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Suicide On College Campus: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide For College Professors Of Emerging Adults, Tyler Richardson Apr 2021

Suicide On College Campus: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide For College Professors Of Emerging Adults, Tyler Richardson

Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Guide Series

This guide is geared to educate college professors on how to recognize the signs and risks of suicide in their students, and to know specific steps that they can take to help students who may be at risk. There are five suggestions in the guide, that are taken from current research on protective measures that help prevent suicide in at risk populations.

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Efficacy Of A Yfv-Specific Monoclonal Antibody In The Treatment Of Yf In A Hamster Model, Ryne Christiansen Apr 2021

Efficacy Of A Yfv-Specific Monoclonal Antibody In The Treatment Of Yf In A Hamster Model, Ryne Christiansen

Student Research Symposium

The yellow fever virus (YFV) is a flavivirus found mainly in South America and Africa. Infection may result in fever, chills, jaundice, nausea, and vomiting. Outbreaks may have up to 50% case mortality. Although Yellow Fever (YF) is a highly preventable disease through the use of an effective vaccine, there are no approved antivirals for this disease. An effective antiviral is necessary to treat infected individuals in areas where the YF vaccine was not used and an outbreak of YF occurs. In this study, female Syrian golden hamsters were infected with YFV and treated with YFV-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Weight …

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The Effects Of Low Socioeconomic Status On Parent-Child Interactions, Chelsea Dikwa Apr 2021

The Effects Of Low Socioeconomic Status On Parent-Child Interactions, Chelsea Dikwa

Student Research Symposium

Interactions between parents and children during infancy and childhood are some of the many key factors to facilitating proper child development (Yoshikawa et al., 2012). Children’s physical and psychological development are very much influenced by their parents (Bornstein, 2002) being able to support positive parenting interactions. In most cases these positive interactions can often be difficult for mothers of lower socioeconomic status. This can be because the work schedules of families with lower SES are ones that are set at non-standard work times which can disrupt family routines and relationships (Strazdins et al., 2004). Or the increased stress that lower …

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Involving Additional Family Members In Home Visits, Kelsey Smith Apr 2021

Involving Additional Family Members In Home Visits, Kelsey Smith

Student Research Symposium

The way parents interact with their children greatly influences their children’s development. Home visiting programs can help parents improve the quality of interactions with their children and improve child outcomes. Often home visits involve only the parent and the child, however, with the COVID-19 pandemic more family members may be present during these visits. This provides the opportunity for more family members to be involved, which may affect the quality of home visits. The present study examined whether home visit practices were affected by involvement of other family members. Additionally, we examined whether involvement of other family members impacted overall …

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The Influence Of Predation Risk On Coyote Behavior: An Application Of The Matching Law, Jeremy Haynes, Sarah Thompson, Andalyn Hall Apr 2021

The Influence Of Predation Risk On Coyote Behavior: An Application Of The Matching Law, Jeremy Haynes, Sarah Thompson, Andalyn Hall

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Over the past several decades, coyotes (Canis latrans) have expanded substantially across a range of habitats. Consequently, coyote expansion into urban and rural areas has led to increased conflicts with humans. The success of coyote expansion across habitats is often attributed to their ability to flexibly adapt to changes in their environment. Our study is designed to examine how coyotes adapt their foraging strategy under predation risk as an aspect of their behavior that could contribute to their successful expansion across habitats. To quantify foraging strategy, we are using the matching law to characterize choices between two food sources. The …

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The Effect Of Step Edge Highlighters And Distractions, Such As Mobile Devices, On Successful Stair Negotiation, Christopher Long, Samantha Corbridge Apr 2021

The Effect Of Step Edge Highlighters And Distractions, Such As Mobile Devices, On Successful Stair Negotiation, Christopher Long, Samantha Corbridge

Student Research Symposium

Falls on stairs occur frequently in older adults and they can pose a significant health and financial risk to this population. Fall frequency may be reduced, however, through the enhancement of visual cues, such as striping the steps' face and edge, and the removal of distractions, such as mobile device use. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of these factors on fall frequency during stair negotiation. Our objectives were to determine if: staircase striping reduces fall risk factors; handrail reaching increases with proximity to the handrail; handrail reaching decreases with mobile device use, compared to hands …

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Effects Of Early Developmental Parenting On Later Child Language Development In Low-Income Families That Speak English As A Second Language, David Novoa Apr 2021

Effects Of Early Developmental Parenting On Later Child Language Development In Low-Income Families That Speak English As A Second Language, David Novoa

Student Research Symposium

Parenting language experiences are crucial for children’s development and understanding. Language development context is very complex, especially for families that speak English as a second language and do not have the resources to influence children’s development. Being bilingual could bring a lot of benefits to children's development if the right supports are available for families. However, if resources are not available for families who are affected by low-income status it will be difficult for children to reach their potential. The aim of this project is to determine the effect of early developmental parenting, on later language development in low-income families …

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Conflict Between Personal Beliefs And Religious Orientation In Young Adults, Abby Palfreyman Apr 2021

Conflict Between Personal Beliefs And Religious Orientation In Young Adults, Abby Palfreyman

Student Research Symposium

Religious communities are an area of intricate belief systems, varying degrees of devotion, and often controversial issues. Because of this, religious communities are often heavily stereotyped by the general public while not much work is done into looking at the belief system variations on a personal level. I am looking into potential conflicts between personal beliefs and religious orientation in young adults, and to what degree that conflict exists. I am focusing primarily on the young adult population in Logan Utah, who are currently pursuing formal post-secondary education at Utah State University, and I am examining the issue of queer …

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Effects Of Older Siblings On Early Childhood Development In Low-Income Families, Ria Williams Apr 2021

Effects Of Older Siblings On Early Childhood Development In Low-Income Families, Ria Williams

Student Research Symposium

Most children have a sibling. Siblings can be important for early development. They help younger siblings learn to socialize and understand others by promoting cognitive and language development (Howe & Recchia, 2014). Siblings promote cognitive development by teaching younger siblings new concepts (Brody, 2004; Dunn,1983). Language development is nurtured by siblings directly through cooperative pretend play and conflict (Cutting & Dunn, 2006), as well as indirectly by having more opportunities to hear more pronouns and conversations between older siblings and parents (Oshima-Takane et al., 1996). The influence of having siblings may provide extra support for young children in low income …

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Patch Clamps, Electrophysiology, And The Optimistic Future Of Neuroscience At Usu, Riley Conover-Elmer Apr 2021

Patch Clamps, Electrophysiology, And The Optimistic Future Of Neuroscience At Usu, Riley Conover-Elmer

Student Research Symposium

The Neuroscience department is a small, yet nonetheless rapidly growing field at Utah State University. While many students are encouraged to take classes from related fields such as psychology and biology, an official Bachelor's degree has not yet been published for the university. As one of those students, digging deeper into the world of neuroscience has yielded many discoveries on biology/behavior relations that go largely unnoticed by the general student population. However, in preparation for a coming Neuroscience Major, I was given the opportunity to assist Dr. Sara Freeman in preparing for a Neurophysiology Lab course in the Spring of …

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Gender Bias In Student Evaluations Of Teaching, Audree Britte, Kiyan Irani Apr 2021

Gender Bias In Student Evaluations Of Teaching, Audree Britte, Kiyan Irani

Student Research Symposium

There is mixed evidence regarding the presence of gender bias in student evaluations of teaching (Foote, Harmon, & Mayo, 2003; Morgan et al., 2016). Given the importance placed on student evaluations of teaching in regards to promotion and tenure, it is essential to determine whether gender bias is present and to what extent (Laube, Massoni, Sprague, & Ferber, 2007). Many previous studies have shown there is strong evidence of implicit bias in the traits we expect to see from female and male professors, but these studies have been limited by how they identify the presence of bias (e.g. Basow, 1995; …

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Anxiety's Relationship With Taking Conflict Personally And Fear Of Missing Out, Bryant Ellis, Alex Crandall, Reed Ericson Apr 2021

Anxiety's Relationship With Taking Conflict Personally And Fear Of Missing Out, Bryant Ellis, Alex Crandall, Reed Ericson

Student Research Symposium

The aim of this investigation was to test the links between two interpersonal communication factors (i.e., fear of missing out, and taking conflict personally) and generalized anxiety. Taking conflict personally (TCP), or an individual’s tendency to perceive conflict as a personal attack (Hample & Dallinger, 1995), leads to anxious thought surrounding conflict and one’s relationships with others. Similarly, having a Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), or apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent, can result in a person feeling anxiety or experiencing a sense of overall negative well-being (Przybylsk et al, 2013). Grounded in …

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Climate Change's Impacts May Necessitate Innovative Delivery Models In Us Healthcare Systems, Max Mauldin Apr 2021

Climate Change's Impacts May Necessitate Innovative Delivery Models In Us Healthcare Systems, Max Mauldin

Student Research Symposium

Medicaid is a federal programs within the US whose goal is to provide healthcare to vulnerable populations such as low-income adults, children, pregnant women, older adults and persons with disabilities. These groups are also some of the same groups found to be most at risk for vulnerability to and exposure to effects of climate change, such as “heat waves, extreme weather events, poor air quality, food safety, infectious diseases, and psychological stressors that can arise from these experiences. As climate change and its effects continue to worsen financial strain will be place on states’ Medicaid programs because of the exacerbating …

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Combating Loneliness In Assisted Living Facilities: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide For Social Work Practitioners Working With Older Adults, Annie Alexis Romano Apr 2021

Combating Loneliness In Assisted Living Facilities: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide For Social Work Practitioners Working With Older Adults, Annie Alexis Romano

Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Guide Series

It has been well documented that social needs do not change with aging (Teater, Chonody, & Davis, 2021), but often, older adults are left out of the conversation when it comes to loneliness and the feelings that come with social isolation. In the same way that researchers are de-stigmatizing the mental health conversation for youth and middle-aged adults, we need to bring to light the issues that come with those who live in assisted living facilities or nursing homes and the social issues presented in that population.

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An Evidence Based Practice Guide For Parents And Schools: Supporting Kids And Adolescents' Mental Health During And After Covid-19 Pandemic, Ivanna M. Fuentes Javier Apr 2021

An Evidence Based Practice Guide For Parents And Schools: Supporting Kids And Adolescents' Mental Health During And After Covid-19 Pandemic, Ivanna M. Fuentes Javier

Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Guide Series

Adolescent mental health is important to consider by parents and schools. Parents need to build a strengthened mentality in their children and with the school support, the results would be greater. The active participation of schools is needed in order to support kids' and adolescents' mental health and create parent awareness about mental health. Also, when parents are able to identify early signs of mental health problems, they can prevent it from becoming greater and the school can help parents learn about these early signs. In addition, parents play a fundamental role in identifying symptoms of mental health problems in …

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Graduate School Admission Criteria: What Undergraduates Need To Know To Be Competitive For Psychology Graduate Programs, Natalie Wennergren, Haylie Demercy, Sara Hathaway Apr 2021

Graduate School Admission Criteria: What Undergraduates Need To Know To Be Competitive For Psychology Graduate Programs, Natalie Wennergren, Haylie Demercy, Sara Hathaway

Student Research Symposium

Graduate programs in psychology are competitive, but can give psychology students more career opportunities than a bachelor’s degree alone (Landrum, 2010). Many psychology undergraduates who wish to attend graduate school are unsure which qualifications Department Chairs and admissions committees are looking for and what they should focus on prior to applying to graduate school. Previous research has shown that applicants to graduate school in psychology-related fields are more likely to be accepted if they have strong letters of recommendation, at least 6 months of relevant research experience, higher-than-average GRE scores, higher-than-average GPA, exceptional personal statements, applicable work experience, and more …

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Design Solutions That Impact Mental Health, Elise Buck Apr 2021

Design Solutions That Impact Mental Health, Elise Buck

Student Research Symposium

Design is about solving problems in the most beautiful and functional way possible. Within the profession it is the designer’s responsibility and obligation to provide practical, meaningful, and healthy spaces wherein people will thrive. Similar to most design projects, the sector of workplace design focuses significantly on the mental health and psychological wellness of the employees that use the space in order to combat the negative effects of bad design on long term health. According to an article published by Gettysburg College, the average person will spend approximately one-third of their life, or about 90,000 hours at work over a …

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Could Video Intervention Be The Future? Effectiveness Of Informational Video On Autism Spectrum Disorder Knowledge, Jennifer Ha Apr 2021

Could Video Intervention Be The Future? Effectiveness Of Informational Video On Autism Spectrum Disorder Knowledge, Jennifer Ha

Student Research Symposium

The aim of this project is to research whether an informatic video and/or a written infographic will increase knowledge of autism spectrum disorder. The research question is: how effective is an informatic video intervention in increasing knowledge about ASD? The design of this project is a pre-test-post-test design. Participants will complete an ASD knowledge test and then receive either the video intervention, reading intervention, or no intervention (control), and then complete the ASD knowledge test after the condition has been administered. The ASD knowledge test will be randomized to prevent memorization. Participants who have a child with ASD will be …

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Psychosocial Well-Being Of Adults Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, Kelsey Baughman Apr 2021

Psychosocial Well-Being Of Adults Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, Kelsey Baughman

Student Research Symposium

Background: Psychosocial well-being can interfere with engagement in activities of daily life. Consideration of psychosocial domains within hearing health care can expand audiologists’ ability to understand treatment barriers and provide an opportunity to jointly address challenges. Purpose: This study explored psychosocial well-being and predictors among adults who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). Research Design: Cross-sectional survey.Study Sample: Two-hundred and sixty-nine surveys were included in the analysis.Data Collection and Analysis: Data were collected online. Backward elimination regression analyses were used to identify significant predictors of psychosocial well-being.Results: Findings indicated most (70–80%) of the respondents’ scores were below clinical cut-off …

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A Citation Network Analysis Of Perfectionism In Sport, Helen Sullivan Apr 2021

A Citation Network Analysis Of Perfectionism In Sport, Helen Sullivan

Student Research Symposium

Perfectionism in sport has received a large amount of attention in both the scholarly and popular domains. Early perfectionism research was conducted in clinical populations and students. Recently this moved towards a focus on athletes and the field has since grown exponentially. Reviews in the form of meta-analyses from Hill and colleagues (2018, 2020) have provided useful insight into the conceptual and theoretical advances in the field, yet there remain gaps to be addressed. Citation network analysis provides a functional method for consolidating literature, specifically examining (1) the lineage of foundational papers to contemporary work, (2) the theoretical and methodological …

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Self-Regulated Learning During A Pandemic: Implementing The See Framework In An Online Teaching Environment, Haley Hand Apr 2021

Self-Regulated Learning During A Pandemic: Implementing The See Framework In An Online Teaching Environment, Haley Hand

Student Research Symposium

Self-regulated learning (SRL) is a cyclical process that motivates students and facilitates achievement in a variety of domains (Wang, 2013). It entails several processes, such as planning, setting goals, using learning strategies, self-monitoring, reflecting, and holding adaptive motivational beliefs . Moreover, SRL can be developed through interventions and classroom practices. However, there is a shortage of trained interventionists. Teachers can also use a variety of classroom practices to develop students’ SRL skills. A framework of practices, known as the Settings, Events, and Exchanges (SEE) framework, was developed to organize these classroom practices for teachers (Callan et al., 2020). The practices …

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Reducing Anger Race Bias Through Emotion Recognition Training: A Proposal, Marisa Davis, Joana Rousseau Apr 2021

Reducing Anger Race Bias Through Emotion Recognition Training: A Proposal, Marisa Davis, Joana Rousseau

Student Research Symposium

Since January 1st, 2015, 119 unarmed Black males have been shot and killed by police (Washington Post, 2020). Anger race bias is the tendency to misidentify expressions of emotion, specifically anger, in Black or racially ambiguous faces (Hutchings & Haddock, 2008). Anger race bias and misidentification of expressions of emotion contribute to police perceiving Black suspects to be more hostile and dangerous than White suspects, and unarmed minorities are twice as likely as their white counterparts to be shot by police (Nix et al., 2017). Hutchings & Haddock (2008) found that Black faces are more likely to be perceived as …

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Does Maternal Psychological Risk Affect Responsive Parenting Practices And Infant Emotion Regulation?, Haylie Demercy Apr 2021

Does Maternal Psychological Risk Affect Responsive Parenting Practices And Infant Emotion Regulation?, Haylie Demercy

Student Research Symposium

Poor parental mental health outcomes can have negative effects on infant attachment and emotion regulation (Swain et al., 2007). Maternal depression (Paulson et al., 2006) and parenting stress (Coyl et al., 2002) have been correlated with reduced maternal responsiveness and negative infant social-emotional outcomes (El-Sheikh et al., 2009). Neuroimaging techniques have shown that attachment and responsive parenting practices lead to increased emotion regulation and secure attachment throughout childhood (Miller and Commons, 2010). The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of maternal psychological risk on responsive parenting practices during parent-infant play interactions and infant emotion regulation in a …

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Resurgence And Repeated Within-Session Progressive-Internal Thinning Of Alternative Reinforcement, Tony Nist Apr 2021

Resurgence And Repeated Within-Session Progressive-Internal Thinning Of Alternative Reinforcement, Tony Nist

Student Research Symposium

Resurgence of a previously suppressed target behavior is common when reinforcement for a more recently reinforced alternative behavior is thinned. To better characterize such resurgence, these experiments examined repeated within-session alternative reinforcement thinning using a progressive-interval (PI) schedule with rats. In Experiment 1, a transition from a high rate of alternative reinforcement to a within-session PI schedule generated robust resurgence, but subsequent complete removal of alternative reinforcement produced no additional resurgence. Experiment 2 replicated these findings and showed similar effects with a fixed-interval (FI) schedule arranging similarly reduced session-wide rates of alternative reinforcement. Thus, the lack of additional resurgence following …

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Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending As An Elegy For Environmental Loss, Kirsten Barker Apr 2021

Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending As An Elegy For Environmental Loss, Kirsten Barker

Student Research Symposium

The idea that music embodies meaning is largely accepted and uncontroversial. However, how this relationship is articulated is complicated and contributes to music’s ability to project different meanings, especially according to time and place. Such is the case with the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’s romance for violin and orchestra, The Lark Ascending (1920). This work contains both musical and extra musical traits that can be interpreted as pastoral and nostalgic. Understanding how these meanings interact through time provides the opportunity for reinterpretation the work in the present through an environmentally-oriented framework. Previous research regarding The Lark has specifically focused …

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Common Presenting Problems Among Youth Exposed To Substance Abuse In Their Household, Amalia Gamboa Apr 2021

Common Presenting Problems Among Youth Exposed To Substance Abuse In Their Household, Amalia Gamboa

Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Guide Series

This is an Evidence-Based guide for practitioners who are looking for ways to understand common presenting problems among youth exposed to substance abuse in their household

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Mindfulness: Solution For Stumbling Students, Kylee Zimmerman Apr 2021

Mindfulness: Solution For Stumbling Students, Kylee Zimmerman

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Students who come to the Writing Center are often stressed, anxious, and very concerned about their essay’s health, even those who procrastinate. Learning to understand procrastination as a sign of stress rather than laziness betters us as tutors; this is done through developing mindfulness. Mindfulness can be applied to those struggling with procrastination by accepting the student’s stress and setting small goals. Mindfulness is defined as being aware of emotions without judgment. Procrastination is defined as submitting work inconsistently, ignoring homework, and denying feelings of stress.

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Borderline Personality Disorder: Interventions For Adolescents And Caregivers, Addison Odum Apr 2021

Borderline Personality Disorder: Interventions For Adolescents And Caregivers, Addison Odum

Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Guide Series

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) encompasses a wide range of symptoms characterized by emotional dysregulation, including challenging interpersonal relationships, impulsivity, disturbances in cognition and identity, and is often accompanied by intentional self-injury and suicidal behaviors. In this guide, emphasis is placed on three aspects of intervention: (1) clinical interventions for adolescents who meet the criteria for BPD; (2) interventions clinicians can teach to parents/caretakers so they can better work with their child’s diagnosis; and (3) due to the negative impact this can have on adolescents, clinical interventions for parents/caregivers diagnosed with or exhibiting common symptoms of BPD is also provided.

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Is Anybody Listening? How Leader Humility Promotes Employee Voice, Jake Harrison Apr 2021

Is Anybody Listening? How Leader Humility Promotes Employee Voice, Jake Harrison

Student Research Symposium

Learning from employees on the front lines is critical for organizations’ ability to adapt, change, and learn. Leaders can play a crucial role in enabling and encouraging employees to express their ideas about how their organization can grow and improve. However, not all leaders seem to be successful at promoting employees’ desire to offer their ideas. We present a research study in this paper that demonstrates how leaders who are humble effectively promote voice. Furthermore, we show that when employees express voice, the contribution they make is recognized by their supervisors and they are more likely to be seen as …

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Designing For Developmental Education, Michela Staker Apr 2021

Designing For Developmental Education, Michela Staker

Student Research Symposium

Designing in a universal context allows for an environment to be accessible, innovative, and conducive to the success of the user regardless of physical, emotional, or mental capabilities. This project integrates evidence-based design in order to convey a meaningful and uniquely curated environment for children with developmental disorders and/or sensory impairments to thrive in the context of developmental education.This research and design project focuses on the challenge of creating a space where children on the autism spectrum with learning disorders and/or sensory sensitivities feel educationally productive and comfortable with the stimuli around them at any given time. This project delves …

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