a process which "folds back on the researcher-subject, catching her in . . . processes of transformation" (pp.327-328). Following Bowman (2002), I become "lost in my own back-yard" (p.349), as I chase (listen for) the spectral voices of the dead. Accidentally on purpose, my work …

Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

2009 University Of Northern Iowa Panther Basketball Postseason Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--2008-09 Schedule/Results --1
--UNI Men's Basketball Game Notes --1
--2008-09 Missouri Valley Conference Standings --2
--Head Coach Ben Jacobson --3
--2008-09 MVC Award Winners --4
--Statistical Matchup --5
--UNI in MVC Stats/All Games --6
--UNI in MVC Stats/Conference Games --7
--UNI in NCAA Stats --8
--UNI Single-Season Records --9-10
--ESPN/USA Today Top 25 --11
--UNI MVC Tournament History --12
--UNI Postseason Tournament History --12
--2008-09 UNI Men's Basketball - UNI Combined Team Statistics - All Games --13
--UNI Combined Team Statistics - Conference Games --14
--2008-09 UNI Game-by-Game Stats --15
--2008-09 UNI Opponent Game-by-Game Stats --16
--UNI Team High/Low …

2009 University Of Northern Iowa Panther Track & Field Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--General Information --1
--Media Information --2
--The UNI Experience --3-16
--Coaching Staff --17-24
--Meet the Panthers --25-55
--Women's Bios --32-39
--Men's Bios --40-55
--Cross Country --56-60
--History --61-74
--Records --75-79
--NCAA Qualifying Standards --80

2009 University Of Northern Iowa Panther Baseball Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--General Information --1
--About UNI --4
--UNI Admin/President/Cabinet --5
--Athletics Director --6
--Academics --7
--Covering the Panthers --8-9
--Strength and Conditioning --10
--Sports Medicine --11
--UNI Collage/Fight Song --12
--Alphabetical Roster --14
--Numerical Roster --15
--Head Coach Rick Heller --16
--Assistant Coaches --18
--Preview --19-20
--Meet the Panthers --21-34
--Year in Review --36
--Game-by-Game --37
--Overall Stats --38
--MVC Review --39
--Players of the Year --40
--Division-1 Yearly Stats --41
--Career Records --42-43
--Single-Season Records --44
--Single Game Records --45
--Honors --46
--Coaches' Records --47
--Panthers in the Pros --48-49
--Year-by-Year Leaders --50-51
--Miscellaneous Stats --51
--All-Time Results --52-59 …

Exposure To Pesticides And Breast Cancer Revisited, Samantha Shapiro

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

Pesticide use raises a number of environmental health concerns for the general public as pesticides are commonly used to increase agricultural productivity and control invading insects, weeds, fungi and rodents (Jurewicz et al., 2006). Pesticides have been suspected to present danger to consumers and bystanders, as well as workers during the manufacturing and transporting process of these chemicals. This is a problem of great significance because if pesticides do play a role in the etiologies of breast cancer, many people are put at an increased risk in their daily lives by consuming and inhaling such toxins. Due to the fact …

Breast Feeding And Obesity Prevention In Children, Erin J. Kennedy

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

The focus of this paper is to provide a review of current research regarding the possible protective effect of breast feeding against childhood obesity. This relationship is of importance as the United States is not immune to the obesity epidemic in children (Institute of Medicine, 2008). Over the past 30 years, the childhood obesity rate defined as at or greater than the 95th percentile for age has tripled in children aged 2-5 years old and adolescents aged 12-19 years old, and doubled in children aged 6-11 years old. In 2000, the prevalence of obesity was 10% for age 2-5 year …

Childhood Vaccination And Autism, Peggy K. Brinkman

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

In March, 2008, parents of a girl in Georgia were ruled to be entitled to compensation because their daughter developed autistic symptoms after being vaccinated with childhood vaccines (Doheny, 2008). This ruling truly questions the necessity of vaccination for childhood diseases and puts the question in the mind of every parent as to if they should vaccinate their child or not. The purpose of this study is to review literature on the epidemiologic relationship between childhood vaccinations and the development of autism.

2008-2009 Executive Summary, Reading Recovery Center Of Iowa, Salli Forbes

Documents

Reading Recovery is a research-­‐based early literacy intervention implemented in schools to provide intensive individual literacy instruction to first grade students having the greatest difficulty learning to read and write. The goal of the intervention is to accelerate students’ progress to on-­‐grade level competency in 12 to 20 weeks. Reading Recovery also serves as a response to intervention (RtI) program for a small number of children who may need specialized longer-­‐term assistance.

The University of Northern Iowa is an official University Training Center of the Reading Recovery North American Trainers Group. Dr. Salli Forbes is the Director/Trainer of the Reading …

2009 Annual Governance Report On Faculty Activities, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Report of faculty activity broken down by rank

Reasons For Seasons: A Creative Component Curriculum Unit, Josh Judisch

Graduate Research Papers

The Reasons for Seasons is a 3rd grade Earth science unit that was constructed with the 5E learning cycle lesson plan. Using learning cycles with the inclusion of inquiry based learning is a great way to move from a teacher-centered classroom to a student- centered classroom. The unit was created following the Masters of Arts in Science Education course work. The course work gave a great deal of insight to the development of this unit. The unit is based in district standards and the Iowa Core Curriculum, an active science reform that provides a guide for teachers to deliver meaningful, …

Reactive Attachment Disorder : Implications For Counselors, Kim Rogers

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to provide background on reactive attachment disorder. Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is growing in diagnosis and yet it is one of the least researched disorders. This paper will discuss attachment theory, problems with the RAD diagnosis, interventions for mental health professionals, and future research ideas.

Interventions To Reduce Recidivism Rates Among Juvenile Offenders, Rebecca Arnold

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

This paper will review epidemiologic literature on interventions that contribute favorably to reducing rates of recidivism among juvenile offenders. In this context, the exposures are the various interventions and treatment modalities that may be used in an attempt to prevent recidivism; the disease (outcome) is recidivism. Recidivism is defined as "the tendency to relapse into a previously undesirable type of behavior, especially crime." For the purpose of this review, "juvenile offender" includes boys and girls aged 12-21 who can be classified as juvenile delinquents and/or who have committed at least one violent crime; the juvenile offenders in the studies reviewed …

Influence Of Direct Contact With Poultry On Acquisition Of Avian Influenza (H5n1): A Literature Review, Catherine M. Betts

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

Avian influenza, otherwise known as the disease associated with H5N1 virus, has been a public health concern for many years. Especially in the past decade, researchers have struggled to find effective treatments for this disease because of the severe symptoms it causes. In 1997, it was found that this virus infected both birds and humans, and the first documented case of transmission from birds to humans occurred. In 1999 in Hong Kong, further cases were documented in which poultry was responsible for transmitted the disease to humans, and it was established that poultry was the main mode of transmission of …

Front Matter

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

No abstract provided.

Gully And Stream Bank Erosion In Three Pastures With Different Management In Southeast Iowa, George N. Zaimes, Richard C. Schultz, Mustafa Tufekcioglu

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Gully and stream banks can be major sources of sediment and nutrients to surface waters, both major water quality problems in the United States. Sediment may also carry phosphorus to surface waters, the primary limiting nutrient causing eutrophication. Overgrazing can induce gully and stream bank erosion by reducing vegetation cover that weakens bank soil resistance to stream water flow. This study examines stream and gully bank erosion adjacent to continuous (CP), rotational (RP) and intensive rotational (IP) pastures, grazed by beef cattle in southeast Iowa. Stream and gully bank erosion were measured by: a) surveying the extent of the severely …