Vernacular phrasal display : Towards the definition of a form

For many years, at the Missouri Folklore Society website we've maintained an archive titled "Colorful Language of the Rural Midwest, with special emphasis on Missouri and Missourians" (http://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/expressions.html). The header is descriptive, if inelegant. The collection began with my own list, accumulated over a number of years from my own family's oral history, with the nucleus of the collection consisting of speech-items collected from my famously profane grandmother. Although she lived nine-tenths of her life in Missouri, her native speech was primarily that of Western Kentucky, thus exemplifying the much-travelled nature that we will see to be common for such forms. Even within my own family, these speech-items were understood as a definable corpus that was meaningfully referred to as "grammaw's sayings."Issue title: Festschrift for John Miles Foley. This article belongs to a special issue of Oral Tradition published in honor of John Miles Foley's 65th birthday and 2011 retirement. The surprise Festschrift, guest-edited by Lori and Scott Garner entirely without his knowledge, celebrates John's tremendous impact on studies in oral tradition through a series of essays contributed by his students from the University of Missouri-Columbia (1979-present) and from NEH Summer Seminars that he has directed (1987-1996)

Vocational and Psychosocial Outcomes of Work Re-Integration Programs for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness: A Rapid Systematic Review

Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisThere are an estimated 11.2 million adults in the United States with a serious mental illness and this population is 6-7 times more likely to be unemployed. A systematic review of the literature related to work re-integration programs for individuals with severe mental illness was conducted to determine the role of occupational therapy in this area of practice. This included a comprehensive review of 25 studies that addressed many of the interventions commonly used in vocational and supported employment programs for individuals with severe mental illness and related mental health disorders. Findings reveal that various types of work re-integration programs result in competitive work attainment, increased job tenure, improved quality of life, and improved psychosocial factors. Occupational therapy could facilitate interventions related to work re-integration that improve vocational and non-vocational outcomes for this population. The literature over work re-integration programs is limited and more research is needed in order to understand the correlation between those with SMI and employment outcomes.Occupational Therap

Beyond the Invisible Barriers of the Classroom: iEngage and Civic Praxis

Research literature suggests students need to engage in actual civic experiences; however, in most cases, teachers feel unwilling or unable to facilitate experiences beyond the formal classroom setting. In this project, we sought to understand the relationship between social studies teachers’ civic ideology, pedagogical approaches, and instructional decision-making through their engagement in an action civics camp. The project is part of a more significant effort to help critically minded teachers engage in more activist praxis by moving past the often-limiting ideological barriers of the classroom. By activist praxis, we refer to the ways a teacher’s ideology informs pedagogy related to the ways they are able and willing to extend civic engagement into the material and social world. Activist praxis is part of a teacher’s continual engagement in efforts to create the conditions for a more just and equitable public sphere

Adapting an in‐person patient–caregiver communication intervention to a tailored web‐based format

Background : Interventions that target cancer patients and their caregivers have been shown to improve patient‐caregiver communication, support, and emotional well‐being. Objective : To adapt an in‐person communication intervention for cancer patients and caregivers to a web‐based format, and to examine the usability and acceptability of the web‐based program among representative users. Methods : A tailored, interactive web‐based communication program for cancer patients and their family caregivers was developed based on an existing in‐person, nurse‐delivered intervention. The development process involved: (1) building a multidisciplinary team of content and web design experts, (2) combining key components of the in‐person intervention with the unique tailoring and interactive features of a web‐based platform, and (3) conducting focus groups and usability testing to obtain feedback from representative program users at multiple time points. Results : Four focus groups with 2–3 patient–caregiver pairs per group ( n = 22 total participants) and two iterations of usability testing with four patient–caregiver pairs per session ( n = 16 total participants) were conducted. Response to the program's structure, design, and content was favorable, even among users who were older or had limited computer and Internet experience. The program received high ratings for ease of use and overall usability (mean System Usability Score of 89.5 out of 100). Conclusions : Many elements of a nurse‐delivered patient–caregiver intervention can be successfully adapted to a web‐based format. A multidisciplinary design team and an iterative evaluation process with representative users were instrumental in the development of a usable and well‐received web‐based program. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90066/1/pon1900.pd