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An Observational Comparison of the TEACCH and the VBA classroom models for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2014)
In North Carolina, UNC's TEACCH Autism program is the program that most parents who have children with autism turn to for help. TEACCH typically uses an applied behavioral analysis (ABA) approach when working with children. ...
Evaluation Of The Implementation Of The Triple P Positive Parenting Program In Pitt County
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Participants were 14 mid-level supervisors from agencies who currently have providers trained in the Triple P Positive Parenting Program (Triple P). The present study evaluated the implementation of the Triple P in Pitt ...
Child Life in Alternative Settings
(2014)
The Child Life Council Mission statement highlights the role of a child life specialist as supporting children in stressful or traumatic life situations. Child life specialists are professionals who have an important role ...
Can a Medical Specialty Camp Become a Venue of Providing Reinforcement Preparation Education Regarding Transition From Pediatric to Adult Healthcare?
(2014-12)
There is limited research available regarding preparation education for adolescents with a congenital heart defect (CHD) approaching the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare. Medical specialty camps have been ...
Identification of Stress in Latino Families who have Young Exceptional Children
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The Latino population in the US is growing and there are many stressors that can accompany life in a new country; much more so when a family has a child with special needs. The aim of the present study is to explore the ...
Healthcare Providers' Experiences with Screening for Intimate Partner Violence Among Migrant and Seasonal Farmworking Women : A Phenomenological Study
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Migrant and seasonal farmworking (MSFW) women experience greater levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) and have lower awareness of available resources than the general population. Although healthcare providers have ...
ADULT ATTACHMENT THEORY AND DIABETES MELLITUS : AN EXAMINATION OF HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION AND BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Diabetes mellitus (DM) impacts hundreds of millions of individuals and their families around the globe. To explore the relational aspects of care and healthcare utilization two research articles were written: (a) a systematic ...
Trauma, Coping, & the Couple Relationship : An Investigation of Pregnant Couples' Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Health
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Pregnancy and trauma are each complex biopsychosocial-spiritual processes with implications for the couple relationship, but there is not enough research on the ways that the two constructs are connected. Two articles were ...
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF COUPLES AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY : A QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTION
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic. Diet, exercise, and medical therapies alone have not been enough to stem the tide of this epidemic. Bariatric surgery has been found not only to be the most effective intervention for ...