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- Creator:
- Craven, Lauren
- Description:
- The purpose of this thesis project is to create a reference guide that school counselors in the Los Angeles area can utilize to better understand eating disorders. The information will include specific types of eating disorders, as well as their symptoms and warning signs. Also mentioned, is how the school counselor can play a role in the life of a student who has an eating disorder. In addition to this project being a reference guide, there is also a short listing of referrals which includes support services for those who are suffering from an eating disorder.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Nunez, Annette
- Description:
- This study investigated that the use of Floor time in a social-emotional skills group, would increase the emotional development of the group, and increase the spontaneous initiations within the group. The social skills group consisted of four children age three, diagnosed with autism. The group met for one hour a week, for eight weeks. During this time, the Floor time protocol was implemented. A pre-test and post-test video was taken of the children without any facilitation, to measure the emotional development and the total number of initiations within the group. Results indicate there was a significant amount of improvement. The group increased in their overall social-emotional developmental level, as well as their capacity to initiate more social interactions.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Ruiz, Linda
- Description:
- Mexican-American immigrants have been key figures in one of the greatest migration occurrences in the United States. This population makes contributions to the culture, financial system, and employment industry of the United States. They are an ongoing influx of positive attributes and support to the wellbeing of the United States. Mexican-American immigrants are faced with various challenges as they take part in the employment arena. The career issues they encounter such as being expected to work in the secondary labor market, having minimal knowledge of their work environment, and limited employment experience affects their career paths. The purpose of this project is to assist Mexican-American immigrants with their career issues and have them learn through a career developmental process. The career development program will consist of eight weekly sessions that include one individualized session and seven group sessions. The program is geared to assist them through a career exploration process, to become knowledgeable of the world of work, to develop appropriate career decisions techniques, and make effective career plans. The program features experiential learning activities focused around John Holland's theory of types and Donald Super's life-span theory. It also provides them knowledge of employment information necessary to succeed in the labor market.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Azar, Viki
- Description:
- The licensing requirements for a marriage and family therapist include the completion of 3,000 supervised hours combined as a trainee and an intern. While in a qualifying master's degree program, the student trainee is required to locate and secure a traineeship site where those hours can begin to accrue. It is difficult to find a training placement that satisfies the requirements set forth both by the Board of Behavioral Science (BBS) and the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP); this is an important factor to consider in obtaining a placement. This project was designed as a fieldwork placement guide that provides a concise overview of each agency listed, including pertinent information relating to supervisor experience, number of supervision hours offered, clientele, CACREP familiarity, etc., which have all proven to be important aspects to consider when deciding on the placement of choice.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Villanueva-Jonsson, Lisa
- Description:
- The purpose of this handbook is to provide an in-depth look at specific labor laws which can protect the employee, allow the employee treatment options and provide resources to help start the recovery process. Fear of losing one's job often inhibits telling an employer about a substance abuse problem. As a result, many employees are unaware of the assistance they may obtain to help maintain their employment. This handbook is created so that individuals struggling with substance abuse problems may become better aware of their rights and options in the workplace. It will attempt to answer many questions and guide the employee to the steps toward recovery. It is written for an employee who may not be familiar with the labor laws that help enable this process. It is to provide basic steps so that the employee's job is protected.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Steinberg, Jennifer Lynn
- Description:
- When therapists begin their careers, they often experience high levels of anxiety about their ability to grow into effective therapists. This anxiety often leads to self-doubt, which sometimes causes new therapists to leave the counseling field. While this anxiety is present in most new therapists of all ages, there are special considerations that add to the anxiety felt by those who begin their careers under the age of 30. This project consists of a short book, whose purpose is to normalize these feelings and provide some suggestions to the reader about how these feelings can be mitigated. It is the hope of the author that by normalizing the emotional process involved in becoming a young, new therapist, readers will come to recognize this phenomenon as part of a process rather than a sign that they should consider a different career.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Henle, Erika
- Description:
- Interactive writing demonstrates concepts of print, early strategies, and how words work. This type of writing is used to assist children with their understanding the processes in reading and writing. Interactive writing integrates demonstrations of writing and modeling of the writing process that can assist children to progress in their own writing. Through the use of interactive writing, instructors are able to create an encouraging environment for writing. This project is being developed in order to enhance the language arts programs that are adopted by districts and to enable teachers to easily use the interactive writing techniques. This graduate project consists of an instructor's manual for kindergarten teachers utilizing the interactive writing method. The project offers information and research gathered on the topic of interactive writing and the effects interactive writing has on literacy. The literature review details and investigates classrooms that contain some type of interactive writing experience. The literature has shown that interactive writing can offer many lasting benefits for young writers. Emergent writing in a classroom provides support for reading and writing skills. Although many authors have designed instructor's manuals for interactive writing, there is no available resource specifically designed for kindergarten and early primary grades. While the materials that are currently available offer a sample of interactive writing activities this manual will provide teachers with all of the tools necessary to teach using interactive writing in a kindergarten or early primary classroom. The overriding sections include: Writing Together Means ..., Preparing the Classroom for Interactive Writing, Routines, Assessment, Composing and Constructing Text, Parents, Teacher Tools, and A Balanced Literacy Program. Each section scaffolds the next ultimately integrating all of the components necessary to begin using interactive writing in the kindergarten classroom.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Rivera-Tubbs, Tammy
- Description:
- This project is about a survey (Appendix A) given to one public school with a population of768 students having 10 percent of the school's population identified with multiple disabilities. The survey was place in the mailboxes of 35 general education teachers, three special educators, and two administrators. This survey was conducted to find out what the teachers knew about collaborative teaching and inclusion, how their district handled the inclusion of students with disabilities & collaborative teaching. The survey also asked specific questions about the teachers knowing who was their program specialist, inclusion facilitator. This survey also covered specific laws that are well known in the special education world and are important for general educators and administrators to be aware of. The teachers from this survey have students that ranged in age from 5 to 12. Students were restricted to access to general education classrooms and their ability to leisure activities at the beginning of this study.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
9. Applying the social learning approach to assist community college students in making career choices
- Creator:
- Ligon, Kathryn Leong
- Description:
- This thesis documents the results from a study of the application of the social learning approach to assist community college students in making career choices. The research project was conducted in two "Freshman Seminar" classes during the spring 2006 semester at a large, urban, diverse community college. Using test-intervention-retest methodology, the instruments that were used to assess the students were the Self-Directed Search and the Career Beliefs Inventory. The Self-Directed Search was administered once to the study group. The method was to apply an intervention designed to help students in the study group engage in career exploration activities. The method of control was to administer the Career Beliefs Inventory to students in two other classes typically taken by other first year students, but not take the Self-Directed Search assessment or participate in structured career exploration activities within that class. The analysis of the results of the Career Beliefs Inventory was conducted. Results of the post-test mean scores of the study group indicated that the intervention had a positive impact in the following subscales of the Career Beliefs Inventory: Peer Equality, Career Path Flexibility, Job Experimentation, Relocation, Learning Job Skills, and Overcoming Obstacles. It is important to note that the study was a controlled experiment and was not statistically valid because there was an insufficient sample size.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hirsch, Gita Mera
- Description:
- Schools in the United States are moving towards an inclusive model of education. There is, therefore, an increased need for general education teachers to be well versed in the implementation of accommodations for students with special needs. Yet, there is very little training of this kind provided in our traditional teacher training programs. Teachers are given only a basic level of preparation in accommodating for the needs of all learners. To better understand which accommodations are currently being implemented in general education classrooms and general education teachers' preparedness level in implementing those accommodations and teaching students with special needs a survey was given. It was self-reported through the survey that a majority of teachers are implementing seven of the nine accommodations listed and they feel they have knowledge as to how to use those accommodations. Yet, teachers felt only an average level of preparedness (3 .28 out of a possible 5) to meet the needs of all students in their class. A website was created to better train teachers in the use of accommodations in their classroom.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education