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Nova University National Ed.D. Program For Educational Leaders 1990 Summer Institute Daily Schedule, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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Nova University Graduate Education Module (Gem) Computer Science Education [No Date], Nova University

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Nova University Graduate Education Module (Gem) Master's And Educational Specialist Degrees Educational Leadership Program [No Date], Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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Nova University Educational Specialist Degree In Computer-Based Learning, Nova University

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The Ed.D. Program In Child And Youth Studies 1990, Nova University

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Nova University Programs For Higher Education 1990-1991, Nova University

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Nova University Programs In Child And Youth Studies 1990–1991, Nova University

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Nova University Master's Programs In Child And Youth Care Administrators, And Family Support Studies 1990–1991 Catalog, Nova University

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Nova University National Ed.D. Program For Educational Leaders 1990–1991, Nova University

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Nova University Master's Programs: Child And Youth Care Administrators, Family Support Studies (Application Packet) 1990–1991, Nova University

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Developing A Peer Assisted Substance Abuse Program For Early Adolescents, Robert M. Bourgeois

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to reduce the level of alcohol and drug abuse among the early adolescents at the writer's school. The major objectives were to foster a greater sense of personal caution in the lives of the students, to teach specific decision-making skills, to develop student-created models for healthy lifestyles, and to have students identify a personal reduction in substance abuse as a result of participation in the program.

The writer developed needs assessment surveys and administered them to students and to the school's peer helpers, analyzed the results, and examined possible solutions to the problem. Among the proposed …

Utilizing Individual Inservice Training Packets For Staff Development With Community-Based Instruction For Severely And Profoundly Handicapped Students (K-12), Pat Kissire

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve the skills of the personnel working with students with severe and/or profound handicaps in junior high school to improve staff development and to increase the consistency of services offered in the community-based instruction program K - 12. The primary goal was to increase the skill level of personnel in areas specific to the unique needs of students involved in community-based instruction. A secondary goal was to offer the same training to all personnel regardless of their length of employment to improve the consistency of programming.

The writer administered an assessment survey to certified and …

A Personalized Developmental Model For The Teaching Of Communications I, Miriam F. Word

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The target group for this practicum was 17 community college students. The problem for this practicum is that many students are unable to communicate through writing due to a lack of ability to stay on task or grasp the writing process, resulting in low final grade scores for those students. The solution strategy, a unique approach entitled "Type" Writing," involved pre- and post-surveys with classroom methods and writing assignments keyed to the learning types of the students as identified using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The students who completed the program experienced improved writing skill growth as shown by pre- and …

Supporting First Graders’ Growth As Writers Through Whole-Language Strategies, Diana Deshazo Hyde

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This practicum sought to increase the opportunities first-grade students have to write for real, human reasons and in natural circumstances. They were to use writing as a natural and acceptable outlet for expression and to conceive their writing as an extension of themselves.

This practicum sought to increase the opportunities first-grade students have to write for real, human reasons and in natural circumstances. They were to use writing as a natural and acceptable outlet for expression and to conceive their writing as an extension of themselves.Each day, a name was drawn to take home a stuffed bear which served as …

Improving The Performance Of Social Workers During Multi-Disciplinary Team Case Reviews Of Delinquent Adolescents Through Public Posting And Verbal Feedback, Vincent J. Carbone

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The social workers at the project site delivered services to welfare clients using a specialization model. This delivery model led to fragmented and haphazard services to clients. Such an approach did little to ensure the client's success in breaking the chains and cycles of poverty and becoming self-sufficient.

The author designed and implemented a strategy/ to prepare the social workers to begin the first phase of a transition from program component specialists to case managers. Case managers who help their clients to recognize and assist their clients to Overcome ail barriers to self-sufficiency. Strategy implementation began with the very basic …

Examining The Effectiveness Of Strategies To Improve Enrollment And Increase Financial Stability At The College Of Our Lady Of The Elms, Sister Nora Harrington

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The Strategic Plan of the College of Our Lady of the Sims, known as Elms Plan, 1986-1990, as seven objectives with appropriate strategies associated with each objective. The purpose of this Major Applied Research Project was to examine the effectiveness of the strategies to improve enrollment and to increase financial stability. The specific research questions considered were: 1. How can past problems (or inadequacies) in student enrollment and retention best be resolved for the College of Our Lady of the Elms? 2. What does the current literature reveal about the issues related to the Major Applied Research Project? 3. What …

Improving Educational Advising Services For Lower Division Students At Western Kentucky University., Fred B. Buys

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The purpose of this project was to conduct a formative evaluation of academic advising practices and relationships at Western Kentucky University. The case study process was utilized as a problem solving method to determine the academic advising needs of lower division students, to identify current academic advising practices, and to develop strategies for dealing with unmet advising needs to improve retention at Western Kentucky University.

Answers were sought through eight research questions designed to provide information about existing advising needs, the kind and/or type of advising as currently done, the kind and/or type of advising environment that should exist to …

A Study Of Psychologists’ And Social Workers’ Values And Roles And Design Of A Model Staff Development Plan, John A. Lucero

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The purpose of this research project was to explore psychologists and social workers' views and roles within their community mental health organization and professional organizations. The study was to address how the psychologists and social workers' adaptive skills were valued to support the organization in how this adaptation or adjustment affects the individuals' job performance.

We surveyed localized to measure respondents' commitment to community mental health organizations and to his or her profession. The data were collected through a mailed questionnaire to 185 psychologists and 125 social workers and equals to 110 Kansas community mental health organizations. Returned usable questionnaires …

Using Individual Learning Style Inventories And Group Teaching Methods In A Sixth Grade Classroom, Lloyd J. Campbell

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The practicum addressed the problem that classroom teachers lack diagnostic skills to identify and teach to their student’s learning styles. In a survey of teachers in this elementary building and in a review of the literature the causes of the lack of individualizing student learning were related to class size, poor leadership, teacher training, and poorly developed learning style instrument.

The writer’s goals were to have the classroom teacher give the Dunn, Dunn, and Price (1987) individual learning style inventory to 31 sixth grade students. The classroom teacher used the four group teaching methods as proposed by Dunn and Dunn …

Improving Parent Involvement Within A Parent Infant Hearing Impaired Program, Sharon L. Doutt

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This practicum aimed to increase parents’ involvement in the educational program for young hearing impaired children. It is crucial for the parents or caregivers to be active participants in the child’s educational process for the maximum benefit of development to occur. The project addressed three areas of involvement: class session involvement, follow up activities for the sessions, and parent meetings.

Developing a program to increase parental involvement incorporates many techniques. Individualized assessment was used to identify specific news and strengths of the families. Discussion of involvement goals and objectives with the parents helped to unify the direction of the teacher …

A Program To Prepare Parents Isolated From Parenting Role Models For Appropriate Developmental Interaction With Infants And Toddlers, Jane K. Harris

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Because of demographic factors, care givers enrolled in park district infant and toddler programs appeared isolated from parenting role models. A need existed to provide parent education and resource material without detracting from the established purpose of the course.

The author designed and implemented a modification to a series of five, eight-week classes based on a demand-driven model which established the teacher as a resource person for parenting skills in addition to responsibility for the primary curriculum subject matter. Without diverting significant class time from the motor skills oriented classes, the program fostered interaction among the parents and caregivers in …

Development Of An In-Service Training Program Designed To Increase Management Skills Of Child Care Center Directors, Jan H. Martinec

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Due to a lack of management knowledge and experience, center directors encounter many problems that they are not prepared to handle. The problems increase stress that contribute to director burnout. The lack of business knowledge coupled with increased stress, hinder directors’ efforts to provide a quality early childhood program.

The author designed and implemented an in-service training program which presented basic management skill information necessary to the success of directors as managers of personnel. The in-service program consisted of a series of three train sessions. Six concepts were developed in the sessions. The concepts presented were: leadership style, personality types, …

Improve The Teacher’S Use Of Critical-Thinking Skills In The Elementary School Classroom Through In-Service Training And Teacher, Susan S. Sperrazza

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Many teachers et this elementary school considered Critical thinking skills as  a separate subject and assumed them to be on I y a part of the gifted curriculum. As a result critical thinking skills were not being integrated on a daily basis in the regular elementary classroom.

Thie practicum proposed to eliminate the problem through ln-service training and teacher application of critical -thinking skills in the elementary classroom. There were seven sessions in which the writer trained the teacher on using graphic organizers. Effective questioning techniques. the Inductive model. and the integrative model. After each session the teachers applied and …

Intervention Strategies To Improve Behavior Of Children With Severe Discipline Problems, Carol Rosenbaum

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This practicum aimed to reduce the severely disruptive behavior of problematic children. It also attempted to provide alternative behavior structures in the classroom, and to increase comfort levels of teachers when handling these “acting cut" children.

Twelve counseling sessions were designed to teach alternative forms of behavior. Children were shown different techniques for management and control of their own behaviors. Modeling and coping mechanisms were also used. Children were given reinforcement for progress displayed during the practicum. In addition. parents and teachers were involved. Data was collected before and after the duration of the counseling sessions. Checklists and questionnaires developed …

Development Of An Adoption Agency As Supplement To Current Services Of A Residential Group Care Facility, William E. Painter Jr

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The shortage of adoptive parents trained and prepared to successfully parent sexually abused children to youth indicated a need for this residential group care facility to develop a proposal for the addition of a specialized adoption agency as an adjunct to current agency services.

The author developed a proposal for the addition of a specialized adoption agency based upon extensive research and a needs assessment of referral sources. The plan for the addition of the adoption agency was therefore based upon not only the agency's own experience in placement of the graduates of its preparation for adoption program, but also …

Development Of A Staff Training Program In A Residential Treatment Center For Abused And Neglected Children Ages, Allen F. Nelson

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Because no effective staff Training program existed at the residential treatment center to  on issues of severe behavioral management, legal requirements in disciplining residents and emergency procedures, the treatment center and the staff are at risk of legal action should an inappropriate incident occur.

The author developed and conducted a series of five training sessions, which has resulted In the adoption of these sessions into the ongoing in-service training conducted for the treatment center staff, the author has identified five areas of primary concern as expressed by the treatment center director of programs and the supervisor of residential programs. There …

The Development Of Standing Committees For The Board Of Directors Of A Non-Profit Agency, Stanley L. Pryor

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An effective board of directors is crucial to a nonprofit agency. The effectiveness of the board of directors depends on its organization and its ability to use its resources. Standing committees are the major resource available to boards of directors. However, ineffective development and utilization of standing communities can result in a number of problems.

The author examines the problems that a nonprofit agency encounters when expanding committees were not organized and utilized correctly. A step-by-step procedure was designed and implemented to develop and maintain a variety of standing committees. The procedures consisted of seven steps: defining the problem and …

Training A Management Team In Cooperative Grant Writing In A Christian Residential Treatment Program For Behaviorally And/Or Emotionally Disturbed Youth Ages 10-18, Jeannie Volker

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Because of a significant reduction in income from one funding source, it became necessary for the child care agency to look for other sources of income. By expanding the funding base, the child care agency would improve their financial stability and program longevity.

The author found grants to be a good source of income available to not-for-profit corporations. Grant funds would be an additional funding base for the child care agency, although grant applications seemed complicated. Literature encouraged agency staff to write their own proposals and comment language.

A grant application was submitted to the agency for funding as the …

Instituting Staff Training In A Large Child Care Center Through Development Of A Personalized Orientation Plan, Gail Shreders

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Due to insufficient time and resources, there was a lack of consistent personalized orientation and training at the child care center. Staff needed to learn appropriate methods of child management as well as routines and other responsibilities at the center. Information was collected from the staff in order to determine their needs concerning the delivery of in-service education.

The author designed and implemented a 10-week orientation which consisted of six main topics of staff development. The delivery of information to new employees was mostly through on-the-job training provided by mentors. The author supervised the mentors and the new employees. Individuals …

Increasing School-Aged Mentally Handicapped Students’ Acquisition Of Work Skills Through Instructor And Student Training And Incentives, Jacques P. Jamner

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Increasing the success rate for competitive workshop placement for mentally handicapped students was the focus of the practicum. Through the use of behavior management training of teachers, social skills training of the students, and various reinforcement techniques, 8 out of 8 mentally handicapped students were able to maintain their employment placements. The teachers, supervisors received 20 hours of in-service training. The mentally handicapped students received 10 hours of social skills training and on-site monitoring. To improve generalization, the students were given small group instruction with role-playing exercises to acquire the social skills required to be successful in their jobs. The …