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Helping Parents Navigate Occupational Therapy in the IEP Process
<p>At the request of Matrix Parent Network and the Marin Autism Collaborative, the project developers have gathered information in order to help parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) better understand Occupational Therapy (OT) in the school setting. The development of the resource …
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Understanding how consumers navigate relationships within communities: Two essays
… brand community. I investigate how individuals navigate this process, and how people deliberately control what and how they consume to belong. In so doing, I specifically demarcate belonging-laden constructs, and describe their interrelationships. In my second essay, I draw from theory regarding …
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The finger walker : a method to navigate virtual environments
Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.
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Morally Fraught Identities: How Multiracial Individuals Navigate Race and Whiteness
… Midwest, I examine how multiracial individuals navigate and contend with race, racism, and identity in the context of Whiteness, family, and education. First, I find that multiracial individuals who can be seen as White, at least some of the time, experience Whiteness as a wage (benefit) that is …
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Stretching the Circle: First-Generation College Students Navigate Their Educational Journey
… students drew upon to help them as they navigated the academic setting. </p> <p>I utilized intersectionality, cultural capital, and the Community Cultural Wealth Model as frameworks to analyze the educational experiences of first-generation college students (Bourdieu, 1977; Crenshaw, …
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Machine learning and cognitive computing : a proposed framework to navigate the opportunities
… aims to develop an end to end framework to navigate CC/ML opportunities. The framework will guide a business professional to navigate the complex landscape of CC/ML and arrive at a solution approach recommendation.
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The Therapist's Emotional Experience: A Compass to Navigate Therapy with Eating Disordered Clients
There has been a movement towards research on the therapist and their capacity in providing treatment for eating disorders (Garner, 1985; Thompson & Sherman, 1989). This Doctoral Thesis Portfolio attempts to provide insight into therapy with the eating disordered population from therapists’ …
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Is cash still king? Exploring how township retailers navigate physical and digital money
… as informal financial intermediaries who navigate the sophistication of digital payments alongside the deeply ingrained social and economic functions of cash. Guided by Orlikowski's (1992) Structurational Model of Technology, this research reveals how socio technical dynamics shape payment …
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Exploring how young women with visual impairments navigate their participation in recreational sport
… to explore how women with vision impairments navigate their participation in recreational sports. Narrative inquiry was employed as the study design. Three young women with vision impairments from different communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, were purposely selected. Data was …
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Curating Connection: How Millennial Women Navigate Self-Presentation, Intimacy, and Rejection in Online Dating
This thesis examines how millennial women navigate self-presentation, intimacy, and rejection in online dating. Grounded in social penetration theory and the hyperpersonal model, it explores the tension between authenticity and desirability in profile curation, the transition from superficial to …
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Medical School Middle Managers Learning To Successfully Work With Leadership To Navigate Organizational Change
<p>There is a lapse in research exploring middle managers at medical schools during an organizational change. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to examine the perceptions of middle managers during an organizational change to mitigate burnout and build resilience. The …
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How do beginning administrators navigate through their first year of the middle school principalship?
1 PDF file (vii, 228 pages)
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How international students navigate the social and academic practices of a South African university
… qualitatively explore how international students navigated the social and academic practices of a South African university. A sample of thirteen students was selected from the Humanities faculty at the University of Cape Town, each of whom was a visiting student for either one semester or a full …
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Getting Ready and Getting Unready: How Queer College Women Navigate Their Casual Sexual Experiences
… or people that identify with the label ‘woman’, navigate their casual sexual experiences while attending college or university. Previous studies acknowledge that, while college campuses are arenas for sexual experimentation and identity development for many young adults, students across gender …
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Civic engagement in the age of devolution: how anthropological approaches can help navigate grassroots conflicts
Communities are currently being shaped and influenced by larger neoliberal social policies, which has resulted in decreased funding from public sources, which therefore creates greater competition among neighborhood organizations for limited resources. In this thesis, I analyze how larger …
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