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Defying the ODDs: How Indiana Schools Should Implement Multisystemic Therapy to Reduce the Rate of Juvenile Incarceration for Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
No full textUnder Indiana Code Section 20-35-4-1.5, schools have a duty to educate students with a disability. 1 However, due to ineffective disciplinary measures in schools, students with debilitating behavioral health disorders are not receiving the education they are due. This Note will explore why Indiana should adopt legislation like New York’s ‘Timothy’s Law’ to allow for insurance coverage of Multisystemic Therapy to be implemented in schools as an alternative to other disciplinary actions for students diagnosed with disruptive behavioral disorders, and in particular, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). Specifically, this Note will begin with a hypothetical scenario of a young child diagnosed with ODD who did not receive proper treatment of his disorder. This Note will then outline what ODD is, its history, and discuss how it is currently treated. Next, this Note will outline how schools are affected by Oppositional Defiant Disorder and how this directly contributes to juvenile incarceration rates.
This Note will then propose a solution to juvenile incarceration rates of children with ODD by proposing that schools implement multisystemic therapy programs, modeled after a Californian logic model. During this proposal, this Note will discuss what Multisystemic Therapy is and how it would look in a school setting. This Note will further outline the cost of implementing the program and analyze how Indiana legislation currently has passed some legislation that can off-set the cost of the program. Finally, this Note will recommend further legislative changes like New York’s “Timothy Law” that will allow for insurance coverage of the therapy
Utilizing Centers for Teaching and Learning to Support Dual Enrollment Educators
Get PDFAcross the country, many states are expanding their support for and implementation of Dual Enrollment programs, seeing them as opportunities to encourage students to go on to college - particularly those students who historically might have had less opportunity and/or encouragement to do so. As these programs expand, so too does the need for professional development for the educators who teach this widening and increasingly diverse student population.
As documented in several studies, educator professional development is critical to Dual Enrollment success; however, research has shown that training is not always timely, consistent, or robust. To address this challenge, our institutions have found value in leveraging Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) to help fill this professional development gap. In this manuscript we share examples of how CTLs at our respective institutions have supported the training of Dual Enrollment instructors in order to assure successful and inclusive teaching and learning courses. 
G. Hussein Rassool. Islamic Counselling: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. Hove, East Sussex: Routledge, 2016.
No full textMuhammad A. Ali, Omer Bajwa, Sondos Kholaki, and Jaye Starr, eds. Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America. Pennsylvania: Templeton Press, 2022.
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\u27Entertaining\u27 a New College Athlete Unionization Structure
No full textBetween athletes still feeling short-changed despite name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation and coaches and administrators feeling generally unhappy with the unregulated, “wild west” landscape of NIL, college sports is faced with two competing forces pushing college athletics in two distinctly different directions. There is an obvious solution to all of the strife in college sports: the legal recognition of college athletes as employees and the creation of a formally recognized college athlete labor union, allowing athletes to collectively bargain for a share of media rights revenues and other work conditions, while also allowing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to collectively bargain for more regulations and restrictions on NIL activity without facing antitrust scrutiny by virtue of the non-statutory labor exemption.
There are several unique challenges to organizing a labor union comprised of athletes, including the breadth and variety of their negotiating interests. However, there is a robust union that has been in operation since the 1930s that may provide a baseline framework: the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). In this article, we explore potential frameworks for a college athlete union by using SAG-AFTRA and other major unions as templates. SAG-AFTRA’s unique national-local structure serves as a guide for how to create a robust and effective college athlete union that meets all sides’ interests in reforming college sports
The Experiences of First-Time Managers at a Hawaii Tourist Destination
Get PDFHawaii is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Serving the millions of annual tourists to Hawaii are managers and supervisors who operate the tourist destinations frequented by these visitors. For this qualitative study, 17 individuals serving as first-time managers (FTMs) in a prominent tourist destination in Hawaii were interviewed to identify the challenges they faced in their transition into management roles and how they have overcome these challenges. The study also identified factors that help individuals better prepare for the transition from employees to first-time managers
Antifungal Activity of a Wireless Electroceutical Dressing
Get PDFBackground:Fusarium and Mucor are two filamentous fungus strains that can cause infections in humans. Fusarium is known for causing corneal infections. Patients who have diabetes mellitus or are immunocompromised are at a higher risk of mucormycosis. Wireless electroceutical dressing (WED) contains embedded silver and zinc nanoparticles in a geometric pattern. Both zinc and silver have been known to be antimicrobial; yet the combination results in a weak electric field when exposed to an electrolyte-containing solution. WED has been found to have antifungal effects against Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus.
Methods:We investigated the antifungal effect of WED against Fusarium and Mucor growth and survival through daily radial growth and optic density readings.
Results:Our results show that the WED weakly inhibits radial growth of Fusarium strains and strongly inhibits radial growth of Mucor strains, with greater inhibition near physiologic temperatures. Although zinc and silver-only fabric inhibited the radial growth of Mucor, no growth occurred on WED (Ag-Zn) plates for Mucor strains. Optic density readings had mixed results; Ag-Zn liquid cultures had reduced absorbance than control cultures for both strains. Zone of inhibition studies of Fusarium showed no growth on Ag-Zn fabrics with full coverage on all other control and metal containing plates. WED had a greater effect on reducing Mucor growth than Fusarium.
Conclusions:WED utilizes a weak electrical field created by silver and zinc nanoparticles to create an antifungal effect. This leads to strong inhibition of Mucor, Candida, and Aspergillus growth and weak inhibition of Fusarium growth. Further studies are needed to determine the specific effect of WED on fungal viability, the mechanism, and in vivo efficacy. This work could increase patient treatment options for fungal wound infections
Factors Affecting General Surgery Intern Wellness: A Qualitative Study
Get PDFBackground:Surgical training is demanding and presents numerous challenges to new interns including long working hours that can threaten their well-being. The factors affecting their well-being as reported by interns themselves, are however, poorly understood. This qualitative study aimed to determine the factors contributing to the wellness of general surgery interns, and identify potential areas that could benefit from intervention and policy reform.
Methods:A comprehensive scoping review of the literature on resident wellness was initially performed, using "resident" and "wellness" as search criteria on PubMed, and encompassing articles published from 2013 onward. The results of this review were used for the development of an interview guide for in-person focus groups. General surgery interns at Indiana University participated in focus groups that were recorded and transcribed. Two coders coded the transcript independently to develop a code book. Thematic analysis was conducted using a constructivist grounded theory methodology to determine emergent themes.
Results:Ten surgical interns participated in the focus groups. Qualitative analysis revealed five predominant themes that impact intern wellness: Lack of respect, inadequate facilities and resources, lack of fulfillment, work overload, and poor communication.
Conclusions:The themes identified reveal numerous factors that impact intern wellness beyond working hours and pay and provide targets for interventions that can address them. Our results suggest that “one-size fits all” wellness solutions are unlikely to address the specific challenges faced by surgical trainees; multifaceted interventions are required to enhance intern well-being. Future research should focus on the development and implementation of targeted strategies to address these identified issues