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Practicing Assessment as a Good Relative: Perspectives of Indigenous Youths and Caregivers of Indigenous Youths
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In this thesis, I co-created knowledge with eight Indigenous youths and ten caregivers of Indigenous youths through qualitative interviews about their experiences of and preferences in psychological assessment. I was guided by constructivist methodology in my use of the qualitative descriptive...
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What I Want My Teachers to Know: The Lived Experiences of Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a diagnostic term used to describe impacts resulting from alcohol exposure during prenatal development. Individuals with FASD have strengths they can use in and out of the classroom, yet much of the current FASD literature has largely focused on personal...
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Supporting healthy outcomes in individuals with FASD: How do professional psychology programs across Canada support FASD-related learning?
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Psychologists have a unique role in diagnosing, assessing, and providing intervention for a variety of disorders, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a complex disorder that affects individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol. Each individual with FASD is unique. Thus, it is...
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The Search for Protective Factors Against Recidivism in Adolescents Found Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder
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In their quest to better understand the development and varying trajectories of psychopathology, developmental psychopathologists seek to identify both risk and protective factors (Rutter & Sroufe, 2000). This approach is relevant to forensic professionals working with young persons within...
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Fall 2021
This dissertation consists of three separate papers that contribute to the field of social skills intervention design and implementation with a specific focus on how to support adolescents with identified social skills difficulties. The first paper is a review paper of important topics related to...
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Spring 2021
This dissertation consists of two related studies that examine children’s sleep in the first three years of life. The literature pointed to a need for more objective data concerning sleep in young children (Gokdemir & Ersu, 2016). However, it was not feasible to conduct lab polysomnography (PSG)...
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Achivement Motivation and Intervention Impacts in Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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This dissertation consists of three separate papers that contribute to an increased understanding of achievement motivation and discuss how it can guide interventions for adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The first paper is a concept review of important topics in this...
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Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interactions and Childhood Internalizing: Examining a Transactional Relationship Across Early Childhood
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To support children in achieving healthy outcomes, it is essential to understand the child's early environment, including the caregiver-child dyad. There is a well-established relationship between parenting stress and childhood internalizing (symptoms of depression and anxiety) in the...
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Fall 2020
This manuscript-based dissertation investigated the processes of resilience and thriving among youth and young adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Following a review of relevant literature, two studies are presented. Study 1 is a quantitative study focused on resilience among...