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A foster parent training program for managing challenging behaviors in foster children A grant proposalContreras, Robin 09 August 2013 (has links)
<p> The purpose of this project was to locate a potential funding source and write a grant to fund a training program for foster parents who are facing challenges with foster children under their care. The goal of this project is to help increase knowledge about best-practices in parenting children with challenging behaviors, while decreasing foster parent stress through self-care techniques. The program, unlike others, will give insight on the significance of attachment and how it relates to behaviors exhibited by foster children. </p><p> The Ralph M. Parson Foundation was selected as the potential fonder due to its commitment to enhancing the lives of disadvantaged populations and improving the well-being of children. The host agency, Aspiranet, will expand their services to include the proposed foster parent training program. The actual submission and/or funding of this grant were not requirements for the successful completion of the project.</p>
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Improving communication at the Mendocino Children's Welfare Emergency Shelter| A grant proposalCarter, Maureen I. 09 August 2013 (has links)
<p> The purpose of this project was to identify potential funding sources and complete a grant application for the proposed project, which is designed to promote better communication between Mendocino County Child Welfare Services and the Mendocino Children's Welfare Emergency Shelter located in Ukiah, California. This will be accomplished by the implementation of the Sequest Workflow System and the Children and Adolescent Needs and Strengths-Mental Health assessment tool. Use of these tools will increase accessibility and accuracy of information about the youth and their family. Having this pertinent information will help child welfare workers place youth in homes that will meet their needs and support their strengths. Improving the communication between the child welfare social workers and the Mendocino Children's Welfare Emergency Shelter will enable the child welfare social workers to make well-matched post placements. Actual submission and/or funding of the grant were not required for successful completion of this project.</p>
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Implementation of the Parent Partner Project to improve reunification rates in Sonoma County| A grant proposalCastaneda Martinez, Nohemi E. 09 August 2013 (has links)
<p> The purpose of this project was to identify a potential funding source and write a grant application to fund the Sonoma County Family, Youth, and Children's Services Division Parent Partner Program. The purpose of this program is to give additional support to parents going through the child welfare system. </p><p> Parents who have successfully navigated the system and reunified with their children will be trained and matched with client parents currently in the system. The parent partners will serve as mentors to the client parents under the supervision of the program manager. The expected outcomes are to increase Sonoma County's timely reunification rates and to decrease recidivism. Actual submission and/or funding of this grant were not a requirement for successful completion of this project.</p>
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An exploration of experiences and expressions of artistic creativity during adversity and resilient recoveryJones, Glenda Claire 24 October 2013 (has links)
<p> What is the experience of being artistically creative, undergoing a major interruption in creativity and, finally, transitioning through that interruption to return to being creative? There is important literature on resilience, yet little mention of creativity. </p><p> This qualitative multiple case study explored the roles creativity played in resilient coping, wellness, and actualizing human potential by revealing experiences and life changes preceding, during, and following adversity. An intentional sampling yielded six adults, two males and four females, who experienced prolonged disruption lasting at least six months that impeded ordinary creative activity. Possible factors pertaining to people, conditions, and events were assessed. </p><p> Research data included: (a) participant essay response to specific questions about experiences before/during/after disruption; (b) a semi-structured qualitative interview expanding on the essay; (c) artwork relating to the three periods examined, and (d) a follow-up phone interview. Artistic expressions included poetry, writing, paintings, music, and design. Tape-recorded interviews were transcribed for thematic content analysis to identify major themes for the individual participants for the three periods that were investigated, as well as a cross-case comparison. </p><p> Seventeen major areas of importance, found in one or more of the three periods, involved: 1) creative environment; 2) creative output; 3) emotions; 4) financial status; 5) healing modalities; 6) insight/self-discovery; 7) loss; 8) perception; 9) perseverance; 10) productivity; 11) renewed passion for creativity; 12) self-esteem; 13) skill/training/talent; 14) "something higher"; 15) support; 16) time/space; and 17) utilizing creativity. Five themes, reflecting an overall pattern for participants' process, were: 1) support; 2) self-esteem; 3) perception; 4) perseverance, and 5) insight and self-discovery. </p><p> Results showed that using one's creativity was not only vital for overcoming adversity, but that creative activity itself evolved to meet the circumstances. As they persevered, the participants reported finding more universal meaning in their creations. They also gained greater self-confidence, renewed optimism, and found increased compassion and respect for self and others. Unfortunately, not everyone with adversity will recover, and by studying survivors such as these, we can learn what nurtures resilient responses.</p>
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Psykologiska kontrakt : Faktorer som påverkar konsultens uppfattning av sina egna och uppdragsgivarens åtagandenEriksson, Klara, Wahlberg, Maria January 2013 (has links)
Många företags användande av konsulter har under de senaste åren ökat och det finns luckor i forskningen kring denna yrkeskategori. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka huruvida individuella och arbetsrelaterade faktorer hos konsulter påverkar uppfattning av fullföljande samt omfattning av psykologiska kontrakt i relation till en uppdragsgivare. Deltagarna var 172 konsulter, från tre konsultföretag, som besvarade en enkät delvis hämtad från projektet PSYCONES. Resultatet visade att konsulternas individuella samt arbetsrelaterade faktorer påverkade det psykologiska kontraktet och att det som påverkade mest är grad av tillit gentemot uppdragsgivare, antal arbetade timmar i veckan samt ålder. Dock påverkade inga av faktorerna kopplade till konsultrollen uppfattning av fullföljande samt omfattning av psykologiska kontrakt. Denna studie bidrar med vetskap om att psyko-logiska kontrakt skapas mellan konsult och uppdragsgivare, att tillit är en viktig komponent även i denna form av arbetsrelation samt en antydan att konsulters arbetssituation inte skiljer sig anmärkningsvärt från andra an-ställningsformer.
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Šeimos vertybių pokyčiai Lietuvoje Sociologinis kartų portretas / Changes of family values in Lithuania Sociological portrait of generationsDanilevičienė, Daiva 19 October 2007 (has links)
Šeima yra svarbiausia žmogui pirminė socialinė grupė.Šeima tai vaiko ir visuomenės tarpininkas ir pagrindinė socializacijos institucija, kurioje formuojamos elgesio normos ir vertybės, būtinos gyvenimui visuomenėje.Todėl labai svarbu,kad ji būtų tvirta ir dora. / For the human the family is the basic primory social grup.The family is an intercessor for child and society and the main institution of socialisation wherein the proprieties and values that are essential for living in the society are formed.Conseguently it is very important that the family would be definite and hnest.
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A philosophical analysis of filial obligationsBrakman, Sarah Vaughan January 1994 (has links)
Filial obligations are moral requirements that adult children have for the well-being of their parents. These obligations are non-voluntary special obligations. An examination of selected cultural (classical Greek and imperial Chinese), religious (Judaic, Islamic and Christian) and philosophical (Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes and Locke) views concerning filial obligation is provided.
Several candidates emerge for the basis of filial obligations. An analysis of the arguments for each of these candidates is provided. Personal identity is rejected as an inadequate basis for filial obligations because it relies on a fallacy. Friendship is rejected because (1) there are morally relevant features of the filial relationship that are not captured by this account and (2) the lack of equality of autonomy and the lack of independence make friendship between children and parents impossible. Reciprocity is rejected when it is shown (1) that the motive of parents for benefiting children is morally irrelevant on a reciprocity account and (2) that the requirement of the repayment of a debts is damaging to the parent-child relationship.
Gratitude is supported as the basis of filial obligations because it does not fall prey to the inadequacies listed above. In addition, it addresses all features held to be important to the structure of the parent-child relationship. The argument defended is adult children whose parents have intentionally, voluntarily and benevolently benefitted them for their own sake, have an obligation to cultivate attitudes that are constitutive of the virtue of gratitude. The virtue of gratitude includes the dispositions of appreciation and goodwill. Filial obligations require that one act according to the possession of such attitudes.
Application of the gratitude account of filial obligations to cases shows that the specific content of the obligation is context-dependent and cannot be determined across cases. This finding strengthens the argument for gratitude as the basis of filial obligations as it may be applied to our pluralistic society without undermining the values and customs for a particular community.
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Dwelling as a cultural phenomenonLu, Lijia January 1997 (has links)
Two new courtyard housing models for single families are proposed on a site in the heart of Beijing to accommodate the increase of population density and the change of life style in the city in the recent decades while maintaining the cultural essence of the traditional local dwelling--Siheyuan. The design proposals are proceeded by an analysis of Siheyuan in terms of familial structure, spatial organization, and current conditions as well as a brief account of the evolution of housing types in Beijing from 1950's to present.
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Child care disruptions and working mothers: An experience sampling method approachFoster, Jessica Bigazzi January 2003 (has links)
Within the last three decades the number of single-parent and dual career families in this country have nearly doubled resulting in a steady increase in the demand for high-quality, safe child care to replace the care once traditionally provided by stay-at-home parents. Unfortunately, the supply of quality child care has not kept pace with the increasing demand, leaving parents to struggle with the stress of lower-than-desirable child care and the disruptions that occur when there is a failure in such arrangements (Kahn & Kamerman, 1987; Miller, 1990). An important implication of this struggle is the effect that it has on parents' ability to cope and function effectively at work. Past research on the interference of child care problems at work has been sparse and required parents to provide retrospective reports. The current study used an Experience Sampling Method (ESM) approach to examine the day-to-day experiences of working mothers with children in child care. Participants responded to questionnaires four times per day during work using a hand-held computer and recorded disruptions from caregiving responsibilities, psychological outcomes, and self-reported work outcomes. Results indicated that mothers experienced a considerable number of child care disruptions, which were related to more negative work outcomes, including decreased productivity and concentration; and more negative psychological outcomes, including increased stress levels and work-family conflict. Participants reported significantly more disruptions during daily recordings than by retrospective reporting of disruptions during the previous year, indicating that ESM may be capturing aspects of child care disruptions not encapsulated in previous retrospective studies. Several significant moderators of the relationship between child care disruptions and psychological outcomes were found, including individual differences, such as neuroticism, family involvement, and parent-child relationship closeness; and social support, including spousal support and supervisor support. However, no significant moderators of the relationship between child care disruptions and work outcomes were found.
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INTRA-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY IS AN IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSISWojtowicz, Magdalena 24 July 2013 (has links)
Cognitive deficits are highly prevalent in multiple sclerosis (MS) and have a negative
impact on daily life. Impairments in information processing speed are among the most
commonly reported deficits in MS and are generally assessed by evaluating mean-level
performance on time-limited tests. However, this approach to assessing performance
ignores potential within-subject differences that may be useful for characterizing
cognitive difficulties in MS. An alternative method of measuring performance on timed
cognitive tasks is to examine the degree of within-subject variability, termed intraindividual
variability (IIV). IIV provides information about the characteristics of an
individual’s performance and may provide novel information about cognitive functioning
in MS and other neurodegenerative disorders. The research presented in this dissertation
examined IIV in performance as an indicator of cognitive functioning in persons with MS
and explored the relations of performance variability to measures of neuronal
connectivity derived from resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI).
Individuals with MS were found to be both slower and more variable on tests of
information processing speed and attention. This variability was observed even when
controlling for sensorimotor confounds and other systematic variables that may influence
variability, such as practice and learning effects. IIV in performance was found to better
distinguish MS patients from matched groups of healthy control subjects when compared
to common clinical measures of cognitive performance or average response speed. These
differences in IIV were also found consistently across six monthly assessments in a group
with MS who remained clinically stable over this period. This stability in IIV suggests its
feasibility as a measure of changes in longitudinal cognitive or clinical status. Using
rsfMRI, greater stability in performance (i.e., lower IIV) was associated with greater
functional connectivity between frontal lobe regions (i.e., ventral medial prefrontal cortex
and frontal pole) in persons with MS. This increased connectivity appears to represent
potential compensatory processes within mildly affected MS individuals. Together the
findings demonstrate that IIV is an important characteristic of cognitive performance that
may provide new insights into the cognitive deficits present in MS.
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