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Finding The Extraordinary In The Ordinary, Jenifer J. Call
Finding The Extraordinary In The Ordinary, Jenifer J. Call
Marriage and Families
No abstract provided.
Trusting Strangers: Work Relationships In Four High-Tech Communities, Jan English-Lueck, A. Saveri, C. N. Darrah
Trusting Strangers: Work Relationships In Four High-Tech Communities, Jan English-Lueck, A. Saveri, C. N. Darrah
Faculty Publications, Anthropology
No abstract provided.
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Diversity Training In An Educational Organization, Bonnie Gail Elliott
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Diversity Training In An Educational Organization, Bonnie Gail Elliott
Theses Digitization Project
Diversity training programs are increasingly being incorporated into organizations as a strategy to meet moral standards and legal challenges. Unfortunately, little research as been conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of these programs. This study describes an effective diversity training program as one that changes a member of the organization's negative attitude about racial differences toward a positive attitude.
Male's Expectations Of Their Female Partner's Roles, Lorena Tejeda
Male's Expectations Of Their Female Partner's Roles, Lorena Tejeda
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
An Examination Of Pet Ownership Among Elderly Caregivers And How It Contributes To Their Well-Being, Cynthia Ann Fiello
An Examination Of Pet Ownership Among Elderly Caregivers And How It Contributes To Their Well-Being, Cynthia Ann Fiello
Theses Digitization Project
As the older population increases, there is a need for increased support for caregivers most of them older themselves. Owning a pet may providesome of this support. This study looked at caregivers age 55 and older of brain-impaired adults and examined whether or not the social support provided by pets during the caregiving time contributes to their well-being.
Availability, Utilization, And Perceived Benefits Of Treatment Services For Secondary Victims Of Sexual Assault, Steven Elliot Mccraw
Availability, Utilization, And Perceived Benefits Of Treatment Services For Secondary Victims Of Sexual Assault, Steven Elliot Mccraw
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to examine and identify the current availability, utilization, and perceived benefits of treatment services for secondary victims (i.e. family members/significant others of sexual assault victims).
Sexual Boundary Violations Between Peace Officer Agencies And Offenders, Jacqueline Lorraine Goins
Sexual Boundary Violations Between Peace Officer Agencies And Offenders, Jacqueline Lorraine Goins
Theses Digitization Project
Peace officers across this country have allowed a hostile environment to be created with offenders who are in their custody. An overview of the issues to be addressed in this study will begin with sexual boundary violations among peace officers and offenders, such as physical intimacy and emotional commitment that meets the sexual needs of the peace officer.
Development And Coordination Of A Health Care Services Program For Foster Children In A Shelter Care Population, Rebecca Lynne Allen Spradling
Development And Coordination Of A Health Care Services Program For Foster Children In A Shelter Care Population, Rebecca Lynne Allen Spradling
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to support health promotion of children entering foster care, ensure that children receive all health care services needed, prevent the trauma of duplication of immunizations, and reduce disruption of health care as children move through the foster care system.
Family Mealtimes: Topics Associated With The Adolescent's Academic Standing And Self-Esteem, Deborah Ann Vandenboom
Family Mealtimes: Topics Associated With The Adolescent's Academic Standing And Self-Esteem, Deborah Ann Vandenboom
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to investigate family mealtime dynamics from the adolescent's perspective and explore what topics are discussed compared to what topics they would like to discuss, and to examine the association among mealtimes and the adolescent's academic status and self-esteem.
Substance Abuse Treatment For Single Mothers: A Needs Assessment, Leslie Hoskin
Substance Abuse Treatment For Single Mothers: A Needs Assessment, Leslie Hoskin
Theses Digitization Project
This project assesses the feasibility of establishing a substance abuse treatment program that provides services to women and their children in the Morongo Basin area of the California Desert.
Constructivist Research Project Needs Assessment Of Rural Drug Court Clients: A Case Study, Patricia Miriam Gomez-Gillard
Constructivist Research Project Needs Assessment Of Rural Drug Court Clients: A Case Study, Patricia Miriam Gomez-Gillard
Theses Digitization Project
This constructivist research project qualitatively assessed the needs of both drug court clients and the treatment team in a rural California community utilizing the "hermeneutic dialectic process."
Biracial Identity: A Study Of The Biracial Experience With Biracial College Students, Evelyn Louise Galasso
Biracial Identity: A Study Of The Biracial Experience With Biracial College Students, Evelyn Louise Galasso
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to examine biracial identity, and the specific identitiy choices made by biracial individuals at the college level. In addition, this study explored the many factors that may be associated with the choice of a racial/biracial identity.
The Attachment Of Children In Foster Care, Rosalba Espinoza, Sarah Lopez Ramirez
The Attachment Of Children In Foster Care, Rosalba Espinoza, Sarah Lopez Ramirez
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the study was to examine the association between foster care children and the behaviors they exhibit particularly in attachment outcomes. The study was also an informative tool that addressed the impact of children with attachment issues currently in the foster care system. Examining the relationship between the two variables may be able to help parents and their children, by providing future resources necessary to both parties in case separation and loss occurs.
Condom Use In 15-19 Year Old Adolescent Girls Before And After Initiating Hormonal Contraception, Mary Louise Placencia
Condom Use In 15-19 Year Old Adolescent Girls Before And After Initiating Hormonal Contraception, Mary Louise Placencia
Theses Digitization Project
This study provides data suggesting that adolescent girls who receive education and hormonal contraceptive methods at a school-based clinic in the Fontana Unified School District, are more likely to have a signficant improvement in condom use, which improves safe sex practices and reduces the risks of sexually transmitted diseases.
Play Therapy Techniques And Their Effectiveness With Angry Children In A School Setting, Lisa Marie Meyer, Nelly Edith Saucedo
Play Therapy Techniques And Their Effectiveness With Angry Children In A School Setting, Lisa Marie Meyer, Nelly Edith Saucedo
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to determine which play therapy techniques were most effective when applied to working with children who have angercontrol problems.
California's "Long-Standing, Serious Noncompliance" In The Delivery Of Special Education And Related Services, Margaret Ann Kaspar
California's "Long-Standing, Serious Noncompliance" In The Delivery Of Special Education And Related Services, Margaret Ann Kaspar
Theses Digitization Project
The intent of the review, and the list of programs appended to this paper, is to compile examples of successful programs that may serve as models for those in California who have been charged with the development and implementation of programs that will bring the California Department of Education/Office of Special Education and its local education agencies into substantial compliance with the requirements of IDEA.
Outcome Measures In Adult Protective Services Interventions, Theresa Angela Parrella
Outcome Measures In Adult Protective Services Interventions, Theresa Angela Parrella
Theses Digitization Project
With the aging of the baby boomers there is a concern for the liklihood of an increase in reported cases of adult and dependent abuse with Adult Protective Services (APS). This study examined what the social work implications were regarding clients who refuse APS interventions and what subsequent outcomes existed. Data was extracted from closed case files for the period of January 1, 2000 and January 31, 2001 in the high desert region of San Bernardino County.
Sparing The Rod?: Social Workers And Corporal Punishment, Christopher Omer Brannon, James Oliver Tanghal
Sparing The Rod?: Social Workers And Corporal Punishment, Christopher Omer Brannon, James Oliver Tanghal
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to develop a survey that would provide professionals with an idea as to the thoughts, feelings, and values that social workers held regarding physical punishment towards a child. Social workers stand in a position to intervene in the intergenerational transmission of violence.
What Factors Influence Client Participation In Mental Health Services, Lela Ann Anderson
What Factors Influence Client Participation In Mental Health Services, Lela Ann Anderson
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the study is to develop a foundation of knowledge that could improve the current policies and procedures with regards to their implementation within the mental health services provided by the Children's Bureau.
The Relationship Between Long-Term Effects Of Child Neglect And Parenting Styles, Triny Marilyn Brown, Valerie Jean Bedore
The Relationship Between Long-Term Effects Of Child Neglect And Parenting Styles, Triny Marilyn Brown, Valerie Jean Bedore
Theses Digitization Project
The relationship between long-term effects of child neglect and parenting styles were examined in this study. It was predicted that adults who have been neglected, as children, would be more likely to adopt an authoritarian parenting style.
Spirituality Education For Graduate Social Workers: A Vaccine For Burnout?, Beverly Ann Fontaine
Spirituality Education For Graduate Social Workers: A Vaccine For Burnout?, Beverly Ann Fontaine
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the implications of a connection between spirituality courses in social work graduate programs and the prevention of burnout among practitioners in the field.
Spiritual Experience: The Relationship With The Grief Process, Amy Renee Shahbaz
Spiritual Experience: The Relationship With The Grief Process, Amy Renee Shahbaz
Theses Digitization Project
There were four major purposes of this study: (1) to evaluate the level of grief experience by bereaved individuals who attend either a grief support group or grief psycho-educational group in the Inland Empire, (2) to evaluate the level of spirtuality experienced by bereaved individuals who attend either a grief support or grief psycho-educational group in the Inland Empire, (3) to correlate the level of grief reactions with the level of spiritual experience within bereaved individuals, and (4) to describe demongraphic and grief/spiritual-related factors that may influence a bereaved individual's spiritual experience and grief process.
A Comparison Of Grandmothers' And Grandfathers' Stress In Raising Their Grandchildren, Mia Lucero Attruia, Doris Lorraine. Morrow
A Comparison Of Grandmothers' And Grandfathers' Stress In Raising Their Grandchildren, Mia Lucero Attruia, Doris Lorraine. Morrow
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to build on previous descriptive research on grandparents' experiences of stress in raising their grandchildren. The research method used was a qualitative approach. The goal in utilizing a qualitative approach lay in a desire to understand the unique stress experience of grandfathers and grandmothers in raising their grandchildren, as they live it and feel it.
A Client Satisfaction Survey At Central City Lutheran Mission, Michael Chavez, Victor Manuel Garrido
A Client Satisfaction Survey At Central City Lutheran Mission, Michael Chavez, Victor Manuel Garrido
Theses Digitization Project
This study focused on the association between clients satisfaction with services and the length of time utilizing them. The participants surveyed within this study were from surrounding communities of Central City Lutheran Mission (CCLM) in San Bernardino.
Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall: An Indispensable Voice In The Struggle For The Civil Rights Of People With Disabilities, Edward H. Haas
Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall: An Indispensable Voice In The Struggle For The Civil Rights Of People With Disabilities, Edward H. Haas
Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Soaring To New Heights [Yearbook] 2002, Bridgewater State College
Soaring To New Heights [Yearbook] 2002, Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater State Yearbooks
Annual yearbook published by the students of the Bridgewater State College. The 2002 yearbook is dedicated to John Heller and Jerrol Justin Toledo.
Characteristics Of Reentry Women, Eleanore Lee Garces, Judith Kay Russell
Characteristics Of Reentry Women, Eleanore Lee Garces, Judith Kay Russell
Theses Digitization Project
This study looked at the potential reentry-aged women employed by the San Bernardino County Department of Children's Service. It identified the characteristics, motivations, needs and barriers of the reentry age female student. This study explored the reasons why some SBCDCS reentry-aged workers choose to further their education, while others do not.
Acculturation Experience Of Africa Immigrants In The United States Of American, Judi Minage Ukiru
Acculturation Experience Of Africa Immigrants In The United States Of American, Judi Minage Ukiru
Theses Digitization Project
The conclusions extracted from this research project show that little research has been done on social issues presented by the African immigrant to America. Those charged with public welfare research and intervention must develop tools and strategies necessary to assess the needs of African immigrants, to facilitate their improved adjustment to their environment. African immigrants in the United States can benefit from similar research designs and resources accorded to the Latino and Asian populations.
Child Abuse And Domestic Abuse: Factors In Reunification, Jane Margaret Scarlett, Bryan Anderson Wing
Child Abuse And Domestic Abuse: Factors In Reunification, Jane Margaret Scarlett, Bryan Anderson Wing
Theses Digitization Project
This study was designed to differentiate the significant demographic and familial factors found in families when reunification is successful versus when reunification fails in cases of child removal due to physical abuse and domestic violence. The purpose of this study was to identify which, if any of these factors, lead to successful reunification. Content analysis of adjudicated cases of child abuse in San Bernardino County was used to transform qualitative information into quantitative data.
Outcomes Of Adult Protective Service Cases: Urban Regions, Rebecca Ruth Stiltz
Outcomes Of Adult Protective Service Cases: Urban Regions, Rebecca Ruth Stiltz
Theses Digitization Project
The study investigated the relationship between San Bernardino County Department of Adult Protective Services (APS) client refusal of services and the outcome of their cases. A data extraction tool was used to collect demographic information about the APS clients and their perpetrators, types and number of contacts made by the APS worker, types of abuse, reasons for refusal, and outcomes from closed APS cases for the San Bernardino, Ontario, and Rancho Cucamonga regions.