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Fostering a sense of belonging: Attachment through movement and dance

Sivorot, Krystle (2019-07-11)

This manuscript style thesis seeks to highlight the connection between the use of dance, movement, and music to support attachment development. There is abundant research showing the importance of early attachment bonds ...

What do the fathers want for their children? Welcoming fathers into the conversation following domestic violence

Myers, Tracy (2019-07-08)

While much research and study has gone into the field known as domestic violence, very little of that research has been conducted with men who use violence and even less research has centred the father-child relationship. ...

Moderators of gender-based barriers in the U.S. Army: How enlisted women increase their own recruitment, promotion, participation, retention, and integration

McDonald, Jeff (2019-07)

In their women’s integration plan, the U.S. Army (2016b) called for studies to identify and “develop strategies to overcome [gender] barriers” (p. 13) women encounter, without an institutional understanding of gender ...

The Impact of Sexual Violence on Female Student Athletes perpetrated by Male Student Athletes and applicable Therapeutic Modalities

Boonzaayer, Christina (2019-06-16)

Sexual violence against female intercollegiate athletes is a prevalent crisis evident in today’s society (McCray, 2015). This capstone will focus on male intercollegiate athletes as the perpetrators of sexual violence ...

How can the lens of Dislocation Theory further understanding of why people contemplate suicide?

Trahan, Kelly (2019-06-15)

The reasons for suicide remain a widely researched topic. The majority of research on suicide offers reasons for suicide that are attributed to individuals having an underlying mental disorder. Research is needed on reasons ...

Reframing compliance: Exposing violence within applied behaviour analysis

Harte, Ciara (2019-06-04)

The purpose of this study is to explore the potential relationship between Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and acts of violence. This relationship is explored through a critical discourse analysis of six scholarly research ...

Challenging Confidentiality and Dual Relationships in the Treatment of Addiction: A case study

Kapela, Erin (2019-06)

This case study explores the question, how does adapting the traditional professional boundaries of confidentiality and dual relationships in the treatment of addictions (by including clients in an ongoing community that ...

How Communication is Used in Polyamorous Relationships

Wallace, Meghan (2019-06)

This paper explores the phenomenological lived experience of what it is like to participate in a polyamorous relationship. The question proposed is how do polyamorous individuals use communication to negotiate rules and ...

Systemic Support for Front Line Staff in Human Service Roles

McKay, Sarah (2019-06)

The importance of healthy attachment, positive human connection and a well-rounded, nourishing environment during the developmental years of life play a defining role into what outcome people are likely to have as a young ...

Positive Reinforcement in the Classroom: The Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Student Behavior and Participation

Feagin, Mia (2019-06)

This research investigates the in-class behavior and participation affected by positive reinforcement. A total of 53 students within two 5th grade math and science classes took part in this study. Throughout the study, ...

Seeking agency: A discourse analysis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Digney, Melanie (2019-06)

A diagnosis or self-diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) carries assumptions about an individual’s responses to threats to safety viewed through the lens of the biomedical model upon which DSM-5 diagnostic ...

Fostering Equitable Learning Opportunities for Middle School Students in Special Education by Reducing Their Discipline Disproportionality Rates

Clark, Alden (2019-05-31)

Students with disabilities enrolled in public schools continue to struggle to gain equitable access to learning opportunities, despite federal protections. Because of the overuse of suspensions and expulsions, researchers ...

Childhood Interpersonal Violence: The Effects on Adult Attachment and How Best to Support Victims in Moving Beyond their Violent Experience

Rowbotham, Kaitlyn (2019-05-31)

Child interpersonal violence continues to be a concern affecting a considerable proportion of the population. Without appropriate intervention, it is possible that many of these children will continue to experience ...

Intimate Partner Violence Among South Asian Women: Conceptualizing Culture, Building Resilience and Increasing Cultural Competency of Counsellors

Bhogal, Maya (2019-05-30)

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an issue that impacts all nationalities, ethnicities and cultures, and is continuing to gain more acknowledgement the more IPV is openly addressed. The South Asian culture is built on ...