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Family-Based Treatment for Young Children with OCD: A Case Study of a 5-Year-Old Child and His Mother
Get PDFAn Empirically Supported Treatment Case StudyThe following is a de-identified case study that presents the treatment process and outcome for a
young child and his mother, with fictional names of Ian and Tiana Good. Ian is a 5-year-old
Caucasian Hispanic male, and Tiana is a 37 Caucasian Hispanic female. Ian is an elementary
school student who resides in a midsize city in the Midwestern United States. Ian was seen at a
not-for-profit agency. Ian presented with severe obsessive-compulsive symptoms that affected
his cognitions, emotions, behaviors, and overall functioning. Family-Based Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy (FB-CBT), written by Freeman and Garcia (2009), was the therapy utilized to assist Ian
and his mother in learning skills to effectively manage and reduce obsessive-compulsive
symptoms. Psychoeducation, differential reinforcement strategies, cognitive strategies, and
exposure and response prevention were all used to treat Ian. This case study reviews the relevant
scientific literature and then presents the initial interview, assessments, diagnosis, treatment plan,
implementation of interventions, and barriers to treatment. A transcription of one session is
provided as a demonstration of Ian and Mrs. Good’s work in session using the family-based
approach to treatment.Department of Psycholog
Self-reflection on Exam Performance: Does Performance Improve?
No full textThe responsibility of student learning has historically fallen on the shoulders of educational institutions and faculty. The role of teachers is to provide students with the knowledge needed to attain academic success. While the definition of academic success varies, teachers are ultimately responsible for student outcomes. Research on learning styles and factors which influence learning have shown that students’ own behaviors and motivation play just as much a role, perhaps even more, in achieving academic success. The social cognitive theory of human functioning is the basis of most research for promoting student success. A self-evaluation tool, completed by students in a physical therapist assistant program following examinations, was used to identify reasons why questions were answered incorrectly on examinations. The results of the self-evaluation tool were analyzed to determine if self-reflection improved overall performance on future examinations. This project presents an overview of the social cognitive theory of human functioning and its role in promoting academic success.Department of Allied Healt
Baseball Media Guide 2019
No full textTeam schedules, team rosters, player profiles, and team facts and statistics
Volleyball Media Guide 2018
No full textTeam schedules, team rosters, player profiles, and team facts and statistics
Understanding the Bullying Culture: The Influence of Self-Efficacy on the Relationship between Coping Styles and Bullying Involvement
Get PDFAs many as one in two children are likely to encounter bullying (Beran & Tutty, 2002; Hampel et al., 2009; Khamis, 2015; Solberg & Olweus, 2003). However, there is little replicated research indicating what specific factors contribute to bullying involvement. The present study was a partial replication of Kokkinos et al. (2015) addressing to what degree coping style and self-efficacy influence one’s involvement in the bullying culture. By administering three self-report surveys to 815 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students from a mid-sized city in the Midwest, the study investigated the following hypotheses: a) there is a relationship between one’s bully/victim role and one’s general level of approach coping and one’s general level of avoidance coping; b) there is a relationship between one’s bully/victim role and one’s general level of self-efficacy; and c) coping style is moderated by self-efficacy in relation to bully/victim roles. Results indicated significant group differences among pure bullies, pure victims, bully-victims, and those not involved regarding approach coping, avoidance coping, and forms of self-efficacy. While regression analyses did not reveal any moderating effects of self-efficacy, they did provide further evidence of the predictive role coping styles and self-efficacy have in bullying involvement. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that antibullying interventions consider such factors when being developed.Department of Psycholog
Tax Law and Business Growth
No full textDuring December 2017, the U.S. Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that lowered tax rates. The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) of the U.S. Congress (2018) estimates that lower taxes will boost growth by about 0.8% per year. C corps are the big winners from TCJA as its maximum corporate tax rate was lowered from 0.35 to 0.21. This decrease serves to alleviate the double taxation on C corps that Doran (2009) characterizes as unfair and inefficient and Polito (2017) labels as arbitrary and capricious. Besides double taxation, there are two other baffling tax laws. First, researchers (Burke, 2008; Norback, Persson, and
Tag, 2018) question why an interest tax shield (ITS) should exist given it distorts security ownership favoring debt over equity. Second, equally perplexing is the tax treatment of retained earnings (RE) that is contrary to the research (Noked, 2014; Nussim and Sorek; 2017) that advocates tax incentives for funds used for growth. Under the assumption that growth increases 0.78%, which is consistent with JCT and empirical research, we find that taxpayer wealth increases 5.65% beyond pre-TCJA values while total federal tax revenue (TFTR) collected from corporate and personal taxpayers falls 1.41 % and the weighted effective tax rate
(WETR) drops 1.64%. Ifwe replace an ITS with a 50% RTS, which means half of every dollar used for RE is shielded from taxes, we find an improvement in that taxpayer wealth increases 6.16%, TFTR rises 1.35%, and WETR drops 3.74%. With a 50% RTS, the inequality found in the taxing of pass-throughs and C corp is reduced 0.52% from a C corp advantage of 1.42% with an ITS to a pass-through advantage of 0.90% with a 50% RTS. Finally, a 50% RTS does not alter the optimal debt-to-firm value ratio supporting the claim that an ITS is an illogical tax deduction reflecting an inefficient tax policy that also overtaxes growth.Kaw Valley Ban
Exploration of Team Mental Model Characteristics to Identify Opportunities and Hindrances in Global Virtual Teamwork
No full textWhile there is a significant volume of literature that studies teams and team working, the research in virtual teams and global virtual teamwork is still developing. The current research acknowledges the popularity of virtual teamwork in today's organizations and sheds light on differences between global virtual and other forms of teamwork using different features of the team mental model. Compared to traditional or face-to-face teams, global virtual teams can usually achieve more significant team process gains, suggesting the existence of opportunities, while disengagement might lead to losses, representing hindrances. This research aims to identify particular features of global virtual teamwork and ways in which they impact performance, using the concept of team mental model, conceptualized as teams' thought processes reflected i n teamwork common knowledge and team members' perceptions about their actions and outcomes. We examine the concept of team mental model in the form of cohesiveness, task abilities, and social loafing. We propose that virtual teams' cohesiveness can present both opportunities and hindrances for team performance, promoting performance orientation, stimulated by the use of communication and
collaboration technologies, while potentially hurting outcomes depending on how much individualism value orientations or anti-work norms are prevalent within the team. We also propose that global virtual teams benefit from epistemic opportunities because they have access to wide-ranging and far-reaching perspectives generated by diverse team members, as well as knowledge heterogeneity and within team cross-learning potential. Conversely, motivational losses in the form of social loafing and trust development hinder processes and outcomes of global virtual teamwork.Kaw Valley Ban
Evaluation of Stroke and Chest Pain Certification
No full textCertification of hospitals was examined in the specific areas of stroke and chest pain. Specifications of what defines the different types of stroke and myocardial infarctions (heart attacks) were also examined in detail. The mandatory certification and medical staff education requirements were reviewed from The Joint Commission and The American College of Cardiology. The findings suggest that patient outcomes are improved and teamwork among caregivers is enhanced from hospitals that have implemented certification. Certification gives hospitals the tools such as specific work organization, staffing, checklists, and evidence-based treatment plans that help guide the physicians and medical staff in the care of stroke and chest pain patients. Analysis of the research suggests hospitals should become certified in stroke and chest pain in order to improve patient outcomes.Department of Allied Healt
Early Adoption of Topic 606 Revenue Recognition from Contracts with Customers
No full textHow do companies make decisions on when and how to transition into newly issued accounting requirements? The two-year window for adopting Topic 606 Revenue Recognition from Contracts with Customers offers an opportunity to observe
companies, using their financial statement notes from 2014 to 2017, in order to provide investors with information about changes in revenue recognition methods. Among the Standard & Poors (S&P) 1,500 companies, only ten companies were identified as early adopters, making this study a deep exploration into the transition paths chosen by these ten unusual companies, rather than a statistical comparison of early versus late adopters. By examining these ten companies, this study can identify evidence of the motivations that the accounting literature has documented in the study of other early adoption decisions.Kaw Valley Ban