With an increasing number of veterans returning to civilian life after deployment in combat, it is important to analyze what challenges they face during reintegration, what resources assist them with coping with these challenges, and which of these resources they perceive as the most helpful. The literature indicates that the most common challenges faced by returning veterans are employment difficulties, family readjustment problems and mental health issues which are shown to be positively affected by the presence of social support networks (Burnell, Coleman, & Hunt, 2009). There exists a gap, however in the research regarding the extent to which each particular social support network affects veterans' reintegration. This qualitative study explored veterans' perceptions of the challenges faced during reintegration, and the social supports which assisted the most during the reintegration process in order to try to bridge the gap in the research. The findings indicate that veterans struggle the most with reconnecting emotionally with family and friends, managing strong emotions (such as anxiety and alienation), missing the military after discharge, and dealing with the negative effects of deployment on daily life (such as difficulty sleeping, anxiety, and difficulty finding employment). Unit support was overwhelmingly expressed as the most helpful social support, while family and friends were seen more as a challenge than a help. Many veterans went on to surround themselves with fellow veterans and/or join the reserves after their active duty was up.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 28-31, 1996 / Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / The Common Airborne Instrumentation System (CAIS) was developed under the auspices of the Department of Defense to promote standardization, commonality, and interoperability among flight test instrumentation. The central characteristic of CAIS is a common suite of equipment used across service boundaries and in many airframe and weapon systems. The CAIS system has many advanced capabilities which must be tested during ground support and system test. There is a need for a common set of low cost, highly capable ground support hardware and software tools to facilitate these tasks. The ground support system should combine commonly available PC-based telemetry tools with unique devices needed for CAIS applications (such as CAIS Bus Emulator, CAIS Hardware Simulator, etc.). An integrated software suite is imperative to support this equipment. A CAIS Ground Support Unit (GSU) has been developed to promote these CAIS goals. This paper presents the capabilities and features of a PC-based CAIS GSU, emphasizing those features that are unique to CAIS. Hardware tools developed to provide CAIS Bus Emulation and CAIS Hardware Simulation are also described.

Thesis(MEdPsych)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Following the United Kingdoms of Great Britain Government's commitment to social inclusion in the 1990s, dramatic changes have taken place in education policy. A large amount of time and money has been invested into the development of inclusive practices, one of the more recent programmes being the Learning Support Unit (LSU). The LSU programme is seen as a way forward for social inclusion and now it is playing a growing role in the context of national strategies to improve behaviour and attendance. As little evaluation research has been done, this study aims to verify good practice in relation to the guidelines set out by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES, 2002b) and identify whether the LSU programme is truly an inclusive model. Given the commitment to inclusive education the world over, this study also seeks to assess whether the LSU programme would work within the South African Inclusive Education and Training Policy. An interpretive approach was applied to the research undertaking a programme evaluation. The qualitative techniques of interviewing, observations and discussions were used for data collection. Interviews were conducted with LSU managers and their pupils, which were then triangulated with data obtained from observations, informal and focus group discussions. Using an interpretive approach allowed me to become immersed in the research process and develop an intuitive feel for the subject. This enabled more effective verification of good practice in use. Interpreting the experiences and beliefs of LSU managers and their pupils in the London Borough of Hillingdon has verified a range of good practices. It is particularly important that LSUs are an extension of, and fully integrated into, whole school behaviour policy. The LSU programme promotes social inclusion by offering in-school support to pupils with behavioural, social and emotional development needs. These needs are addressed through a short-term fixed period stay in the LSU while the pupils still engage in the curriculum and their reintegration back into class facilitated. The LSU programme could compliment the South African Inclusive Education and Training Policy by offering a viable programme to address challenging behaviour in an inclusive manner. In conclusion, the LSUs have proved to be effective in introducing social inclusion in schools. This is achieved through their uniqueness, which allows them to target the greatest needs in their school. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Onderwysbeleid in die Verenigde Koninkryk het dramatiese veranderinge ondergaan ná die regering van die Verenigde Koninkryk se verbintenis tot sosiale insluiting in die negentigerjare van die vorige eeu. 'n Groot hoeveelheid tyd en geld is bestee aan die ontwikkeling van inklusiewe praktyke. Een van die jongste programme is die Leerondersteuningseenheid (LSE). Die LSE-program word gesien as 'n stap vorentoe in die rigting van sosiale insluiting en dit speel tans toenemend 'n rol in die bepaling van nasionale strategieë vir die verbetering van gedrag en bywoning. Aangesien min evalueringsnavorsing tot dusver gedoen is, beoog hierdie navorsing om goeie praktyk in die lig van die riglyne soos uiteengesit deur die Departement van Onderwys en Vaardighede van die Verenigde Koninkryk (DfES, 2002b) te ondersoek en om te vas te stelof die LSE-program 'n waarlik inklusiewe model is. Met inagneming van die verbintenis tot inklusiewe onderwys wêreldwyd, poog hierdie navorsing ook om te bepaal of die LSE-program binne die Suid-Afrikaanse inklusiewe Onderwys- en Opleidingsbeleid met sukses aangewend sou kon word. 'n Interpretatiewe benadering is gevolg met betrekking tot die navorsing waartydens 'n evaluering van die programme gemaak is. Die kwalitatiewe tegnieke van onderhoudvoering, waarneming en bespreking is gebruik vir die insameling van data. Onderhoude is gevoer met Leerondersteuningseenheid-bestuurders en hulle leerders, wat dan weer getrianguleer is met data wat uit waarnemings, informele besprekings en fokusgroep-besprekings verkry is. Die gebruik van 'n interpretatiewe benadering het die navorser in staat gestelom verdiep te raak in die navorsingsproses en 'n intuïtiewe aanvoeling vir die onderwerp te ontwikkel. Dit het doeltreffender verifikasie van goeie praktyk wat tans gebruik word, moontlik gemaak. Die interpretasie van die ervaringe en oortuigings van Leerondersteuningseenheidbestuurders en hulle leerlinge in die distrik Hillingdon, Londen, het bewys gelewer van 'n reeks goeie praktyke. Dit is veral belangrik dat die LSE-program 'n uitbreiding is van geheelskool- gedragsbeleid, en ook ten volle daarin geïntegreer is. Die LSE-program werk sosiale insluiting in die hand deur inskoolse ondersteuning aan leerlinge met gedrags-, sosiale en emosionele ontwikkelingsbehoeftes te bied. Daar word tydens 'n vasgestelde korttermynbywoning van die LSE na hierdie behoeftes omgesien terwyl die leerlinge steeds by die kurrikulum betrokke is en hulle heropname in die klas gefasiliteer word. Die LSE-program sou as aanvulling tot die Suid-Afrikaanse Beleid van Inklusiewe Onderwys en Opleiding kon dien deurdat dit 'n lewensvatbare program aanbied waardeur uitdagende gedrag op 'n inklusiewe wyse aandag kry. Ten slotte kan genoem word dat die LSE-program as doeltreffend bewys is by die invoer van sosiale insluiting in skole. Dit is vermag deur hulle eensoortigheid waardeur die grootste behoeftes in die besondere skool bereik kan word.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:04:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaRVMR_DISSERT.pdf: 1639634 bytes, checksum: 470f12cf771e43fc03026d077c8a66ea (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-06 / Discussions over the topic of inclusion of handicapped people at school are considered recent, but they have become more and more frequent within the national and international scenario. Such discussion has also being inserted in the speeches and actions of the school institution and with the formation of educators. This investigation is made necessary as a way to collect elements to reconsider the actions for the inclusion of the special education need youth. In special the visually handicapped ones, at Instituto Federal de Educa??o, Ci?ncia e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN). The creation of a support unit functions as main vehicle for the actions of the institution. It is intended to know what young people with limitations have to say regarding their experiences as a way to signal paths to be and not to be followed by the support unit. Therefore, the experience which these young boys and girls have is of crucial importance. In order to accomplish the task, it was decided to use methodological elements based upon elements supported by the life reports of two deficient students here called Borges and St?fano. Their reports are from childhood to their arrival at IFRN. From their reports, categories appeared: childhood and the role of family; school life and, finally, related to the actions of the support unit of IFRN, being divided in inclusive actions and obstacles. The first one takes a second look at the actions of the family within the learning-teaching process of these students. The second category presents the moment in which students started to receive formal education per se. The last category constitutes the cornerstone of the investigation, for it analyses the process of inclusion in the institution, according to the perception of the students with visual limitations. The results signaled the need for shared intervention between students with Special Education Needs and school professionals in the elaboration of the Educational Planning, which guarantees the defense of the rights to an efficient teaching practice and effective in the process of inclusion of these students / As discuss?es sobre inclus?o de pessoas com necessidades especiais na escola s?o relativamente recentes, mas toma corpo no ?mbito internacional e nacional. Por outro lado, tal discuss?o aos poucos vem se incorporando nos discursos e a??es na institui??o escolar e, mais ainda na forma??o dos docentes. Esta investiga??o parte da necessidade de levantar elementos para (re)pensar as a??es propostas para inclus?o de jovens com necessidade educativa especial, neste particular com defici?ncia visual (DV), no Instituto Federal de Educa??o, Ci?ncia e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN). Como apoio principal para as a??es da institui??o encontra-se a cria??o do n?cleo de apoio. Intenciona-se conhecer a voz de jovens com DV para que as suas experi?ncias possam sinalizar os caminhos e descaminhos tomados pelo n?cleo de apoio. Assim, neste relato a experi?ncia vivenciada por estes jovens ? de fundamental import?ncia. Para tanto, optou-se por utilizar elementos metodol?gicos apoiados na hist?ria de vida de dois alunos com DV, aqui chamados de aluno (A1) e aluno (A2), desde a inf?ncia at? a entrada no IFRN. Deste relato emergiram como categorias: a inf?ncia e o papel da fam?lia; a trajet?ria escolar e, por fim, relativas ?s a??es do n?cleo de apoio do IFRN, dividindo-se em atitudes inclusivas e obst?culos. A primeira resgata as a??es da fam?lia no processo de ensino e aprendizagem destes alunos. A segunda categoria apresenta o momento em que os alunos come?aram a receberem a educa??o formal, propriamente dita. A ?ltima categoria constitui o ponto fundamental da investiga??o, pois analisa o processo de inclus?o na institui??o, na percep??o dos pr?prios estudantes com defici?ncia visual. Os resultados sinalizam para a necessidade de a??es partilhadas entre alunos com NEE e profissionais da escola na elabora??o do Plano Educacional, que garantam a defesa dos direitos a uma pr?tica pedag?gica eficiente e eficaz no processo de inclus?o desses alunos

Orientador: Gastão Wagner de Souza Campos / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T14:32:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gutierrez_AdrianaCoser_D.pdf: 3103957 bytes, checksum: 5fd06fd854f87a789c17ff8a4a824368 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Esta pesquisa analisa o processo de trabalho do Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família (NASF), valendo-se do conceito de apoio matricial proposto por Campos. Apresenta-se como estudo qualitativo de caráter exploratório, com base em estudo de caso da experiência de implantação, no ano de 2010, do NASF no Território-Escola Manguinhos, vinculado à Fundação Oswaldo Cruz e fruto da parceria com a Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro. Seu objetivo central é analisar o processo de trabalho do NASF do Território-Escola Manguinhos, a partir da contribuição do apoio matricial proposto por Campos (1998) sob a perspectiva de quem apoia, é apoiado e do gestor da atenção básica. Busca conhecer, em contexto, a realidade dos trabalhadores em saúde, de forma a observar o modo de organização proposto pela equipe do NASF, com vistas a contribuir para aprimoramento do conhecimento no que se refere à atenção primária e ao trabalho de equipes de saúde da família. Construiu-se o desenho desta pesquisa após identificação dos aportes teóricos que sustentam a análise do objeto desta investigação, assim como dos elementos que se pretende explorar e da estratégia de análise desses materiais. Compreende-se que a metodologia de estudo de caso proposta é estratégica para a área da gestão em saúde, por descrever em profundidade e em detalhe o objeto em seu contexto. Logo, as estratégias para a elaboração do material empírico são a análise histórico-estrutural do campo e do processo de implementação do NASF, a análise documental e entrevistas semiestruturadas aplicadas aos gestores e aos profissionais do NASF e do ESF. Para a análise e a interpretação do material elaborado no campo, partiu-se do compromisso com a fidedignidade à compreensão dos dados empíricos, referindo-se às relações sociais e dinâmicas e vivas, segundo o proposto por Minayo (2002). Optou-se pela análise hermenêutico-dialética proposta pela autora, por possibilitar o exame e interpretação do discurso dos sujeitos entrevistados com base nas práxis. Conclui com proposições a partir das semelhanças e contradições dos discursos dos diferentes participantes implicados na organização do NASF Manguinhos / Abstract: This research analyses the work process performed by the Family Health Care Support Unit (NASF) based upon the concept of matrix support suggested by Campos. This is presented as a qualitative study of explanatory character, based on NASF¿s establishing experience at the Manguinhos school territory case study, associated with Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, and as a product of a partnership with Rio de Janeiro¿s City Health Secretariat. The study¿s main objective is to analyze the contribution of a matriarchal support suggested by Campos (1998) applied in NASF¿s work process in the Manguinhos school territory, by the supporter¿s, supported¿s and basic health care manager¿s perspective. It explores into the health care workers¿ reality in context observing the organization methods proposed by NASF, focusing on the improvement of knowledge on primary health care and family health care team work. The research¿s design occurred with the identification of theoretical contributions that give foundation to the investigation¿s object analysis, the elements about to be explored and the materials analysis strategy. It is understood that the case study method suggested is strategic to the health care management field for its depth on object¿s description and detail, in context. Therefore empiric material consists of NASF¿s establishing process and the field¿s structural-historical analysis, documents¿ and semi-structured interviews done to management and NASF¿s and ESF¿s crew analysis. The analysis and interpretation of field generated material was committed to reliability on empirical data¿s comprehension, concerning social and dynamic and alive relations, according to Minayo (2002). An hermeneutic-dialectic analysis was chosen as suggested by the author, for the reason that it makes possible to consider and interpret the interviewed subjects¿ speech, praxis based. The conclusion comprises the participants¿ different speeches in resemblance and contradictions within Manguinhos NASF / Doutorado / Saude Coletiva / Doutora em Saúde Coletiva

Although male perpetration of violence against female partners is a global concern, there continues to be insufficient research attention on this phenomenon. The current study aimed at exploring experiences of male perpetrators of violence against their female partners in intimate relationships. The specific objectives were to get an understanding of the reasons and beliefs contributing towards perpetration of domestic violence, explore the barriers that perpetrators encounter with regard to receiving reformative support, and to suggest possible strategies that can be adopted to reduce or prevent domestic violence. Adopting a qualitative approach, data were obtained through in-depth interviews and participant observations involving 22 convicted male perpetrators in the Nsawam Prisons in the Eastern Region of Ghana, followed by interviews with stakeholders at the offices of the Domestic Violence & Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service. The Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse the data. Each transcript went through a thorough analysis to extract themes which were subsequently Synchronised. Overall, the findings from the present study elucidated some theoretical and practical implications. It reveals the following major themes: perception of inequality between sexes, bride price, childhood experience/witness of abuse, and victim blaming as contributory factors to the phenomenon of male violence against women. / Psychology / Ph. D. (Psychology)

This study explores the experiences of the Swedish front-line social workers (socialsekreterare) in the municipal income support unit, Young Adults, monthly assessing the income support applications as well as daily processing the activation programs for young adult clients with mental ill-health combined with social-medicinal vulnerabilities, also referred to as young adults with complex needs. Furthermore, this study aims to illuminate the ever changing conditions of the Swedish welfare state and its underlying driving forces through the lens of the social workers. 9 Semi-structured distance interviews with 11 social workers from 6 municipalities belonging to 5 regions in Sweden, were conducted for the collection of qualitative data. It has been analyzed by the inductive-deductive coding as well as a theoretical frame consisting of concepts such as discretiona and advocacy of M. Lipsky, and reciprocal interaction (Wechselwirkung), form and contents, and call of G.Simmel. The result and analysis show that the rehabilitative approach based on the interactions and relations with the clients, is prevalent through the social workers’ processing of the activation program. It seems to be effective in a dyad, between the social workers and the client while the social workers’ discretion is maximized for the utilization of the agency (unit) activation resources. However, it proved not to be as effective in a triad or more when an extern agent outside of the unit, Young Adults begins to be involved. The tension is a fact and the social workers’ discretion is minimized when they have to process the activation program for the clients who are neither “active enough” to have a job in the ordinary labor market, nor “sick enough” to be eligible for the stately activity compensation (aktivitetsersättning) from the Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) which heavily relies on the medicinal expertise for its decision making. The social workers’ experience to fail to deliver the best possible results out of the activation programs, and the client relationship built on the rehabilitative approach turns out to be unsustainable, which can indicate the discrepancy between the rehabilitative approach as well as the activation programs, as content, and the unit, Young Adults, as form. Even though the social workers daily carry the ideological as well as the social-political tensions between the medicalization and the activation through the ever changing reality of the Swedish welfare state, their mandate to make an impact on the decision making of the activity compensation program, is rather limited, reflecting the Swedish welfare state’s expectation for the professionalism of the social workers. Rather striking that the social workers, however, confess that they in spite of the pressure of organizational efficiency as well as socio-economic discourse of digitalization undermining the concept of the unit, Young Adults, are not willing to give up the rehabilitative approach for the client’s sake but also to protect their unit, Young Adults, which postulate that they are not the gatekeepers in the agency but the advocate for the clients. In this moment, they also seem to know, and even have the call, the essential, if not mandatory, element needed to be landed in the perfect society of G. Simmel.