Browsing by Author "Curtis, Rebecca"

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An Analysis of Career Thinking and Career Interests of Incarcerated Males

Derzis, Nicholas (2013-07-16)

Individuals with barriers to employment such as people with disabilities or people who transition from prison to the community face different challenges in navigating the world of work. Participants in this study were ...

Coping, Meaning in Life, and Posttraumatic Growth in Incarcerated Women

Mautz, Elizabeth Kelley (2019-07-23)

The purpose of this study was to examine treatment results for incarcerated women in a southern-US women’s prison system who have participated in Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women (BT). Research indicates that ...

Disability Documentation Criteria for Students with Learning Disabilities in Higher Education

Shipp, Allison (2008-08-15)

Students with disabilities are one of the most unemployed and underemployed groups in America today. Postsecondary education is becoming increasingly more important in the workforce. More and more careers are requiring at ...

Disability Identity: The Impact of Disability Type for Individuals with Disabilities

Hall, Angela (2018-04-17)

Disability identity development is a fairly recent and unique phenomenon in the academic literature that shapes an individual’s way of seeing him or herself, their bodies, their ways of interacting with the world and the ...

The Effects of Computer-Based Graphic Organizers and Instructional Technology for Students with High-Incidence Disabilities

Massey, Cynthia (2018-04-09)

This study investigated the effects of an instructional technology, a computerized graphic organizer, on vocabulary acquisition skills of students with high-incidence disabilities. Specifically, this study focused on the ...

The Effects of Direct Instruction on Reading Comprehension for Individuals with Autism or Intellectual Disability

Head, Cynthia (2016-07-22)

This study investigated the effects of a Direct Instruction (DI) reading comprehension program on the reading comprehension skills of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability. Although the ...

Employer Perceptions Toward Hiring People with Disabilities

Merckerson, Clarence (2017-10-12)

The objective of this research was to identify hiring manger perceptions in the workforce toward hiring and working with people with disabilities. The concepts of stigma, attribution theory, and the spread effect are ...

The Employment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the State of Alabama

Sellers, Jennifer (2007-08-15)

This study is an examination of possible predictor variables for employment of individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Alabama. A logistic regression was used to analyze the following variables as possible ...

Examining the Career Thoughts of Veterans Enrolled in College

Musgrove, Kate (2013-07-11)

Veterans returning from the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) conflicts are enrolling in colleges and universities at the highest number since post World War II (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, ...

Foster Care Graduates' Experiences Obtaining Life Skills

Upshaw, April (2017-04-20)

Foster care is the 24-hour temporary care for children outside their homes (Department of Social Services, 2016). Children are often placed in foster care because they have “suffered abuse, neglect, abandonment, or the ...

An Intentional Love: How Incarcerated Women Experience Maternal-Infant Bonding

Wofford, Leslie (2019-07-23)

The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of how incarcerated women experience pregnancy, child birth, and separation from their children. Issues and challenges experienced by pregnant inmates highlight the ...

Knowledge and Practices of Disability Services Providers Who Serve Postsecondary Students with Traumatic Brain Injury

Smith, Laura (2015-04-08)

This study gathered information about disability services providers’ knowledge, experiences, and practices in providing accommodations for postsecondary students with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study surveyed ...

Law Enforcement and Disabilities

Meade, Whitney (2009-11-18)

To further the body of knowledge which determines efficacy of academy police training in the area of disabilities, this study examines the content of law enforcement training curricula for information related to mental ...

A Leadership Analysis of Executive Directors of State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies

Schmieg, Gregory (2018-07-19)

Working-age individuals with disabilities in the United States experience meaningful employment at a significantly lower rate than individuals without disabilities, and having a job is a critical factor to having access ...

Life Stressors and Specialized Programs and Services for Parents with Serious Mental Illness from a Peer Support Specialist Perspective

Weston, Shannon (2016-04-26)

Parents with a mental illness, especially single mothers, who are caring for their children are particularly vulnerable to social isolation, stress, financial hardship, and lack of resources. Prevention and strengths-based ...

Perceptions of Music Listening as an Intervention with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Techniques

Worthey, Brandon (2023-12-06)

Anxiety and depression levels among college students are high and expected to continue rising. The use of mindfulness-based stress reduction, or MBSR, combined with music listening has the potential to decrease the negative ...

Persons with Serious Mental Illness and Employment

Philadelphia, William (2007-08-15)

A significant number of our population includes persons with disabilities. In addition to independence, persons with disabilities want to have the opportunity to engage in meaningful work. Persons who live with serious and ...

Postsecondary Physical Support Programs, Independent Living and Economic Self-Sufficiency for Individuals with Significant Physical Disabilities

Peebles, Eric (2016-08-02)

This study explores the extent to which completion of an undergraduate degree that includes disability management course work contributes to independent living and economic self-sufficiency of graduates with severe physical ...

Pre-service Teachers’ Computational Knowledge, Efficacy, and Number Sense Skills

Hinton, Vanessa (2011-08-04)

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Curriculum Focal Points (2006) suggested heavy emphasis on instruction in whole numbers for young elementary students. Any intervention curriculum for students who ...

A Preliminary Study of the Impact of Service Dogs on People with Physical Disabilities: Activities of Daily Living, Social Connectedness, Employment, and Quality of Life

Worthey, Leah (2022-07-26)

The use of service dogs as a holistic intervention for individuals with physical disabilities has increased in the past few decades. There is a relatively new body of research that demonstrates that service dogs positively ...