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Occupational Therapists' Attitudes Toward Family-Centered Care, Elise M. Bloch Jul 2004

Occupational Therapists' Attitudes Toward Family-Centered Care, Elise M. Bloch

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine pediatric occupational therapists attitudes towards family-centered care. Specific attributes identified by the literature (professional characteristics, educational experiences and organizational culture) were investigated to determine their influence on these attitudes. Study participants were 250 pediatric occupational therapists who were randomly selected from the American Occupational Therapy Association special interest sections.

Participants received a mail packet with three instruments to complete and mail back within 2 weeks. The instruments were (a) the Professional Attitude Scale (b) the Professional Characteristics Questionnaire, and (c) the Family-Centered Program Rating Scale. There was a 50% return rate. Data …


Access To Training For Mature Workers Through One-Stop Career Centers In Massachusetts, Francis G. Caro, Kelly Fitzgerald Jul 2004

Access To Training For Mature Workers Through One-Stop Career Centers In Massachusetts, Francis G. Caro, Kelly Fitzgerald

Gerontology Institute Publications

The major purpose of this research is to determine the extent to which career centers in Massachusetts are providing mature workers with access to federally funded training. The research is based on two large administrative data sources: The MOSES database made available by the Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training (now Division of Career Services and Division of Unemployment) and a customer service database maintained by The Career Place, a career center in Woburn, MA. The MOSES data file provided for this research includes data on user characteristics and service transactions for all career centers in Massachusetts from July 1, …


Ua42/4/3 Wku-Owensboro Task Force Report, Wku Division Of Extended Learning & Outreach Mar 2004

Ua42/4/3 Wku-Owensboro Task Force Report, Wku Division Of Extended Learning & Outreach

WKU Archives Records

The charge of the WKU-Owensboro Task Force was to complete a brief SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) assessment of the Owensboro extended campus and make recommendations to fulfill the potential of the WKU-Owensboro campus.