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Latinas in Leadership in Latino Churches and Christian Organizations
Get PDFThis study addressed the lack of understanding of transformational leadership characteristics and skills used by Latinas serving in Latino churches and Christian organizations in the United States. This qualitative research took a case study approach that included the review of biblical and theological framework and the relevant leadership literature research. It employed personal interviews, observations, denominational document review, and online surveys to provide insight into Latinas in authority roles. It was followed by the field research, analysis, and evaluation of the data. The research reflected the narrative of five Latinas in leadership in Latino Christian organizations, five Latinas leading Latino churches, and 25 Latinas serving in various leadership capacities. The egalitarian theological concept of equality gives evidence of women fulfilling roles in ministry in the early church based on giftedness rather than gender. The transformational leadership model provided a framework that postulates these leaders operate as agents of change and are themselves engaged in the transformational process. This project identified definite characteristics of Latinas in leadership as they overcome hierarchical cultural assumptions and pave the way to influencing and transforming their culture filled with passion, faith, and courage
Training and Supporting Paraprofessionals Who Work with Students with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
Get PDFThe roles and responsibilities of paraprofessionals in special education have increased over the years. Just as special education teachers see their caseloads, paperwork, and IEP responsibilities increase, the roles and responsibilities of paraprofessionals have become heavily relied upon for creating and maintaining successful programming in special education. The author of this thesis reviewed 20 relevant articles that explored and researched the changing roles and responsibilities of paraprofessionals in special education classrooms for students with developmental and cognitive disabilities (DCD). This thesis will explore recent research in both rural and urban schools about how paraprofessionals are recruited, trained, and maintained. It will also include findings from studies in elementary and secondary settings, self-contained classrooms, program paraprofessionals, and one-on-one paraprofessionals. In this author’s research and personal experience, finding, training, and maintaining paraprofessionals who understand the needs and challenges of DCD students are proving increasingly difficult. The purpose of this thesis is to explore best practices for districts and educators to recruit, train, and maintain paraprofessionals in the DCD special education classroom. While these employees are often referred to as ‘para’s, paraeducators, or paraprofessionals,’ for the sake of consistency, this author will use the title of paraprofessional
Evaluating the Clinical Utility of the Active Compression Test Compared to the Dynamic Labral Shear Test in Predicting SLAP Lesions in Female Overhead Athletes
Get PDFBackground: Superior Labral Anterior-Posterior (SLAP) lesions are a common shoulder injury in overhead athletes that can be difficult to evaluate clinically. With increasing participation in athletics, useful diagnostic tests are needed for Athletic Trainers who are evaluating potential SLAP injuries. Due to the complicated nature of the injury, many clinical tests have been introduced but few are considered to have significant diagnostic value. There has been little research done recently to assess the clinical utility of specific tests to predict SLAP lesions. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the Active Compression Test has better clinical utility compared to the Dynamic Labral Shear Test (DLST) in predicting SLAP lesions in female overhead athletes. Results: Eighteen scholarly articles were selected and critically reviewed to answer the clinical question. Each article was appraised using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) questionnaire and/or the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist. Studies selected were placed into a matrix adapted from the Evidence-Based Practice Literature Matrix by Fineout-Overholt (2010) and articles ranking Excellent-Fair were used in this study. Conclusion: The Active Compression Test and the DLST both have sensitivity values that are high and specificity values that are relatively low. It is not advisable to use a single diagnostic tool for identifying SLAP lesions, however combining a cluster of tests may be more clinically productive. Implications for Practice: More research is needed to assess clinical utility of the many clinical tests for SLAP lesions. This may provide the patient with a more efficient diagnostic timeline, reduce cost, and make the Athletic Trainer more of a value during initial injury evaluation for potential SLAP lesions. Keywords: SLAP lesion, diagnosis, overhead athlete, female, Active Compression Test, O’Brien’s, Dynamic Labral Shear Test, O’Driscoll, clinical special test, evaluation, and utilit
Educator Burnout Prevention
Get PDFBurnout is a universal experience that impacts many educators. Within the first five years of teaching, 40% of educators will leave the profession (Mielke, 2019). Teachers of high needs students, including special education teachers, are at an even greater risk without adequate support to meet those needs (Ansley et al., 2019). Nationally, educator burnout is becoming concerning as many schools struggle to find experienced teaching staff. The sustainability of education is dependent on understanding and preventing burnout. Burnout prevention is a rapidly expanding area of study that is highly impactful for educators. While research suggests personal prevention strategies that educators can implement, such as meditation and mindfulness activities, most current research indicates that the relationship between a teacher and their working environment is the most significant predictor and opportunity for prevention
Language Learning: Access and Equity
Get PDFAs humans evolve, so do their languages, cultures, and practices. In a world that is becoming increasingly connected and multilingual, access to language learning has never been more important. What remains open to question are modern perceptions of and access to language learning for everyone from English language learners to students with disabilities and mainstream students alike. This literature review was conducted to investigate perceptions of multilingualism and the factors that influence access to language learning. In sum, three salient elements play into this social calculation: beliefs about multilingualism, socioeconomic effects on language access, and racialized inequities inhibiting access to language learning
Effects of Recreational Marijuana Use in Adolescents
Get PDFThis community service project discusses short- and long-term effects of recreational marijuana use in adolescents, the most vulnerable audience to this psychoactive drug. According to the latest research, these effects include compromised physical and mental health, and diminished overall socioeconomic success and life satisfaction. Persistent marijuana use in adolescence negatively affects normal brain development, cardiovascular, immune and reproductive health. It also increases the rates of unplanned pregnancies, depression and anxiety, self-injurious behaviors, suicidal ideation and attempts. As a result of recreational marijuana intoxication, the user’s cognition, memory and perception are significantly affected, resulting in decreased IQ and employment opportunities, increased rates of high-school dropout, motor-vehicle accidents, juvenile delinquency, social isolation, and welfare dependence later in life. As these effects are frequently down-played by the media and supporters of recreational marijuana legalization, the researchers attempted to provide adolescents with scientifically valid information for them to make informed decisions when faced with a chance to try/use recreational marijuana. The products of this research are an educational PowerPoint and a brochure (a more detailed summary of the PowerPoint), and flyers providing information on the terms used in the PowerPoint and the brochure, useful resources on how to quit and find some support in this process, a list of suggestions on how to protect oneself and the close ones from effects of recreational marijuana, and references. These materials were originally developed to educate New Richmond Middle School students
Bill Kinney Math YouTube Channel
No full textThis embedded video is an example lecture from Dr. Kinney\u27s channel that includes in-depth mathematics lectures and shorter videos on a wide variety of topics in mathematics. Highlights include many videos about Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, and Financial Mathematics for Actuaries. Wolfram Research\u27s Mathematica program is used extensively. This channel was started in 2012 and adds educational content regularly
How Secondary Art Teachers Can Develop 21st Century Skills of Creativity Through the Creative Process
Get PDFThis literature review explores how secondary art teachers can develop 21st century skills of creativity through the creative process. Creativity is not easy to define. Many researchers and individuals define it differently or see creativity as only for artists. Because of this, it is hard to pinpoint what creativity is exactly. Creativity is different things to different people. Several definitions of creativity are explored and how it is seen as a skill in the 21st century. Research is shared on what employers think of creativity, and then an overview of the eight Studio Habits of Mind is covered in this thesis. Three teaching methods are presented to support how 21st century skills can be taught in the classroom: the creative process, project-based learning, and problem-based learning. The end goal of this literature review is to find supporting evidence that secondary art teachers along with the creative process can help students develop the skills they need as they enter the 21st century workforce
Parental Satisfaction With On-Campus and Off-Campus Learning in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Get PDFResearch identifies several aspects of school climate and confirms the importance of parental satisfaction with school climate in terms of student learning. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has a highly competitive market for international schools, and families living in this region have experienced a disruption in their children’s education with the movement from on-campus to off-campus learning during the COVID pandemic. Therefore, a total of 150 parents of early childhood to high school students in one international school were surveyed about off-campus learning and 382 parents were surveyed about on-campus learning, and the data results were analyzed to determine how the on-campus or off-campus learning environments affect parental satisfaction with the following seven aspects of school climate: student enjoyment, student motivation, student evaluation, student background, student ability to learn, student respect for staff, and teacher respect for students. The results were also compared to existing literature and suggestions made for further research on parental satisfaction and its relationship with learning environments.Keywords: Hong Kong international schools, learning environment, on-campus learning, off-campus learning, parental satisfaction, school climat
Facial identity and facial speech processing in developmental prosopagnosia
No full textThe neural substrate of acquired prosopagnosia, including its lateralization, remains a matter of investigation. Face processing networks in healthy subjects are right dominant, and acquired prosopagnosia usually results from right or bilateral lesions. Nevertheless, there may be a complementary contribution of the left hemisphere to certain types of face processing. Prior reports suggest that this might be processing faces depicted by line contours, or lip reading. We performed two behavioural studies in seven subjects with developmental prosopagnosia. The first examined their ability to match faces across viewpoint changes, with either unaltered photographs or images that had been reduced to line elements. Prosopagnosic subjects had normal performance with line-contour faces, but failed to show the normal benefit from the additional information in unaltered photographs. The second experiment examined their ability to perceive facial speech patterns. Prosopagnosic subjects could detect, discriminate and identify facial speech patterns, but most showed reduced use of these cues or anomalous audiovisual integration in the McGurk effect, with only one subject performing normally. We conclude that developmental prosopagnosia can be associated with a subtle impairment in lip reading, which in prior studies of acquired lesions has been associated more with left than with right fusiform damage