Perceived Stress, Self-Compassion, And Emotional Variance In Parents Of Children With Communication Disorders: A Family Approach To Service Delivery In Speech-Language Pathology

The amount of children born with developmental disorders in the United States is on the rise, increasing from 12.8% in 1998 to 15.04% in 2008 (Huang, Chang, Chi & Lai, 2013). Children with developmental disabilities often have chronic conditions that require additional support across their lifetime, ranging in deficits of attention, physical abilities, visual impairments, hearing impairments, learning disabilities, and communication disorders. Research has shown as dependency of a child on caretakers increases, there is an increase in parental stress and a decrease in perceived well-being. Hall and Graff (2011) found parents of children with developmental disorders are less likely to use adaptive behaviors to cope with the child’s needs, while Hedov, Annerén, and Wikblad (2000) found parents of children with developmental disorders experience more fatigue, depression and anxiety compared to parents of typically-developing children, all affecting parent’s emotional state. One team member that can help mitigate the effects of parental stress is the child’s speech language pathologist. Speech language pathologists (SLPs) counsel caregivers by providing education, guidance, and support about their child’s communication disorder diagnosis. Using a family-centered approach, SLPs teach caregivers acceptance, adaptation, and decision-making about their child’s communication, feeding or swallowing deficits, keeping in mind the needs of both the child and family. While related fields such as physical therapy and occupational therapy have studied the relationship between stress and caregiving for an individual with a disability, little is currently known about the relationship between perceived stress and well being of caregivers of children with communication disorders. The purpose of this study was to identify the levels of perceived stress of parents of children with communication disorders, to determine the levels of self-compassion of parents with children with communication disorders, to understand the relationship between levels of perceived stress and self-compassion, to understand if the severity of a child’s communication disorder influences the levels of perceived stress and self-compassion in parents, and to establish if the child’s age influences the levels of perceived stress and self-compassion in parents. Using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), twenty-seven participants completed the survey. Results indicated that no relationship existed between child’s age and perceived stress or self-compassion scores. Similarly, no relationship existed between the length of time a parent had known of the communication disorder diagnosis and perceived stress levels and self-compassion scores. Yet, when asked to rate the severity of their child’s disability, parents who rated their children as more severe had higher perceived stress scores and lower self-compassion scores than parents who rated their child’s disability as less severe. Similarly, parents who had high levels of self-compassion had low levels of perceived stress, while parents with high levels of stress had low levels of self-compassion. The findings of this study demonstrate the importance of using self-compassion in therapy to improve emotional well-being of parents of children with communication disorders

Implementing a Literary Text Extensive Reading Program through Learning Logs

This article reports the findings of action research on the implementation of extensive reading to literary text (henceforth ER) with learning logs (henceforth LL). The research question was: In what ways do the students engage in comprehending literary texts through ER with learning logs? And what are students’ reactions to these activities? The research was conducted in the English Language Education Study Program English Education Department of a state university in Indonesia in which twenty six students voluntarily participated in this study. The data of the research were collected from students’ reflective journals and semi-structured interviews. The empirical findings show that the students engaged actively and autonomously in the literary text identifying, word defining, class presentation, vocabulary enforcement and reflection through literary text extensive reading (ER) program with learning logs (LL). The findings also reveal that through the use of scaffolding by teachers and peer support, the students were engaged in the discovery of English literature vocabulary by documenting unfamiliar or interesting words from their English literature reading texts. The students also enjoyed exploring the different meanings of vocabulary using electronic dictionaries and corpus software. Furthermore, the findings show that they had enhanced awareness of word classes, word orders, and word meanings. The research suggests that the use of learning logs has managed to engage the students in reading literary texts as meaning making and learning autonomy that expand their reading ability and lexico-grammatical repertoires

LEXICAL BUNDLES IN JOURNAL ARTICLES ACROSS ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES

This study focuses on the use of lexical bundles (LBs), their structural forms, and their functional classifications in journal articles of four academic disciplines: Health sciences, Life sciences, Physical sciences, and Social sciences. The corpus comprises 2,937,431 words derived from 400 journal articles which were equally distributed in the four disciplines. The results show that Physical sciences feature the most number of lexical bundles, while Health sciences comprise the least. When we pair-up the disciplines, we found that Physical sciences and Social sciences shared the most number of LBs. We also found that there were no LBs shared between Health sciences and Physical sciences, and neither between Health sciences and Social sciences. For the distribution of the structural forms, we found that the prepositional-based and the verb-based bundles were the most frequent forms (each of them accounts for 37.1% of the LBs, making a total of 74.2%). Within the verb-based bundles, the passive form can be found in 12 out of 23 LB types. Finally, for the functional classifications, the number of referential expressions (40 LBs) is a lot higher than those of discourse organizers (12 LBs) and stance expressions (10 LBs). The high frequency of LBs in the referential expressions can be related to the needs to refer to theories, concepts, data and findings of the study

Pengaruh Jam dan Fasilitas Kerja Terhadap Kesejahteraan Karyawan Pada Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah di Wilayah Bekasi Utara Selama Pandemi Covid-19

Penelitian yang dilakukan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Jam Kerja dan Fasilitas Kerja terhadap Kesejahteraan Karyawan Pada Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah di Wilayah Bekasi Utara Selama Pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif karena bertujuan untuk mengkonfirmasi data yang didapatkan di lapangan dengan teori yang ada. Sampel diperoleh sebanyak 63 responden yang merupakan para karyawan Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah di Wilayah Bekasi Utara Selama Pandemi Covid-19 dengan teknik Simpel Random Sampling. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data primer yang didapat dari responden dengan cara pengisian kuesioner. Analisis data menggunakan regresi linier berganda dengan bantuan SPSS versi 22. Dari hasil pengolahan data yang dilakukan menunjukkan bahwa variable jam kerja berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kesejahteraan karyawan dan fasilitas kerja berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kesejahteraan karyawan. Secara simultan jam kerja dan fasilitas kerja berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kesejahteraan karyawan

Access Routes of Internet Finance Dictionaries: Present Solutions and Future Opportunities

<p>ABSTRACT: Lexicographers working on finance dictionaries have not properly exploited the fast development of the Internet. This is revealed by the poor utilization of the access routes found in current Internet finance dictionaries. Consequently, users cannot effectively and efficiently find answers to their lexicographical problems. Firstly, there are Internet finance dictionaries which lack technological features and can simply be called meagre Internet dictionaries. Secondly, there are Internet finance dictionaries which utilize so many technological features that users incur high lexicographical information costs. In order to create better access routes, a sound theoretical foundation has to be established. This article shows that the implementation of the modern theory of lexicographical functions, which focuses on the users, results in a better design for future Internet finance dictionaries. With the proper theoretical basis, lexicographers will be able to create state-ofthe- art dictionaries that can provide effective and efficient solutions to lexicographical problems.</p><p>OPSOMMING: Toegangsroetes van Internet- finansiële woordeboeke: Huidige oplossings en toekomstige geleenthede. Leksikograwe wat aan finansiële woordeboeke werk, het nie die vinnige ontwikkeling van die Internet behoorlik benut nie. Dit blyk uit die gebrekkige aanwending van die toegangsroetes wat in huidige Internet- finansiële woordeboeke aangetref word. Gevolglik kan gebruikers nie doeltreffend en doelmatig antwoorde kry op hul leksikografiese probleme nie. Eerstens is daar Internet- finansiële woordeboeke waarin tegnologiese kenmerke ontbreek en wat gewoon karige Internetwoordeboeke genoem kan word. Tweedens is daar Internet- finansiële woordeboeke wat so baie tegnologiese kenmerke aanwend dat gebruikers hoë leksikografiese inligtingskoste oploop. Om beter toegangsroetes te skep, moet 'n deeglike teoretiese grondslag gevestig word. Hierdie artikel toon dat die toepassing van die moderne teorie van leksikografiese funksies wat op die gebruikers fokus, lei tot 'n beter ontwerp vir toekomstige Internet- finansiële woordeboeke. Met die gepaste teoretiese basis, sal leksikograwe in staat wees om woordeboeke te skep wat die jongste tegnologie gebruik om doeltreffende en doelmatige oplossings vir leksikografiese probleme te bied.</p><p>Sleutelwoorde: WOORDEBOEK, PAPIERWOORDEBOEK, INTERNETWOORDEBOEK, TSD-WOORDEBOEK, FINANSIËLE WOORDEBOEK, FINANSIËLE TERME, LEKSIKOGRAFIE, LEKSIKOGRAFIESE FUNKSIES, TEKSONTVANGS, GEBRUIKERSBEHOEFTES, GEBRUIKERSITUASIE, TOEGANGSROETES, SOEKKEUSES, LEKSIKOGRAFIESE INLIGTINGSKOSTE</p&gt

THE LANGUAGE CHOICE FOR JEANS ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON THE YOUNG PEOPlEfS OPINION

ABSTRAK INI MEMBAHAS TENTANG : THE LANGUAGE CHOICE FOR JEANS ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON THE YOUNG PEOPlEfS OPINIO

A Prototyping Hardware Platform for ∆Σ ADCs

The project involves development of a generic test-bed for prototyping and characterizing Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs). The ADCs are designed at the Analog Mixed Signal IC (AMS) Laboratory at Boise State. This is a high-speed evaluation board that can be connected into an FPGA board which assists in controlling the ADC chip and assists in capturing blocks of digital data

Linguistic Turn and Gendering Language in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Language constructs how humans perceive things. Since language is a human construction, it tends to be biased as it is mainly men’s construction. Using gender perspectives, this paper attempts to discuss the imbalance in gender representations found in the examples given in an English learner’s dictionary, that is, the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 3rd Edition. A learner’s dictionary is chosen because it is where one can find and learn the meaning of words. The results show that linguistically speaking, English is still a highly patriarchal and gendering language where men are portrayed better than women. Women tend to be subjugated under men’s domination. Sexism and patriarchy still overshadow the meanings of words characterizing men and women. This means that men are still considered to be dominating women, despite the fact that the feminist movement has been going more than thirty years. Consequently, English language teachers should balance the gender bias by providing addtional materials that are gender neutral

Konstruksi Perempuan dan Gender dalam Gerakan TARBIYAH Di Kampus-Kampus Universitas Negeri Di Surabaya: Sebuah Modalitas Pembangunan Karakter Bangsa

Munculnya Gerakan Dakwah dan berbagai kelompok yang ada didalamnya sebagai bagian dari Islamic Youth Movements (gerakan anak muda Islami) ditahun 1990an menimbulkan banyak perhatian, baik dari masyarakat kampus maupun masyarakat umum. Salah satu dari bagian dari gerakan ini adalah gerakan Tarbiyah (dalam bahasa Arab tarbiyah berarti pendidikan) atau yang juga dikenal sebagai gerakan Dakwah Kampus. Banyaknya perempuan yang terlibat dalam gerakan ini ternyata tidak juga secara otomatis memberikan gambaran yang jelas tentang konstruksi perempuan dan gender dalam pengembangan Dakwah Kampus padahal konstruksi ini merupakan salah satu modalitas yang sangat berperan dalam pembangunan karakter bangsa. Dalam Gerakan Dakwah nilai-nilai budaya dan keyakinan (dalam hal ini nilai-nilai agama Islam) sarat diajarkan bahkan dengan cara yang militan

Identification of p.A684V missense mutation in the WFS1 gene as a frequent cause of autosomal dominant optic atrophy and hearing impairment

Optic atrophy (OA) and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) are key abnormalities in several syndromes, including the recessively inherited Wolfram syndrome, caused by mutations in WFS1 . In contrast, the association of autosomal dominant OA and SNHL without other phenotypic abnormalities is rare, and almost exclusively attributed to mutations in the Optic Atrophy-1 gene ( OPA1 ), most commonly the p.R445H mutation. We present eight probands and their families from the US, Sweden, and UK with OA and SNHL, whom we analyzed for mutations in OPA1 and WFS1 . Among these families, we found three heterozygous missense mutations in WFS1 segregating with OA and SNHL: p.A684V (six families), and two novel mutations, p.G780S and p.D797Y, all involving evolutionarily conserved amino acids and absent from 298 control chromosomes. Importantly, none of these families harbored the OPA1 p.R445H mutation. No mitochondrial DNA deletions were detected in muscle from one p.A684V patient analyzed. Finally, wolframin p.A684V mutant ectopically expressed in HEK cells showed reduced protein levels compared to wild-type wolframin, strongly indicating that the mutation is disease-causing. Our data support OA and SNHL as a phenotype caused by dominant mutations in WFS1 in these additional eight families. Importantly, our data provide the first evidence that a single, recurrent mutation in WFS1 , p.A684V, may be a common cause of ADOA and SNHL, similar to the role played by the p.R445H mutation in OPA1 . Our findings suggest that patients who are heterozygous for WFS1 missense mutations should be carefully clinically examined for OA and other manifestations of Wolfram syndrome. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/84383/1/33970_ftp.pd