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I Am Ready For College. Are You Ready For Me?: Investing In Inclusive Higher Education For Young Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities In Minnesota, Travis Bowen, Lindsey Morrison, Janessa Jandt, Claire Ziegler

Master of Social Work Student Policy Advocacy Briefs

Minnesota has made a nominal investment in the education of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) beyond high school. Young adults with IDD face many barriers to access and enrollment in Minnesota inclusive postsecondary education (PSE). Barriers include a lack of postsecondary education options, a limited capacity in Minnesota's three existing Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary programs (CTPs), and unclear available funding options. Young adults with IDD deserve the same opportunity to pursue postsecondary education in Minnesota as their peers, particularly in our public higher education institutions. The Minnesota State system must include adults with IDD in their 2020-2023 Equity …

Investing In A Culturally Diverse Mental Health Workforce In Minnesota, Emma Fuhrman, Teia Kopari, Cody Reinke, Josie Schultz

Master of Social Work Student Policy Advocacy Briefs

Minnesota’s mental health workforce lacks in both cultural diversity and cultural responsiveness. Each is critical for providing equitable mental health care to Minnesota's increasingly diverse population. Without ensuring that Minnesota’s mental health workforce is culturally diverse, culturally responsive mental health care for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) will not be attainable. Minnesota must broaden, strengthen, and create structures to support a racially and ethnically diverse mental health workforce.

Teaching Mindfulness In High School Settings, Gena Roisum

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Roisum, G. (2021). Teaching Mindfulness in High School Settings. This capstone project addresses the following research question: How can engaging in mindfulness lessons impact high school student and educator stress levels? Research suggests that mindfulness practice is linked to, among other benefits, statistically significant decreases in student and teacher stress in diverse educational settings. The mindfulness curriculum created for this project is intended for implementation in high school settings, including content area classrooms, case management settings, and other educational programs. Key concepts include stress, trauma, and mental health; mindfulness; social-emotional learning (SEL); and teacher self-efficacy. The lessons are trauma-informed in …

April 2021 Faculty Senate Packet, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Packets

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Does Frequency Or Amount Matter? Testing The Perceptions Of Four Universal Basic Income Proposals, Leah Hamilton, Mathieu Despard, Stephen Roll, Dylan Bellisle, Christian A. Hall, Allison Wright

Social Policy Institute Research

The concept of universal basic income (UBI) first gained traction in the United States in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and again recently due to the 2008 recession and COVID-19 pandemic. Still, the idea lags in popularity in comparison to existing cash transfer policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit and COVID relief packages. We hypothesize that this disparity is related to predicted uses of a UBI in comparison annual or lump sum cash programs. In this survey of 837 American Amazon MTurk workers, we explore whether predicted behavioral responses to four randomly assigned hypothetical cash transfer scenarios vary across …

An Investigation Of Age-Friendly Cities In The United States, Trevor Sherman

Honors Projects

The population is aging at an unprecedented rate worldwide, especially in the United States. This will put increased strain on fundamental parts of society such as health care and social safety nets. Thus, changes will need to be made to existing structures to accommodate the demographic shift while also meeting the needs of an aging population. Cities worldwide have already started age-friendly initiatives in partnership with the World Health Organization in effort t o make their city more accessible for all ages. The purpose of this study was to explore age-friendly initiatives in the United States and to learn more …

Understanding The Women In Science And Engineering Living Learning Community From The Inside Out: A Look At The Student’S Perspective Of Wants And Needs For The Program, Katie Gialloreti

Honors Projects

Living Learning Communities (LLCs) are used by universities and colleges to encourage collective learning and improve long-term retention in underrepresented populations. Through qualitative interviewing and surveys, this study looks to examine the resources members utilize and value within GVSU's Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) LLC. Furthermore, this study explores the motivations for joining and the impacts of participating in WISE. This study found that social and academic resources were the most valued in this community. Also, it provides insight into some challenges members face as undergraduate students and as women in STEM majors. Additionally, it gives understanding into the …

Compassion Fatigue In Students Completing Fieldwork, Darcy Walker

Honors Projects

This project was completed for students who are entering or actively completing fieldwork in the helping professions. It includes a pamphlet, annotated bibliography, and reflective essay. The pamphlet includes information on the signs of secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue, as well as ways to prevent and combat them. The annotated bibliography summarizes and analyzes the importance of the sources used to complete the pamphlet. The reflective essay is an honest account of the author's own struggles with secondary traumatic stress and burnout, and the process of combating them while simultaneously completing this project.

Medicine And The Holocaust 2020-2021: A Book Of Prayer And Reflections, Hannah L. Carson

Physicians and the Holocaust Student Books

A book of prayer and reflections written for Medicine and the Holocaust course.

Flight Magazine, Spring 2021, Wright State Student Body

Flight Magazine

Flight Magazine is published by the Wright State Guardian Media Group and focuses on happenings in Dayton, the Miami Valley, and the world that effect the Wright State student body. Topics featured in this issue include the faculty strike, human trafficking, and COVID-19.

Columns Spring 2021, Southern Adventist University

Alumni Newsletter

Features the article "Giving Their All". Danae (Bland) Netteburg, ’02, MD, and her husband, Olen—also a medical doctor—have never made it their goal to earn praise or set records. Instead, dedicated to following God’s path for their lives, they have an internal drive to give their all, no matter if they are serving in the mission field or hiking the Appalachian Trail. Other articles discuss Southern student's outdoor adventures and the legacy of Dr. David Smith.

Mindfulness Training In Mitigating Implicit Bias: Improving Cultural Competency For Nurses Caring For Lgbt Individuals, Daniel Terrell, Msn, Rn, Fnp-Bc

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background: Equitable care remains a goal of the United States healthcare system, with cultural competency training used as one intervention to mitigate disparities. Cultural competency education is primarily based on racial and ethnic differences, often omitting other marginalized groups. Implicit bias consequences are not addressed in such training programs despite the association with health outcome disparities. Research related to implicit bias has demonstrated the ability to promote malleability in implicit associations.

Objectives: This project assessed a mindfulness meditation exercise intervention on nursing awareness in interacting with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients. Additionally, an LGBT health education module that …

Adoption Of Evidence-Based Practices In Stroke Transitions Of Care, Sabena Passarello, Rn, Msn, Fnp-Bc

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background: Stroke is a leading cause of mortality in the U.S. Individuals who suffer from stroke or transient ischemic attack are at risk for further cerebrovascular events. Prevention requires thorough diagnostic evaluation and care coordination, particularly from inpatient to outpatient settings. Transition of Care programs are effective methods for developing long-term treatment, establishing follow-up, and preventing further complications.

Aims/Objectives: The project purpose was to integrate evidence-based recommendations into a Transitions of Care program for patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. The aims were to evaluate whether implementation of Stroke Transitions of Care improved outpatient follow-up and stroke readmission …

Externships' Role In Training Practice-Ready Lawyers, Robert E. Kaplan

Popular Media

No abstract provided.

Addressing Social Determinants Of Health In Community-Based Palliative Care, Mary D. Chenge

Doctoral Projects

Background and Objectives: Addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) in the medical community has recently started; however, there is yet to be a standardized format for addressing the social needs of patients. Consequently, a protocol was developed to address SDOH to increase screening rates, social work referrals, and capture depression reimbursement.

Methods: The quality improvement project was implemented using the Plan-Do-Study-Act framework at an urban Community-Based Palliative Care organization in the Midwestern United States. Participants included office staff and 140 patients (two separate sets of 70 randomly selected patients pre/post-implementation). A protocol was developed for screening 11 SDOH using an …

Sickle Cell Disease: Development Of An Acute Pain Management Program In A Hematology/Oncology Practice, Elizabeth Pohl

Doctoral Projects

Background: Patients with sickle cell disease experience can experience acute episodes of severe pain that require prompt pain medication. Treating uncomplicated, acute sickle cell disease pain in the emergency department setting has been shown to be costly and lead to higher rates of hospitalization than similar care in a dedicated outpatient setting.

Objectives: The aim of this article is to outline the program development efforts undertaken to apply current literature findings and evidence-based practice guidelines to create a program development toolkit and business plan for a sickle cell disease acute pain management program in an outpatient hematology practice.

Methods: A …

Improving Adolescent Risk Assessment And Provider Follow-Up In Primary Care, Darby R. Disselkoen

Doctoral Projects

Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to improve preventive care for adolescent patients by implementing standardized, routine screening for risk-taking behaviors and improving provider response to identified risks using the Rapid Assessment for Adolescent Preventive Services tool and resources for providers to reference during discussions about risk.

Methods: Quality improvement methodology was utilized at a midwestern pediatric primary care office to implement a practice workflow for staff to follow during annual, adolescent wellchild exams beginning at age thirteen.

Results: Analysis of project results demonstrated a significant increase in routine screening for adolescent risk behaviors compared to the …

Stress Management For Student-Athletes: Stress Levels And Mitigation Strategies For Athletes And Coaches At A Faith-Based University, Caleb Herman

Master of Education Program Theses

Research demonstrates that college is a stressful time of life, especially for student-athletes who are involved in both athletics and academics (Lopes Dos Santos et al., 2020). While research exists that proposes strategies for helping either students or athletes cope with the stress that they face, very little research specifically addresses the needs of student-athletes. The purpose of this study was to determine effective ways in which coaches can mitigate stress for student-athletes at faith-based universities. Through a measurement of the anxiety and depression levels that student-athletes at Dordt University experience, correlations were made between exhaustion levels, a reduced sense …

Reentry As Experienced By Women In Jail: Advocating For Change, Robert A. Dobmeier, Swaroop Kumar Korni, Claudette Brown-Smythe, Rafael L. Outland, Patricia Williams-Mcgahee, Anna N. Ladelfa, Joanna White

Adultspan Journal

No abstract provided.

The Politics Of The Hero's Journey: A Narratology Of American Special Education Textbooks, Elise Assaf, Jennifer James, Scot Danforth

Education Faculty Articles and Research

This paper explores introduction to special education textbooks in order to illuminate how they portray the social and political work of special educators, especially in relation to disabled students and adults. This study analyzed five leading special education textbooks used in university teacher education programs using traditional methods of discourse analysis, including line-by-line coding and language-in-use with valuation. The analysis and coding tracked story plot components and characters associated with five phases evident in the narrative structure of a hero's journey: (1) the call to adventure, (2) supernatural aid, (3) threshold guardians, (4) trials and tribulations, and (5) the return. …

Otterbein Aegis Spring 2021, Otterbein Aegis

Aegis: The Otterbein Humanities Journal

Contents: Editors' Introduction, Editorial Board Members, COVID-19 as the Collapse of Capitalism: A Socio-Political Marxist Analysis of the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Future, Going Out in Style: How Stylistics Can Disrupt the Problematic Literary Canon, Ideal Kingship: How Christianity Was Seen as an Important Instrument to Authoritarian Rule in the Frankish Empire, Masochism and Sinthomsexuality: Caleb and Ava's Relationship in Alex Garland's Ex Machina, Notes on Melodrama: Women, Madness, and the Oppression of the Patriarchy, The Differing Moralities of the Renaissance Play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus and the Medieval Morality Play Everyman, The Dissolute Punished: An Overview of Mozart's …

2021 April, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for April of 2021.

Archeota, Spring/Summer 2021, Kelli K. Roisman, Alyssa Key, Christine Mahoney, Alison Quirion, Sara Wang, Samantha Hamilton

Archeota

Archeota is a platform for SJSU iSchool students to contribute to the archival conversation. It is written BY students, FOR students. It provides substantive content on archival concerns and issues, and promotes professional development in the field of archival studies. Archeota upholds the core values of the archival profession.

“Documenting a Nation in Crisis: Rapid Response Collecting in the Wake of the Capitol Riot” by Kelli Roisman

“Review of Survival Mode:
 SJSU Responds to Historic Crises” by Sara Wang

“Reflections on the Roles of Archivists: Collectors, Storytellers, Gatekeepers, and Changemakers” by Alyssa Key

“What is an NFT 
and Why Should …

Edl805 Program Design And Evaluation Syllabus, Harriet Fayne

Open Educational Resources

Emphasis on research designs (theoretical and applied); needs assessment; data collection and analyses techniques; program development and review; grant proposals/funding; research reports; and continuous improvement through feedback loops.

Occupational Therapy In Youth Violence: An Occupation-Based Program For At-Risk Youth, Jasmine Shahin

Student Capstone Papers

Throughout the years, youth participating in violence has become an increased concern around the nation as there is an increase in media outlets displaying tragedies, such as mass school shootings caused by students. The at-risk youth population is a specific population disadvantaged in engaging in safe and health-promoting activities due to limited resources or opportunities. As a result, at-risk youth make decisions based on their disadvantaged environment (Farajzadegan et al., 2018; Gallagher et al., 2015a). Factors including socioeconomic status, social support from family or friends, and mental health impact an individual’s opinions, attitudes, and interests as well as their occupational …

Culturally Diverse Student Engagement And Professional Development Needs Of Undergraduate Faculty: A Qualitative Case Study, Christina R. Luther

Doctor of Education (Ed.D)

This qualitative single-site case study explored how undergraduate faculty members engaged culturally diverse students and determined the professional development needs of those faculty members to engage culturally diverse student populations. Exploring culturally sensitive practices will enable faculty members of institutions of higher education (IHEs) to engage diverse student populations. Determining the professional development needs of IHEs faculty members will assist IHEs’professional developers to implement training that will enhance the engagement of culturally diverse student populations. Qualitative data were collected through interviews from five undergraduate education faculty members at an institution of higher education (IHE) in the southeastern region of the …

A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Of The 22-Item Empathy Assessment Index, Kelly L. Hoskins

Doctor of Education (Ed.D)

The Empathy Assessment Index (EAI), an instrument based on the social cognitive neuroscience conceptualization of empathy, is a measure of interpersonal empathy with five components: affective response, self-other awareness, perspective taking, affective mentalizing, and emotion regulation. However, the most recently added component, affective mentalizing, has demonstrated high correlations with perspective taking. The high correlations may indicate a lack of discriminant validity within the index. This non-experimental, quantitative, and cross-sectional study aimed to determine whether the factor structure of the 22-Item EAI is a correlated five-component model. A snowball sample of 929 community members completed the 22-Item EAI as an online …

Public Speaking As Advocacy: Formulating Your Group Advocacy Presentation, Dawn Daniels

Open Educational Resources

The slide presentation guides the students in presenting their final assignment to their classmates. The purpose of this lecture and assignment is to prepare them for advocacy work on behalf of marginalized and oppressed populations.

Panorama Spring 2021, Southern Adventist University

Panorama Parent Newsletter

This print issue of Panorama includes information on Southern Adventist University's incoming president and information on May's graduation ceremonies.

Utrgv Commencement – Spring 2021, The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley

UTRGV Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.