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Legacies Align With Colby’S Acquisition Of Allen And Benner Islands, Bob Keyes

Colby Magazine

The College creates a 500-acre island campus in Muscongus Bay

Colby Museum Of Art: Faith Ringgold “Story Quilt” Acquired, Bob Keyes

Colby Magazine

The Colby Museum of Art adds a coveted Faith Ringgold story quilt to its collection.

Meeting All The Challenges: These Five Colby Alumnae Are Reshaping The World Of Business, Finance, And Technology With Their Liberal Arts Education, Kayla Voigt

Colby Magazine

Five high-achieving alumnae talk about their lives, careers, and Colby.

The Greene Block + Studios: Raising The Bar Downtown

Colby Magazine

Since it opened in fall 2021, the Greene Block + Studios has contributed to the remarkable revitalization of downtown Waterville as a convening space for public events, exhibitions, and concerts.

Illuminated Histories, Laura Meader

Colby Magazine

Artist Maggie Libby ’81 unearths the hidden histories of Colby women with their portraits.

First There Was One, Christina Nunez

Colby Magazine

Colby’s first female graduate, Mary Caffrey Low, set a standard for excellence and achievement.

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Colby Magazine

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Dare Northward

Colby Magazine

The physical and mental well-being of Colby’s students is one of the College’s top priorities. Your gift through the Colby Fund directly supports services that ensure students are able to fully enjoy and be enriched by their experience on Mayflower Hill, while also building strong habits for a healthy and happy life.

Editor's Note, Bob Keyes

Colby Magazine

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Jordan Pond Houses

Colby Magazine

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Colby Pride

Colby Magazine

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Colby, Cows, And Climate Change

Colby Magazine

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From The President, David A. Greene

Colby Magazine

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Inside Front Cover

Colby Magazine

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Cover, Colby College

Colby Magazine

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Full Issue

Colby Magazine

Spring 2022, vol. 109 no. 1

Assessing Oer, Larry Sheret

West Virginia Library Association Conferences

Assessing open education resources using the 5 R's; retain, reuse, revie, remix and redistribute.

Also titled Evaluating OER.

Skin Cancer Surveillance Of Actinic Keratoses Patients In Medicare, Sanjna Tripathy, Yao Li, Madisyn L. Cox, Candice L. Hinkston, Mackenzie R. Wehner

Summer Experience 2022

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Dir Floortime Therapy, Rebecca C. Matheson

LC Journal of Special Education

DIR Floortime Therapy is a social pragmatic approach used to help children with autism develop stronger verbal and social skills. Dr. Stanley Greenspan determined there were six milestones all children must master in order to develop appropriate language and social skills. DIR Floortime Therapy engages with the child through play in order to create a naturalistic environment that helps children achieve these milestones. While the approach is not evidence based, several studies have been conducted using DIR Floortime Therapy to strengthen language and social skills in young children with autism. The majority of these studies found a greater increase in …

The Impact Of Early Childhood Education On The Phonological Awareness Development Of Young Children, Antonia M. Charles

LC Journal of Special Education

The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of curriculum and pre-school programming of an early learning center on the phonemic and phonological performance of students. This research firstly examined whether there was a significant increase in students’ phonological awareness performance after instruction. It secondly compared the performance of students identified as coming from a low income household to those who were not identified as coming from a low income households. Finally, it examined the performance of students with disabilities to their counterparts without disabilities.

Etiology Of Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asd): Familial Perceptions Versus Empirically Validated Data, Jacqueline Lubin

LC Journal of Special Education

Presently, there is desynchronization between what parents and family member perceive as causal factors and what research has proven to be possible indicators. This is of great concern because parents choose interventions based on what they perceive to be the cause of ASD (Dardennes et al., 2011). The implication of this is that parents may unintentionally opt for interventions which may be unsuitable for their child. This research paper will seek to highlight and discuss the factors that parents, family and professionals in the field perceive as causes of ASD and the factors that research have identified as triggers (or …

The Portrayal Of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities Within The Media: A Critique Of Six Films Produced Across Sixteen Years, Becca Irvine

LC Journal of Special Education

This paper will explore six films that involve individuals with developmental disabilities and gain a better grasp on the portrayal as determined through the attached tables. The films that were critiqued include Adam, Radio, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Forrest Gump, Tru Confessions, and The Ringer. These films span a total of 16 years and involve main characters and supporting characters with developmental disabilities, some played by actors who are typically developing and others played by actors with disabilities. Through careful observations, the films were reviewed for a variety of means, including social communication and interaction, behaviors, and presence in early …

Finding Oer, Larry Sheret

West Virginia Library Association Conferences

Larry Sheret speaks about finding OER materials such as in open book publishers, directory of open books and Google.

Sibling-Mediated Interventions For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asd), Jacqueline Lubin

LC Journal of Special Education

Siblings spend a significant proportion of the day with siblings with autism than do their typically developing peers. Therefore, sibling-mediated interventions should be a major part of the repertoire of interventions used to aid children with autism develop social skills. Bass and Mulick (2007) explained that using siblings as social intervention agents have several benefits, including constant practice opportunities in the natural setting, parental support and the increased probability of generalization of social skills learned. Therefore, this paper will examine validated sibling-mediated interventions and discuss their effectiveness in enhancing social competence in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Homework Problems And Remedies, Antonia M. Charles

LC Journal of Special Education

This literature review provides a summary of some of the homework problems experienced by students with learning difficulties documented in previous research. It also seeks to outline some practical suggestions which can be utilized to remediate the homework problems experienced by this group of students. Finally, this review examines the role of teachers in assisting this group of students become successful in this regard.

Phonemic Awareness: An Important Piece Of The Reading Puzzle, Brandi Booker

LC Journal of Special Education

The purpose of this paper is to provide research findings on phonemic awareness. The major topics to be discussed are assessment, strategies, and effectiveness. This paper will conclude with a discussion on the major topics and its importance for special education.

Promoting Self-Determination In Iep Meetings, Hyunjoo Lee, Hsiang-Yi Wu

LC Journal of Special Education

Promoting self-determination has been linked to the IEP process, given the focus on decision making and goal setting within such meetings. A student with a disability can take an active role in his/her meeting by leading the meeting, describing his or her information to others, self- advocating about hopes and accommodation, making choices as it pertains to future goals and transition services, and solving possible problems. The IEP meeting can be a powerful place for students with disabilities to learn and practice decision-making and other skills leading to enhanced self-determination. The purpose of this literature review is to identify the …

Promoting The Self-Determination Of Students With Severe Cognitive Disabilities, Sookyung Shin, Vera Lynne Stroup-Rentier

LC Journal of Special Education

This literature review explores five published articles focused on the promotion of self- determination of students with severe cognitive disabilities. The purpose of this literature review is to better understand the details of the interventions designed to support students with the most severe cognitive disabilities. Within this framework, data was collected to examine participants, settings, implementers, and results. All five studies reported positive outcomes for all students in the promotion of self-determination.

Choice Making And Individuals With Significant Disabilities, Jacob Wolf, Kristin Joannou

LC Journal of Special Education

This literature review addresses issues and trends pertaining to choice making for individuals with significant disabilities. The benefits and development of choice making will be addressed, followed by a summary of several barriers to choice making. The review concludes with a synthesis of strategies and interventions for increasing effective choice-making opportunities, including choice-making formats, teaching choice making, and building choice making into daily contexts.

Parent Autonomy Support For Children With Low Achievement And Disabilities, Caya Chiu, Shana Haines

LC Journal of Special Education

Only a limited amount of research focuses on building skills leading to enhanced self- determination for children with disabilities within the home environment (Abery & Stancliffe, 1996; Shogren & Turnbull, 2006), even though families play a critical role in developing the self-determination of their children (Abery & Zajac, 1996; Palmer et al., 2012). According to Shogren and Turnbull (2006), this lack of attention on developing the self-determination of children with disabilities at home, within families, “may detrimentally limit the field’s ability to support children, and families, in developing the capacity for, or for promoting, self- determination” (p. 341). Some research, …