New Releases by Marie Allen

"This thesis clarifies what should be done in the school setting to provide comprehensive and effective service for individuals described as seriously emotionally disturbed. Exploration of current literature is undertaken for the purpose of determining which type of program is more effective in meeting the needs of this population: emotionally and behaviorally disordered programs or school-based mental health programs."--Leaf 4.

Lynn was born in Yuma, Arizona.As an adult, she resides in Kansas with her family, where she enjoys spending time with her children. In her free time she enjoys reading, writing, and dabbling a bit in poetry. Her hobbies include household renovations, scrapbooking, and cross stitching whenever time allows.

Materials submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (Music Performance: Voice).

"The differences in individual responses to stress or trauma are not well understood. In particular, it is not known why many, if not most, trauma victims experience a reduction of trauma-related symptoms over a two to three month period, while others do not; some may experience increasing distress. This nonexperimental study examined the idea that people who tend not to think as much as others are less cognitively complex, more vulnerable to stress, and more likely to respond to stress or trauma with dissociative symptoms. Using college students as subjects, correlations were obtained between need for cognition, perceived stress, dissociative experiences, and cognitive complexity scores, from the Need for Cognition scale (NFC, Cacioppo and Petty, 1982), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS, Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983), the Dissociative Experiences Scale II (DES, Bernstein & Putnam, 1986), and Spengler and Strohmer''s 4x6 repertory grid for measuring cognitive complexity (rep grid) respectively. It was hypothesized that negative correlations would be found between NFC and DES scores, and between NFC and PSS scores. A positive correlation was predicted between NFC scores and the rep grid. The first two hypotheses were supported at the .05 level of significance, indicating the presence of small, negative correlations between both NFC and DES, and NFC and PSS. The third hypothesis was not supported. Possible implications of these findings, as well as some directions for future research are discussed."--Document.

Compassion and support from 100 women "Women who miscarry must not and need not be left in emotional isolation. I am pleased that this timely and sensitive reflection on miscarriage is now available to grieving women and to those who are involved in their lives." --from the Foreword by Richard F. Jones III, MD, FACOG President, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Based on the authors'' own experiences as well as the shared experiences of women from across the country, Miscarriage: Women Sharing From the Heart is more than a helpful resource. This candid and poignant book helps you understand and work through your deepest feelings and concerns and, most importantly, reassures you that you aren''t alone. The authors offer: * Support, empathy, and a clear path towards healing * The personal stories of 100 women talking about their miscarriage experiences * Interviews with fathers on how they have been affected * Helpful advice for partners, family members, and health care professionals