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Certain Ideas of Child-Parent Companionship as Expressed by Second-Grade Pupils in the Sam Houston School, Denton, TexasRogers, Roberta 06 1900 (has links)
This purposes of this study were to discover what the second grade children seemed to consider as desirable companionship between themselves and their parents, and to recognize the apparent needs for parental companionship that seemed to exist among the pupils.
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When medicine cannot cure : dying children, palliative care, and the production of companionshipWainer, Rafael 11 1900 (has links)
Although the curative model of medical care is predominant it is necessary to consider the palliative strategies at the end-of-life. The inter-relation of dying children, their families and pediatric palliative care teams are seldom analyzed outside Palliative Care. However, it is important to ethnographically think about the disturbing experiences of body and subject disintegration while people are directly experiencing them, even when the person is a child or a newborn baby. A central topic in this study is how personhood, body formation and disintegration, and childhood can be understood within the context of unevenly constructed and shared palliative communication with and without words. Hence, I analyze in this study how a Palliative Care Team in the city of Buenos Aires provides care, communicates, and ultimately produces a particular companionship to dying children and their families. This work is built on qualitative information gathered and produced during my four-month fieldwork with the Palliative Care Team. The ethnographic techniques (participant observation, non-participant observation and open-ended semi-structured interviews) I conducted show that their strategies of care and communication have as the main goal the process of companionship at the end of children’s lives. It is necessary to understand how patients, parents, and other family members are situated in this field of tensions between restorative and palliative medicine, and brought into this culture of Palliative Care in a public children’s hospital. My research asks, in what ways are pediatric Palliative Care practices exclusive to the social and cultural contexts of Buenos Aires? This work has three main sections: 1. care, 2. communication, and 3. companionship. In section one I focus on the clinical and non-clinical aspects of care involving the professionals’ and volunteers’ practices of giving care. In section two I concentrate my attention on the verbal and non-verbal aspects of the Palliative Care Team communication with children and families. In section three I consider the professional production of ‘companionship’. In this thesis I will demonstrate the significance of this concept according to the Palliative Care Team members and how care and communication are the base for the ‘production of companionship.’
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The Ancient Art of Smile-MakingGarrett, Elizabeth Ann 01 May 2014 (has links)
If I am anything, I am a Kentuckian, which means I appreciate a good storyteller. In my writing, I hope to bring back some dignity to the “lost cause” of the good values from a broken culture. While I am not quite “southern” enough to qualify as a writer of Southern Gothic fiction, I can relate to this brand of identity crisis in which someone wants to maintain an archaic mindset in a culture charging towards “progress.” As technology and corporate success take precedence over a genteel and pastoral soul, our collective competitiveness has crippled a quaint future of back porch comforts. Being well-read or holding open doors won’t pay for student loans, and there is no such thing as stars in our crowns anymore. For many regions of Kentucky, there is this conflict within the graying of small town communities. My region is one of these. As time marches on, the agrarian lifestyle itself becomes industrialized, and these old family farms, upon which small towns are built, are not self-sustaining. In my stories, I capture the perspectives of a rural community’s personalities. My Regionalism may be dated, but then so are the small town values. With these short stories, I hope to create a collection of characters whose backgrounds may be singular but whose messages are universal. My stories are about the universal fear of loneliness. Perry and White, the cameo characters, pop up throughout because they epitomize this with their irrational companionship. “The Ancient Art of Smile-Making,” “A Well Meaning Marionette,” “The Peacock Cloister,” and “In the Garden, Swallowing Pearls” are essentially about this innate need for company. “Murdered in a Good Dress” and “Myrtle Slog” illustrate the homesickness experienced by those who divorce themselves from closeness of the rural community. Sometimes we call “friendship” kitschy and cliché. And why is that? I made Perry and White’s bond a bit absurd because it is almost ridiculous that there could be a person in the wild world who would sacrifice themselves.
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When medicine cannot cure : dying children, palliative care, and the production of companionshipWainer, Rafael 11 1900 (has links)
Although the curative model of medical care is predominant it is necessary to consider the palliative strategies at the end-of-life. The inter-relation of dying children, their families and pediatric palliative care teams are seldom analyzed outside Palliative Care. However, it is important to ethnographically think about the disturbing experiences of body and subject disintegration while people are directly experiencing them, even when the person is a child or a newborn baby. A central topic in this study is how personhood, body formation and disintegration, and childhood can be understood within the context of unevenly constructed and shared palliative communication with and without words. Hence, I analyze in this study how a Palliative Care Team in the city of Buenos Aires provides care, communicates, and ultimately produces a particular companionship to dying children and their families. This work is built on qualitative information gathered and produced during my four-month fieldwork with the Palliative Care Team. The ethnographic techniques (participant observation, non-participant observation and open-ended semi-structured interviews) I conducted show that their strategies of care and communication have as the main goal the process of companionship at the end of children’s lives. It is necessary to understand how patients, parents, and other family members are situated in this field of tensions between restorative and palliative medicine, and brought into this culture of Palliative Care in a public children’s hospital. My research asks, in what ways are pediatric Palliative Care practices exclusive to the social and cultural contexts of Buenos Aires? This work has three main sections: 1. care, 2. communication, and 3. companionship. In section one I focus on the clinical and non-clinical aspects of care involving the professionals’ and volunteers’ practices of giving care. In section two I concentrate my attention on the verbal and non-verbal aspects of the Palliative Care Team communication with children and families. In section three I consider the professional production of ‘companionship’. In this thesis I will demonstrate the significance of this concept according to the Palliative Care Team members and how care and communication are the base for the ‘production of companionship.’
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When medicine cannot cure : dying children, palliative care, and the production of companionshipWainer, Rafael 11 1900 (has links)
Although the curative model of medical care is predominant it is necessary to consider the palliative strategies at the end-of-life. The inter-relation of dying children, their families and pediatric palliative care teams are seldom analyzed outside Palliative Care. However, it is important to ethnographically think about the disturbing experiences of body and subject disintegration while people are directly experiencing them, even when the person is a child or a newborn baby. A central topic in this study is how personhood, body formation and disintegration, and childhood can be understood within the context of unevenly constructed and shared palliative communication with and without words. Hence, I analyze in this study how a Palliative Care Team in the city of Buenos Aires provides care, communicates, and ultimately produces a particular companionship to dying children and their families. This work is built on qualitative information gathered and produced during my four-month fieldwork with the Palliative Care Team. The ethnographic techniques (participant observation, non-participant observation and open-ended semi-structured interviews) I conducted show that their strategies of care and communication have as the main goal the process of companionship at the end of children’s lives. It is necessary to understand how patients, parents, and other family members are situated in this field of tensions between restorative and palliative medicine, and brought into this culture of Palliative Care in a public children’s hospital. My research asks, in what ways are pediatric Palliative Care practices exclusive to the social and cultural contexts of Buenos Aires? This work has three main sections: 1. care, 2. communication, and 3. companionship. In section one I focus on the clinical and non-clinical aspects of care involving the professionals’ and volunteers’ practices of giving care. In section two I concentrate my attention on the verbal and non-verbal aspects of the Palliative Care Team communication with children and families. In section three I consider the professional production of ‘companionship’. In this thesis I will demonstrate the significance of this concept according to the Palliative Care Team members and how care and communication are the base for the ‘production of companionship.’ / Arts, Faculty of / Anthropology, Department of / Graduate
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Only available to a selected few? Is it feasible to rely on a volunteer workforce for complex intervention delivery?Mountain, Gail, Gossage-Worrall, R., Cattan, M., Bowling, A. 07 October 2015 (has links)
Yes / This paper recounts the process of undertaking a randomised controlled trial which was designed to examine the effectiveness of an intervention for socially isolated older people aged 75 years and over. It describes the reasons for early cessation of the study and raises the implications of this outcome for policy, practice and research. The intervention under investigation was designed to alleviate loneliness and foster companionship. It involves participants being linked with a small group of others through a teleconferencing system with each group being facilitated by trained volunteers. There was a requirement to recruit and train a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 60 volunteers over 1 year to facilitate 20 friendship groups to meet the number of older people required to be recruited to the study. Problems with recruiting and retaining the volunteer workforce by the voluntary sector organisation, who were commissioned to do so, led to the study closing even though older people were recruited in sufficient numbers. The paper draws upon analysis of various data sources from the study to identify the potential reasons. The discussion raises considerations regarding the extent of infrastructure required to deliver community services to vulnerable user groups at scale, identifies some of the issues that need to be addressed if such volunteer-initiated services are to be successful and informs future research programmes in this area. / Public Health Research programme (PHR 09/3004/01). Commissioned by NIHR.
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Elevating the Everyday: Designed Objects as CompanionsHester, Cassie 01 January 2012 (has links)
From fleeting interactions to long affairs, our relationships with things are diverse and complex. Like people, designed objects and environments are close companions in our lives. The way we understand and engage with artifacts is parallel to the way we interpret and interact with each other. A constant source of comfort and delight, frustration and anxiety, their personalities inform our everyday dialogues and experiences. Designed artifacts assume engaging and pleasurable personalities when they transcend materials, challenge perceptions, and garner active, reflective interactions. Through the investigation of familiar materials such as concrete, crayons, paper, sequins, and thread in unfamiliar formats and contexts, I am creating objects that are playful in construction and interaction. By imbuing objects with friendly and intriguing personalities, everyday interactions and experiences with these objects are elevated, as users invest in pleasurable forays and relationships.
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Organisationsförändring : en studie om medarbetarnas upplevelser av organisationsförändringar / Organisational change : a study of employee perceptions of organizational changesHöög, Lina, Bokefalk, Ida January 2016 (has links)
Förändring är en process som de flesta människor kan relatera till, det är även något som anses vara oundvikligt både för den enskilda individen och i det professionella livet. Både yttre och inre faktorer påverkar organisationer till att vilja förändras som därefter påverkar människorna inom organisation. Men reagerar vi som människor lika vid förändringar? Tas det hänsyn till att individer kan ha olika uppfattningar och skilda reaktioner vid förändringar? Huruvida en förändring anses vara lyckad eller inte beror på vems perspektiv som beaktas. Vårt syfte med studien var att undersöka medarbetares upplevelser av en organisationsförändring inom en kommunal skola. Vi hoppas kunna bidra med en ökad kunskap om vad medarbetarna anser vara viktigt för förändringsledare att ta hänsyn till vid införandet av nya förändringsarbeten. Även att kunna ge en vidare teoretisk kunskap om fenomenet för att förändringsledare ska kunna ta del av informationen som hjälp inför framtida förändringsarbeten. Vi vill med studien besvara vilka interna förutsättningar som krävs utifrån medarbetarnas upplevelser för ett positivt förändringsarbete. Vi har gjort en kvalitativ fallstudie och samlat in empiri med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Vår teoretiska grund består av forskning om olika aspekter som påverkar medarbetarperspektivet och tillsammans med vårt empiriska material utgör det grunden för vår analys och tolkning. Den mest konkreta slutsatsen vi kunnat dra utifrån medarbetarnas upplevelser av organisationsförändringar är att stor vikt bör läggas vid att nå en fungerande kommunikation. / Change is a process that most people can relate to. It is also something that is considered to be inevitable for both personal and professional life. External and internal factors affecting organizations that want to change then affect the people within the organization. But how do different people react to changes? Does it acknowledge the fact that individuals have different perceptions and different reactions to changes? Whether a change is considered to be successful or not depends on whose perspective into account. Our purpose with this study was to investigate the employees' experiences of an organizational change within a public school. We hope to contribute to a greater knowledge of what employees consider to be important for change leaders to take into account the introduction of new change management. Also to be able to provide a wider theoretical knowledge on the phenomenon to change leaders should be able to use the information to help meet future change jobs. We want the study to answer the internal conditions necessary based on employees' experiences for a successful change process. We have made a qualitative case study and collected empirical data from semi-structured interviews. Our theoretical basis consists of research on various aspects that influence employee perspective, and together with our empirical material is the basis for our analysis and interpretation. The most concrete conclusion we have drawn from employees' perceptions of organizational change is that the emphasis should be placed on reaching a workable communication.
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The Narrabundah College cross-age companionship programmePearce, Robert F., n/a January 1981 (has links)
The aim of the Narrabundah Companionship
programme was to provide young children ("Kids")
from deprived cultural backgrounds with opportunities
to learn appropriate social behaviours by pairing
them with older students ("Companions") for activities
involving social interactions. Unlike the typical
work of the School Counsellor, which tends to be
problem centered and crisis oriented, the Companionship
programme is seen as a preventive activity which uses
"peer helpers" as a means of extending the outreach
services of the School Counsellor. The effects of
this programme on the Companions, rather than on the
Kids, was the focus of this study.
The purposes of the present investigation were:
a) to identify characteristics of A.C.T. secondary
college students who volunteered to be Companions;
b) to identify appropriate Companion selection
procedures;
c) to assess the effects of communications skills
training on an initial group of Companions in
comparison to late-entering Companions who did
not receive such training;
d) to assess the drives and sentiments which motivated
college students to volunteer for the programme
and to ascertain any changes in those drives and
sentiments which might occur during the programme;
e) to determine whether the Companionship experience
influenced a change in vocational preference
toward a career in social service;
and, although not the major thrust of the study,
f) to assess the effects of the Companionship
experience on the Kids' social adjustment.
After pilot programmes in 1978 and 1979, the
present study was undertaken during Terms One and
Two, 1980. Thirteen A.C.T. secondary college students
volunteered to become Companions. Eleven A.C.T.
primary school students and one junior secondary
school student were selected to participate as Kids
in the programme.
Prior to active participation, volunteers completed
the Kuder Preference Record - Vocational (Kuder) and
the Motivation Analysis Test (MAT). The teachers of
the Kids assessed them using the Bristol Social Adjustment
Guide (BSAG) and completed a brief questionnaire
to aid the Researcher in his pairing of Kids with
Companions.
The Companions attended six (1 1/2 hour) sessions
of a communications skills training programme adapted
from the Peer Counselling Student Training Course
(Varenhorst & Hamburg, 1972). Based on perceptions
formed during the training period, the Companions
then rated each other using the Group Assessment of
Interpersonal Traits (GAIT) developed by Goodman (1972).
The Researcher also made a subjective ranking of each
participant in relation to his perception of the
individual's potential to be an effective Companion.
Contrary to expectation, only two new Companions
joined the programme at the beginning of Second Term.
The Companionship activities terminated after two
school terms, at which time all Kids were reassessed
by their teachers on the BSAG and post-measures on
the Kuder and MAT were completed for those Companions
remaining in the programme. Four Companions who had
left the programme before the termination of activities
had completed these measures at the time of their withdrawal
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The results of the present investigation included:
a) Significantly more females than males volunteered
to become Companions, and their family birth-order
position as last-born was highly significant.
b) The results of the ratings for potential
effectiveness as a Companion on the GAIT and on
subjective ranking by the Researcher produced a
highly significant correlation (.01 level),
indicating that either method of selection is
appropriate.
c) Because only two new Companions joined the
programme at the start of Term Two, it was not
possible to adequately compare the effects of
training versus no training.
d) As a group, there were two significant changes
in the motivations of the older students. There
were increases in MAT scores measuring the drive
"Narcism-Comfort" and the sentiment "Sweetheart-
Spouse," significant at the .05 level.
e) The results of the initial administration of
the Kuder revealed that volunteers already
had a high preference for careers in social
service areas. There was no significant change
in this orientation following participation in
the Companionship programme.
f) The second administration of the B3AG revealed
no significant changes in the teachers'
perceptions of the Kids' social adjustment.
The Companionship programme is considered to
have been beneficial to both Kids and Companions.
Although there were no statistically significant
changes in the Kids in the short term of this study,
it appears likely that there is potential for long
term benefits. Several of the relationships are
continuing on an informal basis. Companions spontaneously
expressd the enjoyment and personal growth
they had derived and their willingness to participate
in the next programme. Some parents of Kids were
enthusiastic in their evaluations and have sought
to keep in touch with the Companion. The Companionship
programme is seen to have been a valuable preventive
programme in community mental health.
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Cross-Species Architecture: Developing an Architecture for Rehabilitative Learning Through the Human-Canine RelationshipPorter, Jake 02 July 2019 (has links)
Successful architecture is an engagement of space that fosters learning and growth. It is the space in which we are drawn away from the distractions around us, allowing us to focus on the present. It offers the opportunity to not only learn and grow relationships, but also to rehabilitate broken and fractured ones. Through this learning and growth, we become better understanding and loving toward each other. Thus, architecture stands as a true mediator of the relationships that exist around the world. Architecture is not exclusive toward human to human engagement. Architecture can extend beyond the understanding of human and engage many species such as canines. This thesis proposes to investigate a cross-species architecture serving to rehabilitate broken and fractured interspecies relationships. Focusing on one of the strongest human-interspecies relationships to exist, this thesis will conduct research-based design on the human and dog relationship. Although the human and dog relationship are one of the stronger cross-species relationships, there remains complex and fractured components. For example, in many aspects across homeless and stray dogs, the human and dog relationship has vii become one that is extremely broken and fractured. This thesis proposes to take an in depth look at the historical context and the present human-canine relationship and understanding how architecture can be used to grow the relationship. In allowing cross-species architecture to act the mediator in rehabilitating the fractured components of the human and dog relationship, the level of learning and growth within the human and dog relationship can reach new heights.
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