Ambulance service -- Connecticut -- Middletown; Investment of public funds -- Connecticut -- Middletown
The project was designed to analyze Middletown, Connecticut’s residents, city managers, and elected officials’ attitudes towards a transfer from a privately run ambulance service to one that is publicly run. The project was supported by the...
Autism in children -- Diagnosis; Autism in children -- Case studies
Autism has many definitions, but its most specific definition describes it as a developmental disorder that affects verbal and non-verbal communication as well as social interaction. It affects a person’s ability to respond appropriately to their...
Autistic children -- Education -- United States; Autism spectrum disorders; Parents of autistic children
This qualitative study investigated parent perceptions of school programming for children with Asperger syndrome in a high performing, midsize, suburban district. The sample included twelve families with children attending elementary, middle, or...
Beaches -- Connecticut; Recreation areas -- Access -- Connecticut
Beaches are considered an important natural resource, although perceptions
of the nature of that resource may vary significantly. Municipalities located along
Connecticut's coastline exhibit a variety of income levels, populations, and
economic...
Issues in psychological testing of minorities have become problematic over the past couple of years. With the population growth of minorities, there continues to be the need for cultural sensitivity in mental health services. Few studies have...
Bosnians--Connecticut--Hartford--Social conditions; Women refugees--Connecticut--Hartford--Social conditions; Women refugees--Bosnia and Hercegovina; War widows--Services for--Connecticut--Hartford; Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Refugees
Between 1996 and 2000 a great number of Bosnian refugee women, single, married or widowed,
traumatized by war and loss, were relocated in the ‘South End’ of Hartford, owing to a large
program of resettlement launched by the U.S. Department of...
Catholic Church -- United States; Hispanic American Catholics -- Religious life; Hispanic American Catholics -- United States
The thesis examines the influence of the Hispanic community of Puerto Rico, and other communities of Latin America, in Fairfield County since their arrival during the last half century. The study focuses on the discrimination that they faced...
College dropouts -- Prevention; College dropouts; College students -- Psychology
Over the years concerns have increased about retention and attrition in higher education. In order to develop and improve retention services it is important to understand the underlying dynamics associated with institutional departure. As opposed...
This thesis is a study in graphic art as well as the basics of commercial advertising. It is in the form of a CD-ROM. Presented here is a promotion for a hypothetical travel agency which deals with travel to Puerto Rico. The work focuses on the...
This study proposes to investigate community policing styles and their influence on misdemeanor arrest rates, and serious property and violent crime. Participants in the study include all police agencies within the state of Connecticut serving...
Construction workers -- Substance use -- United States; Construction workers -- Drug testing -- United States
A career in construction exposes a tradesperson to an ever changing environment with known as well as unknown hazards. Unfortunately one of the unknowns is the use of illicit substances and the abuse of legal medications by some of the workers. ...
This study investigates the value ascribed to the counseling position in small New England community colleges. A sample of eleven community colleges throughout New England with current enrollment of 2,000 students or less was contacted. This survey...
Cognitive shortcomings are common traits among the offender population. It is this deficit in social reasoning that leads many individuals to the criminal justice system. The modification of such irrational thoughts has been demonstrated to...
Employee assistance programs; Consortia -- Small business -- Personnel management
This thesis describes the development and implementation of a consortium approach to providing small business (fifty employees or fewer) with Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services within seven towns in central Connecticut. The consortium was...
Family services -- Evaluation -- Connecticut -- New Britain; Crime prevention -- Evaluation -- Connecticut -- New Britain; Human services -- Evaluation -- Connecticut -- New Britain
This thesis describes the evaluation of two community programs run by the Human Resources Agency of New Britain, Inc.: the Family Support Program and the Crime Prevention Program. These programs were reviewed as part of a contract negotiated...
Family violence -- Psychological aspects; Family violence -- Cross-cultural studies
Domestic violence is an important issue that affects women of all races, ethnicities and social classes. Nearly four million women experience intimate partner abuse every year. Due to the changing make up of the United States, this issue has...
Determining what exactly "works" as far as rehabilitating offenders, particularly women with dual diagnosis (i.e., mental health and substance abuse), can be a difficult task. Recent research has turned its focus to looking at the effects of both...
This research examines how a cycle of poor nutrition has been created in the Frog Hollow neighborhood, an urban food desert, in Hartford, Connecticut. The absence of large chain grocery stores and the ubiquity of fast, high-fat, high-calorie...
Helping is a phenomenon that has been widely studied in psychology. Two types of helping that can occur within an organization are organizational citizenship behavior, or OCB, and volunteering. OCB is helping that occurs during the course of...
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Art in Early Childhood Education."; Thesis advisor: Kurt Love.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-56).
