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Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, December 14, 2020, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC monthly report
• HR 385 Code Change
• Council on Teacher Education Annual Report
• Scholarship Advisory Board Annual Report
• USUSA Annual Report
• 404.3.6 Code
• Ombudsperson Report
• USU Promotion and Tenure Process Survey
• Dixie State Resolution

An Education Program For Novice Nurses To Increase Case Management Knowledge, Emily Trefethen

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Problem: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease where the heart cannot deliver an adequate amount of blood that the body requires. HF is one of the costliest cardiovascular diseases plaguing public health in the United States (Go et al., 2014). HF is the main reason for hospitalizations in adults and a leading contributor to the rise in healthcare costs. Approximately 25% of Medicare patients are readmitted within 30-days of discharge (Go et al., 2013). To address excessive hospital readmissions, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2019) initiated the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in October 2012 to reduce Medicare …

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, December 11, 2020

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on December 11, 2020

Stop The Madness! An Examination Of Mental Health Stigma And Proposal To Implement Widespread Efforts For Its Reduction, Karon Donahue

Research Papers

Many people in the United States are affected by mental health conditions. Mental health stigma is a social problem characterized by negative representation in the media, numerous barriers to obtaining treatment, and feelings of shame for those affected by a mental health disorder. While there is evidence of positive outcomes to some anti-stigma campaigns, there has been a failure for these programs to become widespread, covering all parts of American society. This paper has been created to present recommendations for widespread initiatives at the federal and state level. Recommendations for training and sensitivity programs targeting places of employment and schools, …

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, December 3, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Subcommittee Reports

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Other Business

• Curriculog New Course Justification Language
• Curriculog R401 Full Template Language

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, December 3, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Approval of 5 November 2020 Minutes

Program Proposals

• Offer an Associates of Arts in Theatre.
• Create an Institutional Certificate of Proficiency in the area of small firm management.
• Change the name of the minor to be more reflective of the course emphasis and to be more in line with the emphasis that students in the minor.
• Modify the name of the existing degree program in the Management Information Systems and to require that students complete an approved emphasis within the degree program.
• Establish an emphasis in Cybersecurity within the IS undergraduate degree program.
• Establish an emphasis in Data Engineering within …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, December 3, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Approval of 5 November 2020 Minutes

Program Proposals

• Offer an Associates of Arts in Theatre.
• Create an Institutional Certificate of Proficiency in the area of small firm management.
• Change the name of the minor to be more reflective of the course emphasis and to be more in line with the emphasis that students in the minor.
• Modify the name of the existing degree program in the Management Information Systems and to require that students complete an approved emphasis within the degree program.
• Establish an emphasis in Cybersecurity within the IS undergraduate degree program.
• Establish an emphasis in Data Engineering within …

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, December 3, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Subcommittee Reports

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Other Business

• Curriculog Justification Language

An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Behavioral Skills Training On A Mindfulness-Based Protocol, Chealsy Darby

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This evaluation examined the effects of behavioral skills training on the correct implementation of a mindfulness-based protocol by direct support staff who provide services to adults with intellectual disabilities in a community, residential setting. Participants included two direct support staff who provide services to two different adults with intellectual disabilities who have a mindfulness-based protocol as an intervention for problem behavior described in their behavior support plan. The participants were exposed to a behavioral skills training package and were required to demonstrate mastery criteria of the mindfulness-based protocol as part of their regular job duties. The results of this evaluation …

College Students' And Educators' Attitudes Toward Offenders With Mental Illness, Sulema Perales

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to examine college students’ and college educators’ attitudes toward offenders with mental illness (MI). A non-experimental, exploratory research design was used to measure the following variables: demographics characteristics, academic major/teaching discipline, and personal relationships with offenders. Correlational and regression analyses and a one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the data for 349 college students and 35 college educator participants. The results of the study showed there was a significant relationship between college students’ attitudes toward offenders with MI and students’ academic major. The results also showed significant relationships between college students’ …

Perceptions Of Consulting In Inclusive Preschool Classrooms, Natalie E. Forsythe

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Consulting is a method of delivering special education services in inclusive preschool classrooms (consisting of both students with disabilities and typically developing peers) where special education teachers and related service providers (consultants) visit the classroom and support general education preschool teachers (consultees) in implementing special education services and accommodations. This thesis examined the results of a survey gathering perspectives of both consultants and consultees on the definition of the consulting role and factors in building positive consulting relationships. Providers from both groups who responded to this survey defined the consultant role as working with both students and consultees, but primarily …

Language Deprivation Is A Game Changer For The Clinical Specialty Of Deaf Mental Health, Neil S. Glickman, Charlene Crump, Steve Hamerdinger

JADARA

In this paper, the medical, social and historical forces resulting in much smaller numbers of deaf children having quality access to natural sign languages are presented. These forces mean that people who work in the clinical specialty of Deaf mental health are seeing more clients with atypical or dysfluent sign language. An historical overview of the development of this clinical specialty is outlined, followed by a discussion of how the problem of language deprivation is a “game changer” for the work of mental health clinicians, interpreters, communication assessors, and administrators of Deaf mental health services. Special attention is given to …

Psychologists' Use Of Touch In Individual Psychotherapy With Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Clients, Caroline M. Kobek Pezzarossi Ph.D, Irene W. Leigh Ph.D, Daniel S. Koo Ph.D

JADARA

The use of touch in psychotherapy is a topic often undiscussed in graduate training programs. Stenzel and Rupert’s 2004 study showed that nearly 90% of clinicians never or rarely offered touch to clients during a session. This study examined the use of touch in a psychotherapeutic setting with culturally Deaf clients, since touch is a culturally accepted, even expected, practice. Results indicated that there was no statistically significant difference among culturally Deaf therapists compared with the Stenzel and Rupert’s (2004) findings, but there is a statistically significant difference in those who identify as hearing and work with culturally Deaf clients. …

Transformative Learning: An Approach To Understand Participatory Action Research, Roshani Rajbanshi, Bal Chandra Luitel

Transformations

Transformative learning is to observe one’s experience that makes one conscious of one’s knowledge and one’s changing view in the learning community. This paper presents reflection on transformation in learning both the theory and practice of participatory action research as experienced through field visits and interacting with the participants. Critical reflective journal entries and discussions on workshops provided source of data. The purpose of this paper is to provide understanding of participatory action research from traditional conventional research and how reflection helped unfold the ideologies of participatory action research. Following the cycle of participatory action research, authors explored the need …

Winter 2020

Transformations

No abstract provided.

Social Presence In Online Counselor Education, Courtney M. Holmes, Christine Reid, Carolyn Hawley, Christopher Wagner

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Outcome research in online counselor education is lacking as is the focus on online teaching andragogy. To address this gap, the Community of Inquiry framework and social presence are discussed within the context of online learning in a counselor education program. Data were collected in a counselor education program in the mid-Atlantic comparing online and on-campus learning outcomes and perceptions of social presence in the classroom. On-campus learners had significantly higher perceptions of social presence when compared with online learners, although perceived level of social presence was not correlated with learning outcomes. Implications for counselor education are discussed.

Perceived Tenure Standards, Scholarly Productivity, And Workloads Of Counselor Educators At Comprehensive Universities, Gregory T. Hatchett

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

This article describes the results of a survey that inquired about the tenure standards, scholarly productivity, and workloads of counselor educators (N = 168) employed at comprehensive colleges and universities. The results from this study describe the respondents’ perceptions of the tenure process and their preparation for faculty positions at comprehensive universities, along with additional data on their general workloads, teaching schedules, scholarly productivity, participation in outside professional activities, and financial remuneration. Implications for counselor education and the tenure and promotion process are discussed.

Counselor Preparation In Crisis, Trauma, Grief, And Neurocounseling, Karlesia T. Montague, Katie Christensen, Susan Furr

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Crisis, trauma, and grief are common themes in counseling while neurocounseling is a relatively new term that has increased presence in counseling. However, little is known about the current status of CACREP programs offering courses directly preparing counselors to address these concerns. This descriptive study analyzed CACREP programs (N = 392) to determine how many counselor education programs offered courses in each special topic. Results indicated that programs offered crisis courses at the highest rate (62.2%) compared to trauma (41%), grief (21.2%), and neurocounseling (5.1%). These results examined program offerings immediately following the CACREP 2016 Standards revisions and may …

Life Satisfaction And Its Relationship To Self Determination Skills And Hope In Adolescents With Disabilities In Jordan, Amal Abudaoud, Jamal Al Khateeb

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between life satisfaction, hope and self-determination in adolescents with disabilities. Ninety students participated in this study. Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale, The Arc’s Self-Determination Scale, and The Children’s Hope Scale were used to collect data. The data were analyzed using mean scores, standard deviations, and Pearson correlation coefficient. The study indicated strong correlations between self-determination, hope and life satisfaction in adolescents with disabilities. Based on these results, the study recommended some recommendations as: 1. The needs for further research and studies different types of disabilities. 2. The research is needed to …

"Relentless": The Social Identity Of Chronic Illness And Disability, Mary Boujaoude

Honors Theses

Despite the steady growth of rights and acceptance of people from other minority groups, the significance of the issues faced by people with chronic illnesses and disabilities has not enjoyed the same public endorsement. This population has experienced disproportionate disadvantages that have prohibited them from realizing their full potential as active members of society. Much of the scholarship in the area of Disability Studies and research into the social issues faced by people with chronic illnesses and disability is academic in nature, while most advocacy work is non-academic in nature. Relentless is a book of essays that blends personal narrative …

The Level Of Job Satisfaction And The Ability To Psychosocial Adjustment For Workers Special Needs In The Irbid Governorate In View Of Some Variables, Mahdi Rababa'h, Seiaeh Alshamaly

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study aimed to detect the level of job satisfaction and psychological and social adjustment among a sample of workers special needs in the Irbid governorate, the sample consisted of 236 male and female. The results indicated that level of job satisfaction and its dimensions were in come moderately except the relationship with co-worker’s dimension came highly. The psychosocial adjustment level and its dimensions in come moderately with the exception of the social dimension came highly. The results showed a statistically significant due to the variable-gender job satisfaction and psychosocial adjustment scales differences in favor of females, and there were …

University Students’ Attitudes Toward The Physically Disabled In Palestine And Norway: A Multidimensional, Comparative And Quantitative Study, Erni Gustafsson, Nabil Alawi, Er Normann Andersen

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The aim of this study is to investigate students’ attitudes toward disabled people in Palestine as compared to the attitudes of their peers in Norway. The instrument used is the Multidimensional Attitudes Scale toward Persons with Disability (MAS); a self-report multidimensional inventory consisting of 34 items, that measures affects, cognition, and behavior toward the physically disabled people. A total of 100 students from Palestine participated in this study, in addition to a comparison group of 104 students from Norway. Despite the researchers’ impression that the Palestinian society is ridden with some prejudices concerning various forms of disability and that many …

The Effectiveness Of Discrimination Model In Supervision In Improving Self - Efficacy Among Teacher Counselors At Unrwa Schools, Wafa' Sarhan

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of discrimination model in supervision in improving self-efficacy among teacher counselors of UNRWA schools, thirty male and female teacher counselors from south Amman area were assigned to two groups as follows: -The experimental group consisted of fifteen teacher counselors participated in the supervisory program based d aimed at enhancing teacher counselor's self-efficacy. The program consisted of fourteen sessions with two hours for each session, the control group consisted of fifteen teacher counselors, who were not exposed to the program. - Self- Efficacy Scale was developed and used after establishing its …

Suicide Prevention In Early Childhood, Terry Coniglio-Mcquay

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Students Becoming Supervisors: Student Transformation During A Cross-National, Collaborative Community Engineering Project, Alessandra Napoli, Kevin Nyaga, Dhinesh Radhakrishnan, Jennifer J. Deboer

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

The Tumaini Innovation Center in Eldoret, Kenya, is an alternative primary and vocational school for former "street youth." The DeBoer Lab at Purdue has partnered with Tumaini for the last five years to develop and support integrated engineering activities for the students, which apply their learning to solve problems in their own communities. A Purdue Service Learning Grant project started in November 2018 resulted in the construction of a community gym at Tumaini. A low-cost custom made gym was designed by a team of doctoral and undergraduate students at Purdue in collaboration with Tumaini. In addition to the design and …

Using The Integrated Developmental Model Of Supervision In A Vocational Counseling Setting, Viviana Garza

School of Rehabilitation Services & Counseling Faculty Publications

This paper proposes a concept of supervision at a vocational counseling setting. Using the Integrated Developmental Model with triadic supervision for trainees employed at YGS Placement Service agency will facilitate client welfare and counselor in training development. Along with supervision comes evaluating and assessing trainees' competence. Using the Counseling Competency Scale, the Supervisee Levels Questionnaire-Revised, and reflective journaling will benefit the supervision experience. Determining the level of development of trainees using the integrated development model is the first step to organize and plan the supervision meetings.

Building The Plane While Flying It: School And College Policy Responses To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Olivia M. Boggs, Brittany Bellamy, Julie Eavenson, Tiffany Mcbride

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

The quandary of how to deliver quality instruction in the midst of a virulent and unabated pandemic for which there are no medications or vaccination is the greatest educational dilemma of our age. Using modified interpretive policy analysis (IPA), the paper reports the results of a study that examined the challenges, responsiveness, and efficacy of policies initiated during the early outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in three sectors of the education community: (1) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), (2) public schools offering services to disabled students, and (3) research universities in four geographic locations. Specific attention is given to …

Proposing An Engineering Gendered Racial Microaggression Scale, Arielle True-Funk, Cristina Poleacovschi, Gloria Jones-Johnson, Scott Grant Feinstein, Meghan Berger

ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference 2020 Publications

Background Minorities in engineering regularly experience negative statements or behaviors of others that disparage them due to their gender, race, ethnicity, or other identity. Students from engineering have cited these persistent subtle negative statements and behaviors, or microaggressions, as reasons for considering leaving engineering programs or the university entirely. Previous measures of microaggressions have not been designed to capture the unique experiences of minorities within the engineering environment.
Purpose This research differs from previous work because it incorporates an intersectional perspective by acknowledging microaggressions are not experienced universally for individuals within all groups or institutions (Crenshaw et al. 1993; Wilkins …

Encounters Between The Elderly And Law Enforcement: An Overview Of Mental Illness, Addictions, Victims And Criminals

Contemporary Southern Psychology

Abstract

The elderly population is growing dramatically throughout the world. Out of this growth comes an increase in the number of encounters between the aged and law enforcement. These encounters occur because of a variety of factors including mental illnesses and addictions. Furthermore, older adults may be victims as evidenced in different forms of abuse such as physical, emotional, or financial abuse. Sadly, some documentation exists that older adults are committing more crimes. Multiple reasons have been postulated for these crimes including poverty, jealousy, and boredom. All of these different situations with the aged have created an increase in the …

Perceptions Of Recovery While Delivering Medicaid Covered Rehabilitation Services, Zakia Clay, Anthony Zazzarino, Emilie Banz, Ann Reilly

Journal of Human Services: Training, Research, and Practice

Many states have shifted to Medicaid reimbursement methods to cover behavioral health services. In doing so, state mental health authorities have incorporated the concept of recovery into mental health policy. Thus, gaining a better understanding of practitioners’ perceptions of recovery in a new fiscal environment is warranted. This qualitative study explores how New Jersey practitioners transitioning to a new state-wide Medicaid payment structure perceive recovery from mental illness. Four themes emerged following a thematic analysis. Future studies that explore perspectives of individuals receiving services could provide useful information for policy makers, agencies, and community stakeholders.