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Showing 1 to 20 of 181 for “"Positive experiences"”.
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Positive experiences in older people with early stage dementia
… a systematic literature review entitled ‘Living Positively with Dementia’. The notion that people living with dementia can have positive experiences in spite of - or even because of - their illness remains widely disputed. In light of this controversy and the potential conceptual and clinical …
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Positive Experiences, Dreams, and Expectations of International Master’s Students at a Southern Ontario University: An Appreciative Inquiry
… a methodological and theoretical framework and positive psychology theory to investigate international master’s students’ positive experiences, dreams, and expectations in their programs and institution to inform policies, programs, and practices. Although the literature describes international …
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Exploring Attitudes of Four Groups of Stakeholders Toward Family Childcare and Recommending Best Practices to Promote Positive Experiences
<p>This research aimed to increase the awareness of licensed family childcare programs and use the viewpoints of four stakeholder groups to construct recommended best practices. These best practices are crucial for supporting effective business practices and providing high-quality services to their …
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POSITIVE EXPERIENCES AND MEANINGFUL INTERVENTIONS OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER:JOYS AND OBSTACLES IN THE FLOW OF LIFE
… numerous. Alongside difficulties, parents report positive aspects of raising a child with ASD, which are underexplored in the literature. This study sought to better understand these issues by using a grounded theory method. Five parents of children with ASD were interviewed. Four major themes …
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An Ethnographic Study of Pre-Graduate, Precepted Nursing Student Clinical Placements in Long-Term Care Homes
… beliefs, values, and practices contributing to positive LTC home clinical placements. Upon receiving research ethics board clearance, six participants were recruited through purposive sampling in southern Ontario. Using Spradley’s (1980) method, data were collected and analyzed from …
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Growing up adopted: an examination of adoptees' socialization experiences
… in an exploratory fashion, the self-reported positive and negative remarks made to adult adoptees' while growing up as an adopted person in our culture and their attitudes towards adoption. Our current understanding of adoption adjustment is based on unsupported opinion emanating primarily …
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The role of a Certified Child Life Specialist within a Child Advocacy Center
… are grateful for CCLS role, 9) Children have positive experiences with CCLS support, and 10) Families have positive experiences with CCLS support. These findings prompt discussion on the importance of adding child life to the multidisciplinary team at CACs throughout the United States.</p>
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Melburnian women's use of osteopathy as therapy for low back pain and posterior pelvic pain during pregnancy
… in Melbourne were surveyed regarding their experiences and treatment of these conditions. Ten percent had consulted an osteopath, and most reported positive experiences of care. A large proportion were prescribed exercises or given postural advice. This minor thesis was written by a …
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An examination of the perceived factors of internship programs that lead students to remain with an organization after completing an internship
… assist students in connecting their workplace experiences with the theoretical concepts learned in the classroom and, thus, their full-time roles postgraduation. The purpose of this study was to explore whether a relationship exists between a student’s internship or applied learning experience …
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The Administrator Experience with Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Comprehensive High Schools: A Phenomenological Study
… explored comprehensive high school administrator experiences with students with EBD with the purpose of developing a holistic description of which experiences and descriptions were shared between participants and what participants held to be the most meaningful elements of their experiences. Nine …
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The experience of nurses worked at the covid-19 unit in intermediate hospital Oshakati, Oshana region, Namibia
… revealed four themes and fourteen subthemes: A) positive experiences (learning, patient treatment and recovery, and patient management); B) negative experiences (worry and fear of death of patients, trauma development, and socialization experiences); C) lack of equipment, staff shortage, and …
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Perceptions of value consumption of digital business platforms by informal sector Traders in South Africa
… view of the perceived value-axis based on positive and negative experiences of using a variety of digital platforms including messaging, payments, and banking applications on their mobile phones in their daily trading functions. This study examines the positive experiences of perceived …
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Golden goose or white elephant? Exploring lifelong learning through the professional group of operating department practitioners
… presents a tale of contrasts:from the positive experiences of learning which are driven by a commitment to delivering high standards of patient care, to the negative experiences with regards to participation and provision. Participation was hampered by a range of structural and …
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Experiences and perceptions of students with disabilities in higher education
… accommodations as being a large part of their experiences in their college career. Graduate students with disabilities use of accommodations leads to many different topics of negative and positive experiences, which can influence perceptions and behaviors of SWD. This study was designed to be …
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Evaluating the user-experience of existing strategies to limit video game session length
… popular form of entertainment. The meaningful positive experiences that games facilitate are fundamental to the activity; players are known to invest a lot of time playing games in search of those experiences. Digital games research is polarized. Some studies find games to be a healthy hobby …
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A Lesbian Parented Family's Acceptance and Experiences in Family, Social, and Educational Systems: A Qualitative Case Study
… to investigate one lesbian parented family's experiences in family, social, and educational systems to gain perspective on their overall happiness. In depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with two lesbian parents currently raising three children. After data collection and analysis, the …
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Narratives of successful collaborations between alternative media and women's groups
… analysis to understand what agents considered positive experiences and expressions. I found that successful collaborations are primarily ad hoc and are driven by: the organization's source of funding, the organization's viewpoint towards media, and the trust held towards the media outlet. …
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Framing human-wildlife conflict in the intermountain West: content analysis of daily newspapers to diverse audiences
… for the natural world are directly linked to positive experiences participating in outdoor nature-based activities. These direct experiences have been declining over the past decade, causing concerns about the perceptions of nature by populations that don't participate in nature-based …
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