A Dictionary of Creation Myths

Provides information about the creation stories of cultures around the world, including ancient civilzations, Native Americans, and the indigenous peoples of Australia, Africa, and Polynesia; arranged alphabetically and including cross-references and commentary.https://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-big-history/1094/thumbnail.jp

Naturalist

Edward O. Wilson—winner of two Pulitzer prizes, champion of biodiversity, and Faculty Emeritus at Harvard University—is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Yet his celebrated career began not with an elite education but from an insatiable curiosity about the natural world and drive to explore its mysteries. Called “one of the finest scientific memoirs ever written” by the Los Angeles Times, Naturalist is a wise and personal account of Wilson’s growth as a scientist and the evolution of the fields he helped define. Wilson traces the trajectory of his life—from a childhood spent exploring the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Florida to life as a tenured professor at Harvard—detailing how his youthful fascination with nature blossomed into a lifelong calling. With humor and insight, Wilson recounts his days as a student at the University of Alabama and decades at Harvard University, where he has achieved renown as both teacher and researcher. As the narrative of Wilson\u27s life unfolds, the reader is treated to an inside look at the origin and development of ideas that guide today\u27s biological research. Theories that are now widely accepted in the scientific world were once untested hypotheses emerging from one man’s wide-ranging studies. At once practical and lyric, Naturalist provides fascinating insights into the making of a scientist, and a valuable look at some of the most thought-provoking ideas of our time.https://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-world-history/1000/thumbnail.jp

Finish the Picture An Art-Based/Projective Technique Used With Children

This study evaluates the Finish the Picture (FTP) as a therapeutic and diagnostic art-based tool, used with children. Therapeutically, Finish the Picture, reduces anxiety, allowing the child to speak more freely and openly about him or herself. The hypothesis is that children who complete a Finish the Picture task will talk longer and reveal more about themselves than children who do not perform a Finish the Picture task. Results were drawn from children in two third grade classrooms. Three measurements were taken: 1) The number of times each child referred to the art based task, Book About Me, or to a specific picture in the Book About Me. 2) The length of time each child talked about him/herself. 3) The number of times each child made a statement about him/herself. From the results it may be ascertained that the FTP exercise increases a child\u27s verbalization about themselves. Those children who completed the Finish the Picture task Book About Me referred back to each picture, talked longer about themselves and had a greater number of spoken indicators about themselves than those children who did not complete the Finish the Picture task, Book About Me. The Finish the Picture can be used diagnostically since its content can be tailored to obtain a response from a specific area of concern. Two sited case examples support the diagnostic advantage of the Finish the Picture art based, projective technique

1994 Firebrand

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H-T-P Pre and Post Tests with Schizophrenic Patients on Antipsychotic Medication

The H-T-P test was given to a group of 30 schizophrenic patients on a locked psychiatric unit in a county hospital on admittance and discharge. The independent variable was the antipsychotic medication prescribed by the staff psychiatrists to these patients, who had either gone off their medication, were changing medications, or were previously unmedicated. A scoring sheet was developed using cues present in the drawings as indicators of pathology, proven valid in previous studies. Three judges, all trained in art therapy, used these score sheets to rate the 180 drawings. There was shown to be significantly fewer pathological markers in the post H-T-P test than in the pre-test. As a further indicator the three judges were asked to rate each randomly presented paired pre and post house, tree and person drawings of each patient and give their opinion if the drawings were made before or after medication. They were able to identify the pre and post drawings correctly 97% of the time. Improvement on the H-T-P, measured by a reduction of pathological markers, suggests an increased level of overall functioning by the patient. This study is meant to be used as an adjunct to other assessments made in the hospital , showing the art therapist to be a viable member of a milieu team in assessing a patients progress and ability to function at discharge

Five Graphic Indicators of Sexual Abuse

The purpose of this study is to look at five indicators of sexual abuse outlined by Drs. Nancy Sidun and Ronald Rosenthal (1987), head only, omitted hands, omitted fingers, circles, and line pressure. Data from their study indicated that these indicators were present at a statistically significant level in the Draw-A-Person (DAP) assessment test of psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. The intention of this study was to observe if these indicators were also present to a statistically significant degree in the DAPs of sexually abused adolescents with less disturbance. The results of this study suggest that three of the five indicators were found to be repeated in the drawings. This was not to say that they could be used as the “sole indication” of sexual abuse, but that they are clear red flags that should be used in conjunction with other clinical information. The DAP was chosen as the appropriate assessment instrument because as Lowenfeld and Brittain state (cited by Sidun and Rosenthal, 1987), “The first representational symbol usually attempted by children is a person”. Many educators, art therapists, and psychologists have encouraged the use of projective drawings to gather information about an individual, this serves as a statement of comparison and makes it reasonable to hypothesize that sexually abused adolescents produce drawings that contain unique elements specific to sexual abuse. On this basis it makes sense to utilize these drawings to enhance the awareness of clinicians of the affects of sexual abuse as well as help identify these victims. This study was conducted in an effort to identify repeated indicators that are specific to sexual abuse and help validate the efforts of the previous research

Goemaere, Mary of the Cross

Catherine Adelaide Goemaere, born to artisan parents (cooper and tricoteuse ) on 20 March 1809, in Warneton, a small Belgian town on the modern French-Belgian border, was the foundress of the first group of women religious in the newly created state of California. ~excerpt~https://scholar.dominican.edu/books/1133/thumbnail.jp

The New Archaelology and the Ancient Maya

Using high-tech equipment, chemical analyses and sampling strategies, archaeologists are learning more about how and why cultures change. Using the study of the Maya as a test case, this book shows how the transformation of archaeology has brought new understanding of past civilizations.https://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-personal-research/1122/thumbnail.jp

The Examination of the Link Between Pesticides in Food and Learnig Disorders in Children

This study examined the relationship between pesticides in food and hyperactive or attention-deficit disorder in school age children. Pesticides that are established neurotoxins have been used for decades in agriculture and home gardening. The research literature on pesticides in food and their impact on children\u27s behavior was examined. Other literature examined the effect of neurotoxins on the human body. A review of the literature indicates that young children\u27s diets, as compared to adult diets, contain higher percentages of fruits. Other findings indicated that children binge more on fruits and vegetables having as many as 15 pesticides present on one piece. Young children ingesting foods contaminated by toxic chemicals are more susceptible to cellular damage such as nerve damage, cancers, and liver damage than adults

Assessment of Suicidal Youth Using Art Therapy

The rate of adolescent suicide is increasing, resulting in the need for more extensive investigation in the area of assessment and prevention of suicidal behavior. The majority of current inventories and scales available do not sufficiently predict suicidal potential and are not ideal for use with adolescent populations because they have been tested for validity using adult samples. In response this study attempts to validate the use of art in assessing adolescent suicidal behavior. Thirty adolescents were classified into three groups: suicidal psychiatric patients, non-suicidal psychiatric patients, and non-psychiatric patients and were asked to draw a free drawing and an action drawing. The art of the adolescents was rated for the themes of hopelessness, sense of failure or worthlessness, isolation, and anger. On their free drawing, suicidal adolescents scored significantly higher on the theme of anger than the other two groups. On the action drawing, both psychiatric groups rated significantly higher on the theme of worthlessness. The remaining differences in scores were not significant. There was, however, a definite trend; in most cases the suicidal group had the highest means of indicators. Further more, when the means for both the action drawing and free drawing were summed, the suicidal group tended to score higher and depict significantly more of the rated suicidal indicators in their drawings than the non-psychiatric group. The overall findings of this study serve to validate the use of art therapy for the assessment of suicidal potential. The appearance of one or more of these themes in [NOTE Abstract ends here