Community of Scholars Day—Posters

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Applied Therapy of Sensory Deprivation Tanks on Civilian PTSD Patients

Allison Rodgers

This research proposes to study the perceived effects following sensory deprivation tank (SDT) use in a population of non-veteran, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients, using qualitative research. New studies are exploring PTSD treatments for post-combat veterans due to military activity over the past decade. However, the civilian population of PTSD patients (e.g. domestic violence, physical abuse, etc.) is not a focus in these experimental therapies, including SDT therapy. Testing SDT therapy on civilian PTSD patients could lead to a better understanding of psychological benefits in this understudied application, for the civilian population
Through the Microscope

Natalya Ryzhenko and Tyler Burns

A lesson for K-12 students, to see that commonplace objects can look interesting when magnified and to understand that magnification allows us to explore properties of an object.
Accessing the Healing of Sexual Trauma through Expressive Arts Therapy Interventions

Stormy Saint-Val

This proposal explores the benefits of a therapeutic intervention for survivors of sexual trauma that is inclusive to all ranges of self expression. Literature suggests that there are similarities in the diagnosis of mental illnesses of people who have experienced sexual trauma through abuse and trafficking. Further research has illustrated the connections between expressive therapy in treating each diagnosis, such as PTSD and depression.Therefore, the creation of programs that encompass multi-sensory interventions can improve the mental development of sexually abused patients. The advantages of the treatment plan will be presented through secondary research gathered from articles and studies
Quilt Making as a Potential Intervention for Insecure Attachment

Raja Sinjab

Attachment is described as a set of relational systems or mechanisms that influence how individuals participate in relationships. Attachment theory suggests there are two attachment systems—secure attachment, and insecure attachment. Insecure attachment in early childhood is a precursor for behavioral challenges later in life. Children with insecure attachment are more susceptible to mental health issues as adults. There has been limited research on interventions for adults with insecure attachment. The intent of this presentation would demonstrate my research supporting the idea that art therapy can be an intervention in re-creating the neural systems managing insecure attachment.
Stress and Student Wellness

Kathryn Van Demark

This study examines the prevalence of high stress and related wellness issues in the Undergraduate population. Data collected from the Lesley Undergraduate population compares student stress levels, prevalence of anxiety and depression, and wellness habits with Undergraduate populations nationwide. Holistic wellness practices and stress management interventions are explored as means to address student wellbeing on campus. Contemplative practice, self care, physical fitness and stress management techniques are considered to improve student life and success.
COS 2014 poster

Lesley University

Poster for the 2014 Community of Scholars Day at Lesley University, March 28, 2014
COS 2014 poster

Lesley University

Poster for the 2014 Community of Scholars Day at Lesley University, March 28, 2014
Apps for Social and Global Justice

Lee Sullivan and Anne-Marie Mulligan

The impetus for our presentation on apps that “make a difference” is to support the Lesley mission to prepare students to be “catalysts shaping a more just, humane, and sustainable world.” Social justice apps covering topics of worldwide concerns such as poverty, climate change, political and social action will be presented.
Guyana Lesley Abroad Service Semester Poster

David Morimoto and Alice Layton

GLASS, the Guyana Lesley Abroad Service Semester, partners Lesley University with an indigenous Guyanese NGO, Rupununi Learners, to foster “asset-based development” of both individuals and communities. Lesley contributes its assets: academic and technology skills; income that benefits village education. Villagers contribute their local and Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and provide an extraordinary travel experience. A social enterprise, GLASS seeks to innovate approaches to preserving both indigenous culture and the natural environment in which that culture is embedded. Villagers, faculty and students collaborate in reciprocal learning that highlights the complex connections between natural and human ecology.
Reaching the adult learner: Teaching Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) to practicing technology managers

Anthony K. Adade

A great deal has been written about adult learning but little has been published on best practices for teaching IT Infrastructure Library® (ITIL) certification course. This dearth of research, along with years of experience teaching ITIL sparked interest in exploring the research question, “What are the characteristics of an effective ITIL training course that focuses on helping trainers prepare trainees to pass the certification exam and use their new knowledge to implement ITIL in the workplace?” This presentation gives insight from interviews on best practices for teaching ITIL.
Organic Storytelling: A Key for Promoting Creativity, Community and Healing Activities in Education with Twice-Exceptional Students

Gail Herman

What the presenter calls "Organic Storytelling" allows the folktale to grow organically with images of each new teller and audience by adapting and augmenting the mentor's work, Dr. Mara Capy (1970), which she found from an ethnographer in West Africa. Learn to use "Organic Interventions" and encourage listeners to use their "mind's eye," then share their ideas at certain times in the process. Learn how to model Carl Rogers' view that feelings are not right or wrong and that the difference between feeling and action is thinking - often creative thinking at that! In this way the story, a gift from the past, becomes the story of folk in the present.

Presented by Gail Herman, Adjunct Professor Lesley University, on March 29, 2012, Community of Scholars Day, Lesley University, University Hall, Room 2-048.
Working Together: The Process of Developing an Agreement between Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)

Sharyn Boornazian and Gene Diaz

In 2009, at the request of the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, five Institutions of Higher Education worked together to develop a protocol agreement between the Department and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council. The signed and approved agreement was implemented first in fall 2009 at Boston College. As Lesley prepares for its joint ESE/TEAC visit we will consider: What are the benefits of gathering evidence of learning for educator licensure programs that serve multiple audiences and requirements? What are the challenges and benefits of working together across universities, schools and departments?
Working Together: The Process of Developing an Agreement between Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)

Sharyn Boornazian and Gene Diaz

In 2009, at the request of the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, five Institutions of Higher Education worked together to develop a protocol agreement between the Department and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council. The signed and approved agreement was implemented first in fall 2009 at Boston College. As Lesley prepares for its joint ESE/TEAC visit we will consider:
Library As Place

Marilyn Geller and Abby Mancini
CopyRight or CopyWrong? Fair Use and Faculty Reserves

Linda Roscoe and Dianne Brown

This presentation reviews how the Lesley University Library interprets Fair Use. It provides a set of guidelines to faculty members regarding copyright compliance. It also gives faculty members tools and further information that will enable them to do their own Fair Use assessment.
Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make Me a Match: Triangulating the Internship Experience

Don Boyle

Don Boyle's presentation on the redesign of the Business Management/Communication Internship Program discusses theory and practice, including experiential learning, Kolb's learning model, stages of an internship, and outcomes. Boyle outlines the Business Management Internship Program at Lesley College.
Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make Me a Match: Triangulating the Internship Experience

Don Boyle

Don Boyle's presentation on the redesign of the Business Management/Communication Internship Program discusses theory and practice, including experiential learning, Kolb's learning model, stages of an internship, and outcomes. Boyle outlines the Business Management Internship Program at Lesley College.
Trial Teaching Strategies: Linking Testing to Teaching

Mary Beth Curtis

Mary Beth Curtis presents on the Diagnostic Assessments of Reading (DAR) and Trial Teaching Strategies (TTS). TTS provides a link between reading testing and reading instruction. A bibliography of references is included.
Trial Teaching Strategies: Linking Testing to Teaching

Mary Beth Curtis

Mary Beth Curtis presents on the Diagnostic Assessments of Reading (DAR) and Trial Teaching Strategies (TTS). TTS provides a link between reading testing and reading instruction. A bibliography of references is included.
New Pathways to Scholarship

Marilyn Geller, Vincent Livoti, and Karen Kivisto Mellor

A Library Panel Presentation
New Pathways to Scholarship

Marilyn Geller, Vincent Livoti, and Karen Kivisto Mellor

A Library Panel Presentation
Finding Sanctuary: Getting Clear in the Midst of Illness, Crisis or Change

Joan Klagsbrun

Don Boyle's presentation on the redesign of the Business Management/Communication Internship Program discusses theory and practice, including experiential learning, Kolb's learning model, stages of an internship, and outcomes. Boyle outlines the Business Management Internship Program at Lesley College.
Finding Sanctuary: Getting Clear in the Midst of Illness, Crisis or Change

Joan Klagsbrun
Finding and Answering Our Own Questions

Margery Staman Miller, Harriet Deane, Mike Pabian, Barbara Govendo, Roberta Jackson, and Ben Geiger

Presentation document from A Community of Scholars 2009 session facilitated by Margery Miller. The document gives an overview of Miller's presentation on the inquiry process that teachers undergo to form important questions, collect data, and answer these questions in the classroom setting. Research study participants are listed.
Finding and Answering Our Own Questions

Margery Staman Miller, Harriet Deane, Mike Pabian, Barbara Govendo, Roberta Jackson, and Ben Geiger

Presentation document from A Community of Scholars 2009 session facilitated by Margery Miller. The document gives an overview of Miller's presentation on the inquiry process that teachers undergo to form important questions, collect data, and answer these questions in the classroom setting. Research study participants are listed.