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Evaluating The Skills Curriculum: Challenges And Opportunities For Law Schools, Harriet N. Katz

Mercer Law Review

Law schools have compelling reasons to begin thoroughly reviewing their skills curriculum. Three new publications emphasize that preparing students for practice as competent and ethical lawyers is the central mission of legal education and scrutinize methods for achieving that goal. A new ABA Standard for Accreditation (the "Standard" or "Standard 302"), revised in 2005 to mandate skills education for every law student, is now being applied at law school reaccreditation reviews.

In addition, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (the "Carnegie Report"), a report written by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and Best Practices for …

Forty-Second Commencement 2008 (Graduate), Sacred Heart University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Graduate ceremony held May 17, 2008.

Forty-Second Commencement 2008 (Undergraduate), Sacred Heart University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Undergraduate ceremony held May 18, 2008.

Inside Unlv, Grace Russell, Shane Bevell, Mamie Peers, Michelle Mouton

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Summertime, Summertime, Susan E. Murray

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Chronicle For May 1, 2008, Richard Stratton

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes of the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on May 1, 2008.

The Effect Of Disability Insurance On Health Investment: Evidence From The Va Disability Compensation Program, Perry Singleton

Center for Policy Research

I examine whether individuals respond to monetary incentives to detect latent medical conditions. The effect is identified by an amendment to Title 38 that deemed diabetes associated with Agent Orange exposure a compensable disability under the VA’s Disability Compensation program. Since a diagnosis is a requisite for benefit eligibility, and nearly one-third of diabetics remain undiagnosed, the advent of disability insurance may have encouraged the detection of diabetes among the previously undiagnosed population. Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey suggests that the policy increased the prevalence of diabetes by 2.7 percentage points among veterans.

Evaluating The Relationship Between Collaborative Therapist Behaviors, Homework Adherence, And Treatment Outcome In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Christina Rose Thomas

Social Work Theses - Archive

The use of homework assignments is considered an integral part of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Although homework adherence has been shown to contribute to treatment outcome for depression, little research has been conducted which successfully identifies therapist characteristics which may facilitate homework adherence. Although therapeutic collaboration is referenced in clinical literature as a method of facilitating homework, no empirical investigation documents the extent to which therapeutic collaboration facilitates homework adherence. The following study proposes to test the extent to which therapeutic collaboration facilitates homework adherence and treatment outcome, and to further validate the positive relationship between homework adherence and treatment …

An Introduction To The Identification And Care Of Individuals With Down Syndrome Complicated By Alzheimer's Disease, Jody Enerson-Sharp

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

2008 Baccalaureate & Graduate Commencement, Lindenwood University

Commencement Programs

Lindenwood University Commencement program.

2008 Undergraduate Commencement, Lindenwood University

Commencement Programs

Lindenwood University Commencement program.

University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2008 - 2009, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Accessing Substance Abuse Treatment: Issues For Parents Involved With Child Welfare Services, Anna Rockhill, Beth L. Green, Linda Newton-Curtis

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

The complex issues associated with barriers to treatment entry for parents who are involved with child welfare has not been well explored. Accessing timely treatment is now critical for these parents since the introduction of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, limiting the time until a permanency decision is made. Using a longitudinal, qualitative approach, substance-abusing parents from 15 families, their relevant family members, and service providers were interviewed approximately every 3 months over an 18-month period. The experiences of these parents add to our knowledge of the unique barriers this population faces, and expands our understanding of …

Homegrown Terrorism: The Threat Within, Kimberley L. Thachuk, Marion E. “Spike” Bowman, Courtney Richardson

Defense and Technology Papers

This paper attempts to illustrate how difficult, if not impossible, it is to find root causes of domestic terrorism that are of general applicability. It is likely to be more important to focus on the unique cultural stamp of the individual nation to assess the reason for violence-prone disquietude among its citizens and residents.

Learning Style Influence On Relationship Sales Success, Betty A. Moon

Student Scholarship

This research seeks to explore the use of Kolb's experiential learning theory as a framework for understanding salesperson success in relationship selling. Augmenting previous research, we investigate the influence of advisor learning styles and advisor adaptive flexibility on sales performance. Building on David Kolb's (Kolb, 1976, 1977, 1985) and Richard Boyatzis' (Boyatzis & Kolb, 1993) previous experiential learning research, we selected the Learning Style Inventory and Adaptive Style Inventory as the instruments to gather this data. The results of this research suggest that relationship sales success is influenced by flexibility, regardless of learning style preference.

The Integrated Law School Practicum: Synergizing Theory And Practice, Susan R. Martyn, Robert S. Salem

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Effective Implementation Of The Trafficking Of Persons And Involuntary Servitude Articles: Lessons From The Criminal Justice System Response To The Illinois Domestic Violence Act, Alison L. Stankus, Jennifer A. Kuhn

Northern Illinois University Law Review

When the Illinois Domestic Violence Act was enacted in 1986, the General Assembly acknowledged that "the legal system has ineffectively dealt with family violence in the past . . . and has not adequately acknowledged the criminal nature of domestic violence; that, although many laws have changed, in practice there is still widespread failure to appropriately protect and assist victims." However, despite these stated purposes, the criminal justice system response to the Act in the last twenty years has been slow to correct this failure. In 2006, the Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude Articles were added to the Illinois …

The Elder Economic Security Initiative™ Program: The Elder Economic Security Standard™ Index For Pennsylvania, Laura Henze Russell, Ellen A. Bruce

Gerontology Institute Publications

This report will address the question of income adequacy for Pennsylvania’s older adults using the WOW-GI National Elder Economic Security Standard Index (the Index) methodology. The Index will benchmark basic costs of living for elder households. It will illustrate how costs of living vary geographically and are based on the characteristics of elder households: household size, homeownership or renter, mode of transportation, and health status. The costs are for basic needs of elder households; they are based on market costs and do not assume any subsidies.

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2008 - 2009, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

May 2008 Commencement Program, Bowling Green State University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Organizational Role Stress Indices Affecting Burnout Among Nurses, Jinky Leilanie Lu

Journal of International Women's Studies

This was a cross sectional study, which aimed to determine the interaction between situational, factors, role stressors, hazard exposure and personal factors among 246 nurses consisting most of females (78.5%) from the different wards and units in the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). The dominance of female sin the profession reinforce the prevailing notion that the caring professions such as nursing are relegated to women. This gives the study its gender perspective. Almost half (49.6%) of the respondents reported being ill due to work in the past year, and 56.1% missed work because of an illness. Correlation statistics using the Spearman’s …

Spartan Daily, May 1, 2008, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 130, Issue 51

English Language And Culture Cues Found In Advertisements In Selected Print Publications For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing People, Cindy Kay Mcallister

Theses

hard This research investigated advertisements in Deaf Life and Deaf Rochester News use of written English and culture cues to communicate to deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) audiences. DHH audiences have indicated that seeing more DHH actors and sign language in advertisements will increase their response to the advertisements. English and characteristics of culture were analyzed to determine the extent of understandable English and appropriate culture cues for DHH audiences. Deaf Life did not use understandable English and appropriate culture cues to a high extent. Deaf Rochester News did use understandable English, but did not use appropriate culture cues …

Factors Associated With Perceived Burden, Resourcefulness, And Quality Of Life In Female Family Members Of Adults With Serious Mental Illness, Jaclene Zauszniewski, Abir K. Bekhet, M. Jane Suresky

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

BACKGROUND: Each year, 54 million American adults are affected by serious mental illness. Most of these persons depend on female family members for support or assistance, and unless these women are resourceful, they may experience considerable burden, stigma by association, depressive thoughts, and poor quality of life. OBJECTIVE:In this study, we examined the associations between characteristics of female family members (age, race, education), adults with serious mental illness (age, diagnosis), and the family situation (relationship, living arrangements, care provided) and caregivers' burden, stigma, depressive cognitions, resourcefulness, and quality of life.STUDY DESIGN:In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, a convenience …

Future Psychologists' Perceptions Of Managed Care, Michele Renae Boyer Blood

Dissertations

This study was designed to examine future psychologists' perceptions of managed care, as well as their managed care related training and work experience. Data for this project were gathered electronically via a specially designed website. Participants were 119 future psychologists completing predoctoral internships in university counseling centers (n = 61) and hospitals (n = 58). Variables examined included predoctoral interns' attitudes towards managed care and their perceptions of the importance of knowledge in three critical domains relevant to service provision in the contemporary marketplace (i.e., general reimbursement, risk management, misdiagnosis). One measure, the Demographic and Practice Information Form (DAPIF), was …

Today And Yesterday, Vol. 32, Summer 2008, Illinois State University, Department Of History

Today and Yesterday

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of History

Charlotte Perkins Gilman And Educational Philosophy: Social Progress And Contemporary Efficacy, Teresa Lynn Wise

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

As one of the prominent and influential philosophers of her time, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was well known for her 1898 study, Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution. This study demonstrated the negative perceptions maintained toward women from within an androcentric culture. Gilman's treatise developed into a life long argument for the equal treatment and considered value of one-half of the human population: women. It is through the educational facet of her social philosophy illustrated in the novel, Her land, that Gilman demonstrates a culture composed of caring …

Raps Sheet, May 2008, Retirement Association Of Portland State

RAPS Sheet: Monthly Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Occupational Values And Support In Career Choice: An Emphasis On Women In Science, Heather Meikle

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine how occupational values and social support for career pursuits influenced career choice, with a specific focus on women in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). A sample of 62 college graduates participated in telephone interviews that addressed gender differences in seven occupational values and three sources of social support. Results showed that differences in occupational values differ by both gender and between individuals in STEM and non-STEM careers. The strength of STEM values better predicted a career in STEM than did gender. Finally, women in STEM received the least amount of social …

Depression In Older Adults And The Effect That Social Isolation May Have; A Literature Review, Courtney Kondos-Merck

Theses and Dissertations

Depression among the older adult population has been identified as a serious concern for rural older adults. The purpose of this project was threefold: 1) to explore current literature to discover factors associated with depression in older, rural adults; 2) to determine what the literature reveals about the associations between social isolation and depression; and 3) to determine how research studies reviewed impact psychiatric mental health nursing practice. A literature review was completed, based on scholarly articles which have been published within the last five years. The review also included articles considered "classic" in the psychiatric mental health field. A …