Spartan Daily, April 10, 2002

Volume 118, Issue 46https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10619/thumbnail.jp

Trauma Sequelae in the Forensic Female Population: Working with Numbing Behaviors

Women in the forensic system have extensive trauma histories that present as harmful behaviors, both during confinement and post-release. Incarcerated women who have experienced sexual and intimate partner violence engage in a variety of numbing behaviors, including substance use, child neglect, self-injurious behavior, and sexual acting-out. This session will review the limitations of in-house trauma work, and help counselors tailor strategies to mitigate numbing with forensic population

Teaching Learners with Visual Impairment

This book, Teaching Learners with Visual Impairment, focuses on holistic support to learners with visual impairment in and beyond the classroom and school context. Special attention is given to classroom practice, learning support, curriculum differentiation and assessment practices, to mention but a few areas of focus covered in the book. In this manner, this book makes a significant contribution to the existing body of knowledge on the implementation of inclusive education policy with learners affected by visual impairment

UBU-Unique But United: A Movement-Based Curriculum for an Inclusive Pre-School Classroom Focusing on Social-Emotional Learning

The purpose of this program development is to address the problem of true inclusion by focusing on the role of the body and movement in social-emotional learning (SEL) among pre-school children. Every year, millions of 3 to 4 year old children leave the safe cradle of their home and embark on a life-long journey of discovery where they soon find out that not everyone is like them. To teach them that different does not mean necessarily separate, I used the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension logic model to develop a movement-based curriculum for an inclusive pre-school classroom focusing on SEL. Specifically designed to be implemented by dance/movement therapists, these can be assisted by teachers in a shared endeavor to achieve inclusion of all children, whatever their needs are. I have sought insights and ideas for such a program by observing blended pre-K classrooms and conducting interviews with professionals in the field of special and regular education and dance/movement therapy. My final project, Unique But United, provides a collection of movement-based methods and strategies compiled into 10 themed sections that encourage individuality and creativity, favor strengths over disabilities, and make children bound to thrive. Future adaptations, implementation, and evaluation, even though not in the scope of this thesis, have also been explored. 185 pages

Spartan Daily, October 3, 1997

Volume 109, Issue 25https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/9172/thumbnail.jp

A cross-lingual adaptation approach for rapid development of speech recognizers for learning disabled users

Building a voice-operated system for learning disabled users is a difficult task that requires a considerable amount of time and effort. Due to the wide spectrum of disabilities and their different related phonopathies, most approaches available are targeted to a specific pathology. This may improve their accuracy for some users, but makes them unsuitable for others. In this paper, we present a cross-lingual approach to adapt a general-purpose modular speech recognizer for learning disabled people. The main advantage of this approach is that it allows rapid and cost-effective development by taking the already built speech recognition engine and its modules, and utilizing existing resources for standard speech in different languages for the recognition of the users’ atypical voices. Although the recognizers built with the proposed technique obtain lower accuracy rates than those trained for specific pathologies, they can be used by a wide population and developed more rapidly, which makes it possible to design various types of speech-based applications accessible to learning disabled users.This research was supported by the project ‘Favoreciendo la vida autónoma de discapacitados intelectuales con problemas de comunicación oral mediante interfaces personalizados de reconocimiento automático del habla’, financed by the Centre of Initiatives for Development Cooperation (Centro de Iniciativas de Cooperación al Desarrollo, CICODE), University of Granada, Spain. This research was supported by the Student Grant Scheme 2014 (SGS) at the Technical University of Liberec

Creative Minds in Medicine: A Cleveland Creative Intersection

Cleveland is fortunate to be home to world-class healthcare and arts and culture assets. Increasingly, these sectors are developing creative intersections and partnerships which are impacting individual and community health and well-being. From expressive arts therapies and the design of healthcare environments to addressing public health issues and enriching medical education through the arts, this report explores a broad range of Cleveland's arts and health intersections and poses recommendations for strengthening them in the future. Learn more about this innovative work through six case studies, which demonstrate how Cleveland's arts and health practitioners are creating positive outcomes for individuals while also leading our city to a healthier future

Assessing Current Information Delivery for the Visually Impaired

In Denmark, digitization has led to the decline of the “talking newspaper” compact disc (CD) mailing system, resulting in an information gap for the visually impaired. Sponsored by the Danish Association of the Blind (DAB), this report aims to recommend approaches for the timely distribution of DAISY formatted current information to the visually impaired. By communicating with various organizations and conducting a device evaluation with the visually impaired themselves, we recommended a multi-system approach with calling, assistive technology (AT), and smartphone compatibility, an active teaching and awareness program, and a collaboration between organizations for distributing current information effectively to the visually impaired

CICE Magazine, No. 2

Information on alternative spring breaks, disability justice, Freedom Education Project Puget Sound (FEPPS), food shopping in Tacoma, and a recipe.https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/cicemagazine/1001/thumbnail.jp

Division of Student Life Annual Report 2014-2015

The renovation of the Spirit Room in the Memorial Union was completed. The space now hosts the historical perspective of our Black Bears and more specifically Bananas. Original costumes have been placed on display as well as Banana’s story. Active Minds, a student organization, collaborated with the Counseling Center Outreach and Education Office to host a highly impactful suicide prevention program called “Send Silence Packing” which is a traveling exhibit of over 2,000 backpacks, most of which belonged to students who died by suicide. The Bodwell Center entered into a collaborative with the College of Education, a local middle school and the Office of Student Employment to create Black Bear Tutors funded by America Reads America Counts. Our 17 UMaine volunteers tutored 25 local students in the school and staffed the homework room at the local YMCA. The Career Center coordinated a delegation of distinguished UMaine students to attend the Maine State Chamber of Commerce annual banquet in Augusta featuring a gubernatorial forum with candidates Paul LePage, Mike Michaud, and Eliot Cutler, where the students were able to put in practice the soft skills and professional etiquette that are essential to success in their careers. Greek membership is at an all-time high of 1,142 members and 100% participation in the newly created Five-Star Chapter Award Program