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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Coupling conservation efforts with water rate structure: Evidence to inform leadership and support policy
(2019-12)The purpose of this study was to identify data supported water rate structures that would promote sustainable agency revenue along with water conservation policy for long-term benefits to consumers and water agencies of ... -
Special education administrators meet common core
(2019-12)There are high expectations for students with disabilities (SWD) to meet grade-level Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and be college and career ready by graduation. Researchers have recommended teachers of SWD be trained ... -
The function of school bullying
(2019-11-21)This thesis investigates why bullies bully others. There are two bullying subgroups; bullies, which have been renamed to alpha-bullies for this thesis, and bully-victims. Alpha-bullies bully others frequently without being ... -
Mental health impacts of stepmotherhood: An examination of the systemic and contextual influences that reduce therapeutic support
(2019-11-20)The diversity of familial structures within westernized culture has expanded beyond the nuclear family framework reflecting familial roles that exist within an expanded scope of the traditional nuclear family unit. The ... -
Sexuality over the age of 65: A look at the expression and experience of sexuality in the later adult years
(2019-11-09)The expression and experience of sexuality can shift and change over the course of a human lifespan. In the later stages of adulthood, there is a sociocultural shift that occurs in North America where sexuality is presumed ... -
Responding to emergency cesareans: How do social responses influence psychological well-being
(2019-11)Many women who have emergency cesarean births appraise their births negatively or even as ‘traumatic.” While other women who have them appraise their birth experience quite positively. The researcher set out to investigate ... -
A holistic exploration of Orthorexia Nervosa
(2019-11)This thesis seeks to holistically explore orthorexia nervosa (ON), an extreme preoccupation with consuming healthy food (Bratman, 1997). The medicalized culture in which we live places immense pressure on individuals to ... -
The impact of Bollywood films on women's romantic relationships
(2019-11)There is a gap in the literature examining the impact of Bollywood media consumption on its audience. Correlations have been found between the consumption of Hollywood romantic media and romantic television increasing and ...
