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Creating A Positive Home Environment For A Child With Sensory Processing, Jean E. Bross-Judge
Creating A Positive Home Environment For A Child With Sensory Processing, Jean E. Bross-Judge
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
This project focused on identifying and working with the unique needs of a child with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). Using the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) model, strategies and tools, the author designed and developed a home environment that promoted successful living for a child with SPD as well as positive interactions with family members. The project contains a description of the practical adaptations to everyday living in a physical space, as well as resources for parents, caregivers, educators and other professionals.
Risk Reporting And Source Credibility: Trying To Make The Readers Interested, Raluca Cozma
Risk Reporting And Source Credibility: Trying To Make The Readers Interested, Raluca Cozma
LSU Master's Theses
An experiment with 98 participants was conducted to explore the effects of government versus multiple sources on perceived credibility and interest when applied to the same risk stories. It also analyzed the effects of source treatment on participants' assessment of government credibility and source reasonableness. The study investigated the effects of demographic characteristics of participants (age, gender, media use) on the same variables, and tried to determine if there was any statistical correlation between the two dependent variables of credibility and interest. It also analyzed the effects of human-interest reports on credibility and interest. Overall, the study found that participants …