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Education in the United States is transforming to accommodate children in general education with a diverse range of needs and learning profiles. Occupational therapists are equipped to provide these students with the skills, strategies, and tools to fully participate in their education. Independent schools have a unique ability to provide differentiation, but often do not have an occupational therapist on staff. Without differentiation, students may not be able to perform to their full potential. Factors contributing to this include inadequate preservice training for teachers, a lack of knowledge of the role and scope of occupational therapy, and the absence of a federal mandate to accommodate students with varying learning profiles. AccessED is a service delivery program that was created to address this gap. Teacher education, a multi-tiered system of support, and collaborative consultation with an occupational therapist are incorporated into the program. The instructional content is based on the identified needs of the school. Structured teacher education sessions utilize case studies, skill-building, group problem solving, and reflection. The intended functional outcome for AccessED is implementation of differentiation in the classroom for increased student outcomes.

Yes / This Report from Eportfolio (D7.2) looks at GEAP implementation trends in general, while D6.2 focuses instead on the specifics of each partner's GEAP implementation experiences. The Report from Eportfolio presents the main advances and challenges regarding the 3 main areas of the GEAPs: gender equality in recruitment, progression and research support successes; working environment and culture change; and excellence in research and innovation through gender equality and diversity. It seeks to share lessons learned about GEAPs implementation. / FP7

It is generally assumed that the implementation of adaptive control requires a precise identification of plant parameters. In the case of a system with varying parameters, the identification problem gets very involved, as speed of identification and accuracy are contradictory requirements. In this thesis it has been shown that using a feedback policy, the optimal controller is relatively· insensitive to changes in plant parameters as long as these lie within some specified ranges. It is, therefore, concluded that, with such an arrangement, adaptive control can be implemented if one has only the knowledge of the ranges within which the parameters of the plant lie. Thus identification can be carried on more rapidly, as stringent accuracy is no longer necessary. / Thesis / Master of Engineering (ME)

<p> Walsh functions are defined both by recursive and non-r~cursive equations. A synopsis is given of the properties of Walsh functions relevant to this thesis. Two algorithms for simple evaluation of an arbitrary point on a Walsh function that use only the binary codes for the parameters of the Walsh function result from the non-r~cursive definitions. Direct hardware implementation of the evaluation algorithms yields programmable digital Halsh function generators. One of the generators, which produces functions that are free of hazards or ambigious states, is modified to produce a parallel array of Walsh functions. This generator is used in a Walsh Spectral Analyzer that evaluates simultaneously several Walsh series coefficients of an input signal. </p> <p> Walsh series analysis and the concepts of the design of a digital Walsh Spectral Analyzer are discussed. The equation that is used to determine a Walsh series coefficient is modified so that each portion of the equation can be manipulated conveniently by a digital instrument. Although the instrument was designed primarily to analyze periodic waves, extensions to the design can be made to accommodate aperiodic signals. Signals with frequencies from the audio range downwards can be analyzed by the Walsh Spectral Analyzer. </p> <p> Walsh series to Fourier series conversion is dealt with. It has been found that the Fourier coefficients of signals that are limited either in frequency or in sequency can be evaluated precisely using a finite number of Walsh coefficients of the same signal. A dual relationship holds for Fourier to Walsh series conversion. The Fourier series coefficients of Walsh functions comprise part of the conversion relationships. The Fourier transforms of Walsh functions, from which the above coefficients can be obtained, are derived in non-recursive form. </p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis advisor: Vincent Cho / This individual case study is part of a larger group study examining how principals benefit from and shape professional capital to improve schools. Specifically, this study sought to understand what organizational and individual factors contributed to principals’ decision-making about implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in a large, urban school district in Massachusetts. The research team interviewed a total of 21 participants, including central office leaders, principals, and educators. The study found that principals use a variety of factors to make sense of DEI policies. In particular, they were responsive to organizational changes instituted by the central office, notably the creation of an executive team to lead the district’s DEI initiatives and the first ever district-wide professional development day dedicated to DEI. While most principals indicated that they believed in the work of the DEI office, there was less evidence that they were self-reflective about their role in how to implement DEI policies. Further, the data suggested that principals made few individual decisions to take action with regard to the DEI policy implementation. However, coupling organizational learning with research on policy implementation shows that self-reflection and individual learning stem from individual sense-making of organizational changes, and that these changes become cyclical and ongoing, leading to greater implementation. / Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2022. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education.

Yes / The Ad Hoc Group (AHG) of the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) have touched from time to time on the question of the organisation needed to implement the legally binding instrument being negotiated to strengthen the BTWC. Now that the work of the AHG has intensified with the fleshing out of a rolling text for the legally binding instrument, the nature of the organisation is receiving more and more attention as its size and cost are likely to influence the nature and effectiveness of the regime developed by the AHG. This Briefing Paper considers what can be learned from existing relevant organisations, notably the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its counterparts for animal and plant diseases (OIE and FAO), the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) on Iraq and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The developments thus far in the AHG deliberations are then addressed and some estimates are made for the optimum size and cost of a BTWC rganisation. It is emphasised that these estimates are necessarily broad as the actual size of the BTWC Organization will depend on the precise functions and responsibilities that it is given.

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