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Six interventions for Anxiety: Somatic training, affect regulation, and mental health
(2020-03-15)This thesis analyses aspects of Anxiety and Depression which are two of the most serious mental health challenges. Anxiety is rendered in upper case as A and lower case as a to indicate both generic and specific uses of ... -
Reflective professional development: Creating a caring classroom community
(2020-03-14)This professional development (PD) focused on learning, implementing, and reflecting upon language/communication changes to determine if they aided in the creation of a caring classroom community. The primary participant ... -
Mitigating perceived external export barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises that sell and manufacture "Made in the USA" consumer apparel products in Washington State
(2020-03-02)The rapid decline of the U.S. apparel industry has not gone unnoticed by U.S. politicians and decision-makers, yet the vertical disintegration of apparel manufacturing is still commonplace in America. Robock (1993) and ... -
Healing the wounds of intolerance: The path to acceptance and healing for LGBTQ2 adults
(2020-03)This qualitative authoethnographic research explores the relationship between the processes of minority stress, as delineated by Meyer (2003), and the mental health of LGBTQ2 adults. By providing an intimate narrative ... -
Increasing empathy in a primary grade classroom
(2020-03)Increased empathy in education settings is linked to increased student success in social-emotional as well as academic learning. It is also linked to a reduction in bullying and negative peer interactions between students. ... -
A study to determine if Read Well® is effective with students identified with behavior challenges
(2020-03)The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of teaching Read Well® on student growth in reading among Kindergarten and first-grade students qualifying for this Early Primary program mild behavior and learning ... -
Collaborative relationships with paraprofessionals
(2020-03)Given the important and long-term role that paraprofessionals play in a self-contained special education environment, this research questions if the implementation of collaborative practices, specifically those often applied ... -
Change happens: Stories in hiring rural midlevel academic leaders in Washington State
(2020-02-20)Modern community colleges are often recognized as the first academic institutions to respond to societal changes and needs. When the 2008 recession and recovery occurred, the impact on community colleges has been alarming ... -
Brain breaks in elementary schools: A self-regulation intervention program
(2020-02)It is well-established in research that childhood is a critical stage of development when students are susceptible to anxiety symptoms and the onset of anxiety disorders, due to the neuroplasticity of the brain from the ... -
School-based art therapy interventions for children with complex trauma
(2020-02)This capstone examines the literature on treatment of children who have experienced complex trauma; specifically, the repeated maltreatment from an attachment figure. It explores how ongoing adverse experiences in childhood ... -
Broadening the scope of trauma practice: Using fourth-wave Feminism and anti-oppressive theory to keep trauma work sustainable
(2020-02)This manuscript thesis explores the impact of trauma work on counsellors, specifically looking at ways to increase the sustainability of our practice. It reviews existing literature on vicarious traumatization (VT) and ... -
Diversity management strategies for the retention of minority women in school administration: A post-intentional phenomenology framework for human resource management
(2020-02)Despite the importance of employing and retaining minority female administrators to serve pluralistic communities, school districts in Washington (WA) state apply limited Human Resources Diversity Management (DM) practices ... -
Gidibaajimomin (We tell our stories): Making space for Indigenous feminist counseling theory
(2020-01)This project is an intervention in counseling theory discourses. It contributes to the development of an Indigenous feminist counseling theory (IFCT), which examines Indigenous worldviews, cultures, and healing practices ... -
A Correlational study: E-mentoring, perceptions of E-mentoring and the actual career advancement of women In educational leadership
(2020-01)Weiner and Burton (2016) identified a perpetuating problem of the underrepresentation of women in school leadership, including middle school,high school, combined schools principalship,and superintendency roles,and recommended ... -
Resisting oppression and accessing wellness: Counselling and activism as interrelated avenues to dignity and healing
(2019-12-20)The intention behind this thesis project is to explore the value of mechanisms that both tend to individuals’ mental wellness and simultaneously act in resistance to forces of systemic oppression — interpreting oppression ... -
Accommodation access by Southern California Community College students with specific learning disabilities
(2019-12-18)Despite the increase of students with disabilities (SWD) attending college, students who self-identify with specific learning disabilities (SLD) are not accessing the accommodations needed to assist them with their academic ... -
Giving voice to K-12 introverted administrator communication skills: A phenomenological study
(2019-12)Since the Industrial Revolution, extraverts have been preferred in leadership over introverts. Their outgoing and social nature suggests they are better communicators in comparison to introverts. Job descriptions of K-12 ... -
An evaluation of the experiences of special education teachers with the ability grouping method in self-contained, special education classrooms
(2019-12)Educators have expectations for their roles to be effective in delivering instruction to students on various learning levels in self-contained classrooms. In this qualitative, applied leadership research study, the main ... -
Physical activity and student engagement: How physical activity contributes to the culture of wellness.
(2019-12)This project examined the research associated with the current state of physical education, physical fitness, physical activity levels, child and youth health problems (pertaining to the lack of aforementioned physical ... -
Refection on hope: A hopeful foundation for education
(2019-12)Hope has been associated with well-being for many millennia. From the early Greeks to contemporary researchers, hope has been identified with the human capacity to have a measure of control in our lives. This capstone will ...
