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Developmental trauma
(2020-05)Trauma is faced by people every single day and can impede many different implications for the sufferer making each experience very much an individual reaction. Trauma experienced during childhood is considered to have ... -
Project P.I.N.K.: A case study of a school-based intervention program for middle school girls
(2020-06)Maintaining positive self-esteem and self-image, especially in adolescent girls, has grown to be a significant issue that has caught the attention of school district leaders. However, related school-based programs that ... -
Impact of gestures and simple signing on instructional interruptions
(2020-05)Addressing distracting or non-compliant student behavior can be disruptive to an overall lesson and classroom. If a teacher is constantly managing student behavior rather than teaching, students may fall behind in curriculum ... -
Peer to peer feedback and its impact on mathematics in the classroom
(2020-06-10)Some elementary students have such mathematics anxiety that it impedes their ability to master grade level standards. The participants of this study were 29 fourth grade students in the school where I performed my student ... -
Students with emotional and behavioral disabilities
(2020-06)Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities (EBD) in students can significantly affect both their social and academic life if proper management strategies are not put in place. This applies especially in the educational ... -
Discourses of rape culture: An examination of university policies on sexualized violence
(2020-05-31)The purpose of this study is to identify language used in sexualized violence polices at post-secondary institutions that are consistent with Coates & Wade's (2007) research on language that blames the victim, obscures ... -
The impact of close reading on reading comprehension
(2020-05)This issue-focused design study examines the impacts of close reading on reading comprehension for low-level readers and how to best support English Language Learners’ (EL) reading comprehension for primary grade students. ... -
Secondary school counselors' perceptions of STEM education
(2020-05)The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions of secondary school counselors in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The understanding gathered from this study was necessary because, as ... -
Re-membering the narratives of the deceased: A reflexive autoethnography on family relationships
(2020-05)The purpose of this reflexive autoethnography is to investigate ways in which the perceptions of our relationships with our deceased loved ones can be shifted through the exploration of their narratives using a narrative ... -
Fighting the scale: Overcoming disordered eating in current society
(2020-05)This autoethnography will seek to address my lived experience of bulimia, to fully explore the integration of bulimia and the concurrent concepts I have experienced of trauma, genetics, and societal pressure. I will weave ... -
A phenomenological exploration of vicarious posttraumatic growth experiences in therapists
(2020-06)This qualitative interpretive phenomenological analysis examines the lived experiences of vicarious posttraumatic growth in therapists who work with trauma survivors. By providing an in-depth exploration of the experiences ... -
Implementing social-emotional learning in schools: A roadmap for success
(2020-05)When educational programs are implemented with fidelity in K-12 schools across the United States, students’ achievements and on-task behaviors are significantly higher (O'Donnell, 2008). Without adequate program ... -
Identity development of second-generation Chinese Canadians through heritage and dominant cultures
(2020-04)This paper addresses the experiences of second-generation Chinese Canadians in developing their identity through heritage and dominant cultures. Literature on global migration and dual nation identities is explored before ... -
Building bridge: The difficulty to establish the effectiveness of art therapy in the treatment of adult survivors from intimate partner violence
(2020-04)This thesis represents a proposal for a qualitative inquiry research project to generate data based on anecdotal experiences of art therapists as to the top efficacious interventions in the treatment of adults who are ... -
What all psychotherapists should know about gut health
(2020-04)Diagnosable mental health problems are said to affect one in four people in any given year, they are a leading source of disability globally, and new strategies for prevention and treatment are vital (Lucas, 2018). Significant ... -
Classroom management strategies: An elementary classroom
(2020-03)The purpose of this research was to identify if interventions implemented in the middle of the school year in a third-grade classroom were effective and if the style of interventions improved classroom management strategies. ... -
Couples therapy in contemporary western society: Fitting therapy to the times
(2020-04-04)Couples Therapy is an important and needed therapeutic intervention, particularly in times when relationships are experiencing increasing pressures from many aspects of modern life. As therapists seek to serve contemporary ... -
The "good enough" thesis
(2020-04-01)In the early 1950s, the British Psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott coined the phrase “good enough mother” in an effort to describe the fundamentally productive middle ground between bad mothering and the will towards perfect ... -
Compassion fatigue in schools
(2020-03)Educators and school staff working with high-needs students who have experienced adversity and/or trauma have additional stressors inherent with this particular group. As a result of the relational nature of working with ... -
Think global, lead local: A case study on the global leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities implemented in an aerospace organization
(2020-03)As the diversity of the workplace changes, organizations will face significant challenges, such as new technology, new leadership requirements, and a rise in competition for top talent. For many organizations, the ...
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