Sex Education for Students with Disabilities

Thank you to Jeanne Sept, Dean of Faculties,and Dean Geraldo Gonzalez and Sarah Baumgart at the School of Education, Indiana University.What accounts for the high rates of teen pregnancy, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases and infections? Sex education is crucial for students with developmental disabilities, and the current sex education curriculum violates the spirit of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which offers a free and appropriate education to students with disabilities. Educators, parents, and health professionals must not only be available, but also must find the necessary curriculum to establish healthy living skills for America's youth in general and more specifically for students with disabilities.Dean of Faculties and School of Education, Indiana Universit

Abundance, Site-Fidelity, and Association Patterns of Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off Southeast Florida

The coastal bottlenose dolphin is well studied throughout its natural range, however, most of the study areas comprised wide, well-protected habitats such as bays and estuaries, and not narrow coastal sandbanks. This study identifies a residential group of coastal bottlenose dolphins utilizing the narrow sandbanks within the Northwestern Atlantic waters off the coast of Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. From 2014-2020, 313 boat surveys were conducted, and 585 individual dolphins were identified using photo-ID. Twenty-four animals were determined to be full-time and 66 animals were determined to be part-time residents. Full-time and part-time residents associated in three social tribes, with encounters consisting of members of multiple tribes commonly observed. Association patterns were highly correlated to site-fidelity, indicating the presence of a unique residential group which regularly interacts with transient animals likely passing between Central Florida and Biscayne Bay. Future research within this natural corridor will focus on habitat utilization by residents and transients, and the behavioral nature of encounters between social tribes

Catholic Regional High School and Adjacent Parish Complex

The purpose of this study is to design a four year Catholic high school with a caretaker parish complex. The school will serve a large region of Albuquerque, while the church will include the small parish community. The study will include a detailed analysis of the Little School Plan which has been used in a few secondary school plants around the country. Finally, the study will analyze the function of a parish complex that will include church, convent, and rectory, so that the school staff may also serve as the clergy for parishioners in the adjoining neighborhood