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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"intervention practices"”.
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Grief counselling : community intervention practices
… This study therefore explores community intervention practices in grief counselling. The research seeks to clarify the experiences of people who experience grief with the objective of understanding how they are supported. Grief counselling, as practised in communities in this study, has …
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Autism : assessment and intervention practices of school psychologists and the implications for training in the United States
… with evaluating, identifying, and providing interventions for students with ASD in the United States’ public school systems. A national survey probed Nationally Certified School Psychologists (NCSP) to determine their level of knowledge in the area of autism assessment; the assessment …
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Response to Intervention: Practices and Procedures in the Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities in Three Elementary Schools
The rationale of Response to Intervention (RtI) programs is to address the educational issue of the over-identification of students to special education programs (Batsche, Elliott, Graden, Grimes, Kovaleski, Prasse, & Tilly, 2007). The purpose of this study was to examine three elementary schools’ …
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Autism : current beliefs, diagnostic practices, and treatment approaches within the state of Indiana
… and preparedness to provide diagnoses and interventions, (c) common tools and methods used to assess autism, (d) the disorders that are most difficult to differentiate from autism, and (e) the most common recommendations and interventions used for children with autism. Autism currently …
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Evidence-based for whom? examining the cultural impact on treatment acceptability of parent-mediated interventions for autism spectrum disorder : a vignette study.
Parent-mediated interventions (PMIs) are a form of indirect intervention that support caregivers in managing challenging behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The effectiveness of PMIs may depend on treatment acceptability (TA), which can be shaped by cultural and …
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Perceptions of Image-Based Sexual Harassment and Abuse: A Systematic Review
… the need for research, policy-oriented work, and intervention practices seeking to improve the attitudes, responses and resources victims of IBSHA have access to.
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RETHINKING RARITY: ASSESSING CLINICAL REPORTS OF WORD FINAL DISFLUENCY (WFD)
… knowledge, document current assessment and intervention practices, and highlight both the reported frequency of WFD and uncertainty in its management. A total of 496 speech-language pathologists in the United States participated in an online survey consisting of multiple-choice and …
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Do Clergy in Hidalgo County, Texas Serve as a Bridge or Barrier to Mental Health Services?
… suggest that the clergy engage in significant MH intervention practices and referrals based on their ministerial duties with FBO members. The clergy reported that they were not properly trained in MH and that additional training and education would be beneficial to assist people with MH problems. …
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Connection Before Correction: The Impact of Restorative Practices on Students with Disabilities
… States have started implementing restorative practices (RP) in their classrooms. RP focus on building relationships and classroom community. Educators implement RP as a preventative behavioral strategy for community building, but also as a responsive strategy to handle conflict in order to …
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Bridging Brexit-related societal divisions – Learning from civil society initiatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina
My doctoral project compares civil society interventions aimed at bridging societal divisions in two different contexts: on the one hand, in post-war Bosnia & Herzegovina, and on the other hand, in post-Brexit referendum Dorset. It first explores the possibilities for such a comparison and proceeds …
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The relationships among acculturation, executive functioning and English language proficiency in bilingual adults
… in more culturally-sensitive assessment and intervention practices when working with this population.
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Taking action: Reciprocity in reading and writing within early intervention
… at-risk for reading difficulties. Response to Intervention was implemented within schools across the country, and researchers began to study implementation and intervention practices. Researchers have studied a variety of interventions that differ in complexity, however most research tends to …
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Chieftaincy reform, decentralisation and post-conflict state reconstruction and peacebuilding in Sierra Leone 2004-2012
… our understanding of key debates and policy intervention practices on post-war peacebuilding and state reconstruction in transition societies. It also contributes to the existing literature on post-conflict peacebuilding by positing that there is a huge challenge to the Liberal Peace paradigm …
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Chieftaincy reform, decentralisation and post-conflict state reconstruction and peacebuilding in Sierra Leone 2004-2012
… our understanding of key debates and policy intervention practices on post-war peacebuilding and state reconstruction in transition societies. It also contributes to the existing literature on post-conflict peacebuilding by positing that there is a huge challenge to the Liberal Peace paradigm …
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An investigation of kindergarten teachers' reports of reading practices
… data regarding kindergarten teachers’ reported practices for teaching reading, especially in provision of the Response to Intervention model. The study collected data about specific practices in the area of reading instruction and intervention in the areas of phonemic awareness and phonics. The …
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Modeling Elementary Aged Students' Fluency Growth in Written Expression: Predicting Fluency Growth for Girls and Boys in General Education
<p>Research on evidence-based writing intervention practices as well as reliable and valid assessments of elementary-aged students' writing fluency has been lacking compared to other academic areas (i.e., reading). Performance feedback interventions targeting writing fluency are gaining empirical …
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Yoghurts for fruit-time : a narrative study of language learning in the kindergarten
… of seven Kindergarten teachers perceive their practices to support the language learning of young children. From a socio-cultural perspective, developing language competency at Kindergarten is a priority because of its pivotal role across all learning areas and the opportunity it creates for …
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Evidence based practice for adolescent reading comprehension instruction : a guide for SLPs in an expanded school role
… U.S., this paper presents five evidence based practices (EBP) sufficient to begin addressing the problem on a large scale. The five intervention practices are as follows: 1) explicit vocabulary instruction, 2) explicit comprehension strategy instruction, 3) extended discussion opportunities, 4) …
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Developmental outcomes of small infants at a South African high-risk follow-up clinic : a short-term longitudinal study
… than their full-term peers, necessitating early intervention and long-term monitoring. The study examined developmental and hearing outcomes of small infants at a high-risk clinic in a low-income setting, using developmental and hearing screening tools (PEDS tools and ABR MB11), and a …
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