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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 ... -
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 ... -
Internet gaming disorder and effective school interventions for adolescents
(2019-09)Internet gaming disorder in educational institutions originates from low self-esteem and self-efficacy across many domains and has implications for physical, psychosocial, neurobiological and comorbid conditions, but this ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Addressing the effects of social media use on adolescents
(2019-11)Communication is humans’ most basic desire and as technology advances, mobile phones and social media provide this by allowing people to connect and by giving a sense of belonging. As of January 2017, approximately 37% of ... -
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 ... -
Building towards plurisexual health equity: Exploring impacts of partner sexual orientation identity and counselling experiences on plurisexuals
(2019-10-31)Research indicates that plurisexuals experience a range of health inequities, faring worse on several indicators of mental health and well-being as compared to both their heterosexual and gay/lesbian counterparts. They ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The lived experience of immigrants to Canada: Effect of foreign language anxiety on self efficacy in the acculturation process
(2019-11)The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the essence of the lived experiences of new immigrants to Canada who experience anxiety associated with communication in language which is foreign for them. The ... -
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 ... -
Circumstantial childlessness, disenfranchised grief and clinical implications
(2019-08-28)Childlessness is on the rise in Western nations around the world but the reasons for it are largely unrecognized. Common thinking holds that individuals either actively choose not to have children or that they are unable ... -
Student wellness through responsible technology use
(2018-12)Technology has many advantages, but research shows that excessive and unregulated use by youth can contribute to conditions such as increased anxiety, depression, decreased social skills, and addiction. This paper reviews ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
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