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Self-Mutilation : A Misunderstood Behavior, Carmon Rasmussen

Graduate Research Papers

Self-mutilation is most accurately described as the intentional harm of one's own body. Individuals engage in this behavior as a means of coping with intense emotions. The act of harming one's own body provides a release of endorphins, which provides the self-mutilator with a sense of relief. This behavior is becoming problematic within the adolescent population and a growing concern for those in the field of school counseling. School counselors need to have a strong grasp of the characteristics, functions, and intervention strategies involved with self-mutilation to be effective advocates for this population of students.

Working With Children Suffering From Abuse And Neglect, Shalon L. Frye

Graduate Research Papers

This paper examines the history of advocacy for the rights and safety of children suffering from abuse and neglect in the United States and more specifically in the state of Iowa. It looks at statistical data concerning the incidence of child abuse and its correlation to age and ability level. It addresses the developmental, psychological, emotional, and physical effects of child abuse. This paper also outlines the role of the school counselor in helping children who are victims of abuse and neglect, as well as gives interventions that may be used to assist this population.

Developing Writers, Ann Craig

Graduate Research Papers

As our nation focuses on educational reforms in reading, math, and science, the place of expository writing within subject areas becomes evident. Students are required to write for different purposes within their classes, often expected to draft, explain, and interpret ideas offered by their educational experiences. Unfortunately, teachers find many of their students unable to understand their directions for writing. An approach that balances writing instruction with self-regulation as students write may help them internalize different aspects of writing expository papers as a means of communication in their classes. This paper, therefore, examines an instructional writing strategy, specifically self-regulated strategy …

Child Sexual Abuse, Anna Maria Opperman

Graduate Research Papers

Reports of child sexual abuse are increasing in the nation and the state of Iowa. Negative effects of child sexual abuse include low self-esteem, contracting sexually transmitted diseases, promiscuity, pregnancy, psychological disorders, eating disorders, and suicide. According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2006), two out of every one thousand children in the country have experienced sexual abuse. The author will describe the types of sexual abuse, the abuse process, characteristics of offenders, and manifestations of child sexual abuse. Possible treatment for victims will also be addressed.

Co-Teaching Environmental Science, Amanda R. Benson

Graduate Research Papers

As a result of the highly qualified teacher requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 teachers must have subject matter competency to teach academic content. This has resulted in general education and special education teachers combining their experience in a co-taught classroom. This classroom is a setting that includes students of diverse needs and supports the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) for students. Most general education and special education professionals have little to no training in this area. Due to this there is high need for relevant and rigorous curriculum customized to …

Educational Leadership And The Vital Role It Plays, Brian T. Kuhle

Graduate Research Papers

The profession of administration is no simple task. The weight of any decision can be a difficult one. As the corporate executive of any major company, the greatest loss is money. A building administrator in a school system risks not only the financial ruin of the school, but the failed education of a child whose future is dependent upon it. The difficulty involved in the career is evident; therefore, the passion the administrator has toward seeing that every child in the building or district has an equal opportunity to reach his or her maximum academic, social, and physical potential is …

Uni Football Media Guide 2006, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--One of 1-AA's Best --1
--Quick Facts --2
--President Allen - UNI Administration --4
--Director of Athletics Rick Hartzell --5
--Athletic Department Staff --6
--Panther Head Coaches --7
--Traditions --8
--Academics --9
--Strength & Conditioning --10
--Sports Medicine --11
--UNI-Dome --12
--Facilities --13-14
--Quick Look --16
--Preseason Depth Chart --17
--Alphabetical Roster --18
--Numerical Roster --19
--2006 Preview --20-23
--Homegrown in Iowa --24
--Head Coach Mark Farley --26-27
--The Farley File --27
--Farley vs. All Opponents as a Head Coach --28
--What Others are Saying About Coach Farley --29
--Associate Head Coach Bill Salmon --30
--Asst. Coach Atif Austin …

Swimming & Diving 2006-07 Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Administration --2
--Director of Athletics --3
--Coaching Staff --4
--2006-07 Team --5-11
--Career Bests --12
--2006-07 Outlook --13
--2005-06 Review --14
--Records --15-17
--All-Time Results --18-19
--Facilities --20

2006 Track & Field, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Quick Facts/TOC --1
--Women's Roster --2
--Men's Roster --3
--The Missouri Valley Conference --4
--Head Coach Chris Bucknam --6
--Assistant Coaches/Support --7-8
--Outlook --10-11
--Meet the Panthers --12-36
--2005 Season Bests --38
--Women's MVC Records --39
--Women's Top Indoor Performances --40
--Women's Top Outdoor Performances --41
--Men's MVC Records --42
--Men's Top Indoor Performances --43
--Men's Top Outdoor Performances --44
--UNI All-Americans --45
--UNI National Champions --46
--Facilities --48
--Academic Excellence --49
--Supporting Our Athletes --50
--NCAA Qualifying Standards --51
--2006 MVC Champions --52

2006-2007 Uni Women's Basketball, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Quick Facts
--UNI Media Relations
--Media Outlets
--Directions to the McLeod Center
--MVC Teleconference Schedule
--UNI Facts and Highlights
--President Dr. Benjamin Allen
--UNI Cabinet and Board of Regents
--Director of Athletics Rick Hartzell
--Athletics Staff
--Academics
--Strength and Conditioning/HPC
--Sports Medicine
--The McLeod Center
--Panther Athletics Overview
--Coaching Staff
--2006-07 Panthers
--2005-06 Year in Review
--Record Book
--Opponents

2006-2007 Uni Men's Basketball Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--The University --4
--The Coaches --34
--The 2006-07 Panthers --42
--2005-06 in Review --72
--Opponents --92
--History --108

Reflections On Culture, Change, And Service In Educational Leadership, Jonathan J. Dennis

Graduate Research Papers

Educating a child is an overwhelming job that is impossible to do alone. School leaders must develop and nurture a well-articulated vision of success, demonstrate outstanding collaboration with all stakeholders, and model heroically ethical behavior to students and staff. School leaders use reflective practice to become change agents and to create a culture of learning for students and staff.

Soccer Media Guide 2006, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Media Relations --1
--2006 UNI Women's Soccer Roster --2
--2006 Outlook --3
--Coaching Staff --4-5
--Player Biographies --6-16
--2005 Final Stats --18
--2006 MVC Review --19
--Record Book --20-21
--All-Time Results --22
--All-Time Roster --22
--Missouri Valley Conference --23
--2006 Opponents --24-25
--Series Records --25
--University --26
--Administration --27
--Directions to Complex --28
--Media Information --28

'06 Panther Baseball, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Numerical Roster --2
--Alphabetical Roster --3
--Covering the Panthers --4-5
--About UNI --6
--UNI Administration --7
--Athletics Administrations --8
--Academics --9
--UNI Athletics --10-11
--Strength and Conditioning --12
--Sports Medicine --13
--Riverfront Stadium --14
--Head Coach Rick Heller --16
--Assistants --17
--2006 Outlook --18-20
--Alphabetical Bios --22-33
--Career Statistics --34-35
--2005 Season in Review --38
--2005 Game-by-Game --39
--2005 Statistics --40
--Missouri Valley Review --41
--Records --42
--Players of the Year --42
--Division I Yearly Statistics --43
--Career --44-45
--Single Season/Game --46-47
--Honors --48
--Year-by-Year Coaching --49
--Year-by-Year Season Leaders --50-51
--All-Time Results --52-59
--2006 Opponents --60-62
--All-Time Series …

University Of Northern Iowa Today, V90n1, Winter 2006, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

UNI Today

Inside This Issue:
-- UNI Football 2005: what a ride!
-- Contents
-- What a ride!
-- Purple Together, Purple for Life
-- Assistive technologies level the field
-- The dorms they are a changin' : UNI meets needs for single rooms
-- Man of science ministers to prisoners
-- Alumnus helps heals wounds of war
-- E-media conference a boon to young professionals
-- UNI + LA = Hollywood Mentor
-- Education for a lifetime
-- Lifelong University just for the fun of it
-- Building strategic partnerships that work for everyone
-- $112 million raised for UNI
-- …

Panther Tennis 2005-06 Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

2006 Season Preview --2
Staff, Roster, Administration --4
The Team --5
Player Bios --6
2004-05 Season Review --8
Panther History --9
Panther All-Time Records --11
Panther Year-by-Year Results --12
UNI Facilities --15
This is the Valley --16

Attachment Disorders In Residential Treatment, John Church

Graduate Research Papers

Various aspects of developmental attachment are explored in this power point presentation. Attachment is defined and differentiated from bonding. The variations of attachment are described as they relate to the work of Mary Ainsworth (1978) and Katharine Leslie (2004). Trauma is also explored as one of the major contributors to attachment disorders. The trauma information is also linked with how the brain develops and ultimately is affected by trauma. Lastly, the symptoms of reactive attachment disorder are discussed and explored as they relate to other diagnoses such as depression and oppositional defiant disorder.

Leading From Within : A Reflective Essay, John C. Mutum

Graduate Research Papers

The principal is a team member that brings a specialized skill set to the table, for the benefit of the whole team. The principal' s role is that of a leader. The principal functions as the leader of vision, climate and culture, the leader of reflective practice, the leader of change, the leader of learning, and the leader of service. In all of these areas the principal leads from within the team as a member of the team.

The In Utero Transfer Of Cytomegalovirus (Cmv), Mark Edward Gamble

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to review available literature on the epidemiology of CMV, and how to decrease the in utero transfer rate of CMV. CMV is a disease that is easily acquired and for which there is no known cure. The disease is part of the Herpesviridae family and can have irreversible consequences to the infected individual and child. Therefore, because of the serious nature of this disease, the public needs to be made aware so they can take necessary precautions to prevent CMV infection or the spread of infection. This study was limited to research done in …

The Lessons And Experiences Of My Transformation Into An Educational Leader : A Reflective Essay, Kelli Kathleen Rixner

Graduate Research Papers

The descriptor for Iowa Administrator Standard I, "A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared by the school community," is the all-encompassing goal and performance· standard I have set for myself to become an effective school administrator.

Review And Recommendations For The City Of Cedar Falls, Iowa Regarding Phase Ii Compliance With The Federal Clean Water Act: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, Rebecca Kauten

Graduate Research Papers

As the United States developed into an urban and industrial economy, the physical landscape of the nation changed. Wilderness gave weigh to civilization and, over time, the urban lifestyle evolved. Since then, unpaved right-of-way has become impervious skeletons that hold modern cities intact. Lined with buildings and rooftops, parking lots and driveways, water can only be directed from above ground to other locations when it rains or snows. This paper is a literature review of the history of stormwater management practices, description of the Phase II program within the Federal Clean Water Act, and a descriptive analysis of structural and …

Front Matter

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

No abstract provided.

Winter Bird Use Of Conservation Reserve Program Fields Harvested For Biomass, Les D. Murray, Louis B. Best

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

As Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts expire, many fields may be returned to agricultural production. Growing switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) as a biomass fuel is an alternative to returning fields to rowcrops. CRP fields provide winter cover for birds, but the harvest of biomass would remove most of the cover and affect bird use of the fields. We estimated winter bird abundances in nonharvested, total-harvested, and partially (strip) harvested switchgrass fields in southern Iowa. Song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) were observed only in strip-harvested fields and ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) were observed only in nonharvested fields and uncut areas of strip-harvested fields. …

Changes In Land Cover And Breeding Bird Populations With Restoration Of Riparian Habitats In East-Central Iowa, Thomas J. Benson, James J. Dinsmore, William L. Hohman

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Conversion of Midwestern riparian areas for agricultural production has greatly altered their function and suitability for birds and other wildlife. Recently, however, restoration of riparian functions has been a major focus of land management agencies in the Midwest. We used historic land-use data to describe land-cover changes since European settlement and the subsequent effects of habitat restoration efforts on the landscape along a section of the Iowa River in east-central Iowa. We then used bird-density data collected in a subset of the study area in 2001 and 2002 to estimate changes in breeding bird populations of the entire study area …

Front Matter

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

No abstract provided.

Reflective Practitioner As The Leader Of Learning : A Reflective Essay, Julie A. Amendt

Graduate Research Papers

The role of the principal has changed significantly over the last twenty years. Today's principal is always multi-tasking, changing gears and changing roles over the course of a day. Leadership must come from the inside out instead of top down. To fulfill this role, an effective principal must adhere to their personal philosophy and belief of education as well as live and model with ethical consideration. Philosophy and ethics will guide specific qualities of leadership that will prove to be effective in the management of an effectively run school. The principal must be a reflective leader who can promote and …

A Preferred Vision For Leading Schools : A Reflective Essay, Tashona R. Marshall

Graduate Research Papers

An excellent leader understands that the life jacket of education for many of our students is often not given to students while they are out in the canoe of life. Many times schools have stood at the shore with the life saving apparatus, urging students to come to shore to access it. Yet all the while, children are sinking and drowning because no one has considered what would happen if educators dared to go out in the water and bring them in.

L.A. Butler (1997), a school principal in a poor minority school that transformed her school from a low …

Planning A Small-Scale Wind-Electric Generating System In Tama County Iowa, Michael Edward Hay

Graduate Research Papers

The problem of this study is to determine the appropriateness of a wind-electric generation system for a residential site.

Iowa Journal Of Communication, Volume 38, Number 2, Spring 2006 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

"Why Do You Always Look Angry?": Incongruent Facial Affect Displays In Survivors Of Traumatic Brain Injury, Kay A. Brown

Iowa Journal of Communication

This study investigates how traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects the normal congruence between subjective emotion and affective displays, and explores how disruption in the normal coherence between these two phenomena can adversely affect social relationships. By incorporating personal experience with perspectives of five other TBI survivors and their families, the study renders an insightful comparison of expressive and relational behavior before and after the injuries occurred.