Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Author "Sears, Kaye"
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Absenteeism in healthcare : identifying gaps and resources for working families.
English, Sara E. (2015)The need for quality care for children is a need families face across the country regardless of social status. In today's business of child care, hours of operation and cost of services have taken precedents to the quality ... -
Characteristic preferences in mate selection among college students : a comparison study spanning the late twentieth century into the early twenty-first century.
Blankinship, Tamra Townsley (2008)This study was designed to explore the preferred characteristics of mate selection. Additionally, this study sought to determine preferences by sex, age, and over time. As a matter of geographical convenience and also in ... -
Child welfare specialists and secondary traumatic stress : the effects of empathetic caring : a phenomenological study
Milner, Jenny K. (2016)Working with abused and neglected children is one of the most difficult jobs imaginable. The stressful conditions of a Child Welfare Specialist or supervisor are enormous and they often internalize the traumatic stress of ... -
Describing the Buckle Up program efforts to support child well-being in Oklahoma : exploring potential connections between child motor vehicle injuries, fatalities, certification status, and Buckle Up events.
Stearns, Christy S. (2014)In 1997 Safe Kids Worldwide and General Motors Corporation founded the Buckle Up program. The program trains and certifies individuals to become service providers whose job is to obtain the knowledge and skills on the ... -
Early care professionals' perspective of sociodramatic play.
Bradley, Susan Kay (2012)This qualitative study was conducted to deepen the understanding of the Early Care Professional's perspective while implementing sociodramatic play. Data was gathered and categorized from two interviews of each of the five ... -
Impact of group care living.
Eacret, Katie Ellen (2013)This study was designed to analyze and research the impact of group care placements on the child's development in the specific areas of educational development, relationship development, social skills development, and ... -
Married couples' perceptions of support following the death of a child : a phenomenological study.
Payne, Lacey D. (2013)Social support after the death of a child is often thought of as a buffer to help parents with the grieving process. Previous research has focused on grief and support from an individual's perspective but has failed to ... -
National accreditation improves the standard of care in child care
Spradlin, Jeanene A. (2015)This study will investigate the impact that national accreditation has on the quality of care that children receive while in a child care program. A statistical analysis was conducted to compare the total number of ... -
Teen mothers' experiences in the New Beginnings Parent Education Program.
Starks, Persephone (2008)This study was conducted to gain the personal accounts of teen mothers' experiences as students attending the New Beginnings Parent Education Program. Using a phenomenological perspective, the researcher sought to gain a ... -
The educator's perspective : implementing the Reggio Emilia approach in the classroom.
Strickler, Jana (2012)This study explored the possible challenges teachers face in the implementation of the Reggio Emilia Approach in American classrooms. The Reggio Emilia Approach is highly-respected, internationally as an exemplary early ... -
The effects of recess on kindergarten student behavior.
May, Lea Lita (2010)The purpose of this study is to investigate whether children's behaviors are directly linked to the amount of recess time designated in schools. Research was conducted in an inner city school district where the amount of ... -
The investigation of voluntarily childless married couples and marital satisfaction
Harvey, Paul R. (2008)This exploratory study was designed to investigate the impact on marital satisfaction as a result of being voluntarily childless. An open-ended questionnaire was the instrument used in this cross sectional, convenience ...