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  • Exploring resilience in the lives of women leaders in early childhood health, human services, and education

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    Turner, Susan Diane
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    Women leaders in early childhood health, human services, and education face tremendous challenges in their efforts to cultivate resilience amidst a myriad of risk factors including incessant stress, low wages, and limited professional support. Women who foster mental health in young children and high-risk families are vulnerable to secondary traumatic...
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    . Research Questions To explore resilience in the lives of women leaders in health, human services, and

  • Is the classroom a haven? The effects of students' exposure to violence on teacher practice

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    Hatch, David
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    Millions of children are exposed to various types of violence throughout their school years. American children, by the time they are 18 years old, have seen more than 100,000 acts of violence on television alone. The effect of exposure to violence becomes a part of a child's life experience and...
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    experienced and interpreted as seen by the participants of a study (Creswell, 1994; Weber, 2004). Research

  • Pre-service and new teacher attitudes and understanding about their preparation to work with special needs and diverse learners

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    Egby, Phyllis
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    The 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) are two federal mandates which impact general education teachers working with special needs students and diverse learners (second language learners, students from severe poverty, students from different cultures, students who experience occasional emotional needs, and students...
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    , and interviews conducted by the researcher. There was also a study of three Pacific Northwest

  • Bridging differences : Saudi Arabian students reflect on their educational experiences and share success strategies

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    Shaw, Donna L. (Donna Laible)
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    This study examines the U.S. educational experiences of Saudi Arabian students. Using qualitative case study and photo-elicitation research methods, this study conducted multiple interviews with 25 Saudi students and explored their perceptions of their American learning environment, how it differed from Saudi Arabia, and the strategies they developed to successfully...
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    perceptions, their voices, and the means by which they succeed. Foundation and Framework of this Research

  • Special education compliance issues in Oregon

    Creator:
    O'Dell, Richard M.
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    In the 27 years since the establishment of federal law mandating special education, no state has been fully in compliance. In addition, the voices of school personnel (special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, and school psychologists) charged with implementing these laws and regulations have been largely silent in the...
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    funds for educational purposes. Federal support for research in the areas of science and technology was

  • A perceived-risk curriculum for at-risk learners

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    Kash, Laurel Renee
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    Although perceived-risk curriculum, that is, where the learner experiences effects of eustress (positive stress), has been used in Arts or outdoor activities, it has not been used in school classrooms. Milkman’s 1996 studies of after-school Project Self Discovery demonstrated that at-risk students lessened their adverse risky behaviors, such as substance...
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    to at-risk curriculum and by the small size of the studied population. Further research over a