The Human-Animal Bond and Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress

This study explored the lived experiences of Operational Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) service members with combatrelated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms who had a companion animal postdeployment. Twelve OEF and OIF veterans participated in semi-structured interviews analyzed using Moustakas’ phenomenological approach. Four themes emerged: (a) rich descriptions of deployment events, (b) the experiences of returning from a deployment, (c) participants’ perceptions on their pets’ influence on posttraumatic stress symptoms, and (d) other comments and opinions related to participants’ experiences. These findings illuminate the experience of combat-related posttraumatic stress and the importance of animals in the therapeutic process and may aid development of alternative treatment options.https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/archivedposters/1096/thumbnail.jp

Book Review: Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran

Review of Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran by Nima Naghib

“Gender (As Constant) Labor”: A Consciousness Raising Dialogue on Transfeminist Scholarship and Organizing

This co-authored essay draws on student research conducted for an upper-level course called Trans*Studies that was originally presented at the Seneca Falls Dialogues Conference in October 2016. Drawing on Jane Ward\u27s generative concept of gender labor , our Dialogue highlights the material effects of representational politics, and articulates the need to centre a transfeminist critique of normative regimes of power, including the representation of women\u27s history in the United States

Perceptions of Collaboration Between Special Education Teachers and Parents of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Elementary Setting

The purpose of this qualitative, semi-structured interview, phenomenological study was to investigate the perceptions of collaboration between a total of 10 special education teachers and parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the elementary setting. This study’s data was collected from five special education teachers and five parents of children diagnosed with ASD. Results from this study revealed that both groups viewed communication as important to facilitating collaboration. When thinking of barriers to collaboration, both groups viewed the lack of experience or training geared toward collaboration relating to students with ASD, whether teachers or parents, as a hindrance to building collaborative relationships. Based on the findings, and to help bridge the gap in perceptions between special education teachers and parents of students diagnosed with ASD in the elementary setting, The study recommended that educators create opportunities for communication to exist as well as provide additional supports to families of children diagnosed with autism. More importantly, creating training for both parents and teachers to be able to work together effectively was seen as equally important to both participant groups. In addition, the study recommends that school districts create events specifically for parents of students with autism, implement professional development that gives educators research-based strategies to foster collaboration with families in a public school setting

The Political Economy of Training in Canada and England: Politics, pragmatism and public opinion in a post-industrial age

This paper reports the findings of a research project that examined the role of training in two government-initiated, economic regeneration programs implemented in Canada and in England. The paper proposes that training programs, especially those found as part of economic development schemes, must be understood within the broader political economy into which economic development programs are introduced. An analysis of economic, policy, and training literature reveals that training often remains unconnected to either economic development or broader policy discussions

Education in the Context of Internationalization, Immigration, and Forced Migration: Introduction to the Special Issue

We introduce this special issue of Antistasis on internationalization, immigration and forced migration. The 21st century has witnessed an increase in the movement of individuals and families across national boundaries for a multitude of reasons, including voluntary immigration, forced migration, and temporary relocation for education or employment. These trends require the education system in Canada and internationally to adapt to the changing nature of students (and teachers and support staff) from early childhood to post-secondary, which in turn requires thoughtful reflection and discussion by education researchers and scholar-practitioners working within the education system

Will mass drug administration eliminate lymphatic filariasis? Evidence from northern coastal Tanzania

Copyright @ 2012 The Authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and 85 reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The article was made available through the Brunel University Open Access Publishing Fund.This article documents understandings and responses to mass drug administration (MDA) for the treatment and prevention of lymphatic filariasis among adults and children in northern coastal Tanzania from 2004 to 2011. Assessment of village-level distribution registers, combined with self-reported drug uptake surveys of adults, participant observation and interviews, revealed that at study sites in Pangani and Muheza districts the uptake of drugs was persistently low. The majority of people living at these highly endemic locations either did not receive or actively rejected free treatment. A combination of social, economic and political reasons explain the low uptake of drugs. These include a fear of treatment (attributable, in part, to a lack of trust in international aid and a questioning of the motives behind the distribution); divergence between biomedical and local understandings of lymphatic filariasis; and limited and ineffective communication about the rationale for mass treatment. Other contributory factors are the reliance upon volunteers for distribution within villages and, in some locations, strained relationships between different groups of people within villages as well as between local leaders and government officials. The article also highlights a disjuncture between self-reported uptake of drugs by adults at a village level and the higher uptake of drugs recorded in official reports. The latter informs claims that elimination will be a possibility by 2020. This gives voice to a broader problem: there is considerable pressure for those implementing MDA to report positive results. The very real challenges of making MDA work are pushed to one side - adding to a rhetoric of success at the expense of engaging with local realities. It is vital to address the kind of issues raised in this article if current attempts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in mainland coastal Tanzania are to achieve their goal.This work is funded from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation