As a poet, the one thing that I find the most redemptive is the power of confession that language affords me, even though within that power lies a struggle of bittersweet magnitude. My poetic confessions speak to the torrential downpour of an unpleasa . . .

Bradley Jennings is a grass roots, well-respected teacher at Central High School, who created a digital literacy program for the community, called Global Citizen Project. Just as he and his program become the focus of the First Lady of the United Stat . . .

This dissertation examined the experience of male out-of-home care students attending comprehensive high schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District. The study sought to highlight the needs of these students, as well as identify patterns fo . . .

Children’s participation in their own physical abuse is a significant factor for professionals to consider when assessing an abusive family. The practice has been to look exclusively for parent psychopathology when faced with a case of child abuse. A . . .

Abstract Self-Perceptions of Seniors Denied Government Subsidized In-home Supportive Care By Linda Zuchegna Master of Social Work Purpose: This qualitative research study examines the perceptions of seniors in need of in-home supportive care but unabl . . .

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of aerobic-based exercise interventions in addiction treatment. Methods: Searches were conducted of two databases; Google Scholar and One Search from the years 2000-2019. Included in the s . . .

Every 12 seconds a woman is beaten by her male boyfriend or husband in the U.S. (Chappel, 2001). More than 12 million people each year are affected by Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) (The National Domestic Violence Hotline, 2012). Intimate partner vio . . .

Experiencing maltreatment as a child is associated with emotion dysregulation, internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, insecure attachment style, and impaired social relationships in adulthood. Despite having a higher incidence of chaotic and . . .

Every nine seconds a woman is battered by her male partner (Roberts and Roberts 2005:4). Many people ask, “Why do they stay?” In reality many women leave. My thesis will explore this very process. This thesis is an exploratory, qualitative study of th . . .

Invasion of the Bees and Other Stories is a collection of short stories and flash fictions that explore themes of paternal absence and neglect, female distrust of men, relationship discord, self-sabotage, and various forms of abuse. Firmly footed in t . . .