Exploring Evidence-Based Practice in Curriculum-Based Language Interventions​

Title: Exploring Evidence-Based Practice in Curriculum-Based Language Interventions Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) provide intervention services to 30% of individuals with language and literacy deficits in the school setting (Hoffman, Ireland, Hall-Mills, & Flynn, 2013). According to the evidence-based practice (EBP) triad, school-based SLPs use clinical expertise, client/patient/caregiver perspectives, and external scientific evidence to achieve successful treatment outcomes (“Evidence-Based Practice”, n.d.). Curriculum-based language interventions (CBLIs) make use of the student’s curriculum to provide context for language and literacy interventions. However, not many school-based SLPs use CBLIs due to several barriers (e.g., lack of availability to EBP, few trainings on implementation). The purpose of this survey is to explore Montana (MT) school-based SLPs’ knowledge of EBP, their use of EBP when designing CBLIs, and identify barriers to implementing CBLIs. A Qualtrics survey consisting of 43 questions was shared with MT school-based SLPs and SLPAs via email and Facebook shared posts; 68 responses were gathered over the course of three weeks. Preliminary results indicate between 32-58% of respondents identified are knowledgeable about the areas of EBP. Thirty-nine percent of MT school-based SLPs use EBP when implementing CBLIs. Furthermore, most SLPs stated that the greatest barrier to implementing CBLIs was lack of time to research EBPs. Additional analyses are forthcoming and will be shared. Providing CBLIs is paramount as a means of assuring academic readiness and academic success for individuals with language and literacy deficits

Sometimes Hesitancy is Key: Effects of Moral Deliberations on Children\u27s Interpretation of Credibility Cues

Children often treat confident individuals as credible sources of information. Yet, confidence may differentially signify credibility depending upon the domain of knowledge. For example, when dealing with factual information, confident responses indicate greater credibility. However, when deliberating about moral issues, hesitancy may reflect a deeper level of thoughtfulness, and therefore credibility. This study investigated children’s credibility judgments of individuals who differed in the level of confidence (confident vs. hesitant) in two domains of knowledge (factual, moral).In a between-subjects design, children 3-8 years (N=96 planned with 52 participants thus far) listened to a confident and hesitant model make either novel factual (e.g., which animal has an omentum inside?) or moral claims (e.g., which animal should get the last piece of fish?). Across eight trials (4 confident, 4 hesitant), children rated the models on a 4-point scale (0=not at all, 3=a lot) in terms of confidence level, likeability, smartness, and agreement with her answer.Preliminary analyses using a 2 (confidence level) x 2 (domain) x 6 (age) ANOVA indicated significant main effects (psThis research will advance knowledge in how (and when) children use cues about individuals’ credibility when determining who is a trustworthy source of new information. This research will also provide a more nuanced understanding of how children interpret levels of confidence across different domains of knowledge

Consumer preference and willingness-to-pay for direct-to-consumer mobile-teledermoscopy services in Australia

Objective: To investigate consumer preference and willingness to pay for mobile teledermoscopy services in Australia. Methods: Consumers who were taking part in a randomised controlled trial comparing mobile teledermoscopy and skin self-examination were asked to complete a survey which incorporated a discrete choice experiment (DCE) and a contingent valuation question. Responses were used to determine their willingness to pay for mobile teledermoscopy services in Australia and their overall service preferences. Results: The 199 consumers who responded were 71% female and had a mean age of 42 years (range, 18–73). The DCE results showed that consumers prefer a trained medical professional to be involved in their skin cancer screening. Consumers were willing to pay AUD 41 to change from a general practitioner reviewing their lesions in-person to having a dermatologist reviewing the teledermoscopy images. Additionally, they were willing to pay for services that had shorter waiting times, that reduced the time away from their usual activities, and that have higher accuracy and lower likelihood of unnecessary excision of a skin lesion. When asked directly about their willingness to pay for a teledermoscopy service using a contingent valuation question, the majority (73%) of consumers selected the lowest two value brackets of AUD 1–20 or AUD 21–40. Conclusion: Consumers are willing to pay out of pocket to access services with attributes such as a dermatologist review, improved accuracy, and fewer excisions

Binge-Pattern Alcohol Exposure during Puberty Induces Long-Term Changes in HPA Axis Reactivity

Adolescence is a dynamic and important period of brain development however, little is known about the long-term neurobiological consequences of alcohol consumption during puberty. Our previous studies showed that binge-pattern ethanol (EtOH) treatment during pubertal development negatively dysregulated the responsiveness of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, as manifested by alterations in corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH), arginine vasopressin (AVP), and corticosterone (CORT) during this time period. Thus, the primary goal of this study was to determine whether these observed changes in important central regulators of the stress response were permanent or transient. In this study, juvenile male Wistar rats were treated with a binge-pattern EtOH treatment paradigm or saline alone for 8 days. The animals were left undisturbed until adulthood when they received a second round of treatments consisting of saline alone, a single dose of EtOH, or a second binge-pattern treatment paradigm. The results showed that pubertal binge-pattern EtOH exposure induced striking long-lasting alterations of many HPA axis parameters. Overall, our data provide strong evidence that binge-pattern EtOH exposure during pubertal maturation has long-term detrimental effects for the healthy development of the HPA axis

Messalina’s Moveable Domus: Landscape and Memory in Annals 11

This article addresses the intersection between landscape, memory, and power in Messalina’s movements through Rome, as recorded in Tacitus’ Annals. Messalina’s journeys demonstrate her appropriation of spatial memory and her transgressions of gender and status, as she attempts to relocate the imperial domus to the home of Gaius Silius. Reading the imperial domus as a kind of landscape opens new avenues for interpretation. Tacitus recognizes the relationship between the imperial mother and the Palatine domus, and connects Messalina to the space itself. He thereby prompts readers to consider the fragile nature of imperial power and dynastic succession as bound up in the imperial cubiculum and the body of the emperor’s wife

Goddesses on Earth? Tacitus on exemplarity and excess in the domus Augusta

This dissertation investigates the divergence between the portrayal of imperial women in dynastic imagery and the characterization of these same women in Tacitus’ Annals. I argue that Tacitus portrays Julio-Claudian women as representative models of specific feminine ideals and imperial concepts used by Augustus and his successors to perpetuate the Julio-Claudian dynasty. I discuss Augustan ideals and policies that are manifested in the presentation of women of the domus Augusta in the public sphere. I then survey material evidence that contributes to our understanding of women’s roles in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Every chapter concludes with a discussion of Tacitus’ characterization of one of the imperial woman in the Annals. In each portrayal, Tacitus acknowledges the imperial ideals traditionally ascribed to each woman, and reinterprets both the woman and the ideals she represents. Agrippina the Younger, Tacitus’ unicum exemplum, provides a framing figure for the dissertation. The four main chapters offer analyses of imperial women whose characterizations elucidate specific aspects of Tacitus’ critique of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Tacitus’ portrayal of Livia exposes the discrepancy between her private actions and her public presentation as a model of familial concordia; Agrippina the Elder problematically uses her fecunditas to gain public praise and authority; Tacitus’ record of Messalina proves the ineffectiveness of imperial sanctions against the memory of a public figure; Nero’s wife Poppaea gives Tacitus the opportunity to critique the imperial family’s use of divinization. I conclude by returning to the image of Agrippina the Younger as a unique model, and by looking forward to imperial women of later dynasties. I demonstrate that Tacitus asks his readers to recognize that the exemplarity of the women of the domus Augusta as mothers, wives, and empresses remains controversial. The presence of the Julio-Claudian women in material and literary culture during the reign of Trajan, and the continued celebration of the ideals they represented, suggests that the memory and influence of these women lasted well beyond the end of the first imperial dynasty

Goddesses on Earth? Tacitus on exemplarity and excess in the domus Augusta

This dissertation investigates the divergence between the portrayal of imperial women in dynastic imagery and the characterization of these same women in Tacitus’ Annals. I argue that Tacitus portrays Julio-Claudian women as representative models of specific feminine ideals and imperial concepts used by Augustus and his successors to perpetuate the Julio-Claudian dynasty. I discuss Augustan ideals and policies that are manifested in the presentation of women of the domus Augusta in the public sphere. I then survey material evidence that contributes to our understanding of women’s roles in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Every chapter concludes with a discussion of Tacitus’ characterization of one of the imperial woman in the Annals. In each portrayal, Tacitus acknowledges the imperial ideals traditionally ascribed to each woman, and reinterprets both the woman and the ideals she represents. Agrippina the Younger, Tacitus’ unicum exemplum, provides a framing figure for the dissertation. The four main chapters offer analyses of imperial women whose characterizations elucidate specific aspects of Tacitus’ critique of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Tacitus’ portrayal of Livia exposes the discrepancy between her private actions and her public presentation as a model of familial concordia; Agrippina the Elder problematically uses her fecunditas to gain public praise and authority; Tacitus’ record of Messalina proves the ineffectiveness of imperial sanctions against the memory of a public figure; Nero’s wife Poppaea gives Tacitus the opportunity to critique the imperial family’s use of divinization. I conclude by returning to the image of Agrippina the Younger as a unique model, and by looking forward to imperial women of later dynasties. I demonstrate that Tacitus asks his readers to recognize that the exemplarity of the women of the domus Augusta as mothers, wives, and empresses remains controversial. The presence of the Julio-Claudian women in material and literary culture during the reign of Trajan, and the continued celebration of the ideals they represented, suggests that the memory and influence of these women lasted well beyond the end of the first imperial dynasty