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A Quantitative Analysis Of The Views And Perceptions Of Building Leaders On Discipline And Special Education For Urban Students, Dementred T. Young

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation involved summarizing and critically evaluating principals’ views on students who have been traumatized and the treatment these students receive as a result of these perceptions. The main focus was to ascertain whether administrators’ upbringing has a mediating effect on the treatment of students being educated in an urban community. The central question focused on the views and perceptions of building leaders raised in urban, suburban, or rural areas and the impact of their perception of urban students who have experienced trauma. Sub-questions were designed to uncover the relationship between the building administrator’s life experiences and perceptions of disciplinary …

A Phenomenological Study Of How Active Engagement In Black Greek Letter Sororities Influences Christian Members' Spiritual Growth, Lorraine Mary Aragon

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This phenomenological study explored how being part of a Black Greek Letter. Organization (BGLO) sorority impacts the spiritual growth of its Christian members. One of the issues explored was the influence relationships within these sororities have on members striving to be like Christ. There is a dichotomy of perspectives regarding Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs). They have a significant role in the Black community as organizations that foster leadership, philanthropy, and sisterhood and promote education. They are admired on and off college campuses and in the broader community in graduate chapters. The objective of phenomenology is to describe phenomena of …

United States Female Veterans’ Reintegration: Perceived Needs Of Social And Psychological Support, Lisa Marie Grazioso

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The United States military service members dedicate a period of their lives, some their entire life, to protecting and upholding the United States Constitution. While the United States military service members go through many transitions throughout their military career, all but their transition to civilian life include mentors and have a step-by-step action plan or checklist to prepare them for their next position or move. Often, female Veterans and their needs during reintegration into civilian life are overlooked. The purpose of this research study aimed to examine the relationships between perceived stress, satisfaction with life, and reintegration into civilian life …

V.Viii.A; 30-03 Exchange Program - Notes, Budgets, & Housing Information.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

Exchange Program Application Materials

Community Justice Services: Models From Around The World, Lisa Moore

Canadian Forum on Civil Justice

This document examines community justice services. It highlights approaches and models for local justice outreach and legal assistance effectuated by organizations around the world. The organizations profiled in this document all provide legal assistance in some form to underserved, underprivileged, vulnerable, and/or marginalized populations. In many cases, geographic location is an important factor determining who can access legal help, but it is not the only factor or necessarily a prerequisite. Across the diverse community justice services included in this document, legal assistance is provided virtually, in-person, by phone, or in hybrid formats to individuals living within or beyond a given …

Child Abuse In Residential Homes Of Ghana, Alyssa Minor

Ballard Brief

Children placed in residential homes in Ghana suffer from physical violence and physical neglect more often than children in family-based homes. In overcrowded residential homes, many basic needs are often not being met, and the use of physical violence is common due to inadequate funding, lack of training, lack of clear policies, and years of normalizing violent disciplinary actions. This problem of child abuse within residential homes of Ghana creates financial burdens on the country and negative psychosocial effects for children suffering from neglect or physical violence, hindering their ability to reach their full earnings potential. Very few interventions have …

Virtual Training In Child Welfare, Penny Putnam Collins

QIC-Takes

Child welfare offices and training centers had to transition their classroom instructor-led training to virtual platforms when the pandemic hit. Some training systems were already using virtual platforms or asynchronous learning tools to deliver training content, but no agency was 100% virtual pre-pandemic. The transition was sudden and there was a steep learning curve for some trainers. Changes made when the pandemic hit may now be the new normal. This QICTake highlights what our QIC-WD sites and team members experienced as child welfare agencies shifted to, and are now embracing, virtual training. What We’re Seeing Finding the Right Tools for …

#Blackatuark: Digital Counterpublic Memories Of Anti-Black Racism On Campus, T. Jake Dionne, Joe Hatfield, Gabrielle Willingham

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

After #BlackLivesMatter protests in summer 2020, many leaders in the US South reevaluated monuments dedicated to the confederate and segregation eras. Black affiliates of the University of Arkansas used the Twitter hashtag #BlackatUARK to demand the removal of memorials commemorating a segregationist senator and share their experiences of anti-Black racism on campus. We argue that #BlackatUARK provides a counterpublic memorial of campus life that opposes and transforms dominant public memories, geographies, and subjectivities. Our analysis of the hashtag expands the conceptual boundaries of the kairos/metanoia partnership to show how digital counterpublic memories gain momentum and produce tangible rhetorical effects across …

Predictive Analysis Of Misuse Of Alcohol And Drugs Using Machine Learning Algorithms: The Case Of Using An Imbalanced Dataset From South Africa, Alexander Boateng, Christopher Odoom, Eric Teye Mensah, Sarah Mensah Fobi, Daniel Maposa

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Drug and alcohol misuse has become a significant global distraction to the development of the youths and future leaders, especially in South Africa. The ideal solution to these unhealthy practices is for institutions, governments, and individuals to put preventive measures such as counselling, sanctions, and fines to help control drug and alcohol misuse. However, it is challenging to know the group of people or individuals engaged in such deteriorating activities by merely monitoring individuals physically. It makes it difficult even to plan the measures to control the issue. Therefore this paper has applied and compared six supervised machine learning algorithms …

2022 Annual Campus Safety And Fire Report, Department Of Public Safety, University Of Nebraska At Omaha And Unmc

Public Safety Reports

The 2022 Annual Campus Safety and Fire Report (ASR) includes safety and fire information for the University of Nebraska Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, including crime & fire statistics for the 2021 calendar year, and the information required by the Drug‐Free Schools and Communities Act of 1989. All data is submitted to the U.S. Department of Education according to law. The University of Nebraska Department of Public Safety’s (UNDPS) provides services to the University campus community 24‐hours a day. Please call 402.554.2648 for information regarding any service offered by the UNDPS. The University of Nebraska shall not …

Affective Depression Mediates Ptsd To Suicide In A Sample Of Treatment-Seeking First Responders, James Whitworth, Jeanine Galusha, Jose Carbajal, Warren Ponder, Donna Schuman

Faculty Publications

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the associations of comorbid

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), affective or somatic depression, and

suicide among first responders (FRs). Method: We used baseline data from

FRs (N = 232) who sought services at a nonprofit mental health agency specializing

in treating trauma exposed FRs. We conducted two PROCESS simple

mediation models with PTSD as the predictor, affective depression and somatic

depression as the mediators, and suicidality as the dependent variable.

Results: Affective depression significantly mediated the relationship between

PTSD and suicidality, whereas somatic depression did not. The direct effect …

V.I.A; 16-10 Swrk 222 - Fall 2010 Instructor Materials I.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

SWRK 222 - Fall 2010 Instructor Materials I

V.I.B; 18-07 Swrk 405 - Overheads Binder 2003 - Second Of Two.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

SWRK 405 - Overheads Binder 2003 - Second of two

V.I.A; 16-12 Swrk 222 Fall 2010 - General Class Materials.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

SWRK 222 Fall 2010 - General Class Materials

V.I.B; 18-09 Swrk 405 Course Reading Fall 2004.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

SWRK 405 Course Reading Fall 2004

V.I.A; 16-08 Swrk 222 - Final Exam Key.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

SWRK 222 - Final Exam Key

V.I.B; 18-10 Swrk 405 - Course Pack.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

SWRK 405 - Course Pack

V.I.B; 17-06 Swrk 405 - Sample Paper Violence Against Women Act Of 1994 An Analysis.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

SWRK 405 - Sample Paper Violence Against Women Act of 1994 An Analysis

V.I.A; 17-04 Emu Swrk 254 - Syllabus, Quizzes, And Other Materials Fall 1999.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

EMU SWRK 254 - Syllabus, Quizzes, and Other Materials Fall 1999

Honors Oracle, March 2023, Marshall University Honors College

Honors Oracle

Marshall University’s Honors College newsletter.

Incorporating Cultural Healing Practices Into Mental Health Care, Maria Jeremiason, Hailey Wilhelm, Yuriana Soto, Erin Sudbeck

Master of Social Work Student Policy Advocacy Briefs

Minnesota approaches mental health based on Western cultural traditions. This approach does not encompass the traditions of multicultural communities, many of whom have experienced deep generational trauma, oppression, and discrimination. We must address our treatment of people living with mental illness by incorporating and expanding holistic cultural traditions rooted in the cultural traditions of all Minnesotans. This will include honoring the work of cultural healers, cultural brokers, elders, and community health workers within all communities.

Expanding Full-Service Community Schools In Minnesota, Angela Dabu, Kaylee Olson, Allie Paulson, Kaylee Warner

Master of Social Work Student Policy Advocacy Briefs

While many students across Minnesota (MN) receive an excellent education, too often disenfranchised children and children from under-resourced families do not obtain the same educational benefits and outcomes as their peers. Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) offer a better path to equity and excellence by welcoming community agencies as partners in school improvement by bringing community services into the school and empowering the people closest to students to examine disparities and target racial and economic opportunity gaps. Building on the success of the FSCS model, Minnesota legislators are proposing a $90,000,000 allocation to support and expand FSCS throughout the state. With …

You Betcha We Want Mn Paid Family Medical Leave!, Julie Bishop, Crystal Haugen, Alicia Nelson, Cassandra Rigdon

Master of Social Work Student Policy Advocacy Briefs

Minnesota workers deserve a paid family and medical leave policy that strengthens families, increases employee productivity, and builds better communities for all. Current family and medical leave policy in Minnesota disproportionately negatively affects workers in lower-income careers (Minnesotans for Paid Family & Medical Leave, 2023). Rural communities also experience disproportionate negative impacts from current family and medical leave policy due to their proportionately older populations and higher rates of residents with disabilities that — when combined with geographic complicating factors such as distance from medical care, shortages in eldercare and childcare providers, and limited long-term care options — force residents …

College Administrator Experiences: A Phenomenological Study Of Higher Education Leadership In American Prisons, Donavan Bailey

Education Doctorate Dissertations

Higher education for the incarcerated (HEP) is a re-energized phenomenon in the age of criminal justice reform and social change. Following the 2015 Second Chance Pell Grant Experimental Initiative (SCP), which granted select colleges tuition funding for prisoners, HEP grew exponentially. The successes of the SCP laid the groundwork for the 2020 FASFA Simplification Act. In July 2023 the 2020 FSA begins, and all those imprisoned within America may access Pell Grant Funds for higher education. Despite momentous efforts to bring higher education to the incarcerated, HEP grapples with continued challenges and lacks unified, evidence-based competency equal to normative higher …

Financial Well-Being And Financial Capability Among Low-Income Entrepreneurs, Baorong Guo, Jin Huang

Social Work Faculty Works

Financial well-being is a key component of quality of life and overall well-being and is likely to affect other aspects of quality of life, such as health and health care. The COVID-19 pandemic presents an immense crisis of financial well-being among low-income entrepreneurs and has left many small-scale entrepreneurs financially fragile. We argue that promoting the financial capability of low-income entrepreneurs is effective in protecting their financial well-being from a crisis. To examine the association between financial capability and the financial well-being of low-income entrepreneurs, we use the 2016 National Financial Well-Being Survey, which provides the latest and comprehensive measurement …

Mindfulness Strength Coaching To Combat Acute Anxiety In Veterans 25-45 Years Of Age, Lora Barocio

Cohort XI

EPVAHCS health care teams consist of various medical professionals that are highly experienced and place focus on the needs of veterans and those caring for them. There are currently 7 locations in the El Paso/Las Cruces area and there are still plans to expand in years to come. They provide quality evidence-based health care to thousands of qualified veterans. VA health care has evolved tremendously over the past few years. VA has greatly improved by translation of the knowledge into a patient centered practice and resulting in improved veteran outcomes. Since working at one of these locations for over 8 …

V.I.B; 19-06 The New York Times Magazine.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

SWRK 405 - Syllabus, Handouts & Quiz Summer 2006

V.I.B; 18-05 Swrk 405 Course Pack Winter 2003.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

SWRK 405 Course Pack Winter 2003

V.I.B; 17-12 Emu - Swrk 405 Section 1, Winter 1999; Student Quizzes.Pdf, Betty L. Brown-Chappell Phd

Program and Teaching Materials [Series V]

EMU - SWRK 405 Section 1, Winter 1999; Student Quizzes