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Improving Public Speaking Skills among African American Students within a High School Institution

National Alliance of Black School Educators wrote in the 1984 text Saving the African American Child, "Low income, poor nutrition,...

Social Constructionism and Child Sexual Abuse

there is an argument among sociologists as to whether a "weak" or "strong" reading of the stance of claims-makers is more effectiv...

Autism: How Developmental Psychology Can Inform Practice

and after the training sessions, with results being virtually the same (Chin et al, 2000). Theory of mind, the ability to attribu...

Domestic Violence: Crisis Planning and Intervention

to insure her familys safety. Theresa considered obtaining a protective order to keep her husband away from her and her children ...

The Future of No Child Left Behind

performances. President Bush instituted No Child Left Behind because too many children had been falling through the cracks...

Endometrial Cancer: Overview, Patient Assessment And Educational Plan

focusing equally upon causes and prevention as it is upon treatment and sustained recovery (Feig et al, 2006). Also known as uter...

Argument: Children Without Siblings Should Serve in Combat

end of the story, because the man whose son was killed appears to be handling it well. He notes that life is difficult, and that w...

Video Games and Social Responsibility

games are encouraging violent aggression in young people. Should video game designers act in a manner that is socially responsibl...

Artificial Nutrition/hydration & Terminal Pediatric Patient

the insertion of a central line, threaded through a vein, and it was once believed that it would aid cancer patients, restoring ap...

Development of Children and the Father's Role

Development). The four stages are infancy, ages 0-1; toddler, ages 1-2; elementary, ages 2-6; and middle school years, ages 6-12 ...

Deaf Education and Culture

American territories" (Senghas, 2002, p. 69). This indicates a strong longing for identity specifically as d/Deaf that is surpris...

Special Ed and How It Has Evolved

Elementary and Secondary Schools Act (ESEA)" ("History," 2005). Of course, the term handicapped would eventually be deemed to be n...

Appreciative Inquiry Implementation and the No Child Left Behind Act

positive outlook inherent to Appreciative Inquiry - defined as "extending an action research continuum that ranges from more tradi...

ADHD and ADD and School Compulsory Medication

conspiracy to boost the sales of Ritalin (Lan, 2001). The case, Hernandez v. Ciba Geigy alleges that that the APA colluded with th...

Children, Depression, and Suicidal Tendencies

Their use, however, use comes with substantial concerns. Brent (2004) reports that the depressed children that are prescribed th...

Ethics and Laws of Child Care

confidentiality means that the discussions about issues of Evan and Rebeccas care, family conflicts, and the reasons that Evan is ...

Enthroned Virgin and Child by Pietro Lorenzetti

Italy through such centers as Ravenna and Venice several centuries earlier (Fleming 155). Despite the fact that Byzantine traditio...

Child and Parent Bonding and Personality Theories

mind. "The concept of personality is a broad one. The personality theorist...has an interest in what individual human beings thi...

The Global Health Problems Posed to Asian Children by AIDS

women are five times more likely to be abandoned at the hospital (Neff-Smith, Spencer and Taval, 2001). The leading cause of aband...

Libraries and Censorship Filters

content specifically set out in the CIPA statue;... 2. Certain broad categories of content--among them journalistic, medical, educ...

Roman Catholic Church Child Sex Scandal

is both a government (via the Vatican) and an organization, it is a church. The data are astounding. The John Jay College of Crimi...

Parenthood and Its Problems

inflict gentle reprimands. Even within the toddler stage, there are several individual periods of growth where one stage ends and...

Literature Relevant to Adolescent Developmental Disorders

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...

Philadelphia and Hunger Issues

Philadelphia County in 1999 illustrates a preponderance of lower income/higher poverty rates than the attributed to the overall st...

A Case Study of Dependency Exemptions in Cases of Joint Custody

of the person, relationship or member of the household, gross income, joint system, citizen/residency. The support test, a...

2 Studies on Orphaned Africans Reviewed

2008, 2005). In Namibia alone, officials expect that 13 percent of all children under the age of 15 will be orphans by 2006 (Aids...

Giuseppe Verdi and His Life's Influence on His Music

its pointless...misfortune rules the world" (Rosselli, 2000, p. 30). In later life, Verdi admitted that in a "sudden moment of des...

Catalan Identity in 'Teta I La Luna'

very essence of what it means to be a human being. These representations illustrate how and why a person acts the way he or she d...

Child Labor Practices Among Farm Workers in Florida

Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Smith, 1995). At the same time, children who work all around the nation are being either hurt or kill...