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Abishai Style of Taekwondo’s Christian Black Belt Academy Character Development Program: Examining our Effectiveness at Building Moral and Biblical Character through Martial Arts Education
Northwest University, May 2012
This thesis is a primarily qualitative study examining the effectiveness of Christian Black Belt Academy. Christian Black Belt Academy is a martial arts school consisting of nine locations in Lathrop, California, and ...
Lifespan Integration Effectiveness in Traumatized Women
Northwest University, 2012
In the research study, Lifespan Integration (LI) is studied in order to determine its effectiveness in treating women who have trauma related symptoms. The participants were gathered at a shelter in Seattle that specializes ...
The Extended Play-Based Developmental Assessment: Children Five to Nine Years Old With Trauma History
Northwest University, 2012
Children who have experienced trauma and abuse require special provisions to navigate successfully through the initial phase of therapy, in particular the assessment process (Briere, Johnson, Bissada, Damon, Crouch, & Gill, ...
Academic Advisors as College Culture Brokers: a Model for Serving First-Generation College Students
Northwest University, 2012
An increasing number of first-generation students (students whose parents did not earn baccalaureate degrees) are attending college in the United States. First-generation college students struggle to understand the college ...
Addressing the Challenges Rural Based NGOs Face in Southern Malawi, Africa in Their Endeavor to Provide Sustainable and Empowering Development Work
Northwest University, 2012
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in the Phalombe and Mulanje districts of southern Malawi, Africa face many challenges in their endeavor to provide sustainable and empowering development work. These challenges ...
Giving a Hand Up to Youth Through: Social Enterprise Program
Northwest University, 2012
In the past year, adults of the Lake Hills neighborhood have expressed discontent about the growing rate of low grades, school drop out, and engagement in high-risk behaviors among young adults; while young adults have ...
Effectively Equipping Volunteers for Greater Impact
Northwest University, April 11, 2012
Volunteerism is the act of selflessly giving of one’s life by responding to a need in one’s local or global community as an act of service free of pay. Community development through volunteer efforts and effective leadership ...
Social Entrepreneurship, Compassion and AGWM: An Investigation of Organizational Sustainability and Economic Development in Nonprofits
Northwest University, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate how Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM) missionaries working in Compassion Ministries through the nonprofit sector could apply the concepts of social entrepreneurship to ...
A History of, and Response to, Theological Thinking About Ordaining Gays and Lesbians in the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Northwest University, November 19, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to explore the theological concept of humanity created in God's image as a context for a discussion of humans created as fully embodied persons that includes their sexuality, leading to the ...