Adolescents and young adults With autism spectrum disorders (ASD) frequently experience social isolation and vocational failure. Although social skills groups are vital, relatively feW model programs have been developed for this age group. This article revieWs the model and evaluation of the Aspirations program, an 8-Week social and vocational skills support group for adolescents and young adults With ASD. Self-report measures, including appraisal of peer relations and empathy, Were completed pre- and post-Aspirations. Data from structured observations Were also examined for changes in frequency of contributions made by group members over the course of the program. In addition, notes taken during staff meetings and feedback sessions With group members, and separately With their parents, Were revieWed for further evidence of the program's success. The results from these measures support the efficacy of the Aspirations program and provide insight into implementing a successful model for this population.
This study examined the effects of homophobia, subject gender, and gender and sexual orientation of petitioning parent on attitudes about judgements in child custody cases. A total of 274 introductory psychology students participated in both phases of the research. In Phase One, subjects completed the Heterosexual Attitudes Toward Homosexuals Scale and the Kinsey Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale that were embedded in a general questionnaire on social attitudes. In Phase Two, these same subjects were asked to give their opinions about the outcome of contrived child custody cases where the parent winning custody was homosexual or heterosexual. As expected, there was less support for a homosexual than a heterosexual parent. This was particularly noticeable for male subjects. Unexpectedly, mothers were not favoured over fathers, but instead subjects favoured parents of the same gender. Further, subjects low in homophobia reacted more favourably to a homosexual parent than a heterosexual parent, while the reverse was true for those high in homophobia. Implications of the results for public and judicial attitudes about custody decisions were considered.
ResumeCette £tude analysait les correlations entre I'homophobie, le sexe des sujets, les orientations sexuelles de parents requeiants, et les opinions/attitudes sur les jugements dans des causes de garde des enfants. En tout, 274 e'tudiants de premier cycle en psychologie ont participe' aux deux phases de l'£tude. Dans la phase i, les sujets ont rempli les tests d'echelle d'attitudes heterosexuelles a l'endroit des homosexuels et d'echelle Kinsey devaluation heterosexuelle/ homosexuelle. Dans la phase U, on a demande a ces memes sujets de donner leur opinion sur les resultats de cas hypothe'tiques de garde d'enfants ou le parent se voyant accorder la garde des enfants 6tait soit homosexuel, soit heteYosexuel. Comme prevu, il y a eu moins d'appui pour les parents homosexuels que pour les parents heterosexuels. Ce facteur a surtout 6t6 remarqu£ chez les sujets masculins. Resultat moins attendu, les meres n'ont pas rec,u plus d'appui que les peres, mais les sujets ont sembki favoriser les parents du meme sexe qu'eux. De plus, les sujets dont la tendance homophobe etait faible ont reagi de maniere plus favorable a un parent homosexuel qu'a
This paper considers Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger’s play The Virgin Martyr (1622) in light of scientific notions of the female body circulating during the period to illustrate how the performance of martyrdom manifested a performance of gender virtuosity, elevating it to the status of the supernatural or divine. Like well-known female martyrs from the period, such as Anne Askew, the protagonist, Dorothea, takes on characteristically male attributes: she assumes the role of the soldier and defies scientific understanding of the female gender by sealing her phlegmatic “leaky” body and exuding divine heat that defies her cold, wet “nature”. The theatricality of gender reversals in the play, from Dorothea and other characters, illustrates how the act of martyrdom could be interpreted not only as a miraculous performance, a “witness” to the divine, but one built on sensational, seemingly impossible performances of gender.
Impaired work capacity is one of the most common residual impairments encountered after either a severe or moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet no instrument is available for screening TBI victims regarding their readiness to participate in more comprehensive vocational planning and evaluation. In the study reported here, the Functional Assessment Inventory (FAI) was administered to 76 subjects who suffered a moderate or severe TBI and the results obtained were compared to the Rancho Los Amigos Hospital Levels of Cognitive Functioning, the Mini-Mental State and the Glasgow Outcome Scale for sensitivity in discerning vocational readiness. The results obtained indicated that the FAI composite score has the greatest discriminating power in screening the vocational readiness of this population, followed by the Glasgow Outcome Scale. In addition, the FAI cluster scores demonstrated reasonable discriminative ability, which may prove useful in directing ongoing remediation.
This paper has been written partially in response to the Smith Commission Report, and partially in response to the reactions the report has elicited already. The Smith Commission Report voiced many valid concerns about teaching excellence; however, many of the so-called "innovations" that have been developed in answer to Stuart Smith's call for teaching excellence are, in fact, little different from those techniques implemented under the auspices of the Ontario Universities Program for Institutional Development (OUPID) in the 1960's and early 1970's. This being the case, the authors feel that the most likely result will be a similar lack of success. It is, therefore, our suggestion that an attempt ought to be made to change the infrastructure of the university sys- tem so that it supports good teaching and research with equal measure. This, above all else, should lead to real improvements in the quality of teaching.
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