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Agriculture Builders Of Nebraska, Inc. Annual Meeting, John Owens

John Owens: Speeches and Appearances

Those of us in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at your land-grant university view ourselves as partners with Nebraska. Taking the resources of this great university to the citizens of our state is a mission we take very, very seriously. We work hard to apply the university's resources in a diverse number of ways to benefit Nebraska. Today it is my very great pleasure to have this opportunity to provide a brief report to you, our partners, on some of the ways we are returning your investment in us to benefit our state.

University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Fall Conference, John Owens

John Owens: Speeches and Appearances

First off, thank you. Thank you for the work you do each day on behalf of the University and for Nebraska. Thank you for the expertise and the passion you bring to your work, for the belief you have in it, and for the dedication you show.

The Leading Object: January 2006

Leading Object

Content:
Perspectives: John C. Owens
Farmers See USDA Grant as a Way to Improve Organic Farming in Nebraska
Three IANR Employees Receive OEA Awards
Two receive Dinsdale Faculty Award
UNL Experience Helps Nielsen Impact Her Students
Omtvedt Innovation Award Given to Three IANR Faculty Members
Flores Named Head of Food Science
National Societies Honor IANR Faculty
Williams Appointed Director of Southeast Research and Extension District
Hutkins Awarded New Professorship
Master Conservationist Program Announced

Won't You Be My Neighbor?: Child Abuse In A Community Context, Gabrielle Rebottini

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This project quantitatively and spatially examines child abuse reports in a neighborhood context based on the analysis of Allegheny County in Southwestern Pennsylvania that is divided into 98 zip codes. Based on data on child abuse reports obtained from ChildLine from 1994 to 2004, this research tests a relationship between variables traditionally associated with child abuse rates and reporting rates. Next, neighborhood assets are compared to determine their relevance. They include grocery stores, parks, libraries, hospitals, schools and religious institutions. Results include significant relationships between reporting rates and unemployment, vacancy rates, marital status, the elderly population, and the location of …

The Tort Duty Of Parents To Protect Minor Children, Vincent R. Johnson, Claire G. Hargrove

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Harding Magazine Winter 2006 (Vol. 14, No. 1), Harding University

Harding Magazines

Publication distributed to alumni and friends of the university.

Annual Report Of The Town Of Hillsborough For The Year Ending December 31, 2005., Hillsborough Town Representatives

Hillsborough, NH Annual Reports

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

Full Issue, Number 23, Summer 2006, The Congregational And Synodical Mission Unit, The Evangelical Lutheran Church In America

Intersections

No abstract provided.

"Our Calling In Education": Working Together To Generate A Strong Social Statement On Public Schools, Lutheran Schools And Colleges, And The Faith Formation Of Children And Young People, Marcia J. Bunge

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Assessing Legal Responses To Prenatal Drug Use: Can Therapeutic Responses Produce More Positive Outcomes Than Punitive Responses, Elizabeth E. Coleman, Monica K. Miller

Journal of Law and Health

Expressing a growing concern for fetal well being, the 2006 Idaho Senate passed legislation that permits criminal charges to be brought against women who abuse illegal drugs while pregnant. This bill allows for the potential incarceration of violators for up to five years, as well as a possible $50,000 fine. In some locations, women have the option of choosing to go to drug court instead of serving time in jail or prison. These drug courts provide drug treatment, case management, drug testing, and supervision, while requiring women who abuse illegal drugs to regularly report to scheduled status hearings before a …

Salt In The Wounds: Why Attorneys Should Not Be Mandated Reporters Of Child Abuse, Adrienne Jennings Lockie

New Mexico Law Review

No abstract provided.

Assessing Treatment Integrity: A Case Example, Anat Zeira, Betty Blythe, Anita Reithoffer

Journal of Family Strengths

This paper presents an example of assessing treatment integrity as part of an experimental study of home-based, intensive family preservation services (IFPS). Participants were 103 IFPS workers and 24 state public child welfare agency workers (FC). The structured, self-report questionnaire included questions about specific components of the services, as well as the characteristics of the family and the workers themselves. Findings suggest that IFPS workers delivered services according to the treatment model guidelines. The procedure yielded a good estimate of whether the structural components of treatment were delivered according to the model as delineated in the treatment manual. The paper …

Post-Permanency: An Assessment For Families’ Needs For Services And Supports, Madelyn Freundlich, Rosemary J. Avery, Sarah Gerstenzang, Sara Munson

Journal of Family Strengths

This article reports the results of a qualitative study that sought the perspectives of birth parents and adoptive parents following reunification or adoption of children from foster care. Using a participatory action design that actively involved young adults formerly in foster care and parents in the design and implementation of the study, the study focused on the consumers’ perspectives on several issues related to permanency. The article reports findings from interviews with a subset of 27 birth and adoptive families in New York City who were asked about their post-permanency experiences and from interviews with 38 child welfare professionals who …

2006-07 Granite State College - Undergraduate Catalog, Granite State College

Granite State College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Coming To The Table : Peacemaking And Truancy Rates In Schools With A High Enrollment Of American Indian Students, D. Abigail Rivenbark

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

The Tort Duty Of Parents To Protect Minor Children, Vincent R. Johnson, Claire G. Hargrove

Faculty Articles

American tort law should recognize the parent-minor child relationship as a “special relationship.” Imposing an affirmative duty on parents to act to prevent serious harm from occurring to their minor children, despite the Restatement (Third) of Tort’s refusal to impose such a duty, keeps with public expectations and public policy. The drafters of the Restatement do not recognize such a duty because there is little precedent to support the imposition of affirmative duties on family members. However, despite this dearth of reported cases, American courts should recognize an affirmative duty on the part of parents to aid their minor children …

Best Practices In The Response To Child Abuse, Catherine Dixon

MC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ym 665 Youth Culture And Trends, Dean G. Blevins

Syllabi

Class Texts 1) Web-based Publications: Chapman R. Clark, “Entering Their World: A Qualitative Look at the Changing Face of Contemporary Adolescence,” Journal of Youth Ministry (Fall 2002) available on-line (3/13/2006) at http://ayme.gospelcom.net/jym_article.php?article_id=21 Read also the five part seminar on Qualitative Research courtesy Don Ratcliff (3/14/2006) at http://don.ratcliffs.net/qual/ (apx. 25 pages). 2) Patricia Hersch, A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence (New York: Ballentine Books Readers Companion, 1999), 379 pages; and Christian Smith, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (London: Oxford Press, 2005) 271 pages, appendices optional. NOTE: Hersch and Smith are the …

How Children’S Lawyers Serve State Interests, Martin Guggenheim

Faculty Articles

I am pleased to be a part of this conference and to have this opportunity to expand my focus of concern over providing children with lawyers from the details of the role of lawyers to a consideration of the costs associated with providing them. This article is limited to the subject of representing children in child welfare cases. In this article, I will recount the history of child welfare practice in New York City. I do this because it is a history I know best, having practiced there since I graduated from law school in 1971. I also believe this …

Services Report Fy 2006, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Services Reports

This Service Report features: Information about The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research; Awards by College/Unit FY 2004-2006; Submissions by College/Unit, FY 2004 - 2006; University of Nebraska at Omaha Awards Per Fiscal Year; University of Nebraska at Omaha Submissions Per Fiscal Year; UNOmaha FY2006 External Grant Awards; UNO FY 2006 External Submissions; UNO FY 2006 Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI) Awards; and UNO FY 2006 Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI) Submissions.

“You Can’T Hustle All Your Life”: An Exploratory Investigation Of The Exit Process Among Street-Level Prostituted Women, Rochelle L. Dalla

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

Between 1998 and 1999, 43 street-level prostituted women were interviewed regarding their developmental experiences, including prostitution entry, maintenance, and exit attempts. Three years later, 18 of the original 43 participants were located and interviewed. This exploratory follow-up investigation focused on the women’s life experiences between the two points of contact, with emphasis on sex-industry exit attempts. Five women had maintained their exit efforts and had not returned to prostitution, nine had returned to both prostitution and drug use, and one had returned to prostitution only. Three additional women had violated parole and been reincarcerated. Themes evident among those who were …

The Post-9/11 Federal Homeland Security Paradigm And The Adoptive Capacity Of Public Administration Theory And Practice, Chaya Rani Jain

Theses and Dissertations

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks redefined the federal approach to disaster planning. Prior to 9/11, disaster and emergency management meant preparedness for and response to natural and man-made emergencies such as floods, hurricanes, fires, and civil discord. The post-9/11 paradigm shift, a multi-pronged approach called "homeland security" strategy, now incorporates a multitude of man- and nature-made disasters to include border and transportation security; emergency preparedness, response and recovery against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats; as well as information analysis and infrastructure protection. These new priorities were communicated to the state and local governments. The purpose of this descriptive, …

Recent Appellate Court Decisions On Eyewitness Identification, Jerry E. Norton

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

The Benefits Of Socially Supportive Interviewing For Child Eyewitnesses, Bette L. Bottoms Ph.D.

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

2006-2007 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.

Sheldon Kennedy And A Canadian Tragedy Revisited, M. B. Preston

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

National Hockey League player Sheldon Kennedy's 1997 revelation that his award-winning junior hockey coach had molested him for years created a national outcry in Canada. It resulted in the appointment of a special commission and declarations from the United States and Canada that this must never happen again. However, Kennedy was not alone; child sexual exploitation occurs at the hands of youth coaches across geographic and class boundaries and across individual and team sports.

Youth sports organizations, including schools, have approached the human and legal issues presented by child sexual exploitation in numerous ways. This Note analyzes the differences between--and …

State Of Utah V. Kathy Hall : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANT Interlocutory appeal from order denying Appellant's motion to quash bindover/declare statute unconstitutional regarding one count of child endangerment, certified by the Utah Court of Appeals to this Court for decision.

Neiu Magazine- Winter 2006, Neiu Magazine Staff

NEIU Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Nature Of Nonprofit Professional Development And Training In Montana, Jenni Johanna Pohjoispuro

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Since sociology of nonprofit professionals and organizations is new and sociologists have not yet been able to theorize or adequately address the strategies and behavior of nonprofit organizations, this study is to give an in-depth view on the nature of nonprofit professional development and training in Montana. The research examines the similarities and differences between rural and urban nonprofit organizations and professionals in the United States depending upon the degree of rural setting, values, attitudes, culture, and challenges. To address the research topic, institutional theories on organizational behavior are applied to this study. The social capital theory is used to …

Child Care For Children With And Without Disabilities: The Provider, Observer, And Parent Perspectives, Lisa Knoche, Carla A. Peterson, Carolyn P. Edwards, Hyun-Joo Jeon

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

This three-phase study, part of a larger study conducted by the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium (MCCRC), investigated the characteristics of child care providers in inclusive and non-inclusive center-based classrooms and family child care homes, the observed quality of care in a subset of these programs, and families’ perceptions of quality and satisfaction with child care services. A telephone survey of 2022 randomly selected Midwestern providers, 36% of whom provided inclusive services, revealed that inclusive providers rated themselves higher on most quality-related indicators. Inclusion status was related to observed quality in family childcare homes (n = 132), with non-inclusive homes …