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The Children’S Aid Society Of Brant: A Community-Based Model Of Child Welfare Service Delivery (Summary Report), Karen Frensch, Gary Cameron, Lirondel Hazineh

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

No abstract provided.

Volume 16, Number 02, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 16, Number 02 of Reaching Through Teaching.

Utah State University Commencement, 2005 – Main Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

113th Commencement of Utah State University

What It Does, Where It Does It, And How To Market It: Creative Problem Solving Impact Catalog For Marketing., Shane Sasnow

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

This project contains a spreadsheet and data catalog that show documented impacts of Creative Problem Solving (CPS), the domains/industries in which they occurred, what type of CPS application was used, and the literature that provided the information. This information is cross-referenced to determine good target markets according to type of CPS product, what domain/industry is being sold to, and what type of impact is being sought. Analysis of marketing materials determined the information sought, which in turn influenced the categories of data used on the spreadsheet. All materials are contained in the appendixes catalog for easy reference.

Legacy Children : Whose Legacy Are They?, Pamela Nolley Tungate 1968-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Adoption and Safe Families Act created specific outcomes for permanency for children in foster care. The purpose of these outcomes is to decrease the number of children in long term foster care. Seven years have passed since ASFA was signed into law. Audits completed in each state by federal reviewers have found that no state has meet ASFA's primary outcome of permanency and stability of placement for foster children. A number of foster children are still spending long periods of time in foster care. This project sought to identify barriers to permanency for a sample of Kentucky's long term …

Survival Songs : How Refugee And Immigrant Women Experienced Violence., Judith C. Heitzman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An interest in privileging the voices of women who are marginalized in many parts of the world coupled with knowledge of the restorative properties of music cultivated this qualitative study. Seven women, ages 20-49 years of age, from three continents were asked the following grand tour questions: What was your experience of violence? What were the residual grief and loss issues that you faced? What, if any, role did music play in helping you cope with the stress of surviving violence? Participants were required to (a) be over 18 years old, (b) currently reside in the United States, (c) have …

The Alternatives To Detention Program : Assessment Of One Kentucky County's Efforts To Deinstitutionalize Status Offenders., Arthur Hayden

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Since the beginning of the juvenile justice movement in the United States over a century ago, considerable debate has persisted among policymakers and practitioners concerning the causes of juvenile offending and the appropriate responses to control it. Although the juvenile justice system was conceived and developed to provide individualized, benevolent treatment to young offenders, the system has gradually shifted to resemble a more punitive, adult criminal justice model. While presently the system includes characteristics of both the juvenile and adult justice models, future directions are uncertain. This is problematic for young offenders who need and deserve more solicitous care in …

Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions For Depression: Review And Implications For School Personell [Sic], John W. Maag, Susan M. Swearer Napolitano

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

Depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorders among school-age youths. As such, school personnel should play an important role in the identification/assessment, and treatment of depression and related problems in school. School-based treatment of depression is especially relevant for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) and learning disabilities (LD) because they may be at a higher risk than their non-disabled peers of displaying depressive symptomatology. Cognitive-behavioral interventions (CBls) have shown promise as an evidence-based treatment for childhood and adolescent depressive disorders. This article focuses on how CBI techniques can be used by school personnel under the …

Thirty-Ninth Commencement 2005 (Graduate), Sacred Heart University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Graduate ceremony held May 14, 2005.

Thirty-Ninth Commencement 2005 (Undergraduate), Sacred Heart University

Commencement Programs

Program for the undergraduate ceremonies held May 15, 2005.

Family Court Judges' Training, Background, And Child Development Knowledge: Associations With Child Custody Decision Making, Erika Burke

Honors Scholar Theses

Family court judges are often asked to make inferences about - or directly interview children to ascertain - children's custody preferences and their maturity to express such preferences. These estimates of children's developmental maturity are important to the judges' considerations of children's "best interests" in custody cases. The research literature describing family court judges' background, education, training, and knowledge about child development is scant. With appropriate child development knowledge, judges should be better able to identify the developmental stages at which children have the cognitive and social capabilities to communicate directly their placement wishes or concerns. The current study is …

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2005 - 2006, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

African And African American Studies Newsletter, Fall Quarter 2005, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This eight page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documenting faculty and student reflections, course offerings, and more.

Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications

Portland State Magazine

PSU’s alumni magazine, published 2-3 times a year. In this issue: Author Robin Cody censors himself to get his book on school shelves; a peek at PSU’s copy of Galileo’s treatise on the universe; breathing new life into the MBA; a new way of looking at primaries in Oregon could upset the party faithful; professor Jason Podrabsky studies one creature’s amazing ability to survive; who was Chief Multnomah? A PSU history professor wants to know; and more.

Checkup, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Checkup

No abstract provided.

The Invisible Decade, Susan Murray

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Fundraising For A Cause, Taylor Prosek

Whittier Scholars Program

When I first began thinking about what type of project I would like to do, I realized that I definitely wanted to conduct an action oriented project instead of a research paper. I felt that since this project would consume much of my time and effort, I wanted some group of people to benefit from my hard work. Based on that foundation, I got into contact with Claudia Dorrington of the Social Work Department and explained to her my feelings and ideas. She in turn put me into contact with Ted Knoll, the director of First Day Coalition, a transitional …

Film Noir, Hard-Boiled Fiction, And Working Women : Depression And Post-War America, Andrew S. Wiecek

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

The writer examines the connections between the femme fatale in film noir and 1930s hard-boiled fiction, claiming that noir critics are misguided in their claim that the femme fatale has historical specificity to postwar America. The writer summarizes criticism on the femme fatale in film noir and proceeds to underscore the significant contributions to made by the hard-boiled tradition to noir. He believes that these contributions point to a pre-war male anxiety about female independence that he traces to the economic instability of the Depression. From this anxiety during the Depression, the author claims, came the femme fatale of hard-boiled …

An Exploration Of Self-Esteem And Racial Identity Among Children Placed In Transracial And Same-Race Foster Homes, Shanay Barrett-Hugan

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

The number of children in foster care continues to grow. Unfortunately this increase in children is far greater than the number of foster families available. Children are being placed in homes in which the race of the foster parent is different from that of the foster child. Legislative policies have also been enacted to eliminate discrimination in foster care placement. This study is designed to explore the impact of transracial foster care on adolescent children’s racial identity and self-esteem. Three children ages 11-17, who were placed in transracial and same-race foster homes, were interviewed in order to explore whether children …

Police Alcohol-Related Services Study (Pass), Phase Ii: A Description Of The Beliefs, Perceptions And Attitudes Of Anchorage Police Department Employees, Brad A. Myrstol, Robert H. Langworthy

Reports

The principal aim of the Police Alcohol-related Services Study (PASS) was to expand knowledge about the fiscal, organizational, and cultural impact of citizen alcohol use on the Anchorage Police Department (APD). Phase II of the study employed a voluntary, self-administered questionnaire provided to all members of the APD regardless of rank, sworn status, or operational division. The questionnaire was designed to explore respondents' perceptions of their alcohol-related workload; perceptions of community problems; perceived links between alcohol use and selected social problems; attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs about the policing of alcohol-related incidents and the people involved with them; and personal and …

University Of Alaska Anchorage Commencement Program May 2005, N/A N/A

Commencement

These official programs are distributed to attendees of the annual commencement ceremonies. The programs include the event schedule as well as the degrees and honors awarded, listing recipients of the degrees and honors. May 2005

Selling Mediation: Mimetic, Distancing, And Appellating Practices In The Marketing Of An Emerging Profession, Andrew Woolford, R. S. Ratner

Peace and Conflict Studies

Individuals both within and outside the legal profession have been drawn by the ‘promise’ of mediation. In it they see a means for facilitating communicative exchanges between actors in conflict, which they view as a dramatic improvement on the adversarial practices of the formal legal system. However, despite the appeal of mediation to potential practitioners, there is not yet sufficient consumer demand to sustain the number of people who possess mediation skills. This has resulted in an overcrowded mediation market in which practitioners are forced to market themselves so as to compete for a limited clientele. In this context, the …

2005 Baccalaureate & Graduate Commencement, Lindenwood University

Commencement Programs

Lindenwood University Commencement program.

Probation Violators: An Examination Of Felony Male Adult Probation Violators In The State Of Nevada, Stefanie Wilson Palacio

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

No abstract provided.

University Reporter - Volume 09, Number 09 - May 2005

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the “Building One Community” scholarship gala, plans for the 2005 commencement and commencement speaker Emily Rooney, the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy's study of women in Boston politics, the opening of the Jazzman Cafe in the Healey Library, and other news from UMass Boston.

Sexuality And The Aging Adult: The Attitude And Practice Of Physicians And Nurse Practitioners, Susan Runsvold

Master's Projects

Background: As the population ages, many quality of life issues will generate discussion. One such issue is sexuality of the aging adult. While there is substantial documentation related to the physiology and desires of the aging adult, little is known about medical practitioners' beliefs and practices regarding sexuality. Method: A 14 question survey with a comment section was developed and mailed to 269 physicians and nurse practitioners in Santa Clara County, California. The responses were evaluated using descriptive statistics. The comments received were grouped related to intent or topic. Results: There was no discernible difference between the beliefs and practices …

The History Of Vera House: Planting Seeds: Expanding Roots, Erin Elizabeth Wolfe

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

This thesis tracks the development of Vera House Inc., a sheltering domestic violence agency inSyracuse,New York, from its conception in 1973 to its opening in 1977 to its programmatic development 1980's-present. The introduction provides the historical context of Vera House's opening with an overview of the Battered Women's Movement and its formation in the 1970's. The body of the thesis is broken into two sections: Planting Seeds and Expanding Roots. The first section, Planting Seeds, discusses the historical development of Vera House as a sheltering service inSyracuse,New York. The second section, Expanding Roots, covers the programmatic growth of Vera House, …

Active Aging: Motives And Barriers, Francis G. Caro, Eilon Caspi, Jeffery Burr, Jan Mutchler

Gerontology Institute Publications

Both the successful aging and productive aging literatures attach great importance to activity. In the successful aging paradigm, activity contributes positively to both physical health and psychological well being. In the productive aging paradigm, older people make contributions to society through certain types of activities, notably gainful employment, community service volunteering, informal assistance usually within their families, and political participation.

Less attention has been given to the relationships among various forms of productive activity. Various forms of activity may be complementary or competitive. In other words, participation in one form of productive activity may open doors to other forms of …

Fact Sheet - Sacred Heart University Fall 2004, Office Of Institutional Research

News, Magazines and Reports

No abstract provided.

University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2005 - 2006, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.