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The Impact of Therapy Balls on Executive Functioning and behavior in the Classroom
Northwest University, 2015
The purpose of this dissertation is to determine the impact on children’s executive functioning and self-esteem when therapy balls are used in the classroom instead of traditional seating. An experimental, within subject ...
Psalms of Lament as a Resource for Contemporary Christian Worship
Northwest University, 2015
This thesis claims that Contemporary Christian Worship (CCW) currently does not include songs of lament which were significant in the worship of Israel and the Early Church. Moreover, a proper understanding of both the ...
Reaching At-Risk Youth through Social Enterprise: Helping Disadvantaged Youth in Marysville Develop Community Social Relationships and Representations to Help Empower them to Graduate
Northwest University, March 2015
Through interviews and literature reviews, this study undertook to understand components necessary to support youth at risk for not graduating high school, to help build individual capacity, and to better position these ...
The Western Church: a Call to Justice
Northwest University, 2015
Justice is of great importance to God and should be of equal importance to His followers. Unfortunately, this concern for justice has been lost in much of Western Christian thinking. Consequently, Christians miss out on a ...
A Church for the Community: a Model of Church-Based Community Development
Northwest University, 2015
Within our globalized society, churches have unique roles to play as agents of social change. In the context of the author's fieldwork in South Africa, this thesis investigates the idea that God calls His Church—as His ...
The Art of Survival: Defining Abusive Experience, What It Means to Be Well, and Creative Expression to Guide Aftercare Interventions for Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Northwest University, 2015
The issue of Intimate Partner Violence currently populates the international conversation for women’s rights. Language is frank and temperatures are high. While much of the stage is occupied by those who seek to raise ...
Counseling in the Work of Assembly of God Pastors in the Pacific Northwest
Northwest University, 2015
Researchers has shown that people often perceive pastors as the initial sources of help when people encounter marital, emotional, and mental health challenges. However, limited research exists on the work of counseling ...
Church and Psychology Collaboration: Developing an Action Plan for International Christian Center
Northwest University, 2015
Traditionally, professionals in the field of psychology and within faith communities have overlapped in the type of care they offer. As worldviews expand, there is increased interest among psychologists and faith leaders ...
Does Service Learning Improve Quality of Life?
Northwest University, 2015
Service Learning has been found to benefit students’ understanding of course material (Primavera, 1999), increase grades (Scales, Blyth, Berkas, & Kielsmeier, 2000), and improve attendance and skills acquisition (Kozeracki, ...
The Role of Stigma and Acculturation in Mental Health Services Utilization Among Foreign-Born and U.S.-Born Latinos
Northwest University, 2015
Foreign-born Latinos are at particular risk for underutilizing mental health services (Alegria et al., 2007b). The purpose of this study was to examine the roles of acculturation and stigma about mental disorder in the use ...