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Suicide Prevention for The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Get PDFThe problem that this research addressed is the lack of a Lutheran training framework for suicide prevention in the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) in which ministers learn to identify and respond to congregants and colleagues who have suicidal thoughts and wish to die. In response to the problem, this research began with a theological study of three biblical characters (Elijah, Job, and Jonah) that expressed a wish to die. Following the theological study, the researcher reviewed current literature on existing suicide prevention models, best practices for suicide prevention, and pastoral care for people who have suicidal thoughts. The researcher conducted a content analysis of the documents and audio-visual materials of five suicide prevention gatekeeper training programs. From the research and coding of the content, a taxonomy was created for curriculum development. The taxonomy was comprised of nine categories: faith, assessment of suicidal ideation, participant behavior and self-efficacy, referral, delivery, instructional materials, participant materials, skills developed in instructional content, and learning strategies. Following the analysis and integration of the data, the researcher created a framework of suicide prevention training for Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod ministers. The framework included delivery methodology, and content for the training of LCMS ministers to identify and respond to individuals with suicidal thoughts
Burnout, Timeout, and Fallout: A Qualitative Study of Why Pastors Leave Ministry
Get PDFThere is a lack of understanding of what factors are contributing to pastoral attrition in the Assemblies of God. In response to this problem, the researcher investigated the ministry and training of Moses and Paul. The researcher studied relevant literature on pastoral attrition, and then conducted quantitative and qualitative research to identify key factors that contribute to pastoral attrition. The researcher focused on the attrition rate of graduates of NCU’s pastoral degree program in the years 1998-2008. This is the researcher’s alma mater. The researcher interviewed three NCU professors who were training pastors during that time period, three of the researcher’s former NCU classmates, and three experts in pastoral emotional health and restoration. Lastly, the researcher brought together the findings from the literature, data, and interviews to make recommendations to address pastoral attrition. The researcher discovered that the rate of pastoral attrition across the United States is high, with four out of five pastors leaving ministry within the first five years. The researcher studied data from the Assemblies of God national office and determined that their attrition rate is much lower. However, this rate has been steadily increasing each year since 2016. One-third of AG pastors reported that they would ask for help from their District officials in a crisis. Fewer women ministers felt comfortable asking their District for help. The key risk factors for pastoral attrition were identified as loneliness and isolation, a poor marriage, a moral failure, unresolved conflicts, low maturity and emotional health, unrealistic expectations, and the use of negative coping mechanisms. The researcher recommended more proactive district interventions, including implementing a conflict management team and a cohort model for their pastors. The researcher also recommended that Bible colleges add emotional health and conflict management to their pastoral training programs
Parenting During a Pandemic: Exploring the Experience of Evangelical Parents Cultivating a Spiritual Orthodoxy in Their Children During the Covid-19 Quarantine
Get PDFBeginning in March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic forced evangelical parents to adjust their parenting and Christian discipleship. With in-person gatherings limited, families and churches had to reorient to more isolation and less community. This study sought to explore this experience among evangelical parents of congregations of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in the Greater Richmond area. Using an embedded single-case study research method with multiple participants, the researcher gathered data from one hundred one participants representing about sixty families units through virtual focus groups, in-person interviews, and online surveys. This research began with an extensive biblical, theological, and historical survey regarding the history of childhood in the church, the church’s responsibility to its covenant children, the nature of spiritual orthodoxy and its relationship to the growth of Christian disciples, the field of spiritual development and stage development theories, the role of catechesis in cultivating a spiritual orthodoxy in covenant children, and the impact of involuntary isolation and subsequent loss of community. Once this preliminary research was conducted, the researcher conducted his field research using the insights from his earlier biblical and literature review. Through this research, the researcher came to seven conclusions and discovered three principles about parenting as part of a church community during a pandemic. Among these conclusions, the researcher found that Christian education without the church community is at best adequate but incomplete, rife with stress and anxiety, and that the COVID-19 quarantine created suffering in the lives of parents and children that will play a role in their Christian discipleship for years to come. More longitudinal studies should be conducted to discover whether or not the effects of the COVID-19 quarantine on parents, children, and churches will be long-lasting
A Choice Based Art Classroom with the Application of the Multiple Intelligence Theory and the Impact at the Elementary Level
Get PDFThis literature review was guided by the research question, “How can the application of the multiple intelligence theory impact a choice based art classroom at the elementary level?” Data collected from this research found increased in student motivation and task engagement when choice and preferred learning styles are used in the classroom. Teacher structure of selection choice and aid in guiding students to build capacity for choice was suggested within younger students. The connection between providing students choice in the classroom and the incorporation of implementing the multiple intelligences has research backing proving that it promotes student engagement and reduces behaviors. With the assimilation of the flipped-classroom teaching model, teachers can assist in achieving choice within the classroom and allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge of the curriculum while managing the differentiation of choice and preferred learning styles. This can be done by providing choice lessons with instructions for students to carry out the learning objective in their selected multiple intelligence learning models with guidance from the teacher
Parent Advocacy in Special Education: Critical Principles and Action Steps
Get PDFParent advocacy in special education is currently an expectation built into the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA). The Individualized Education Program (IEP) process requires families and school personnel to work together to develop and implement appropriate special education and related services for eligible children. Positive family-professional partnerships are critical to the provision of effective programing with high expectations for students with disabilities and quality student outcomes. However, barriers to successful family-professional partnerships persist. Institutionalized hierarchies in the decision making process of special education programs, limited perceptions of ability, and tracking practices based on disability deficits puts parents at a disadvantage for their voices being heard. Parents may also be disempowered by one\u27s own understanding of their personal role in the special education process and the level of influence one has on the child’s education journey. Discovering one’s rich capacity for being a parent advocate happens when learning what other parent advocates know and do while working with schools to develop an education program and plans for the child. A review of the literature on parent advocacy, organized into a high performance personal development framework of basic principles and action steps, can make the knowledge and actions of parent advocacy accessible and doable. This research-based parent advocacy framework can be used by parents and other special education advocates in the field to have powerful impacts on the educational outcomes of children with disabilities
How 9-12 Grade Students Find Success in Elective Courses in the United States
Get PDFLearning is social, emotional, and academic. Piecing together these elements in conjunction with applying scientific research based on these areas will help to ensure a basis for which students may be successful in the classes they choose to take in high school, or their elective courses. Research shows that student success stems from students having their basic needs met in order for them to be able to focus on other information being presented to them and their ability to absorb and apply that information to what they already know. Students must also be supported both academically with provided support by the educational learning community, and emotionally by the educational learning community, and their greater community as a whole. When these elements come together and are introduced to a positive learning environment, the outcome of student success is almost guaranteed. That being said, the definition of student success is one that continues to remain as vastly defined as the number of unique human beings on this planet. This thesis reviews existing research and literature on these subjects to help answer the question: how 9-12 grade students find success in elective courses in the United States
The Effects of Poverty on Students\u27 Mental Well-Being
Get PDFPoverty is a global problem that has impacted the mental well-being of students. Research shows that in the US, one out of five children under the age of 18 live in poverty. This literature review sought to determine the effects of poverty on students’ mental well-being. Researchers have done in depth studies on poverty and their findings illustrated a close connection between poverty and an increase in mental health risks. Children born in poverty experience the effects of poverty early in life which affects their physical, behavioral, and developmental health. The gap between children from low economic status and those from families with high economic status keeps widening socially and academically. Research illustrated how stressful living conditions can lead to depression, severe anxiety, and suicide in children
Bash Idioms
No full textShell scripts are everywhere, especially those written in bash-compatible syntax. But these scripts can be complex and obscure. Complexity is the enemy of security, but it\u27s also the enemy of readability and understanding. With this practical book, you\u27ll learn how to decipher old bash code and write new code that\u27s as clear and readable as possible.
Authors Carl Albing and JP Vossen show you how to use the power and flexibility of the shell to your advantage. You may know enough bash to get by, but this book will take your skills from manageable to magnificent. Whether you use Linux, Unix, Windows, or a Mac, you\u27ll learn how to read and write scripts like an expert. Your future you will thank you.
You\u27ll explore the clear idioms to use and obscure ones to avoid, so that you can: Write useful, flexible, and readable bash code with style Decode bash code such as {PATHNAME##*/} Save time and ensure consistency when automating tasks Discover how bash idioms can make your code clean and concisehttps://spark.bethel.edu/faculty-books/1034/thumbnail.jp
Facilitating augmentative and alternative communication for non-verbal students with developmental disabilities
Get PDFThis literature review with application emphasis examines the history and impact of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for limited and non-verbal communicators with developmental disabilities. Research targets AAC implementation by the AAC user, family, and educational staff, effective interventions, and barriers to AAC use. A three-part application project was created to increase AAC communication opportunities for students with developmental disabilities. The project includes training for paraeducators, a survey for parents or guardians, and a communication profile that serves as a tool for peers and staff to target communication opportunities for a variety of purposes during a school day
Growth Mindset Pedagogy in the Classroom
Get PDFThe purpose of this literature review is to investigate utilization of growth mindset pedagogy in the classroom and to determine how its use impacts student achievement. In order to determine these capabilities, a short historic timeline and evolution of the development of growth mindset is considered, growth mindset action research based on multiple age groups and its findings are examined, as well as specific growth mindset tools which can be used to improve students’ beliefs and cognitive abilities. Just as some students will enter school and believe they are “bad at math,” many also feel this way about performing well in an art class. An unfortunate characteristic of this belief is its ability to prevent students from making adequate effort in order to succeed in the classroom. Just like any other supposed talent-driven sphere of academia, students often enter the classroom with preconceived ideas regarding their own innate abilities and this can significantly inhibit their experience of learning. A primary barrier to students\u27 success would then equate to a fixed mindset. The idea that students cannot perform tasks based on past experiences and/or the belief that they cannot or will not perform well in class can steer students in the wrong direction. A growth mindset takes away the belief of not being “smart enough” and transforms the perspective to a lens of seeing success through tenacity, grit and perseverance