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  • Use and Disclosure of Complementary Health Approaches Among Children with Developmental Disabilities

    Creator:
    Lindly, Olivia J.
    Abstract:
    Children with developmental disabilities (DD), particularly autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may use complementary health approaches (CHA), including some modalities that can be unsafe, inefficacious, and/or costly. Still, the prevalence of CHA use among US children with DD is not known and their reasons for use are not well understood. By...
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    Dissertation
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    by children, is part of shared treatment decision making63,64 and family-centered care more broadly

  • Physical activity in children attending family child care homes

    Creator:
    Rice, Kelly Rae
    Abstract:
    Family Child Care Homes (FCCHs) are the second largest provider of non-relative care in the U.S. However, despite providing care for nearly 1.9 million children under the age of 5, little is known about the physical activity levels of children attending FCCHs. This dissertation sought to provide new information with...
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    Dissertation
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    July 23, 2012. Title: Physical Activity in Children Attending Family Child Care Homes Abstract

  • The impact of child-centered play therapy on anxiety levels in pre-neurosurgical pediatric patients

    Creator:
    Lerwick, Julie L.
    Abstract:
    The prevalence of childhood illness requiring hospitalization establishes the need for implementation of an applied intervention to decrease levels of hospitalization-induced anxiety in pediatric patients. In addition to anxiety, levels of perceived trauma have also been linked to pre-operative pediatric patients. Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) within the medical setting has...
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    Dissertation
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    children preparing for surgery. However, a review of the literature indicates that this need is not

  • Predictors of participation in a prison-based parenting program

    Creator:
    Schumer, Jean Ellen
    Abstract:
    The focus of this study was threefold. This research examined the extent to which parenting alliance between incarcerated parents and the caregivers of their children, influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs. This research explored the extent to which family contact influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs....
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    Dissertation
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    children, influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs. This research explored the