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An Investigation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy as Effective Counselling Modalities for Emotion Regulation Following Traumatic Brain Injury
(2022-04-25)The purpose of this Capstone Research Project is to explore the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and implementations of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) use towards emotion regulation (ER) for clients ... -
Childhood Trauma and Play Therapy: A Responsive Approach in Elementary School Counselling
(2022-04)Childhood trauma is a public health concern with a significant presence in Canada's population. The literature shows several domains of impairment that result from childhood trauma, including attachment, biology, affect ... -
Attachment Styles and Their Impact on Children's Mental Health and Resiliency During a Pandemic
(2022-04)Children with insecure attachment patterns will have more difficulties regulating their emotions due to their parents' inconsistent emotional availability, making them more susceptible to stress, anxiety, and other mental ... -
Understanding Phonemic Awareness
(2022-03-22)This professional development study is about my journey of researching the fundamentals of phonemic awareness. When I began my internship, I was fascinated by how phonemic awareness was taught. However, I had little knowledge ... -
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder Through an Attachment and Trauma-Informed Lens
(2022-04)Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is currently classified as a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by various challenges, including difficulties in emotional regulation, interpersonal relationships, and self-regulation. ... -
Effect of Perfectionism and Social Comparisons on Progress in Treatment for Eating Disorders in Inpatient Settings
(2021-11)Eating disorders (EDs) are debilitating disorders that are expensive to treat and have a high mortality rate. The current treatment often leads to relapses in those affected. Individuals with EDs suffer from many problematic ... -
The Pathway to Gang Life: South Asian Youth Perspective
(2022-03)Torn between parental pressure to conform to the motherland culture and the freedom Canada offers, South Asian youth struggle to find the balance between parents' worldviews and the endless choices Canada has to offer. ... -
Reciprocal Teaching as a Reading Comprehension Instructional Strategy to Support the Integration of Science Literacy into the Middle School Classroom
(2022-02-18)The Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Framework integrates literacy skills into the standards and requires science teachers to use instructional strategies to support literacy in the classroom (Massachusetts ... -
Adolescent Therapy: Dropout, Relationship, and Beyond
(2022-03-31)The purpose of this capstone is to review current research on ways to improve adolescent mental health through engagement with therapeutic interventions, utilizing a relational lens. Many adolescents drop out of therapy, ... -
G̱ilakas'la: To Accept You for Who You Are in This Present Moment
(2022-03)This thesis explores the world view of the Kwakwaka'wakw (kwak'wala speaking people) people to strengthen understanding of the true impact that Indian Residential Schools had on how the Kwakwaka'wakw people survived this ... -
Kafka Streaming Application using Java Spring Boot
(2022-03)The purpose of this research paper is to implement a microservice approach for data streaming applications. Data is the new fuel to business, and it is growing enormously day by day. Handling and processing these data using ... -
Serverless Stock Market Web Application
(2022-03)Recent advancements in stock market technology and trading apps have attracted more individual investors to invest in the stock market. Individual investors account for around 38 billion USD of daily trading volume in the ... -
Information Security in Banking and the Blockchain Connection
(2022-03)More consumers are using technology based applications for digital payments and their banking needs. Blockchain has emerged as a key technology that may greatly impact the future of financial services. Banks have an ... -
Managing Internal Security Risk
(2022-03)Cybersecurity requires a 365-degree approach to an organization's attack surface. Internal points of access require as much care as external access points. Internally, it's important to consider access controls as well as ... -
Liminal Space
(2022-03-22)Caring for ourselves as mental health professionals is essential to an ethical practice and the responsibility of the individual, employers as well as the learning institutions that prepare workers. It is important that ... -
Primary Literacy Instruction: A Design for Increasing Pre-Reading Skills
(2022-03-22)Student practice and exposure to foundational literacy skills as building blocks to their later reading fluency and comprehension is an important aspect of fostering student success in literacy. Many studies explored within ... -
A Quantitative Study Into the Effects of the Physical Classroom Environment on Secondary Mathematics Students' Academic Achievement and Perceptions of Teacher Leadership
(2022-02-28)Many students in Title I, low-income public high schools in the Pacific southwest do not appear to have the same levels of academic mastery as their more affluent counterparts. This dissertation examines whether a classroom ... -
Factors that Influence the Therapeutic Relationship with Clients Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder
(2021-12-22)This paper investigates factors which influence the therapeutic relationship with clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The research is clear that therapists will inevitably be confronted with their ... -
Addressing the Reading Achievement Gap in Nevada: An Exploration of Instructional Methods for Low SES and ELL Elementary Student Achievement
(2022-02-22)Teachers in Nevada have faced the problem of providing consistent, effective literacy instruction to elementary students, which impacts overall student achievement; only 48.3% of students in Clark County, Nevada were ...