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Alcohol Consumption Patterns Among American Indian Females Who Reside On The Fort Totten Indian Reservation, Sheree L. Carlson

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Role Components Of Nurse Practitioners In School-Based Clinics, Pamela Engel

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An Exploratory Study Of Spirituality, Religion, And Value Orientation Among North American Indian Students Attending A Midwestern University, Joni Rae Carrier

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A National Survey Of Occupational Therapists In The Public Schools: An Assessment Of Current Practice, Attitudes, And Training Needs Regarding The Transition Process For Students With Severe Disabilities, Katherine Josephine Inge

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Because occupational therapy involvement in transition planning is a relatively new area. little was known about the characteristics of school-based therapists who serve students in this age group. The purpose of this study was to determine their current level of participation in the transition process, the roles that therapists identified for themselves in this process, their attitudes towards best practices for serving students ages 14 - 22, and occupational therapists’ future training needs if they are to participate fully in the national transition initiative. A survey was mailed to 1,000 therapists on the American Occupational Therapy Associations Direct Mail List …

Foster Care Training In North Dakota: A Foster Parents' Perspective, Todd L. Nordquist

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The major purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of satisfaction with training as reported by foster care providers in North Dakota. A secondary purpose of this exploratory study was having foster providers identify their foster child care responsibilities and major benefits of training.

Providers of each of the two major types of foster care in North Dakota, general foster care and therapeutic foster care, evaluated training received. This was done separately due to the different training objectives and procedures of each. Half of the 884 foster care households in North Dakota were randomly included in this study. …

Training Needs Of Educators In Integration Of Students With Physical And Medical Disabilities Into The Regular Classroom., Peggy M. Mohr

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The purposes of this study were to: (a) determine training needs of regular educators regarding integration of students with physical or medical disabilities, (b) compare perceived needs of elementary educators with those of secondary educators, and (c) determine characteristics of physical or medical handicapping conditions perceived to influence students' abilities to benefit from educational experiences. A sample of 505 regular educators was surveyed. Resulting data were analyzed utilizing frequency distributions, mean rank tables, percentages, crosstabulations, and chi-square statistics.Educators indicated perceived needs for training regarding integration of students with physical or medical disabilities. Eight priority need items were identified as: (a) …

Relationships Between Stress, Well-Being, And Dogmatism, Brian J. Guess

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The Demographics And Motivational Factors Which Influence Volunteerism In Two Different Organizations : Implications For Recruitment, Carol J. Schneweis

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The Prevalence And Patterns Of Substance Abuse In Nurse Anesthetists, Robin E. Herrmann

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The Social Support System During Aftercare Following Outpatient Treatment For Alcohol/Drug Dependency, Vincent Rene Llanas

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A Suicide Profile Of Native Americans In North Dakota, Duane L. Gourneau

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Retention Of Foster Parents Providing Care To Adolescents In North Dakota, Jodi L. Tescher

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Rural Family Practice Physicians Of North Dakota And Minnesota Assess Health Care Reform, Kathryn J. Carlson

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Extended Programming In The North Dakota Elementary Schools, Phyllis Louise Nystrom

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Perceptions Of Adult Children Of Alcoholics, Roxanne Dahly

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The Relationship Between Task Performance And Perceived Quality Of Life Of Families With Adopted Special-Needs Children, Bibhuti Kumar Sar

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A correlational approach was utilized in this study to investigate the relationship between adoption related task performance and perceived quality of life of families with an adopted special-needs child. Additionally, a set of contextual variables suggested by the literature to influence family functioning with an adopted special-needs child were also studied. Purposive and availability sampling approaches were employed to identify the sample of special-needs adoptive families (N = 289) to whom a survey questionnaire was sent. Both mothers and fathers were asked to complete the Survey.

Eighty-six mothers and 53 fathers completed and returned the survey questionnaire ( N: 91 …

Perceptions Of Adult Children Of Victims Of Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders Towards Their Well-Being , Commnity Support, Knowledge Of The Disease, Decision-Making And Family Relationships, Marilyn H. Jacobson

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Factors Affecting The Disclosure Of Child Sexual Abuse, Renae A. Broden

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Research shows that the identification and subsequent treatment of child sexual abuse victims often rests on the ability of the child to disclose the abuse. However, many victims never disclose sexual abuse, thereby increasing the potential for long-term victimization during childhood. There is a pressing need for information regarding factors which facilitate disclosure and factors which hinder this process, so that strategies can be developed to address the pervasive problem of child sexual abuse.

In this study, information regarding sexual abuse incidents and the disclosure of the abuse was obtained through a questionnaire completed by 71 adult survivors of child …

Nursing And Health Care Among Mormon Women: An Analysis Of The Relief Society Magazine, 1914-1930, Sarah Walker Barney

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This descriptive study examined the nursing and health care activities of Mormon women in the pre-depression period of 1914 through 1930 through analysis of the official voice of the Relief Society, the Relief Society Magazine. Entries from the Relief Society Magazine that dealt with any nursing or health care topic were coded according to the themes they addressed. Five themes emerged: Nursing, faith, healing, women's health, children's health, and public health.

In each of the themes, the Relief Society Magazine showed that the members of the Relief Society recognized the health care problems of their communities and claimed responsibility …

Evaluation Of Interactive Television In Graduate Business Classes : A Comparison Study, Robyn Bergstrom

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Evaluating Psychosocial Rehabilitation In A Simulated Competitive Employment Setting, Lee R. Mcleod

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Identification Of Elder Abuse In Hospital Emergency Departments In North And South Dakota, Nina C. Weyers

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Post-Legalized Adoption Services : An Assessment Of Client Needs At Catholic Family Service, Sally R. Tobin

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Design And Evaluation Of An Augmentative Communication Aid For Multiply Impaired Individuals, Mark S. Annett

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Individuals with sensory and multiple physical impairments, which may include the loss of the ability to speak, have very specialized communication needs. Based on the belief that the current technology does not fully meet these needs, a prototype communication aid was developed for an individual who is cortically blind, dysphonic, and motor impaired. Furthermore, the communication device has broader applications beyond the present individual.

The prototype system has a direct selection of "Yes" and "No" responses, scanning access to daily phrases, rate enhancement of all scans, prompted encoding for selection of letters, two letter codes for complete sentences, access to …

Prairie Paupers: North Dakota Poor Farms, 1879-1973, Steven R. Hoffbeck

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This study examines the history of county poor farms in North Dakota and places them within the wider perspective of poor relief in the United States.

North Dakota inherited its system of poor relief from the Elizabethan and American colonial poor laws. Poorhouses were a part of poor relief practices that also included local responsibility, outdoor relief, indenture of paupers, the poor list, expulsion of non-resident paupers, pauper burial, discouragement of vagrancy, and family responsibility for the poor.

Chapter One outlines Elizabethan poor laws and poor relief in the American colonies. The increase in numbers of poor farms in the …

A Comparison Of Student Perceptions And Uses Of Accreditation At Selected Minnesota Technical Colleges, Kenneth W. Henry

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The study compared perceptions and use of accreditation among students attending Minnesota technical colleges holding three different types of accreditation.

A total of 777 students from three different academic program areas were surveyed. The students were selected from eight technical colleges. Four colleges were accredited by the NCA Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, two colleges were accredited by NCA Colleges and Schools, and two colleges were accredited by the Minnesota State Board of Technical Colleges.

Students do use and possess some awareness of accreditation. Accreditation was used by 36.5 percent of the students in their choice of colleges and …

Attitudes Of Elementary Education Majors Toward Mathematics: A Qualitative Study Of Five Student, Mavis L. Kelley

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This qualitative study focuses on five prospective female teachers' attitudes toward mathematics. The meanings each informant ascribes to her experiences surrounding mathematics are described in this work. Each informant was interviewed weekly during her senior mathematics methods course and observed and interviewed weekly throughout her student teaching experience. Interviews were open-ended and was the central focus of methodology. A field diary was used to record the reflective portions of field notes.

Experiences were carefully detailed and the informants directly quoted throughout the portraits and themes. The themes that emerged were: (1) meaning in mathematics, (2) narrow view of mathematics, (3) …

A Study Of Perceptions Of Special And Regular Education Teachers About Integration Of Handicapped Children, Gwyn K. Marback-Tschosik

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Amy Brown Lyman And Social Service Work In The Relief Society, David Roy Hall

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This thesis examines the life and accomplishments of Amy Brown Lyman, particularly as they relate to charity activities and social service work of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It considers her early life, her call to the General Board in 1909, her contributions to the creation of the Relief Society Social Services Department in 1919, her association with national and international leaders of reform, and her efforts in sponsoring and supporting social welfare legislation in Utah. Also examined are her work with the Social Services Department during the Great Depression, her mission to …

Predicting The Impact Of Terminal Illness On The Spouse From Social Support And Coping Strategies, Meryl G. Willert

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