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Fostering Intrinsic Motivation Within Secondary Special Education with Attention Towards Teacher Presence and Positive Behavior Support
Get PDFThis study sought to understand the conditions high school mild to moderate special education students need to sustain intrinsic motivation. Prior research suggests that overall academic intrinsic motivation is much lower in students with disabilities (Daniel and Cooc 2018). Teachers\u27 expectations can have a strong association with student motivation in their learning and can lead to improved academic outcomes (Johnson, Wildy, & Shand, 2020). Currently, there is a lack of existing research that studies the conditions that cultivate intrinsic motivation among students with special needs. To research how high school mild to moderate special education students sustain intrinsic motivation, the researcher conducted a qualitative study with a constructivist worldview that included high school students with special needs, who worked on a unit focused on the Hero’s Journey, identity, motivation and self-efficacy. The findings of this research suggest that when students feel at ease they have identified a greater willingness to engage with learning. The findings have highlighted that mild to moderate special education high school students are motivated to learn when they have an engaging environment, a relationship with their teachers, broader connections to life, and are engaged with what they consider meaningful content
The Barriers Teachers Face When Implementing the Universal Design for Learning Framework
Get PDFThere are multiple barriers to learning that students face. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for teaching and learning that gives all students an equal opportunity to succeed. While many studies address the hurdles teachers face when implementing the UDL framework, there is a gap in the research about the support systems that can minimize those barriers for teachers. There is also a lack of existing studies about the additional frameworks that can work in connection with UDL to meet the needs of diverse learners. Using UDL and Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) together provides a framework that traditional approaches do not, which can help educators meet the needs of all students (Kieran & Anderson, 2019). For this project, nine teacher participants were interviewed from an independent, co-educational K-8 school in San Rafael, California. The interviews were designed to understand the perceived barriers teachers face when implementing new frameworks, such as UDL and CRT, and to discover beneficial supports that could be put in place to diminish barriers. An additional 15 teachers were surveyed to collect data that illustrated alignment with UDL and CRT practices. This convergent mixed methods study included collecting, analyzing, and interpreting both qualitative and quantitative data. The findings show how the principles of UDL and components from CRT can address learning barriers for students. Findings also indicate the perceived barriers when implementing new teaching practices and frameworks, such as time, institutional priorities, teacher mindset, philosophical buy-in, teacher vulnerability, and lack of support systems. Finally, this study showed a range of strategies that support the successful implementation of new practices and frameworks. These findings have important implications for schools and administrators who can mitigate the barriers teachers face when implementing new frameworks and provide teachers with actionable support systems
The Effects of School-Based Art Therapy on Depressed Adolescents
Get PDFDepression in adolescents is associated with deficient behavioral and health outcomes (Fletcher, 2019). Art therapy has been shown to be effective in treating mental health condition such as depression. A student’s academic success heavily depends on treating their depression. Community health nurses can play a vital role in advocating for adequate mental health support to improve a student’s overall well-being and academic success. The literature review contains six articles on the prevalence and impact of depression among adolescents, art therapy as an intervention for improving psychological outcomes and resilience among adolescents, and experiences of adolescent clients in art therapy within school settings. In school settings, depressive symptoms are often linked to lower test scores and poor relationships among peers. Art therapy in schools offers a wide range of support for the youth. The environment of a school has a direct impact on a student’s personal, emotional, and behavioral aspect of themselves (Fisher & Brown, 2018). Schools are important environments for identifying risk in certain students. Therefore, schools can be an appropriate setting for providing treatment (Dunne et al., 2017)
Lucid, Likable, and Hopefully Sane: The Narrative Medicine of Socio-Psychiatric Recovery
No full textLucid, Likable, and Hopefully Sane: The Narrative Medicine of Socio-Psychiatric Recovery provides a detailed document of the author’s recovery from psychotic mental illness. This collection includes a curated selection of vignettes ranging from humorous to surrealist to downright grim. The hybrid-genre work takes readers into a tapestry of topics, including type I manic-psychotic bipolar, comorbid diagnoses, pop-culture and AI, philosophy of the mind, bisexual identity, Ehlers-Danlos and physical pain, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, the art of standup comedy, and cross-diagnoses friendships – all within the context of an American, late-stage capitalist system. This long list of topics is matched by the wide range of genres employed through the duration of this text. Within an adult millennial identity, she writes through experiences spanning from 2010 - 2023. The physical settings range from public locked unit hospitals in and around San Francisco, to conducting spiritual rituals under the fog of Northern California bay waters, amongst the coyote brush. Lucid, Likable, and Hopefully Sane is the seed of a longer multi-genre memoir
No habrá retorno
No full textThe novel No habrá retorno is a fascinating piece of literature as it traverses time and different geographical spaces. The story takes us from New York to the aquifer systems of the Valley of Mexico, to the indigenous territories, to the harvest season in the south of the country, to explore unprecedented ties, the reliability of memory, and the experience of love. The author\u27s poetic writing style restores a universe cracked by uprooting, weaving plots, and rescuing unique lives from oblivion. The characters in the story, including the photographer Marcey Jacobson, the ghostly presence of Juan de la Cabada, and the outlaws, all leave the imprint of their wandering existences, of their unsubmissive writings. This first novel is full of beauty and horror, depicting the myths embedded in the violence of the present, the indulgence of small acts redeeming human cruelty, the political atmosphere between eras that left a handful of broken utopias, and the implacable landscape imposing its designs. Above all, migration is a prominent theme in the book, as the linguistic and geographical schism has left the characters in that open air where the horizon is misty like dreams, making the idea of living an impossible return for all of them.
- Nadia Villafuerte-https://scholar.dominican.edu/faculty-authored-books/1017/thumbnail.jp
Healthcare Access Among Low-Income Latinx Communities: A Culturally Sensitive and Intersectional Approach
Get PDFVarious factors, including immigration status, language barriers, age, and socioeconomic status, influence healthcare service utilization among the Latinx population. This study seeks to assess whether culturally sensitive care addressing intersectional factors enhances health access and outcomes in low-income Latinx communities (Purpose). The research proposes a longitudinal quasi-experimental study involving 400 Latinx participants aged 18 and above in low-income urban Los Angeles neighborhoods. A control group of 200 participants and an intervention group of 200 will be established, with the latter receiving culturally sensitive interventions when seeking care during the study. A pre-study survey will collect demographic information, health history, healthcare utilization, patient satisfaction, barriers, challenges, and open-ended comments. After the survey, participants will continue their usual activities, possibly receiving care. After 12 months, a post-study survey will be conducted, covering pre-study elements and adding health outcomes, feedback, and overall satisfaction (Method). The study anticipates finding that intersectional factors, such as immigration status, impact healthcare utilization irrespective of health insurance status. The chi-squared test is expected to exceed the critical value, indicating a significant difference between control and intervention groups. Overall, the study anticipates demonstrating that culturally sensitive healthcare focusing on intersectional factors leads to better health outcomes and improved access (Results). This research underscores the imperative for healthcare equity in Latinx communities, emphasizing that culturally sensitive healthcare enhances health outcomes, patient satisfaction, and access—a fundamental human right (Conclusion).https://scholar.dominican.edu/nursing-student-research-posters/1050/thumbnail.jp
Uncorked, a memoir
No full textI wrote UNCORKED, my memoir, to help others who are sober-curious, newly sober, or just having trouble hanging onto their sobriety. It is the book I wished I’d had when struggling through early sobriety, a companion to help get through the rough spots and see the light at the end of the tunnel. Getting sober is the (relatively) easy part. Staying sober is the hard part – even harder is emotional sobriety, learning to manage your emotions in a healthy way to avoid relapse. In this book I laid bare my innermost thoughts and fears as I fought my way through the early days, weeks, and months of sobriety. I share my process of establishing a new identity through the help of therapy and AA. The recovery process was like crawling over broken glass naked – one I never want to relive – but wo worth it. I will always be grateful that I made it to the other side, and I’m happy to share my experience, strength, and hope through this book
Sex Education in Chinese American Adolescents
Get PDFComprehensive sex education has shown improvements in lowering STIs and unplanned pregnancies among adolescents. Implementing a sex education course provides youths the tools to develop a safe and positive view of sexuality which encourages them to approach sex and sexual health wisely and confidently. The findings of this study aims to promote comprehensive sex education as well as bring awareness to the disparity in teen pregnancy and STIs among ethnic groups. This research proposal seeks to evaluate the efficacy of comprehensive sex education in Chinese American adolescents while taking cultural considerations to better understand their practices, beliefs, and attitudes on sex.https://scholar.dominican.edu/nursing-student-research-posters/1071/thumbnail.jp
Prescription Opioid Misuse and Addiction: Healthcare’s Contribution to the Opioid Epidemic and What Can Be Done About it
Get PDFUp to one in four patients undergoing prolonged opioid therapy in a primary care setting battle opioid addiction. In 2020, the CDC found that more than 16,000 deaths involving prescription opioids (limited to natural and semi-synthetic opioids and methadone) had occurred, which is equivalent to about 45 deaths per day. Opioid overdose death can be identified through three distinct waves; increased prescribing of opioids in the 1990’s began the first wave, the beginning of the second wave came in 2010 with a rapid increase in heroin related overdose deaths, and in 2013 the third wave began with a significant increase in synthetic opioid related overdose deaths, specifically fentanyl related which is illicitly manufactured (CDC, 2021).
To better understand how the medical system contributes to opioid misuse and addictions, a literature review was conducted. The studies showed that many physicians feel like they are lacking adequate education to prescribe opioids, and often do not do any type of screening for patients to see if they have struggled with prescription misuse or addiction in the past. After looking at potential causes and solutions for excessive opioid prescription in the health care system, it appears that health care providers with more education on opioids prescribed less than those without. The studies also showed that health care providers with more education in emergency medicine, and health care providers that implemented patient screenings also prescribed less opioids overall.
Our goal is to understand how the medical system contributes to prescription opioid misuse and addiction and what interventions medical professionals can implement to aid in supporting those with opioid use disorders and addictions. Therefore, based on our Literature Review findings, a study to examine the issue further is proposed