3 research outputs found
Access Granted: Asynchronous Approaches to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Library Instruction
No full textIn order to reach all CSULB students equitably, this project developed a Canvas Library Course that all students are enrolled in during their entire time at CSULB. The Check Out the Library Canvas Course offers full lessons in information literacy (IL), resource access, and citation formatting. Ongoing surveys & User Experience (UX) testing provide insights into Course effectiveness to inform regular updates in Canvas. In addition, we inserted library resources and services directly into all CSULB Canvas Courses using SpringShare's LTI tool. Now every student has access to Librarians, databases, eReserves and LibGuides right in each of their courses
A Review of the Evidence for Sensory Interventions in the Treatment of ASD
No full textIt is estimated that Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects 1 in 88 children (CDC, 2012). Given this rapid and little understood increase in prevalence, the study of ASD and the search for effective treatments has become an area of intense interest. While there are many treatments available, controversy abounds as to which approach is most effective. Occupational therapists have long endorsed Sensory Integration Therapy (SIT) as the vehicle for helping children with ASD regulate sensory experiences and thus alleviate the symptoms of ASD. While SIT is a commonly used intervention and evidence exists to suggest that SIT is effective, it has not reached a level of consensus in the scientific community. The goal of this paper is to review the evidence for and against using SIT for the treatment of ASD and to discuss the role of the occupational therapist in the future research of this methodology
Perceptions of older adults in an ageing world : content, structure, and consequences of age-related auto-stereotypes
No full textThe current thesis explored participants’ stereotypes and auto-stereotypes of old age within the UK, and the consequences of auto-stereotype activation on older adults’ memory performance and well-being. Study 1 employed a questionnaire design to explore young (aged 17-25 years) and older adults’ (aged 60-75 years) experiences and stereotypes of ageing. Older participants demonstrated high subjective age bias, reporting subjective ages significantly below their chronological age. Older adults also demonstrated a greater understanding of positive aspects of old age than young adults, although no significant differences emerged between cohorts over the valence of generated stereotype content. Study 2 modified the questionnaire to further differentiate between more positive versus less negative aspects of ageing. Findings indicated that although older adults displayed less negative perceptions of old age than young adults, they did not demonstrate more positive representations. Study 3 explored the structure (as opposed to content) of age-related stereotypes using a free-sorting task, and included old-old adult participants (aged 75-91 years). Confirming previous findings, subtype structure formed two high level clusters, consisting of positive or negative categories. Old-old adults demonstrated the most complex subtype structure from the three groups, with no significant differences emerging between young and older adults. Finally, Study 4 employed a subliminal priming paradigm to examine the impact of positive or negative auto-stereotype activation on older adults’ memory performance and well-being. Findings suggested that negative auto-stereotype activation had a detrimental impact on participants’ memory performance, although the low power of the study means additional work is required to confirm this effect pattern. No significant effects of priming emerged for young adults. In summary, the current findings suggest that stereotypes and auto-stereotypes of old age are complex, consisting of both positive and negative elements, and point to the importance of considering subjective, rather than chronological age when assessing age-related identity
