Household Waste Disposal Laws in the Federal Republic of Nigeria

This capstone analyzes the public health problem of a lack of waste disposal and trash collection in major cities in Nigeria. It describes the waste disposal problem and how it affects the health of the environment, as well as the magnitude of the problem. Then, the capstone investigates the land use laws in Nigeria that address or should address the issue of lacking waste disposal. Finally, the capstone explores feasible policy interventions to remedy the negative effects of inadequate waste disposal in Nigeria

Shedding Light with Trees

This multidisciplinary capstone project focuses on education of the benefits of trees to incentivize the planting of trees at stakeholder homes or businesses. The approach of taking individual action to address a large-scale issue is also highlighted as a qualitative aspect of the capstone. The goal of the project is to understand the benefits of trees, plant more trees and to utilize the approach taken to address other large-scale issues in the future. Global warming is a complex worldwide problem. The scope of the issue can be paralyzing, stymieing individual action. Tainter (2000, p 6) discusses our general aversion to complexity and states the reason behind sayings like “Keeping it simple” is universally understood. This capstone proceeds in that vein. The planting of trees at a stakeholder’s home or business provides a means to take a simple step to address a global issue on a manageable individual scale. Providing factual substantiated information about the environmental, health, and financial benefits of trees will serve as incentive to participate in the tree planting campaign

Postpartum And Pediatric Education Program For Mothers

My capstone experience included the focus area(s) of Clinical Practice Skills and Education. The aim of this capstone project was to create an ergonomic education program to address new motherhood and their occupations of health management and maintenance, sleep and rest, breastfeeding and other baby care, community mobility, and leisure. My Capstone Mentor was Dr. Kari Rasmussen, OTD, OTR/L. Becoming a new mother is considered a major life event, due to significant role changes that impact a mother’s everyday occupations. The population I served was new and expectant mothers in order to provide ergonomic education as they relate to the mothers’ new roles, habits, and routines. Occupational therapists are well-versed to address the contexts, roles, and routines of a client which can also be implemented in therapy with new mothers who experience a notable impact on their daily lives and occupations

Undergraduate Finance Capstone in a Liberal Arts Setting: An Active Learning Approach

In a liberal arts setting, there are no “schools” or “colleges” in which to neatly group a capstone experience. We have developed a course meant to address a capstone experience, while being true to a focus within our particular major. In this paper, an effort to create a course designed as a capstone experience specific to the finance discipline using an active learning strategy is reviewed. The primary method of instruction is with case studies. However, only the first part of the course is taught using the traditional case teaching method. Most of the rest of the course is taught through student interaction and collaboration

Childhood Trauma: What Is It, And How To Help Our Students Heal

Elementary schools are filled with children of varied backgrounds. Many of these children come to school having experienced trauma. It is an educators job to address not only the academic needs of the students, but the social-emotional ones as well. Chapter one of this Capstone gives background information as to why this work is important to the author, and to the field of education. Chapter two sheds light on to research done on childhood trauma, and gives teachers a way to incorporate trauma-sensitive practices into the classroom and larger elementary school setting. Chapter three describes the staff development Capstone project, and chapter four gives a reaction to the work. This capstone uses synthesized research to answer the question, How can teachers and support staff address childhood trauma in the elementary classroom and larger elementary school environment? Reading concluded that childhood trauma can be positively addressed in the school setting through a combination of school-based therapies, and purposeful trauma-informed classrooms

Implementation Of Interactive Planning

This capstone describes how Interactive Planning, a methodology of Systems Thinking, was implemented to address complex organizational problems. The paper focuses on how a group of scholars from the graduate program of Organizational Dynamics in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania addressed the systemic problems of the International House of Philadelphia through the process of Situational Analysis, an activity of Idealization, which is part of Interactive Planning. Specifically, this capstone describes how the scholars analyzed the systemic environment of the International House of Philadelphia through eleven activities in order to address its challenges and synthesize a compelling argument for organizational change

Rhetorical Democracy: An Examination of the Presidential Inaugural Addresses

Despite the fact that there is nothing in the Constitution requiring it, nor prescribed by any other federal law, the President\u27s delivery of an inaugural address has become a de facto requirement of the official Presidential inauguration. The Presidential inaugural address is an anticipated feature of all inaugural ceremonies because it is where the newly elected president outlines, among other things, his perspective on the manner, conduct and overall form of the American government. Within this outline, the rhetoric utilized by the President during inaugural addresses shapes the way in which the American people understand our system of government on both a theoretical and functional level. This research examines the utilization of the term “democracy” in presidential inaugural speeches as a rhetorical device and the impacts of this terminology upon conceptions of American governance. This rhetorical analysis provides a lens to view the changing dynamics of American political thought

Leisure Activity and Social Participation Group Therapy to Address Geriatric Depression Symptoms

This capstone project involved the creation of a group therapy program that used leisure activity and social participation to address geriatric depression.https://soar.usa.edu/otdcapstones-spring2022/1047/thumbnail.jp

A Hybrid Holistic Thinking Approach for Resetting the Seabrook Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)

The purpose of this capstone is to describe how a Hybrid Holistic Thinking Approach has helped the author analyze the Seabrook Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) review its perceived relevance as a national civil rights organization, address its systemic challenges, and reset the organization. A quantitative, quasi-experimental research design was implemented to address organization improvement. The study targeted the Seabrook JACL, a non-profit, civil rights organization to review its current state and its challenges and synthesize a compelling argument for organizational change. The capstone implemented a participative style of problem management utilizing a Hybrid Holistic Thinking Approach to reset the Seabrook Chapter of the JACL. Specifically, this capstone describes how the author assessed the Seabrook JACL members and Asian American Pacific Islander non-member attitudes toward the organization transformation. A survey was presented to over 100 Seabrook JACL members and 900 Asian American Pacific Islanders and the results were analyzed by a participative style of problem management. The instrument used a 5-point Likert scale to assess significant perceptions and analyzed the systemic environment of the Seabrook JACL through three themes. This Capstone Research study conveys the need for additional analysis and serves as a reference to assist other JACL chapters for their future

Segregation and Inequality Within the Education System

This Capstone Paper will address segregation and inequality within the education system. The participants of the Capstone Project included 28 fourth-grade students in a public elementary school located on California’s Central Coast. This Capstone Project introduced a project-based learning lesson into a low-income classroom. The students were asked to create a project to demonstrate their knowledge on the given topic in place of a traditional-classroom worksheet. Project-based learning has the ability to be integrated into any classroom regardless of the socioeconomic status of its students to insure a quality education. The students used a higher level of thinking when completing their projects. Project-based learning can be used not only in low-income classrooms, however, it is the key tool in bridging the gap of education inequality between social classes. This Capstone Project relates to the teachers future career path of being an elementary school teacher