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How Educational Leaders Make Good Citizens

Pages: 6 (1816 words) Sources: 9 Document Type:Essay Document #:44966938

… to help them develop into good citizens that are actively engaged in the American political process. While many people view education as a life enterprise, educational leaders today are confronted with a situation in which the timeframe for evaluating the adequacy of learning is clearly demarcated and ……

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Black’s Law Dictionary. (1990). St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company.

Blakesley, S. (2011, July). Defining educational leadership in Canada\\'s Yukon Territory: \\"Hmmm, that\\'s a good question ...\\" Canadian Journal of Education, 34(1), 4-7.

Bowser, A. & Hux, A. (2014, September). The roles of site-based mentors in educational leadership programs. College Student Journal, 48(3), 468-471.

Chan, T. C. (2014, March). Educational leadership: The research agenda. New Waves, 17(1), 1-4.

Cushman, K. (2009, December). Subjects, or citizens? High school students talk about investing in their schools: If we want to know what students think, Ms. Cushman suggests that we ask them. Phi Delta Kappan, 87(4), 316.

Demirci, F. & Ozyurek, C. (2017, December). The effects of using concept cartoons in astronomy subjects on critical thinking skills among seventh grade students. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 10(2), 243.

Erstad, W. (2018, January 22). Six critical thinking skills you need to master now. Rasmussen College. Retrieved from  https://www.rasmussen.edu/student-experience/college-life/critical-thinking-skills-to-master-now/ .

Litvinov, A. (2017, March 16). Forgotten purpose: Civics education in public schools. NEA Today. Retrieved from  http://neatoday.org/2017/03/16/civics-education-public-schools/ .

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Decision Making And Student Affairs

Pages: 6 (1910 words) Sources: 6 Document Type:Case Study Document #:42118685

… experience within these institutions, and it is highly contingent on the degree of integration between these two independent units. Bridging the student academic-social life gap has been found to foster improved retention rates of students in their programmes, increase graduation rates, and offer the students more than ……

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Blake, J. H. (2007). The crucial role of student affairs professionals in the learning process. New Directions for Student Services, 2007(117), 65–72. doi:10.1002/ss.234. Retrieved from:  https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1002/ss.234 

Commodore, F., Gasman, M., Conrad, C., & Nguyen, T.-H. (2018). Coming Together: A Case Study of Collaboration Between Student Affairs and Faculty at Norfolk State University. Frontiers in Education, 3. doi:10.3389/feduc.2018.00039. Retrieved from:  https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2018.00039 

Kaslow, N. J., Garcia-Williams, A., Moffitt, L. B., McLeod, M., Zesiger, H., Ammirati, R., Berg, J.P., & McIntosh, B. J (2012). Building and Maintaining an Effective Campus-Wide Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, (26)121–139. DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2012.659160. Retrieved from:  https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2012.659160 

Rohli, R.V., Keppler, K.J., & Winkler, D.L. (2013). Academic Development of First-Year Living-Learning Program Students before and after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita of 2005. Learning Communities Research and Practice, 1(3), 1-16. Retrieved from:  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1112658.pdf 

Spanierman, L. B., Soble, J. R., Mayfield, J. B., Neville, H. A., Aber, M., Khuri, L., & De La Rosa, B. (2013). Living Learning Communities and Students’ Sense of Community and Belonging. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 50(3), 308–325. doi:10.1515/jsarp-2013-0022. Retrieved from:  https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1515/jsarp-2013-0022 

Terri, F. B. (2013). Utilizing student affairs professionals to enhance student and faculty experiences and mitigate risk in short-term, faculty-led study abroad programs. Journal of International Education in Business, 6(2), 136-147. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-05-2013-0019 . Retrieved from:  https://sci-hub.tw/10.1108/JIEB-05-2013-0019 

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Child Protection

Pages: 6 (1880 words) Sources: 7 Document Type:Case Study Document #:91826674

NRS311 – life Stage Considerations: Child, Adolescent & Family Health
Assessment Task Two: Child Protection Case Study
Introduction
Young people and children are the most vulnerable ……

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Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC). (2010). Family violence: A national legal response. Canberra: ALRC.

Child Family Community Australia (CFCA). (2016). Australian legal definitions: When is a child in need of protection? (CFCA Resource Sheet). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.

New South Wales Government. (1998). Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998.

NSW Government, (2018a). Child wellbeing and child protection fact sheet for NSW Health workers. Retrieved from https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/parvan/childprotect/Pages/child-wellbeing.aspx

NSW Government, (2018b). About child protection and wellbeing. Retrieved from https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/parvan/childprotect/Pages/default.aspx

WHO (2002). \\\\\\\\\\\\"Chapter 3: Child abuse and neglect by parents and other caregivers.\\\\\\\\\\\\" World report on violence and health. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/global_campaign/en/chap3.pdf

World Health Organization. (2006). Preventing child maltreatment: a guide to taking action and generating evidence. Geneva, WHO.

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Strengths Based Approach For Depression

Pages: 6 (1931 words) Sources: 7 Document Type:Case Study Document #:65081861

life-Stage Considerations: Strengths-Based Approach
Introduction
A strengths-based approach to treatment resonates greatly with resiliency models involving patients and their families, as well as family-focused care … effort, with providers functioning in the capacity of caring consultants. Further, providers will help her inculcate more faith in herself to control her life and situations. Her desired goals in life will be determined and steps adopted for fulfilling them. Informal conversations with clients are recommended as a means of discerning their strengths. For ……

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Ditton, L. (2015). Depression Treatment: Strengths-based Approaches. Available at  http://www.esteempsychology.com.au 

Gan, C., & Ballantyne, M. (2016). Brain injury family intervention for adolescents: A solution-focused approach. NeuroRehabilitation, 38(3), 231-241.

Gottlieb, L. (2014). Strengths-based nursing: A holistic approach to care, grounded in eight core values. American Journal of Nursing, 114(8), 24-32.

Liu, R. T., Kleiman, E., Nestor, B., Cheek, S. (2015). The Hopelessness Theory of Depression: A Quarter Century in Review. Clin Psychol, 22(4), 345-365. DOI:10.1111/cpsp.12125.

Swartz, M. K. (2017). A Strength-Based Approach to Care. J Pediatr Health Care, 31, 1-1. Available at https://www.jpedhc.org/article/S0891-5245(16)30281-4/pdf

World Health Organization. (1998). Health Promotion Glossary. World Health Organization. Available at  https://www.who.int/healthpromotion/about/HPR%20Glossary%201998.pdf?ua=1 

Xie, H. (2013). Strengths-Based Approach for Mental Health Recovery. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci, 7(2), 5-10. Available at  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3939995/ 

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Abortion Laws Issues

Pages: 3 (1038 words) Sources: 6 Document Type:Essay Document #:13785952

… settled, abortion has been legal throughout the U.S. as mandated by federal law. Till then, it had been illegal to obtain one. Human life advocates have opposed the Supreme Court decision ever since, arguing that abortion is immoral and devalues life, womanhood, and the entire cultural fabric of society. Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe of the famous court case) has even since flipped on the … cultural fabric of society. Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe of the famous court case) has even since flipped on the issue and became a pro-life advocate and abortion opponent until her death in 2017 (Selk).
Those who support legal abortions tend to do so for ideological reasons: they ……

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BBC. “Virginia late-term abortion bill labelled 'infanticide'.” BBC, 2019.  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47066307 

Green, Emma. “Trump Sees an Opening With Voters on Late-Term Abortion.” Atlantic,2019.  https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/trump-decries-late-term-abortions-state-union-address/582127/ 

Kliff, Sarah. “The new Trump plan to defund Planned Parenthood, explained.” Vox,2018.  https://www.vox.com/2018/5/18/17367964/trump-abortion-planned-parenthood-defund 

North, Anna. “The controversy around Virginia’s new abortion bill, explained.” Vox,2019.  https://www.vox.com/2019/2/1/18205428/virginia-abortion-bill-kathy-tran-ralph-northam 

Selk, Avi. “‘Jane Roe’ made abortion legal. Then a minister made her rethink.”

Washington Post, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/02/18/jane-roe-made-abortion-legal-then-a-minister-made-her-repent/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.35ad2f642945

Tolentino, Jia. “How Abortion Law in New York Will Change, and How It Won’t.” New Yorker, 2019.  https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-abortion-law-in-new-york-will-change-and-how-it-wont 

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Right Of Informed Refusal For Minors

Pages: 9 (2623 words) Sources: 4 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:16932208

End-of-life Decision Making for Minors When the Minor Should be the Decision Maker
Today, the right of adults to refuse medical treatment when they … is particularly contentious because the vast majority of adults in the United States believe that children need and deserve special protections that preclude end-of-life decisions. Drawing on a virtue theoretical framework, the purpose of this paper is to examine the arguments in support of and against allow … a virtue theoretical framework, the purpose of this paper is to examine the arguments in support of and against allow minors to make end-of-life decisions for themselves, followed by a summary of the research and important findings concerning this issue in the conclusion.
Review and Analysis
On … pain and debilitation. On the other hand, though, most adults recognize that children typically lack the background, experience and cognitive abilities to making life-changing decisions on their own. Against……

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Black’s law dictionary. (1990). St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company.

Bryden, J. (2016, February 25). Medical help in dying should be widely available, with few restrictions: Report. The Canadian Press, 6.

Hursthouse, R. & Pettigrove, G. (2018, Winter). Virtue ethics. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved from  https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2018/entries/ethics-virtue .

Katz, A. L. & Webb, S. A. (2016, August). Informed consent in decision-making in pediatric practice. Pediatrics, 138(2), 30-37.

Lemmens, C. (2009, September). End- of- life decisions and minors: do minors have the right to refuse life preserving medical treatment? A comparative study. Medical Law Review, 28(3), 479-497.

Physician-assisted suicide. (2019). CNN. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/26/us/ physician-assisted-suicide-fast-facts/index.html.

Salsberry, P. J. (1999, January 1). Caring, virtue theory, and a foundation for nursing ethics. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, 6(2), 155-160.

Williams, Z. (2012, October 25). Early puberty: why are kids growing up faster? The Guardian. Retrieved from  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/oct/25/early-puberty-growing-up-faster .

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Solitary Nation Documentary

Pages: 5 (1593 words) Document Type:response paper Document #:42443342

… happens in the documentary. The drama of the subject matter, the way it plays out like a horror film and yet is real life is what had the biggest impact. I have a hard time understanding how this could go on in America. I would think this ……

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Private Prison Industry And Mental Health Of Inmates

Pages: 2 (583 words) Sources: 2 Document Type:personal reflection Document #:64800169

… bonds (i.e., social bond theory) or because their lives have been so utterly derailed that they cannot operate like law abiding citizens (i.e., life course theory), and so they end up convicted of crimes and incarcerated. Yet once they are in prison, they are treated like chattel ……

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Evans Cuellar, A., McReynolds, L. S., & Wasserman, G. A. (2006). A cure for crime: Can mental health treatment diversion reduce crime among youth?. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management: The Journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 25(1), 197-214.

Pelaez, V. (2014). The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery?. Global Research, 31, 1-2.

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Data Security Using RFID Bands At Music Festivals

Pages: 5 (1616 words) Sources: 6 Document Type:Essay Document #:97930410

...College life The radio frequency identification or RFID is the new technological method for quick identification of the user, especially if used for public events like music festivals. It makes data management easier, so that information about the attendees is managed technically by capturing data from scanners and transmitting it to the computer without the user's physical contact. This paper is about managing adult attendees at music festivals whose information would be stored in RFID wrist bands linked to their Twitter, Facebook, and credit/debit bank cards. The following sections would probe into its compliance issues and the related regulations that would impact the planned implementation.
Analysis
Description of the Chosen Use Case
RFID wrist bands would be used for managing adult attendees at a music festival at a hotel where bands would be linked to their Twitter and Facebook accounts and their bank credit/debit cards so that the buying of eatables is……

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Event Tribe. (n.a.). The top 10 benefits of using RFID for events. Retrieved from  https://www.eventbrite.com/blog/academy/the-top-10-benefits-of-using-rfid-for-events/ 

ID&C. (n.a.). How to RFID wristbands work? Retrieved from  https://www.idcband.com/blog/how-do-rfid-wristbands-work/ 

Kacicki, T. (2019, July 15). 4 commonly overlooked facts about RFID wristbands. Intellitix. Retrieved from  https://intellitix.com/hub/four-commonly-overlooked-facts-rfid 

OECD. (2008). OECD policy guideline on RFID.  https://www.oecd.org/sti/ieconomy/40892347.pdf 

Quirk, R.E. & Borrello, S.J. (2005). RFID: Rapid deployment and regulatory challenges. Retrieved from  https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/assets/Media/MediaManager/VenableRFIDpaper.pdf?SESSID=62935cf41f5a19909f5bb3ae3a598490 

Williamson, A., Tsay, L., Kateeb, I.A. & Burton, L. (2013). Solutions for RFID smart tagged card security vulnerabilities. AASRI Procedia, 4, 282-287. DOI: 10.1016/j.aasri.2013.10.042

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Criminal Perspectives Social Trait Classical

Pages: 4 (1310 words) Sources: 3 Document Type:Capstone Project Document #:11929443

… and psychological attributes explain all criminality (Siegel, 2015). Contemporary theorists, however, believe that environmental factors such as disorganized neighborhoods, socioeconomic status, and family life trigger these traits (Siegel, 2015). In this regard, people with traits related to criminality are more likely to commit crime, but the risk ……

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Cole, G., & Smith, C. (2007). Criminal Justice in America (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.

Hagan, F. E. (2010). Introduction to Criminology: Theory, Methods and Criminal Behavior (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Mackenzie, D. L. (2001). Sentencing and Corrections in the 21st century: Setting the Stage for the Future. National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). Retrieved from  https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/189106-2.pdf 

Siegel, L. J. (2015). Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies (12th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

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