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A Community Grief Support Program For Children A Needs Assessment, Peggy Wolner

Theses and Graduate Projects

The purpose of this study was to explore the need for a community grief support program for children, Nineteen professionals who work directly with children participated in this study. Data were collected utilizing an interview with a closed- and open-ended item questionnaire. Among the topics discussed were knowledge of existing grief support services, interventions to facilitate a child's adjustment to death and the need for a grief support program for children Findings indicated all of those who participated in the study felt a grief support program for children was needed. Participants provided useful information for the development of future programs. …

Development Of A Workshop Curriculum: Ensuring Culturally Competent Services For African Immigrants And Refugees, Tsehai Wodajo

Theses and Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to develop a workshop that will help to secure culturally competent social services for African immigrant and refugee families. The framework of the workshop focused on two areas. The first is to help the workers to become culturally competent by carrying out ethnic sensitive inventory to assess their competency. Skills developed included what to do during pre-contact. during problem identification and specification, goal formation, problem solving and termination. The second area focused on how to assess the needs and strengths of African immigrant and refugee families. Culturagram and Eco-map are the two major assessment …

Adolescents And Young Adults In Transition: From Homelessness To Permanent Housing, Tona L. Willand

Theses and Graduate Projects

This study explores the intrapersonal and environmental factors associated with change in the transition from homelessness to permanent housing from the perspective of young women who have experienced it. Three young women were interviewed face-to-face in semi-structured interviews, using a non-probability convenience sample. Content analysis was used to identify intrapersonal and environmental factors that affected the process of change. Research participants identified goal-directed behavior, persistence and hope as intrapersonal factors in effecting change. Supportive relationships and practical assistance were identified as supportive factors in the transition period. The findings are discussed in relation to research from the literature, and the …

Washington University Magazine And Alumni News, Summer 2000

Washington University Magazine

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Maturity And Responsibility In "Troubled" Families, Ruthelle Winfrey West

Theses and Graduate Projects

Despite increased knowledge and trained professionals in the field of human behavior, growing numbers of dysfunctional families are overwhelming the human service systems and society at-large. This qualitative study focused on the childhood experiences of two women from "troubled" families and exprored their perceptions and interpretations of their parents' maturity and responsible behavior. Their comments were then compared. to the Global Crlteria of Maturity. The phenomenological approach was used in exploring the childhood experiences of these women. It was found through the study that the two women perceived their parents' behavior as being responsible but, on the other hand, they …

The Relationship Between Parental Involvement And The Reunification Of Youth In Foster Care, Gretchen K. Welch

Theses and Graduate Projects

This is a quantitative secondary data analysis which researched the effects of parental involvement on youth in foster care within a private non-profit treatment foster care agency. The study was intended to educate the agency and their foster parents on the significance of parental involvement with youth in foster eare to successfully achieve each youth's initial placement goal of reunification. According to current laws, reunification is considered the preferred permanency plan for foster youth. Existing data used from the agency consisted of surveys from foster parents and social workers concerning 344 youth between the ages of 12 and l9 years …

Master Plan: Achieving Distinctiveness And Excellence In Form, Function, And Design At Illinois State University 2000-2020, Office Of The President

Master Plan

Educating Illinois defines our vision: to be the first-choice public university in Illinois for high-achieving, motivated students by providing a small-college experience with large-university opportunities. The Master Plan supports our academic mission and service operations by providing physical development guidelines and design standards for the campus of Illinois State University. At Illinois State University, students, faculty, and staff work together to advance teaching, learning, and scholarship. Our campus is collegiate, traditional, and stately, and it emphasizes our prominence and stature as Illinois' first public university. Continuing these traditions, The Master Plan has three main themes: 1) reinforcing the benefits of …

Gold & Blue, Winter 2000, St. Mary's University- San Antonio, Texas

Gold & Blue

This is the Winter 2000 edition of Gold & Blue which is St. Mary's University's official school publication.

The Gaziantep Cloth Trade: A Study Of A Putting-Out System Of Cloth Production In Southeastern Turkey, Charlotte Jirousek

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

An Ottoman era system of cloth production and marketing identified in Gaziantep is a rare survival of traditional production patterns once central to the Ottoman Turkish economy.

This system is descended from the much older Ottoman production system that once organized textile manufacturing throughout the Ottoman Empire. Textile manufacturing had been an important part of the economy of Asia Minor since the dawn of history. It was noteworthy throughout this region in both the Roman and Byzantine eras, and during the early Muslim rule of the Selcuk Turks beginning in the eleventh century. The legendary silk road linking east and …

Use Of Gis To Evaluate Livestock-Wildlife Interactions Relative To Tuberculosis Spread On Molokai Island, Hawaii, Stephanie Bany, Jerome Freier

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Bibliography and Database

Historically, bovine tuberculosis has occurred and been eradicated several times on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. After the most recent depopulation of cattle, TB was again identified in an adult cow in 1997, thus continuing the investigation into why bovine tuberculosis is reoccurring on the island. The Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health (CEAH) have implemented spatial analysis using ArcView software that, along with epidemiological investigations, attempts to identify the environmental factors responsible for maintaining this disease in natural foci. To examine the ecological aspects of tuberculosis transmission from wildlife to livestock, and to identify the foci of infection, we …

Exposing The "Pretty Woman" Myth: A Qualitative Examination Of The Lives Of Female Streetwalking Prostitutes, Rochelle L. Dalla

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Intensive interviews were conducted with 43 women involved in streetwalking prostitution. Data were analyzed according to Phenomenological Descriptive Analysis, results of which are presented in two parts. Detailed accounts of the lives of a subgroup of 5 participants are described first, followed by a broader discussion of results including the entire sample of 43. Themes common across the larger group are presented in three segments, including (a) early development, (b) life in "the game,” and (c) leaving the streets. Implications for advocacy and further research are presented.

School And Workplace Initiatives And Other Factors That Assist And Support The Successful School-To-Work Transition Of Minority Youth, Rose Mary Wentling, Consuelo Luisa Waight

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

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The Role Of The Physical Environment In Maximizing Opportunities For The Aging Workforce, Virginia W. Kupritz

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

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Mass Incarceration: Perspectives On U.S. Imprisonment, Randolph N. Stone

Articles

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Information And Antitrust Antitrust In The Information Age, Frank H. Easterbrook

Articles

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The Economics Of Tort Law: A Hurried And Partial Overview, Richard A. Epstein

Articles

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Competition And Evasion: Another Perspective On International Tax Competition, Julie Roin

Articles

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Tributes: Health, Heart And Mind: The Contributions Of Richard A. Posner To Health Law And Policy, Diane P. Wood

Articles

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More Than Mere Majorities, Saul Levmore

Articles

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Social Programs And Manageable Units, Saul Levmore

Articles

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Gaps In International Legal Literature What's Wrong With International Law Scholarship, Lyonette Louis-Jacques

Articles

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The Design And Interpretation Of Contracts: Why Complexity Matters, Eric A. Posner, Karen Eggleston, Richard Zeckhauser

Articles

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Diffusion And Focus In International Law Scholarship, Diane P. Wood

Articles

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Animal Rights (Reviewing Steven M. Wise, Rattling The Cage: Toward Legal Rights For Animals (2000)), Richard A. Posner

Articles

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Hard Bargains And Real Steals: Land Use Exactions Revisited, Lee Anne Fennell

Articles

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Privacy, Publication, And The First Amendment: The Dangers Of First Amendment Exceptionalism, Richard A. Epstein

Articles

The coordination of common law and constitutional norms are of pressing importance on matters of freedom of speech. In the Supreme Court and elsewhere, it is possible to discern two sharply inconsistent attitudes toward this question. One view holds that the First Amendment simply prevents any legislative backsliding from the common law rules that protect freedom of speech and of the press, much as they protect freedom of contract and freedom of action generally. On this view, the standard rule governing damages and injunctive relief apply to speech much as they do anywhere else. On the alternative view of what …

Vicarious Liability Of Health Plans For Medical Injuries, Richard A. Epstein

Articles

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The Uneasy Marriage Of Utilitarian And Libertarian Thought, Richard A. Epstein

Articles

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The Town Of Meredith, New Hampshire 1999 Annual Report For The Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1999., Meredith Town Representatives

Meredith, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

1999 Annual Report Of The Selectmen, Departments, Boards And Commissions Of The Town And School District Of The Town Of Raymond, Nh, For The Year Ending December 31, 1999., Raymond Town Representatives

Raymond, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.