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A Behaviorally-Based Graduate Practicum Program In Applied Behavior Analysis, James Harper Kaye

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Although practica are often required of psychology students at various points during their graduate training, seldom are any resulting skills described and validated. Faculty are occasionally involved in campus-based clinics which serve some practicum students; however, when practica are based off-campus, faculty are seldom directly involved. As a result, practica are frequently uncoordinated, duplicative, and non-specific in terms of their practicum student training procedures.

Although there have been some attempts reported to systematize and coordinate either off-campus or on-campus practica, no such effort has been previously reported in relation to multiple complex organizations, both on-campus and off-campus.

In the present …

The Relationship Of Treatment Team Interpersonal Communication To Staff To Client Relationships In A Residential Treatment Setting, Martin L. Mitchell

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The purpose of this study was to determine the nature of the relationship between treatment team interpersonal communication and staff to client relationships in a residential treatment setting. Through the use of the Staff Environmental Survey and the Youth Environmental Survey, questions pertaining to treatment team interpersonal communication were correlated to questions pertaining to staff to client relationships.

The subjects utilized for the study were the staff and clients of The Starr Commonwealth Schools' residential treatment program located in Albion, Michigan.

The responses of subjects from 14 treatment teams were correlated to the responses of subjects from 14 groups of …

The Relationship Between Organizational Structure And Support For Employee Communication Skill Improvement, Roberta M. Supnick

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In order to examine the relationship, if any, between an organization's structure and the propensity of that organization to support communication training for its employees, 16 small manufacturing firms located in southwestern Michigan were selected for study. Firms were determined to exhibit organic, mechanistic or mixed structures based on managers' perceptions of centralization, formalization, impersonalization and task specialization within the company. Each firm was also judged to exist in either an uncertain or stable environment. Support for communication training in each company was assessed from personnel directors' responses to questions concerning programs offered, employees involved, frequency of offerings and percentage …

A Study Of The Differences Between Prison College Graduates And The Total Released Inmate Population On Recidivism By Risk Category, James Jay Haviland

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When a convicted felon is considered for parole from a correctional institution, several factors relating to his experience while incarcerated are presented before the Parole Board. One of the factors which is considered favorably by the Board and indicative of rehabilitation is an individual's participation in educational programs while serving his sentence. This implies a non-verbal quid-pro-quo exchange. Its effect is to fill classrooms even where no formal requirement compels enrollment (Bowker, 1982, 241).

The purpose of this research was to determine if the completion of a two-year post secondary program while incarcerated, resulted in a lower rate of recidivism …

The Behavioral And Resource Needs Assessment Of The Hispanic Community In Kalamazoo County, Roberto Flachier

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This research was set out to assess in depth the behavioral and resource needs of the Hispanic Community in order to create a data base from which tactics of action could be developed and responsive and necessary services could be planned and initiated. Following are four of the basic assumptions that guided this research. One, Behavioral Health (BH) is directly related to the behavioral and resource base in areas necessary for living. Two, in order to plan responsive and necessary services, it is necessary to know the target community's behavioral and resource base and needs; e.g., in economics, employment, education, …

The Relationship Of Competency As Part Of The Self-Concept To Occupational Role: A Comparison Study Of Females In Three Occupational Roles, Merry Carson Pattison

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It was the purpose of this study to examine the relationship between women's perception of self as being competent to occupational role.

Based on a review of the literature and research it was hypothesized that a relationship between occupational role and competency self-perceptions did exist. Also, it was hypothesized that there is a relationship between occupational role and the difference between perception of self and view of ideal self in competency. Finally, it was hypothesized that there is a relationship between occupational role and the discrepancy between perception of self and perception of typical women in competency skills.

The sample …

The Problem Of Learning Disabilities Students Of Limited English Speaking Background: A Descriptive Study, Raymond Rodriguez

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Teacher Burn-Out: An Investigation Of The Relationship Among Locus Of Control, Job Satisfaction, Self-Esteem And Depression Of Teachers Of The Emotionally Disturbed, Donald Feinstein

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Students' Attitudes Toward Utilization Of Counseling Service In A Nigerian University, Christian Adeyemi Akiwowo

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John Ford's Theatre Of Ceremony: A Formal Study Of His Five Major Plays, Chikako D. Kumamoto

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Somato-Autonomic Reflexes In Conscious And Anesthetized Dogs, James W. Kozelka

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Regional Differences In Central Cholinergic Activity In Aggressive And Non-Aggressive Mice, Gary Clarence Magistrelli

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The Impact Of Federal Programs On The Assigned Responsibilities Of Selected Elementary School Principals, Mcnair Grant

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The Effects Of Maternal Protein Deficiency On The Development Of Synaptic Plasma Membranes In Rat Offspring, Duane M. Smith

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Ego Identification Of The Preschool Child In The Divorced Single-Parent Family (1960-1980), Frances Ryan

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Assessing A Management Change In Mental Health Screening Using A Switching Replications Time-Series Design, Susan Ann Borkowski Lueger

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A History Of The Due Process Procedure In Special Education, Nancy Hablutzel

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Need-Press Congruence And Attitudes Toward Job Satisfaction And The Alcoholic In Staff Of Residential Treatment Programs, Ernest MaìRquez

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An Analysis Of The Evaluation Process Used By School Boards To Evaluate Superintendents In Selected Public School Districts Of Will County, Illinois, Sandra Lazarz Gould

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The Effects Of Demographic And Institutional Change On The Image And Reputation Of An Urban Community, Gail Danks Welter

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The Leadership Role Of The Principal In The Selection Of Staff For Implementation Of Educational Programs, Raymond T. Kelly

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An Investigation Of A Slosson Intelligence Test Classification Schema As An Aid In Diagnostic-Educational Hypothesis Formulation, Andrea Rolsky

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The Empirical Development Of A Preparation For Marriage Curriculum For Twelfth-Grade Students, Kevin John Howse

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Problem. The purpose of this project was to develop an instructional product that would enrich the student's knowledge about dating and marriage, and teach specific relational skills.

Method. A systematic procedure was undertaken in the development and validation of the product. First, the content of a pre-marriage course was identified through an examination of a large sample of family-life texts, a survey of teacher criticisms and recommendations pertaining to the text Marriage (Christensen, 1980), and an analysis of a group of 317 youth using the Search Institute instrument, Youth Research Survey (Strommen, 1977; see appendix E). Second, the proposed content …

Goodloe Harper Bell, Pioneer Seventh-Day Adventist Christian Educator, Allan G. Lindsay

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The Seventh-day Adventist church operates a worldwide system of Christian education. The pioneer educator who played a most significant part in laying its foundations was Goodloe Harper Bell (1832-1899).

Bell was a public school teacher in central Michigan from 1851 through 1866. He became a Seventh-day Adventist in 1867 and was subsequently invited to open a small private school in Battle Creek, Michigan. The success attending this school encouraged the church to employ Bell as the first teacher to operate a denominationally sponsored school in 1872. The school became Battle Creek College in 1875. Until 1882, Bell taught a variety …

William Warren Prescott, Seventh-Day Adventist Educator, Gilbert M. Valentine

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Problem. William Warren Prescott, 1855-1944, was one of the most influential educators of the Seventh-day Adventist church. As a religious educator he also served the church as preacher, writer, editor, and administrator. His influence on the church was extensive but until now there has been no comprehensive investigation of his life or evaluation of his contribution to the church.

Method. This study investigated Prescott's life from the perspective of his work as a religious educator. It has used the documentary-historical method of research. Major sources included the extensive official correspondence in the Archives of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists …

Relationships Among Dream Content, Tat Stories And Self-Reports And Effects Of Pre-Sleep Instructions On Home Dreams, Ross E. Keiser

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A History Of Seventh-Day Adventist Higher Education In The China Mission, 1888-1980, Handel Luke

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After the Opium War, ending in 1842, western trade, religion, and education began entering China. Seventh-day Adventists entered China in 1888 but made few converts until they established schools.

China Training Institute was founded in 1910 by Dr. Harry W. Miller, who introduced a work-study program according to the Adventist philosophy of education advocated by Ellen White, a founder of the Church. When D. E. Rebok became president of the school in 1922, he further promoted this work-study program, moving the institution to a rural area at Chiao Tou Tseng in 1925. The Sino-Japanese Conflict in 1937-45 and the Civil …

An Analysis Of The Relationships Between The Educational Service Region Of Mclean And Dewitt Counties And Selected School Districts, Dennis Moll

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A Study Of Social Adjustment Education In Chicago, 1929-1981, Mary Ann Pollett

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A Study Of The Influence Of A Mobile Home Community On Suburban High School Students: Anthropological And Educational Implications, Beverly Evko

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