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An Assessment Of Supervisory Well-Being In A Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Program, David K. Pooler, Johnny Jones

Journal of Adolescent and Family Health

Guardian ad Litem programs recruit, train, and supervise volunteers who are court-appointed to represent and advocate for the best interests of children in family court proceedings involving allegations of abuse or neglect. This manuscript presents the results of an assessment of supervisory well-being. We assessed 81 supervisors on four measures of well-being and presented a staff development workshop to discuss the findings. The assessment found that Guardian ad Litem supervisors had less social support, lower self-esteem, stronger caregiving identities, and more distress than a comparison group of social workers. We discuss the salience of leadership and supervisory support in promoting …

Introduction To Volume 6, Michael Sherr

Journal of Adolescent and Family Health

Introduction to Volume 6

Life On Point Youth Development Program Outcomes, Christopher S. Horne

Journal of Adolescent and Family Health

The widely implemented Life On Point youth development program is intended to promote youths’ psychosocial development and resistance to health risk behaviors. The program was evaluated following an experimental design, with 77 middle school students randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. ANCOVA analysis of pre- and post-program questionnaire data revealed significant, positive differences between program and control group participants on measures of the program’s targeted outcomes, both in terms of statistical significance and substantial effect sizes. Consistent with previous research, control group participants’ outcome indicators worsened over the course of the evaluation, suggesting that Life On Point and similar …

“It’S Not Just You Two”: A Grounded Theory Of Peer-Influenced Jealousy As A Pathway To Dating Violence Among Acculturating Mexican American Adolescents., Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin Williams

Social Work Faculty Publications

Objective: To develop a deeper understanding of how jealousy escalates to physical dating violence within Mexican American adolescent romantic relationships. Method: Using grounded theory, 20 focus groups of self-identified Mexican American adolescents (N = 64; 15–17 years old) were analyzed by level of acculturation and gender. Results: Three distinct “jealous” typologies resulting in dating violence were identified: normative jealousy (typically highly acculturated or bicultural male and female adolescents), jealous and possessive (typically bicultural male adolescents), and jealous and accepting of dating violence norms (typically low acculturated male adolescents). Across types, jealousy was upheld within a peer culture that constructed loose …

Western News, Jan. 10, 2014, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Annual MLK celebration starts next week; Alumni center to incorporate core of East Hall only; Building setbacks net about $200,000 in energy-cost savings; On Campus with Tom Comer.

The Santa Clara, 2014-01-09, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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Lanthorn, Vol. 48, No. 32, January 9, 2014, Grand Valley State University

Volume 48, July 1, 2013 - June 2, 2014

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Corrected Financial Data For Direction Package Advisory Board, Direction Package Advisory Board

Direction Package

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Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, January 9, 2014, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

School of Veterinary Medicine

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• New Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Art and Design

• Dual List Change

Department of Economic and Finance

• Title Change

Department of Management

• New Course
• Title Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change

Department of Management Information Systems

• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course

College of Engineering

• University Studies Request

Department of Languages, Philosophy and …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, January 9, 2014, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

School of Veterinary Medicine

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• New Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Art and Design

• New Course

Department of Economic and Finance

• Title Change

Department of Management

• New Course
• Title Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change

Department of Management Information Systems

• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course

College of Engineering

• University Studies Request

Department of History

• University Studies Request …

Aging And Disability Disparities, Ahaviah Glaser, Chris Herman, Daniela Kraiem

Health Law and Policy Brief

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Sjsu Erfa News, Fall 2014, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association (ERFA) Newsletter

Volume 28, Number 2

The Importance Of Conducting In-Camera Testimony Of Child Witnesses In Court Proceedings: A Comparative Legal Analysis Of Relevant Domestic Relations, Juvenile Justice And Criminal Cases, Laureen A. D'Ambra

Roger Williams University Law Review

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Undergraduate Catalogue 2014-2015, Seton Hall University

Undergraduate Catalogues

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An Introduction To Conjoint Behavioral Consultation Via Distance Delivery (Cbc-D), Michael J. Coutts, Shanon R. Holmes, Susan M. Sheridan, Tyler E. Smith

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this poster is to introduce Conjoint Behavioral Consultation via Distance delivery (CBC-D) as a potential intervention service for rural educators. This poster provides a detailed description of the CBC-D process and practical considerations when using tele-education technology to deliver consultation services to rural schools. Implications for school psychology practice and future research are discussed.

The Impact Of Parent-Teacher Relationships On Student Behavior During Intervention And One Year Later, Amanda Witte, Susan M. Sheridan

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications

Background

• Children with social-behavioral concerns are at high risk of developing long-term, pervasive problems.

• Interventions which aim to decrease negative behaviors and increase social and adaptive skills across both home and school settings have the potential to be particularly effective.

• However, families of students with social-behavioral problems also tend toward disengagement from, or limited connection with, schools or other service-delivery systems (Dishion & Stromshak, 2006).

• Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC; Sheridan & Kratochwill, 2008), is a family-school partnership intervention designed to reduce child behavior problems and increase child adaptive skills.

• The quality of the parent-teacher relationship …

Strengthening Families And Communities To Prevent Youth Violence: A Public Health Approach, Deborah Gorman-Smith, Lauren Feig, Franklin Cosey-Gay, Molly Coeling

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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Prospectus (2014), College Of Arts And Letters

Prospectus

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Research And Creative Scholarship At Andrews University (2014). Volume 5., Andrews University

Annual Research Highlights

Read about the latest research and creative scholarship at Andrews, including the production of the St. Matthew Passion, cricket neuronal behavior, and Waldensian architecture and environmental design.

Dialogues With The Informal City: Latin America And The Caribbean, Ariel C. Armony, Adib Cure, Carie Penabad

Center for Latin American Studies Publications

This publication, based on the symposium Dialogues with the Informal City: Latin America and the Caribbean, connects a range of fundamental themes affecting the current conditions and future of Latin America’s growing informal cities and, by extension, the rising global urban population. Informal cities can be described as settlements frequently characterized by organic physical patterns built incrementally over time as the needs and circumstances of a community change. While undeniably precarious in construction, informal cities exhibit underlying urban and architectural patterns of remarkable resilience; moreover, they reflect their inhabitants’ enduring cultural values. While seriously affected by poverty and violence, …

Utilization Review Software: The Impact On Productivity And Structural Empowerment In Case Management Nurses In An Acute Care Setting, Kimberly Frazier

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) seeks to achieve cost control by implementing aggressive cost containment mechanisms for an exploding Medicare population. One such mechanism is utilization review, which is employed to limit reimbursement of medical care that is determined to not be medically necessary. The CMS Conditions of Participation mandate that all hospitals determine whether a patient qualifies for an Inpatient or Observation stay. Utilization Review Specialist (UR) nurses were given the Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire II (CWEQ-II), Organizational Relationship Scale II (ORS-II), and the Job Activity Scale II (JAS II), six months after McKesson InterQual software …

Nursing Students' Perceptions Of Mental Health Patients And Mental Health Nursing, Susan Furr

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

This Capstone project evaluated the impact of a simulation-based learning experience on nursing students' anxiety levels, preparedness for psychiatric practicum, and stereotypical views towards individuals with mental illness. A sample of 15 bachelor level nursing students was utilized. The experimental group (n=8) was exposed to a four-hour simulation-based learning experience prior to the beginning of their clinical experience. The control group (n=7) began their clinical rotation without any simulation exposure. A pretest, posttest design utilizing the Mental Health Nursing Survey Part 1 (MHN-1) and the Mental Health Nursing Survey Part 2 (MHN-2) was used to measure the students' stereotypical views, …

Patient Navigator's Role Definition, Joann Smith

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

Patient navigation as a care coordination model continues to evolve. Early programs focused on access to care for the underserved and uninsured. With no standard credentials, title, training or job descriptions, navigator programs are as varied as the people who perform these duties. The nurse navigator provides a holistic approach to care delivery and focuses on care coordination, education, and physical, social and emotional aspects of care. Workload for the navigators is increasing as a result of patient, facility, departmental, and national accreditation demands. The goal of this capstone project was to redefine the job descriptions of the Oncology Nurse …

Faculty Perceptions Of Teacher Professionalism In Christian Schools, James A. Swezey, Donald E. Finn

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Able school administrators understand that teachers are their most valuable asset. If Christian schools are to effectively serve the families who entrust their children to their care, teachers must demonstrate both professional competency and godly character. This study was an investigation of faculty perceptions of teacher professionalism at ten Christian schools in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. An online survey of 24 items was completed by 230 teachers (males=30; females=200). The survey instrument was a modified version of Tichenor and Tichenor’s (2009) four dimensions of teacher professionalism. Data were analyzed using a multivariate analysis-of-variance (MANOVA) …

Managing Stress And Burnout, Lisa S. Sosin, John Thomas

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Pricing Clinical Legal Education, Robert R. Kuehn

Denver Law Review

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Addressing Wealth Disparities: Reimagining Wealth Taxation As A Tool For Building Wealth, Goldburn P. Maynard Jr.

Denver Law Review

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Unintended Consequences: Reverberations Of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Lauren Heidbrink

Faculty Publications

This paper details the socio-legal factors that shape the relationship between the child, the family, and the state, and the ways unaccompanied migrant children’s lives have come to be defined and contested. The legal identity of migrant children is socially situated within a history that intertwines social movements of helping professionals, legal jurisdictions characterized by increasingly intolerant approaches to juveniles, and shifts in the treatment of unauthorized migrant youth under immigration law over time. In a globalized world, this triangular relationship between children, families, and the state becomes increasingly complex and dynamic. Social policies and legal norms often lag far …

Nursing Annual Report: 2014, Centracare Health

Nursing Annual Report

Transitions of Care

Adult Bereavement Program

Neuroscience/Spine Unit Expansion

Endovascular Nursing Team in the Operating Room

Minnesota State Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Coalition

New Post Anesthesia Care Unit Leads to Enhanced Workflow