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The Earned Income Tax Credit And Welfare Reform, James Williams

Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest

The focus of this paper is the EITC and its important role in welfare reform. The current welfare system has been criticized on the grounds that it does not promote and encourage work. Critics also claim that welfare welfare is ineffective in reducing poverty, especially among children. The EITC addresses several of these complaints. First, the EITC "[i]s strongly pro-work. Only working families qualify for it. In addition, unlike welfare benefits, EITC payments rise rather than fall with earnings across that critical low-income range where we want to encourage work effort." Proponents of the EITC, such as Senator Bill Bradley …

Needs Assessment : The Need For Cultural Knowledge In Assisting Mexican-American Women In Keeping Their Children, Sylvia J. Garcia

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet January 1997, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The January 1997 Monthly packet includes the January agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held December 1996.

48 Postcards : A Road Trip Memoir, Stephanie J. Chiariello

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

To fulfill the University Honors Program's thesis requirement, I have written a narrative account of the three week/forty-eight state road trip I took with my sister and a friend in the summer of 1995. This odyssey across the United States proved to be one of the most profound growing experiences of my life and I wanted to examine some of the issues involved in this brand of travel, especially those of self examination and self-discovery. When I decided to take this trip, I was at the lowest point I'd ever been in a life littered with low points. As a …

The Medical Treatment Preferences And Values Of Nursing Home Residents., Natalie Dawn Staats

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study was designed to accomplish seven goals. First, the preferences of nursing home residents for life-sustaining treatments and less acute medical problems were examined. Second, analyses were conducted to determine whether specific variables differentiated between participants' patterns of treatment preferences. Third, participants' medically-related values were examined. Fourth, the factors believed to play a role in the formation of participants' treatment preferences and values were examined. Fifth and sixth, the temporal stability of participants' treatment preferences and values was examined. Seventh and eighth, factors associated with the instability of participants' treatment preferences and values were studied. To accomplish these goals, …

Role Of Patient Empowerment In Enhancing Medical Care Outcomes: Development And Validation Of A Framework., Krithika S. Venkataraman

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The overall goal of the study was to assess the characteristics of empowered type II diabetes patients and delineate an operational definition of empowerment. In addition, the study explored the role of empowerment on diabetes self-management, quality of life, and selected health resource utilization of these patients. The study was conducted in two phases. In Phase I, "empowerment" was operationalized into two domains: "first stage" and "second stage." Additionally, it was found that these two domains had three subdomains each. The "first stage" of empowerment subdomains were: (i) instrumental beliefs, (ii) outcome expectancy, and (iii) perceived self-efficacy; while the "second …

Washington University Magazine And Alumni News, Fall 1997

Washington University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Washington University Magazine And Alumni News, Winter 1997

Washington University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Cost Measurement, Roger A. Lohmann, Nancy Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This article, which originally appeared in the 1997 Supplement to the Encyclopedia of Social Work is an overview and introduction to cost concepts as they are used in social work and human services. A few important ideas and concepts that have come into the picture since the original publication have been added to this version.

Introduction, Kent Conrad

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Women's Rights Under Siege, Nadine Strossen

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Master's Programs In Metal Health Counseling And School Guidance Counseling Policies And Procedures Handbook 1997-1998, Nova Southeastern University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Ursuline Charism As Manifested In The Leadership Of Three Ursuline College Presidents, Suzanne Sims

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Northeastern Illinois University, Academic Catalog 1997-1998, Northeastern Illinois University

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Women's Rights Under Siege, Nadine Strossen

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The President, 1996-1997, Molloy University Archives And Special Collections

Annual Reports of the President

This item is an annual report published by the Office of the President in 1997, detailing the 1996-1997 academic year. It provides summaries of institutional changes, achievements of the students, faculty and staff, as well as an overview of the past academic year's events.

Center For Psychological Studies 1997-1998 Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Liability Of Psychotherapists For Breach Of Confidentiality, Ellen W. Grabois

Journal of Law and Health

This paper will try to reconstruct the legal and ethical underpinnings of the confidential relationship of psychotherapist and patient, and will also touch upon the psychotherapist-patient testimonial privilege and its exceptions. It will then describe the liability of psychotherapists for breach of confidentiality based on contract and tort. It will conclude with some evaluation of this type of cause of action, and its future usefulness in the law..

1997-1998 Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

Course Catalogs

Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog

1997-1998 Lindenwood University Lcie Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

Course Catalogs

Lindenwood University LCIE Course Catalog

1997-1998 Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

Course Catalogs

Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog

Lived Experiences Of Male Nursing Students With Caring., Patricia Jean Young

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Fifteen male nursing students from four baccalaureate nursing schools in West Virginia participated in this phenomenological study. The phenomena of interest was the lived experiences of male student nurses related to caring. Demographic data was obtained in the interview process. Semistructured interview questions were used in the individual interviews, which were all audiotaped. The methodology used was based on the Swanson-Kauffman and Schonwald method, which entailed the four step process of bracketing, analyzing, intuiting, and describing. Five themes were identified. The Primacy of Caring was the first theme. Characteristics of caring, the origins of caring, the lived experiences of caring …

Racial Identity In Biracial Adolescents From One African-American And One Caucasian-American Parent, Lanice Stanley

Modern Psychological Studies

Racial identity development in biracial children within American society is essential for the discovery of selfconcept. Identity development in adolescents with one African American and one Caucasian-American parent is a complex process deriving from social influences and individual self-conceptualization. Three approaches of identity preference are found to be the most common in biracial youth. The first is the denial of one race, the second is over-identification of the favored culture, and lastly the incorporation of both racial backgrounds as a separate identity.

Practice And Fit In The Allocation Of The Resource Of Faculty Time: A Study Of Current And Preferred Scholarly Practice Of The Faculties Of Ten Theological Schools Affiliated With The Presbyterian Church (Usa), Roger Allen Nicholson

Theses and Dissertations

Faculties, deans, and trustees of theological schools affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) were surveyed to determine current faculty practice; the practice preferred by faculty, deans. and trustees; the fit between current and preferred practice; and faculty practice and faculty preference difference according to categorical variables such as gender, race, and rank.

Seven variables defined faculty practice: workweek in hours, instruction, scholarship, service, advising, governance, and other. Scholarship was subdivided into three categories adapting Ernest Boyer’s multi-dimensional definition of scholarship: orginitive, applied, and teaching. Fit was defined in two ways: statistical fit and practical fit.

The reported workweek was comparable …

Jaffee V. Redmond: Towards Recognition Of A Federal Counselor-Battered Woman Privilege, Michael Bressman

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Part I of this Article reviews the Jaffee decision.' Part II discusses the meaning of the Supreme Court's opinion, focusing on the Court's analysis of the important interests at stake in recognizing the asserted testimonial privilege. In Part II, this Article argues that the Court followed the intent of Congress in crafting a psychotherapist- patient privilege. Furthermore, the extension of the privilege to cover confidential communications made to social workers indicates that there is room for further development of the privilege. In Part III, the Article argues that Jaffee provides the foundation for recognition of a counselor-battered woman privilege in …

Advancing Skills Of Developmental Specialists, Robert L. Morgan

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications

Advancing Skills of Developmental Specialists focuses on general skills related to preparing and delivering instruction, carrying out activities related to Individual Program Plans, gathering information on a person's progress, and troubleshooting problems. This program addresses topics important to many specialists, including those working with people who have various disabilities. Since its scope is broad, the program is organized around general principles that have a wide range of application. However, because the scope is broad, instructors working for some organizations may wish to supplement information in this manual with additional material. You are encouraged to supplement with additional information where necessary!

Small Business And Community Economic Development: Transactional Lawyering For Social Change And Economic Justice, Susan R. Jones

Clinical Law Review

Small business and community economic development (CED) clinics represent an important and growing component to the future of clinical legal education. The national political trend is away from government entitlements and toward personal responsibility and economic self-sufficiency. This shift has encouraged the growth of more small business and CED clinics at law schools. This article analyzes the benefits to clinical legal education of these transactional clinics' in contrast to more traditional clinics by exploring these clinics contribution to the development of the skills and values sought to be taught through clinical legal education. Part I explains the importance of microbusinesses …

The Granite, 1997, University Of New Hampshire

The Granite – Yearbook

The yearbook of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 1909-1922, the University of New Hampshire, 1923-

College Of Health And Public Affairs Annual Report, 1996-1997, University Of Central Florida. College Of Health And Public Affairs

Research Activities & Annual Reports

University of Central Florida College of Health and Public Affairs Annual Report, 1996-1997.

Effects Of Multi-Institutional Systems: Economic And Social Implications., Debra Herold Tennyson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.