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  • A perceived-risk curriculum for at-risk learners

    Creator:
    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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    Dissertation
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    Education presented on August 3, 2009. Title: A Perceived Risk Curriculum for At-Risk Learners

  • Perceptions about schooling and substance abuse treatment success from court mandated adolescent males

    Creator:
    Mazzotta, Margaret Ann
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    Many youth are able to be successful in the traditional school setting. Large numbers are not successful. Dropout rates are alarming. There is little research that examines the drop out problem from the perspective of the youth. Traditionally programs that are designed to help have been designed by adults. This...
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    Dissertation
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    out problem from the perspective of the youth. Traditionally programs that are designed to help have

  • Evaluation of a social-emotional and character development program : methods and outcomes

    Creator:
    Lewis, Kendra M.
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    Schools are increasingly expected to prevent and decrease violence, substance use, and other problem behaviors linked to academics and prepare students to be contributing members of society. One approach with proven success in promoting positive outcomes related to a broad range of student behaviors and personal characteristics is social-emotional learning,...
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    , substance use, and other problem behaviors linked to academics and prepare students to be contributing

  • Externalized and internalized manifestations of child maltreatment

    Creator:
    Chang, I-Tung Joyce
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    Although child maltreatment has been studied for several decades, there are still substantial gaps of understanding essential areas such as the consequences of child maltreatment and the variability in the impact of different types of maltreatment. This study examined whether externalization and internalization are two valid and distinctive dimensions in...
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    Dissertation

  • A study of the educational status and some educational implications of a local relief population

    Creator:
    Davis, Edwin Blundell
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    Masters Thesis
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    / \ - ___________ Head of Department of Education Redacted for privacy / ---w-- - Chairman of School Graduate

  • Examining the Promotion of Out of School Physical Activity During Physical Education

    Creator:
    Pawlowski, Jill K.
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    The promotion of out of school physical activity during physical education has received increasing attention as a tool for combating increasing sedentary time among youth. Qualitative work has shown that physical education teachers feel they lack the knowledge necessary to include physical activity promotion in their lessons and unprepared by...
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    Dissertation
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    of School Physical Activity During Physical Education. Lack of youth physical activity (PA

  • Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Outcomes for Young Adults

    Creator:
    Roberts, Sean D.
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    Those experiencing significant psychosocial problems in adolescence and young adulthood are at higher risk for psychological disorder (Pottick, Bilder, Vander Stoep, Warner, & Alvarez, 2008). Compared to peers, these individuals struggle to complete school, fit with social roles, and acquire occupational skills necessary for adulthood (Pottick et al., 2008). Providing...
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    Professor, representing Counseling Dean of the College of Education Dean of the Graduate School

  • Examining multidimensional resilience in at-risk adolescents

    Creator:
    Taylor, Amanda L.
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    The bulk of resilience research has focused on developmental outcomes in a single domain of functioning (e.g., academic achievement), overlooking the complex interplay of positive and negative developmental outcomes that may co-occur within an individual (Luthar, Cicchetti, & Becker, 2000). Resilience may strengthen over time and across domains (e.g., psychological...
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    approach toward problem-solving, gaining positive attention from others, and a positive perspective. Thus

  • Mob mentality and classroom management : Meeting student needs and building self-regulation skills

    Creator:
    Mills, Jan L.
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    Literature on classroom management asserts that the best discipline is preventive, with studies on teacher variables such as empathy or enforcement of consequences, as well as student variables such as peers reporting positive behaviors with group contingencies, among others. However, there is little in the research that specifically targets regular...
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    L. Mills for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on May 3, 2010. Title

  • Low-Income Adolescents’ Physical Activity Levels in Rural Coastal Community: A Gender and Ethnic Comparison.

    Creator:
    Massa-Gonzalez, Ada N.
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    Physical Activity (PA) has been shown to significantly improve the overall health of adolescents. The health dimensions that are positively influenced by a consistent level of PA are multiple and range from body composition, chronic diseases management (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, etc.), chronic pain, and mental health (depression, anxiety, etc.). The...
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    physical education classes. This is of particular concern when our children and youth spend most of