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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"perceptions of children"”.
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Mock jurors’ perceptions of children testifying via a language interpreter
… world. However, their impact on fact finders' perceptions is yet to be understood. The current research examined adults' perceptions of youth testifying via a language interpreter. (N =302) English-speaking participants in Study 1 and (N = 464) Spanish-speaking participants in Study 2 listened …
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The Post Crack Era: Teachers' Perceptions of Children Born Prenatally Exposed
… not be limited to the educational development of children. Rather, efforts to address this problem should include the specific health care and drug treatment needs of pregnant drug-using women. It is further recommended that school districts adopt an ecosystemic approach for working with …
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The Effects of Sex, Race, and Family Structure on Perceptions of Children
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine participants' perceptions of a child's attractiveness, social competence, intelligence, and aggression based on sex, race, and family structure of the child. A videotape of a three-year-old child was shown to participants. Information about the sex, race, …
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Hearing their voices: The perceptions of children and adults about learning in health education
Children were the central focus of this study which was grounded in a belief that children’s voices should be listened to and heard, in particular about their perceptions about their health and health education in schools. Also heard in this study were the voices of adults (parents and teachers of …
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Viewing the World Through the Lens of 'Normal': The Perceptions of Children with ASD and Sport
… methods in order to explore sport providers perceptions. Eight sport providers took part in a semi-structured interview. The main overarching theme that emerged was constructing normalcy, specifically, the sport providers process of meaning-making about children with ASD and sport as well as …
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Effects of Interaction and of Instruction in Changing the Perceptions of Children and Elderly People About Each Other
<p>This study examined children's perceptions of elderly people, elderly people's perceptions of children, and changes in perceptions following either a six-week program of interaction between a children's group and a nursing home population or a six-week unit of instruction about elderly people …
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Placing children in care at centre stage : exploring the experiences and perceptions of children in care about their pathways into offending behaviour
The disproportionate representation of children in care in the youth justice system remains a significant challenge to academics and policy makers. Despite this, there is an absence of research and literature concerning the relationship between care experiences and the onset of offending behaviour …
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The experiences of living with asthma: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of adults with T2-low severe asthma and a systematic review of the experiences and perceptions of children with asthma
This thesis is comprised of an empirical study that investigated eight adults' lived experience of T2-low severe asthma by utilising the methodology of interpretative phenomenological analysis, and a systematic review of the experiences and perceptions of children with asthma by utilising the …
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The impact of inadequate provision of mobility devices on the lives of physically disabled children in Tembalethu special school in the township of Gugulethu, Cape Town
… was used out to explore and describe the perceptions of children with mobility impairments in Tembalethu Special School related to the effects of inadequate provision of assistive devices on their lives.
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A Case Study Exploring Restraint and Seclusion Use in School-Age Children on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
Perceptions of children restrained and secluded (R&S) were explored using Yin's methodology and critical theory. The literature presented reviewed proponent's and opponent's views of the R&S intervention used on inpatient psychiatric units for the containment of violent patients. Despite reports of …
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Participation of children with autism spectrum disorder : comparing the perspectives of children and their caregivers
… positively affects one’s well-being. However, children with disabilities often do not enjoy this human right. The bulk of existing participation research includes proxy interviews with caregivers to better understand the participation patterns of children with disabilities. There is a need to …
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The perceptions and experiences of violence on children in children's homes
This study aimed at looking at children's perceptions of violence, exploring the experiences on child violence and lastly perceptions of children about intervention strategies in children's homes. The participants were sourced from the rehabilitation centres, at the children's homes in Khayelitsha. …
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An Analysis of Black Partnered and Nonpartnered Mothers' Perceptions of Their Children and Single-Mother Effectiveness
… and symbolic interaction theory, I examined the perceptions of Black partnered and nonpartnered mothers toward their children and how these perceptions shaped their views toward single-mother effectiveness. I conducted secondary analysis of National Survey of American Families [NSAF] (1999) with …
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Critical times: a critical realist approach to understanding services for looked after children and young people
… centres primarily on the book Testing the Limits of Foster Care, which reports on a piece of applied social work research, and the paper Critical Times: a critical realist approach to understanding services for looked after children which examines key theoretical issues relevant to the study. Two …
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Thermal Comfort in Naturally Ventilated Schools
… types that integrate significant aspects of sustainability research: building performance, energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality and the benefits of a healthy and productive environment. Providing thermal comfort in classrooms is an obvious necessity because students spend up to …
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Atypicalities of social functioning in children with Williams syndrome
Children with Williams syndrome (WS) are often reported to show a hyper-social phenotype which can pose implications for their interactions with strangers and peers. The present thesis aimed to obtain an in depth examination of two key areas of social difficulty in children with WS: social approach …
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'Normal but different, different but normal.' Children's and their parents' perceptions of living with diabetes
Typel diabetes mellitus can affect children of all ages and it is a life threatening life long condition which requires complex and demanding therapies in order to achieve the level of control needed to reduce long term complications. It is therefore important for healthcare professionals to …
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Feasibility evaluation and long-term follow up of a family-based behaviour change intervention for overweight children (GOALS)
… is the most serious public health challenge of the 21st century. Whilst evidence supports a family-based lifestyle approach to childhood obesity treatment, research is needed to understand how interventions work and how practitioners can effectively support families to sustain behavioural …