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Effective Strategies for Stronger Numeracy in Middle School Students
(2017-09)Over the last five years, Alberta students in grades 6 and 9 who wrote the provincial achievement test in mathematics, over the last five years, have had stagnant scores. According to Education Minister David Eggen, the ... -
Benefits and Barriers to Dual Credit Programming in Alberta Schools
(2017-08-12)The critical demand for the alignment of workplace skills among graduating youth places huge responsibility on educators and learning institutions to provide relevant career training and preparatory programs to high school ... -
Spirituality and Mindfulness in Personal Development and Therapeutic Practice
(2017-06-06)This thesis will focus on integrating mindfulness-based practice, and aspects of spirituality to safely and effectively treat emotional, psychological, and physical suffering while creating wellness. The content consists ... -
Down The Rabbit Hole: A Look At The Therapeutic Healing Potentials
(2017-05-30)The therapeutic application of psychedelics shows promise as a treatment for psychological struggles. When administered in a safe, supportive environment, psychedelics have the potential to induce transcendent experiences ... -
Sexual Health Education in BC, Canada
(2017-04-28)The following thesis explores sexual health education in BC and in Canada. It does so by exploring sexual health in an international context as well as locally, comparing local curriculum to best practice documents, and ... -
Supporting Self-Regulation Through Mindfulness In The Educational Setting
(2017-05)The practice of mindfulness as a means of addressing self-regulation in school aged children and adolescents is becoming increasingly popular. Investigative research has shown that self-regulation through mindful awareness ... -
Nutrition as a Factor in Human Behaviour: a School Counselling Perspective
(2017-06-25)The problem under investigation is whether disruptive behaviour in the classroom and mental health issues exhibited by some students could be attributable to poor nutritional habits. This paper explores the research related ... -
Discursive Analysis of Burnout in the Abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory
(2017-06-12)The purpose of this research was to explore the possibility that burnout is a response to workplace abuse. The literature review revealed systemic factors that contribute to burnout including; oppressive workloads, workplace ... -
Philanthropic Involvement Of CETYS Ensenada Alumni With Their Alma Mater: A Study Of Undergraduate Alumni From 1990 To 2010
(2017-06-09)Knowledge and understanding about alumni philanthropic contributions to Mexican universities have emerged mostly from the experience of fundraisers, alumni relations officers, and higher education leaders. A handful of ... -
Proposal For An Appreciative Inquiry Into Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Self-Regulation of Elementary School Children At A British Columbian Public School
(2017-03-31)This thesis sets out to examine the current literature on mindfulness-based interventions and the potential benefits they may have on elementary aged children’s ability to self regulate. It applies the positive lens of ... -
Effective Leadership Practices For English Language Acquisition Award Schools: A Case Study
(2017-05-19)With the changing demographics of public schools and growing accountability measures placed on educators, many district leaders and school principals seek methods to improve the academic achievement of English language ... -
Influence of Compassion on the Healing and Recovery Process within Mental Health Services
(2017)Human beings have a longing to be connected with one another, to find meaning and purpose in their lives and to be free from suffering. People living with serious mental health concerns can often feel isolated, lack a sense ... -
The Practice of Self-Compassion: an Approach to Preventing Therapeutic Burnout
(2017-04)Research suggests that helping professionals such as counselling therapists are at a higher risk of developing burnout than their counterparts in other fields; the risk is especially high for those individuals new to the ... -
Non-Parent Adults and Children of Parents With a Mental Health Problem
(2017-04-27)Children who have a parent with a mental health problem are a population that has been shown to be at risk of adverse life experiences and outcomes, such as mental health concerns of their own and ambiguous, non-finite ... -
Implementing a Collaborative Cross-Curricular Approach to Inquiry-based Learning
(2017-04)Learning in the 21st century requires that new instructional and learning skills be implemented for both teachers and students for current and future generations of learners to be successful. The author discusses recent ... -
The Benefits of Incorporating Art Therapy into School-Based Trauma Interventions: a Literature Review
(2017-03-17)Traumatic experiences are common among children and adolescents and can have a devastating impact on their physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development (Perry, 1999). For traumatized youth, schools offer an ... -
A Proposal: A Study of the Lived Experience in the Aftermath of an Extradyadic Relationship
(2017-04-02)The focus of this proposal is to gain insight into the lived experience of a participating partner in the aftermath of an extradyadic relationship. More specifically, it is about understanding the grief experience of the ... -
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Refugee Adolescents’ Trauma through the Integrative Approach: A Literature Review
(2017-01-24)Exposure to trauma at an early age can have long lasting devastating consequences that can lead to post traumatic stress disorders, depression, anxiety, and behavioural and educational problems in children and adolescents. ... -
Becoming Who We Truly Are: A Psychology of Liberation
(2016-11-23)This manuscript thesis explores an approach to psychotherapy that includes spirituality. The thesis considers psycho-spiritual growth as a life long journey and in various sections; the author shares his own experiences ... -
A Journey Through Metaphor: Illustrative Narrative Techniques
(2016)It is largely accepted in the counselling literature that metaphor can be a useful tool in supporting clients to better understand and transform their lives (Lyddon, Clay and Sparks, 2001; Legowski & Brownlee, 2001). My ...
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