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- PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS' PERSPECTIVES ON THE EFFECTS OF MILITARY PARENTAL DEPLOYMENT ON SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
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McCloud, Cheryl, Robinson, E.H. Mike, University of Central Florida
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This qualitative study used an exploratory phenomenological approach to examine professional school counselors' perspectives on the effects of military parental deployment on school aged children and adolescents. The voices of school counselors who work with military connected children are absent from the literature. The research site was a professional counseling conference in Germany in the fall of 2010. Participants consisted of 12 professional school counselors who work with school-aged...
Show moreThis qualitative study used an exploratory phenomenological approach to examine professional school counselors' perspectives on the effects of military parental deployment on school aged children and adolescents. The voices of school counselors who work with military connected children are absent from the literature. The research site was a professional counseling conference in Germany in the fall of 2010. Participants consisted of 12 professional school counselors who work with school-aged children and adolescents who have experienced parental military deployment. Participants adopted pseudonyms though several indicated an affiliation with Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DODDS) and therefore offered their unique perspectives as school counselors living in military communities and working almost exclusively with military connected children and families. Data collection consisted of individual interviews with counselor participants. Data analysis consisted of coding meaningful words and phrases and yielded 33 preliminary categories that became new codes. Analysis of relationships between codes resulted in the emergence of four distinct themes: Military Life, Stages of Deployment, Role of the Counselor, and Children and Adolescents. Themes were supported by quotations of meaningful statements, thus participant voices provide thick, rich descriptions of the phenomenon. Validity strategies included peer debriefing, researcher positionality, and multiple examinations of the data set.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- Identifier
- CFE0004046, ucf:49128
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004046
- Title
- Issues of Crime and School Safety: Zero Tolerance Policies and Children with Disabilities.
- Creator
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Henson, Melissa, Cook, Ida, Grauerholz, Elizabeth, Gay, David, University of Central Florida
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In the aftermath of school shootings, safety in educational institutions became a national concern. The Zero Tolerance policy was designed to remove students who posed serious and or imminent threat to the school environment. It was hoped that the institution of this policy would allow schools to better police student behaviors through the use of tough disciplinary actions, and to ensure a safer learning environment for all. However, one of the latent consequences of establishing a broad set...
Show moreIn the aftermath of school shootings, safety in educational institutions became a national concern. The Zero Tolerance policy was designed to remove students who posed serious and or imminent threat to the school environment. It was hoped that the institution of this policy would allow schools to better police student behaviors through the use of tough disciplinary actions, and to ensure a safer learning environment for all. However, one of the latent consequences of establishing a broad set of directives was to result in the differential treatment of some minority groups such as special education students. To date, there exists little research that tests the efficacy of the zero tolerance approach in reducing school violence or its effect upon special education students who exhibit unique and separate characteristics from the general student body. Some of the behaviors that are beyond their control can impede their learning, but are even more often seen as falling under the guidelines of the zero tolerance policy, which in turn subjects this group to a number of disciplinary actions previously not utilized to address their specific needs.To address the potential impact this policy has on students with learning and emotional behavioral disorders this study analyzes data from a sample comprising of 2,736 total schools, reported over 4 different time periods, 1999-2008 originally collected by the School Survey on Crime and Safety. This study examines the relationship between various school characteristics, the proportion of special education students in a school, and the use of the disciplinary actions as a means of controlling behaviors that could be undesired but may not pose a serious threat to the educational institution. The results indicate that presence of students identified as (")special education students(") was strongly related to the number of disruptive behaviors reported. The increased frequency of those reported behaviors was also found to be significantly related to the use of suspension and expulsions as disciplinary actions in a school. Further multiple regression analysis yielded data demonstrating the nature of the relationships between the presence of special education students in a school, the frequency of disruptive behaviors reported, and the increased use of disciplinary actions.
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- 2012
- Identifier
- CFE0004190, ucf:49031
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004190
- Title
- Lil' Mose's Dog - Pore Lil' Dog: Lil' Mose's Mouse Houn.
- Creator
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Outcault, Richard F.
- Date Created
- 1901
- Identifier
- DP0015471
- Format
- Image (JPEG)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015471
- Title
- "Picking Cotton," - Down in Sunny Dixie.
- Date Created
- 1900s
- Identifier
- DP0015459
- Format
- Set of related objects
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015459
- Title
- Topsy's matchbook.
- Date Created
- 1930s-1950s
- Identifier
- DP0015369
- Format
- Set of related objects
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015369
- Title
- Pore Lil Mose: He spends a week on the farm.
- Creator
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Outcault, Richard F.
- Date Created
- 1901
- Identifier
- DP0015468
- Format
- Image (JPEG)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015468
- Title
- Searching for Home at Ch(&)#226;teau de la Guette and Beyond: Social and Spatial Dimensions of Jewish German and Austrian Children's Journey to Flee Nazi Persecution via Children's Homes in France.
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Schneider, Sarah, French, Scot, Walker, Ezekiel, Crepeau, Richard, Lyons, Amelia, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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This study examines the experiences of a group of Jewish German and Austrian children who were sent on the Kindertransport to France in an effort to escape Nazi persecution. Using oral history interviews from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive, written testimonies, personal papers, and archival collections from organizations such as the OEuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE), this study analyzes the children's experiences at the Ch(&)#226;teau de la Guette children's home in France...
Show moreThis study examines the experiences of a group of Jewish German and Austrian children who were sent on the Kindertransport to France in an effort to escape Nazi persecution. Using oral history interviews from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive, written testimonies, personal papers, and archival collections from organizations such as the OEuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE), this study analyzes the children's experiences at the Ch(&)#226;teau de la Guette children's home in France and their subsequent time at the children's home H(&)#244;tel des Anglais in La Bourboule. This thesis examines the social and spatial dimensions of the children's journey to find home and flee Nazi persecution via France. While research has more extensively covered other children's rescue efforts such as the Kindertransport to Great Britain, this thesis demonstrates that the migrations of children fleeing the Holocaust via France were diverse and often characterized by frequent movement due to the historical context of France during World War II. In conjunction with a digital project, this thesis maps and discusses four paths taken by the La Guette children during the war: life in hiding in France, illegal flight over the border into Switzerland, deportation, and immigration to the United States. This research also examines the impact of children's homes on the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Jewish refugee children fleeing Nazism. After the La Guette group dispersed, many of the children stayed in contact with one another. Through survivor reunions and other commemorative activities years later, many survivors maintained a connection with their peers, educators, the Rothschild family, and others associated with their time in France and constructed memory of their wartime experiences. Ultimately, the La Guette case shows the long-lasting impact of children's homes on the lives of Jewish refugee children fleeing the Holocaust.
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- 2018
- Identifier
- CFE0007244, ucf:52211
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007244
- Title
- Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co.
- Date Created
- 1890s
- Identifier
- DP0015454
- Format
- Image (JPEG)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015454
- Title
- "Thou art so near and yet so far".
- Date Created
- 1905
- Identifier
- DP0015476
- Format
- Set of related objects
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015476
- Title
- Rosie's are red. And Violet's are blue...
- Date Created
- 1900s
- Identifier
- DP0015461
- Format
- Set of related objects
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015461
- Title
- ARTICULATION AND PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF SPANISH-ENGLISH SPEAKING FLORIDA 4 AND 5 YEAR OLDS.
- Creator
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Dennis, Jennifer, Brice, Alejandro, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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There are currently five million children three to five years of age (i.e., 59.5% of all children from three to five), who are bilingual, living in the United States. By 2025, Census data show that the population of Florida will increase by some 26 percent adding another 5.5 million people to the state. There are a limited amount of studies yielding data on the development of Spanish phonology in 4 and 5 year old children residing in the United States, particularly in Florida. Consequently,...
Show moreThere are currently five million children three to five years of age (i.e., 59.5% of all children from three to five), who are bilingual, living in the United States. By 2025, Census data show that the population of Florida will increase by some 26 percent adding another 5.5 million people to the state. There are a limited amount of studies yielding data on the development of Spanish phonology in 4 and 5 year old children residing in the United States, particularly in Florida. Consequently, there is limited normative information pertaining to articulation and phonological development in Spanish speakers. It was postulated that normal, bilingual, Spanish/ English speaking children, ages 4 to 5 years old, would display different articulation and phonological processes in English and Spanish when measured with standardized English and Spanish articulation and phonology tests. Sixteen participants from the Orlando and Miami, Florida areas were tested. The participants consisted of eight 4 year olds and eight 5 year olds with six females and ten males. The children ranged in age from 3.7 to 5.7 with a mean age of 4.8 years. A diverse Spanish dialect (Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central American, and South American Spanish) was obtained from the participants. All children were normally developing. In addition, language, oral motor skills, and hearing were screened. It was hypothesized that there would be differences for the group of 16 bilingual (i.e., Spanish-English speaking) children for place, manner and voicing of articulation in English versus Spanish as measured by percentage of consonants correct. Only one consonant in the initial position was significantly different, i.e., /sh/. The /sh/ phoneme is an affricate which means it is part stop and part fricative. Spanish contains only one fricative (i.e., the /sh/) whereas English contains two affricates (i.e., /sh/, /dg/). Spanish speakers therefore, have little practice producing affricates. It was hypothesized that there would be differences in the group of 16 bilingual (i.e., Spanish-English speaking) children for phonological processes as measured by percentage of occurrence errors in English versus Spanish phonology. Two of the seven phonological processes were significantly different in their comparisons: (a) Stopping; and (b) Velar Fronting. Stopping could have been more difficult for children in English (9% occurrence) than in Spanish (0% occurrence) because there are more fricatives in English which can be stopped as compared to Spanish where there is only one fricative, which could be stopped. Fronting occurred 4% of the time in English and 0% of the time in Spanish. This could be due to the Spanish language being more anteriorly placed than English (Brice, 1996). Normative articulation and phonological Spanish data from this study were obtained and are particularly useful for speech-language pathologists in today's public school. As the Hispanic school population increase this information is beneficial as a reference for Spanish speech productions. Further research should include more participants, e.g., Spanish-English speaking children with phonological disorders, as the Hispanic population is increasing especially in the state of Florida. Larger sample sizes should be studied in order to create a more accurate valid representation of the population of Spanish-English speaking children in Florida. Research on this topic should be expanded to include normative data for disordered bilingual children in order to apply more appropriate treatments. In addition, other languages should be studied as the state of Florida and the nation are also experiencing growth in other languages beyond Spanish.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2006
- Identifier
- CFE0001226, ucf:46927
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001226
- Title
- DOUBLE DUTY: PROCESSING AND EXHIBITING THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA COLLECTION AS AN ARCHIVIST AND PUBLIC HISTORIAN.
- Creator
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Anderson, April, White, Vibert, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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The Children's Home Society of Florida, often referred to as "Florida's Greatest Charity", is the state's oldest non profit welfare agency. Founded in 1902, the society was instrumental in creating and reforming child welfare laws as well as helping countless children in the state of Florida find loving homes. This paper focuses on the archival processing of the Children's Home Society of Florida Collection papers and the creation of a subsequent web exhibit. The role of...
Show moreThe Children's Home Society of Florida, often referred to as "Florida's Greatest Charity", is the state's oldest non profit welfare agency. Founded in 1902, the society was instrumental in creating and reforming child welfare laws as well as helping countless children in the state of Florida find loving homes. This paper focuses on the archival processing of the Children's Home Society of Florida Collection papers and the creation of a subsequent web exhibit. The role of archivist and public historian is examined to see how each profession works toward a common goal.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2007
- Identifier
- CFE0001613, ucf:47181
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001613
- Title
- PREVENTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN READING NUTRITION LABELS AND HEALTHY DIETARY BEHAVIORS.
- Creator
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Bogers, Kimberly S, Quelly, Susan, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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Childhood obesity is a prevalent problem in the United States. Obesity increases the risk for many diseases. Obese children are likely to become obese adults with additional comorbidities. Studies have reported mixed findings regarding associations between reading nutrition labels and improved dietary behaviors/healthy weight status. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the frequency of children reading nutrition labels is related to frequency of performing 12 dietary behaviors....
Show moreChildhood obesity is a prevalent problem in the United States. Obesity increases the risk for many diseases. Obese children are likely to become obese adults with additional comorbidities. Studies have reported mixed findings regarding associations between reading nutrition labels and improved dietary behaviors/healthy weight status. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the frequency of children reading nutrition labels is related to frequency of performing 12 dietary behaviors. De-identified baseline data from a previous quasiexperimental pilot study were analyzed. Data were collected from 4th and 5th graders (n = 42) at an after-school program. An adapted paper survey was administered to the children to measure the number of days (0�7) they read nutrition labels and performed 12 dietary behaviors over the preceding week. Due to non-normal distribution of data, non-parametric Spearman rho correlations were conducted to determine relationships between frequency of reading nutrition labels and dietary behaviors. Positive correlations were found between frequency of reading nutrition labels and eating fruit for breakfast; eating vegetables at lunch/dinner; eating whole grain/multigrain bread (p less than .05); eating fruit for a snack; eating vegetables for a snack (p less than .01). Frequency of reading nutrition labels was inversely related to drinking soda/sugar-sweetened beverages (p less than .05). Significant relationships were found between frequency of reading nutrition labels and several dietary behaviors associated with childhood obesity prevention. Findings are promising and support the need for further intervention research to determine potential direct influences of children reading nutrition labels on dietary behaviors.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2018
- Identifier
- CFH2000281, ucf:45722
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000281
- Title
- AN EXAMINATION OF RELATIONAL BULLYING IN AWARD WINNING NEWBERY BOOKS, 1996-2016.
- Creator
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Wann, Kaysey N, Hoffman, Elizabeth, University of Central Florida
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Relational bullying, although covert in nature and difficult for adults to notice and identify, is becoming increasingly prevalent among young children and teens. The success of bibliotherapy as preventative and intervention practices for bullying shows that portrayals of relational bullying in quality children's literature would be effective in reducing and preventing it. However, relational bullying is rarely portrayed in children's literature. My goal was to find quality children's...
Show moreRelational bullying, although covert in nature and difficult for adults to notice and identify, is becoming increasingly prevalent among young children and teens. The success of bibliotherapy as preventative and intervention practices for bullying shows that portrayals of relational bullying in quality children's literature would be effective in reducing and preventing it. However, relational bullying is rarely portrayed in children's literature. My goal was to find quality children's realistic fiction literature that portrays relational bullying in Newbery award-winning books, and to bring them to the attention of teachers. After creating a table to determine what types of bullying, if any, were portrayed in the 21 Newbery Medal and Honor realistic fiction children's literature (1996-2016), the books were read in their totality, and analyzed for any portrayals of relational bullying, including the experience of bullying from the eyes of the bully, victim, and bystander. The bullying portrayed in the literature was described, as well as the characteristics of the bully and victim. Only 10 out of the 21 books read contained portrayals of bullying in the plot. Using this information, future research will include creating a website for teachers, other educational professionals, and parents, to help bring quality children's literature portrayals of relational bullying to their attention. The hope is that teachers will begin to use the findings of this study as a resource with their students, to prevent or address relational bullying in their classrooms, and to recommend it to school psychologists, counselors, and parents, as needed.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2017
- Identifier
- CFH0000231, ucf:44684
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0000231
- Title
- SODIUM (NA) LEVELS IN DRINKING WATER (H20) AND DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERTENSION IN CHILDREN.
- Creator
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Schiffman, Sara, Bushy, Angeline, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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This integrative review of the literature focused on sodium (Na) content in drinking water (H2O) supplies and the subsequent effect on blood pressure levels in children. Studies for this review were drawn from the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, PubMED, Science and Technology Databases, PsychInfo, United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA in Florida websites. Criterion for inclusion in the data base searches were hypertension, high blood pressure, sodium...
Show moreThis integrative review of the literature focused on sodium (Na) content in drinking water (H2O) supplies and the subsequent effect on blood pressure levels in children. Studies for this review were drawn from the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, PubMED, Science and Technology Databases, PsychInfo, United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA in Florida websites. Criterion for inclusion in the data base searches were hypertension, high blood pressure, sodium in drinking water, drinking water salinity, children or preg*. Subsequently, further article selection criteria included children (under 18 years of age)and published in the English language (N=59). Findings of the review as summarized in this thesis could guide nursing research, education, policy and practice related to primary, secondary and tertiary interventions associated with sodium levels in drinking as a contributing factor to blood pressure levels in children.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2013
- Identifier
- CFH0004469, ucf:45123
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004469
- Title
- THE EFFECTS OF PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION ON STRESS IN THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION.
- Creator
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Howard, Amy, Allred, Kelly, University of Central Florida
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The purpose of this research was to critically analyze relevant literature regarding the effects of preoperative education on levels of stress in the pediatric population. The goal of this research is to review and analyze the available literature to determine best practice as it relates to educating the pediatric preoperative patient in order to relieve stress. Research was retrieved from Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsycINFO, and MEDLINE-EBSCOhost databases...
Show moreThe purpose of this research was to critically analyze relevant literature regarding the effects of preoperative education on levels of stress in the pediatric population. The goal of this research is to review and analyze the available literature to determine best practice as it relates to educating the pediatric preoperative patient in order to relieve stress. Research was retrieved from Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsycINFO, and MEDLINE-EBSCOhost databases using keywords pediatric, preoperative, anxiety, stress, fear, children, hospitalized child, education, play therapy, and surgery. Inclusion criteria included research that focused on relieving anxiety or stress in the pediatric surgical patient. Seven research-based articles were found that met the inclusion criteria. Findings indicate surgery is stressful in pediatric patients at all developmental stages. Preoperative education was found to reduce this stress. Verbal, written, and visual means of education all led to a decrease in stress prior to surgery. More research is needed to determine the best developmentally appropriate educational program to relieve stress in the pediatric patient.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- Identifier
- CFH0003809, ucf:44738
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0003809
- Title
- PREDICTORS OF PARENTAL DISCIPLINE IN FAMILIES RAISING YOUTH WITH HEARING AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.
- Creator
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Klein, Jenny, Renk, Kimberly, University of Central Florida
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Children with disabilities are at high risk for several forms of maltreatment, including abuse and neglect (Ammerman, Hersen, Van Hasselt, Lubetsky, & Sieck, 1994; Sullivan & Knutson, 1998b), and children with hearing and communication disorders comprise a substantial portion of children at risk (e.g., Sullivan & Knutson, 2000). For example, some literature investigating the parenting practices of parents raising children and adolescents with hearing and communication disorders suggests that...
Show moreChildren with disabilities are at high risk for several forms of maltreatment, including abuse and neglect (Ammerman, Hersen, Van Hasselt, Lubetsky, & Sieck, 1994; Sullivan & Knutson, 1998b), and children with hearing and communication disorders comprise a substantial portion of children at risk (e.g., Sullivan & Knutson, 2000). For example, some literature investigating the parenting practices of parents raising children and adolescents with hearing and communication disorders suggests that these parents have a tendency to use physically harsh discipline practices (Knutson, Johnson, & Sullivan, 2004; Sullivan & Knutson, 1998b). Further, high prevalence rates of emotional and behavioral problems are documented in these youth (e.g., Greenberg & Kusché, 1989; Hindley, 1997; Prizant, Audet, Burke, & Hummel, 1990). Despite these findings, a limited amount of research focuses on understanding factors related to these undesired outcomes. Therefore, this study investigates the relationships among dimensions of parents' psychological functioning and parent-child interactive processes in a culturally diverse, national sample of families raising children and adolescents with hearing and communication disorders. Results suggest that parents' stress, depression, and anxiety as well as parent-child communication and involvement are important correlates of discipline practices and subsequent child behavior in families raising children and adolescents with hearing and communication disorders. Additionally, psychological aggression and parents' depression are highly predictive factors in the use of corporal punishment. Also, psychological aggression and parenting stress are highly predictive of reported youth behavior problems. The information gained from this investigation may provide direction for assessment and therapeutic intervention with parents of children and adolescents who have hearing and communication disorders.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- Identifier
- CFE0002878, ucf:48024
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002878
- Title
- A Trauma-informed School-based Mental Health Counseling Intervention to Promote the Academic and Social-emotional Functionality of Children Living in Poverty.
- Creator
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Perleoni, Mary, Lambie, Glenn, Kelchner, Viki, Taylor, Dalena, Boote, David, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a trauma-informed school-based mental health counseling intervention (TI-SBMHCI) on students enrolled in three Title I elementary schools. This study aimed to examine the impact of a TI-SBMHCI on participants' social-emotional functionality, trauma symptomology, and academic behavior. Counselors-in-training provided a 10-week TI-SBMHCI based off of Bath's (2008) The three Pillars of Trauma-informed Care and data was collected...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a trauma-informed school-based mental health counseling intervention (TI-SBMHCI) on students enrolled in three Title I elementary schools. This study aimed to examine the impact of a TI-SBMHCI on participants' social-emotional functionality, trauma symptomology, and academic behavior. Counselors-in-training provided a 10-week TI-SBMHCI based off of Bath's (2008) The three Pillars of Trauma-informed Care and data was collected at pretest (first session), mid (fifth session), and posttest (tenth session). In addition, this investigation examined if participants showed greater improvement in academic behavior in comparison to students who did not receive a SBMHCI through the creation of matched sample control group.Results indicated that the participants' trauma-symptomology, social-emotional functionality, and academic behaviors improved over time. Specifically, results of trauma-symptomology per child report exhibited significant decrease in re-experiencing scores (?(&)#178; = .088), arousal scores (?(&)#178; = .086), and total trauma symptomology scores (?(&)#178; = .08). Further, results of trauma-symptomology per parent report exhibited significant decrease in re-experiencing scores (?(&)#178; = .251), avoidance scores (?(&)#178; = .180), negative thoughts and feelings scores (?(&)#178; = .315), arousal scores (?(&)#178; = .192), and total trauma symptomology (?(&)#178; = .369). In regard to social-emotional functionality, parents reported significant decreased in internalizing (?(&)#178; = .236), externalizing (?(&)#178; = .160), and total problem behavior scores (?(&)#178; = .211). Similarly, teachers reported significant decrease in the participants' total problem behavior scores (?(&)#178; = .090). Further, the students who received the 10-week intervention showed a significant decrease in their office discipline referrals (?(&)#178; = .094). When a matched sample control group was implemented, there was a between-subject effect among the treatment and control group concerning office discipline referrals (p = .042; partial ?(&)#178; = .052) with the treatment group exhibiting greater decrease in office discipline referrals.Implications of the findings include: (a) support for the use of a TI-SBMHCI for children living in low-income communities; (b) evidence that a TI-SBMHCI promotes elementary school students' social emotional functionality, decreases their trauma-symptomology, and improves their academic behavior; and (c) reinforces the importance of trauma-informed counseling within an effective school-based mental health counseling program.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- Identifier
- CFE0007704, ucf:52455
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007704
- Title
- Exploring Theology and Practice in Islamic Parenting.
- Creator
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Akin, Mergin, Rivera, Fernando, Grauerholz, Elizabeth, Gay, David, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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The purpose of this study is to explore Muslims' parenting styles and determine how factors such as religion, education, income, physical and verbal punishment experienced as a child, and the perception of Islamic childrearing influence their parenting styles. The research focuses on the main tenets of parenting in the Islamic tradition such as fatherhood, motherhood, children's and parent's rights and responsibilities, discipline methods, and physical punishment. The study also informs the...
Show moreThe purpose of this study is to explore Muslims' parenting styles and determine how factors such as religion, education, income, physical and verbal punishment experienced as a child, and the perception of Islamic childrearing influence their parenting styles. The research focuses on the main tenets of parenting in the Islamic tradition such as fatherhood, motherhood, children's and parent's rights and responsibilities, discipline methods, and physical punishment. The study also informs the role of marriage in Islam and the adopted concepts and theories of Western sociological literature. Findings show that authoritative parenting was the most predominant parenting style among study participants. The study also revealed that those who frequently read the Qur'an tended to be less authoritarian. Parents that experienced physical punishment as a child and who think Islam allows spanking were more likely to sponsor an authoritarian parenting style. The study findings provide insights into the complex roles of religion and parenting in Muslim groups.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2012
- Identifier
- CFE0004493, ucf:49295
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004493
- Title
- GRADUATED STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND THEIR PARENTS: LIVED EXPERIENCES IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
- Creator
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Uhle, Karen, Martin, Suzanne, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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ABSTRACT With a dramatic increase in the prevalence of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including those with high-functioning autism and Asperger's syndrome, educators are challenged to meet the educational needs of a complex and widely diverse group of exceptional learners. The focus of this research was to gain insight into the experiences of the graduated student with autism and his/her parent(s) during the student's time in public school. This study had three research...
Show moreABSTRACT With a dramatic increase in the prevalence of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including those with high-functioning autism and Asperger's syndrome, educators are challenged to meet the educational needs of a complex and widely diverse group of exceptional learners. The focus of this research was to gain insight into the experiences of the graduated student with autism and his/her parent(s) during the student's time in public school. This study had three research questions: 1) What were the lived experiences of students with ASD who graduated from an urban public high school in the southeast United States?; 2) What were the lived experiences of the parents of the graduated students with ASD?; and, 3) Were there common themes between the graduated students' lived experiences and the parent's lived experiences? Five graduated students and their parents were interviewed in this qualitative, phenomenological study. Explicitation of the interview data identified three themes for the graduated student group: a) challenges with learning due to having an ASD; b) difficulty making friends; and, c) involvement in their educational process. Four themes were present in the parent group: a) challenges with learning due to having an ASD; b) difficulty making friends; c) establishment of a relationship with the school; and, d) preparation for post-secondary experiences. The graduated student group agreed with the parent group on 16 of the 20 interview questions. Responses for each graduated student were compared to the responses of his/her own parent(s). Recommendations were made for future research.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- Identifier
- CFE0003719, ucf:48801
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003719
