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Benefits of Transition Services and Programs, 2007.
A discussion regarding whether urban/inner city regular education students can benefit from transition services and programs?
3,047 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the benefits of transition services and programs. According to the paper, even though transition services and programs are generally considered to belong to the field of special education, they can offer an abundance of possibilities for those with other needs and concerns.
Outline:
Introduction
Context of Research
Statement of the Problem
Significance of Research
Review of the Literature
Method
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"In terms of when to conduct interventions, the younger the child the better. Hanna Wasik reports that a program for children aged four months to eighteen months, called the Abecedarian Project, has seen phenomenal success in increasing IQ and language scores. Such programs are accompanied by transitions programs in order to ensure that these gains are carried over into actual school. (Fuligni & Brooks-Gunn, 2004, p. 119) The transition program or service represents a way of linking together the lessons of an earlier environment with that of a later, yet to be experienced, environment. In this way, transition programs and services assist individuals in a wide variety of circumstances and situations, helping them to move on with their lives in a productive fashion. "
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Transitional Services, 2005.
Examines websites concerned with transitional education.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines a number of websites concerned with transitional education and reports on the findings at these sites. It looks at sites on transition to post-secondary education, transition to adulthood, transition to self-determination and transition resources.
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Anixter Center Transition Services, 2006.
This paper explores the Anixter Center that assists disabled members of society.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper describes how the Anixter Center offers many services, of which the Transition Services are included. The Anixter Center website describes its mission as assisting "people with disabilities to live and work successfully in the community." This paper gives a brief overview of the services and career opportunities offered by the shelter and the extent to which it is involved with the community.
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"The Anixter Center (2006) website describes its mission as assisting "people with disabilities to live and work successfully in the community". The main center is located at 2001 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Anixter Center North, located at 1699 Wall Street in Mt. Prospect, is there to serve those individuals with disabilities who live in the suburbs. Both centers advocate "for the rights of people with disabilities to be full and equal members of the community" (Anixter Center, 2006, "Our Mission"). Transition services are offered as a daytime program, which sends placement counselors to the schools at which clients are located."
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The Financial Services Industry and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), 2008.
A thesis analyzing the impact of voice over Internet (VoIP) protocol in the financial services industry.
19,660 words (approx. 78.6 pages), 21 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper examines the adoption of voice over Internet (VoIP) protocol in each segment of the financial services industry, specifically focusing on the adoption practices in small, mid-size and large financial services firms. The author points out how companies at each strata of the financial services market change their processes to take advantage of the customer-centric, financial operations and services aspects of having VoIP-based systems in their organizations. The paper researches questions about the adoption of VoIP and its relationship to customer loyalty, the modification of quoting, ordering and payment systems using VoIP, the return on investment (ROI) and how well the customers of financial services firms are adopting VoIP-based applications. Includes several color graphs, figures and illustrations.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Executive Summary
Context of the Problem
Problem Statement
Specific Research Questions
Study Significance and Contribution to This Field
Research Design and Methodology
Phase I: Exploratory Research with Industry Experts using Experience Interviews Phase II: Early Adopter Research
Primary and Secondary Sources of Information
Organization of the Study
Literature Review
Summary
Factors Driving Financial Services' Technology Adoption
Financial Services Technology Needs Assessment
Defining the Financial Value Chain (FVC) and the role of VoIP
VoIP Market Dynamics in Financial Services
Applications Are the Agents of Change in VoIP Financial Services
Introducing the VoIP-Enabled Enterprise
Consensus of Industry Analysts on VoIP in Financial Services
VoIP within Financial Services: A Study of Transitions
Grant Thornton Case Study
Selection Criteria and Evaluation for VoIP System
Deployment at Grant Thornton
Results of the VoIP Implementation
Defining Voice over Internet Protocol
How does VoIP Work?
Step 1: Voice to Digital Data Transformation
Setp 2: Digital Data to IP Transformation
Step 3: Transmission
Step 4: IP Packet to Digital Data Transformation
Step 4: IP packet to Digital Data Transformation
Step 5: Digital Voice to Analog Voice Transformation
The Critical Role of VoIP Standards
A Critical Success Factor in Financial Services in Security over VoIP
Threats to VoIP
Confidentiality
ARP floods
VoIP Influence on Customer Loyalty
Executive Summary
Touch-Tone Interactive Voice Recognition
Automated Speech Recognition
Web Self-Service Sites
Analysts'\ Recommendations for Creating Value-Added Services Based on VoIP
Analysts' Recommendations for Launching Self-Service Channels Based on VoIP
Summary
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"Applications are the integration point between technology and business processes, and the growth of VoIP-based applications specifically in the areas of financial services and the growth of online banking, online investing and the many services financial institutions are working to deliver over the Internet.
"In a world of circuit switched networks (the foundation of PSTN Service), telephony has always been about access and security. The role of security in circuit switched networks is one that is highly matured, trusted, and relied on by even the most resistant-to-change financial institutions."
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Use of Services at the BCMHA, 2002.
A proposal to increase the use of services at the Bladen County Mental Health Agency in North Carolina by improving public perceptions of the quality of services available.
11,360 words (approx. 45.4 pages), 24 sources, APA, $ 222.95
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Bladen County, North Carolina has a small population spread over a large geographic area in the southeastern part of the state. The proportion of lower-income households in Bladen County is 51 percent higher than the national average. The paper explains that the high proportion of low-income households translates into a heavy demand for publicly subsidized health services in the county. In the face of this demand, the publicly subsidized mental health care services offered by the BCMHA have been underused. This situation does not reflect an absence of need, but rather, appears to be a manifestation of public perceptions that the services provided by the BCMHA are of lower quality than comparable services offered by private-sector mental health care providers. This proposal promotes two outcomes. First, it develops recommended policies for implementation by the BCMHA that may be expected to lead to improved public perceptions of the quality of services provided by the Agency. Second, the improved perceptions of service quality are expected to lead higher levels of use of those services by the Agency?s target population.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Description of the Problem
Problem Definition
Statement of Purpose
Setting of the Problem
History and Background of the Problem
Scope of the Project
Significance of Project
Definition of Terms
Literature Review
Reactions to Managed Care
Health Care Marketing
Survey Methodology
Literature Summary and Transition
Option Selection
Criteria for Evaluating Options
Analyses of Option Alternatives
Applied Design Intervention
Grant Proposal Submission
Alternative Policy Decision
Option Selection
IV ? Descriptive of Alternatives
Statement of Objectives
V ? Data Collection Plan
Hypotheses Related to Objectives
Data Collection Plan
Data Analysis Plan
Limitation of Data Collection Plan
Hypotheses Related to Alternatives
VI ? Summary of Results
Policy Recommendations
Recommendations for Further Research
Bibliography
Appendices
Reflections
Survey Questionnaire for Providers
Survey Questionnaire for Low-Income Persons
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"Managed care programs are increasing in number with the goals of controlling health care costs and continuing to provide quality care. Questions exist, however, regarding the maintenance of the quality of care provided to patients under a managed care regime. Assessing the quality of care provided to patients is the essential foundation for improving care (Gagel, 1995). With respect to managed care regimes, assessments of the quality of care delivered to patients under such regimes are mixed. Measures include process and outcomes criteria. At a general level, the quality of care is generally found to be comparable in managed care and fee-for-service settings. Evidence shows that managed care patients tend to receive more preventive tests, procedures and examinations than those in fee-for-service settings."
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Hospice Services, 2004.
An overview of hospice services and evaluation of the advantages of setting up a program in Egypt and Morocco.
2,726 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper examines how hospice is a much needed service that has revolutionized the care and treatment of terminally ill patients during the final months of their lives. It also looks at how Egypt and Morocco are faced with rising populations, tight health care budgets, and a need to care for the dying. It discusses how allowing hospice services to set up services in these nations would alleviate many of the current dilemmas being faced in the industry and how the large numbers of volunteers would reduce the cost to treat terminally ill patients. It also looks at how the education about dying would assist families to accept the inevitable and show them how to support the patient during this final transition of life. It shows how hospice is changing the way dying is viewed, and moving the organization into Egypt and Morocco would be an excellent start by providing a pilot program in the countries for other nations to observe and evaluate.
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"The medical care in Morocco has not progressed as quickly as the population needs it to. The past few years have seen budget problems nationwide when it comes to the needed medical care in the country<Healthcare & Medical Market in Morocco http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk/healthcare/morocco/profile/overview.shtml>. Implementing a Hospice service in Morocco will help alleviate some of that need as the Hospice organization depends heavily on volunteers. The use of volunteers and nurses to handle the care and education of the terminally ill and their family members will go a long way in cutting down the financial strain currently placed on the health field in that country."
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Developing Social Services, 2002.
Developing social services in an urban environment.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 15 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper examines a theoretical attempt to establish public services in an urban environment. It examines transit policies and attitudes to expressways in the 1950s and the current era.
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The Need for Technology at the Disability Services Center, 2008.
A discussion of the lack of adequate facilities and technology for disabled university students at the University of California of Irvine and a proposed solution to this problem.
3,960 words (approx. 15.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 107.95
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This paper addresses the failure of the Disability Services Center (DSC)of the University of California of Irvine to provide adequate testing facilities and space, the Center's poor utilization of technology for internal systems, and an internal and external misunderstanding of the necessity for their services and why those services are critical to the student with a disability. The paper suggests that the University needs to invest in technology to research and justify expansion of DSC space, testing facilities for reasonable testing accommodations, and advanced training in web technology. The paper also advocates the need to make the students, administrative staff, and the general public more aware of the needs of disabled students. Finally, the paper suggests transitioning to a more web-based system, which would simplify the systems at the DSC.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary & Introduction
Literature Review
Problem Description
Research Study Setting: The Disability Services Center
Methods
Results: Hypothesis
Data Analysis
Discussion
Design Recommendations
Conclusion
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"It is very apparent from the research that the DSC needs to address the cumbersome paper system. A web based questionnaire, or e-mail survey (not PDF form) one that could be filled in by the professor, and then returned and put into a database, would help eliminate much cumbersome repetitive filling out of forms by both students and professors. It would also create expectancy. If professors have discussed the reasonable accommodations with students, faculty will expect the required forms to come by one particular communication vehicle. If everything is sent out via e-mail, both the professor and DSC staff will expect it. As the professor indicated, the web might be a better way to address the issue, with professors and students signing on to complete necessary paperwork. This eliminates looking through a lot of junk mail or junk e-mail. This web based system would also allow the student to check back and make sure the faculty member had signed off or did the necessary work to make the reasonable testing accommodation occur. This creation of this type of system could take a lot of paperwork off the DSC."
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Student Support Services, 2004.
A study of the effectiveness of student support programs in schools.
3,800 words (approx. 15.2 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 104.95
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The purpose of this discussion is to analyze the impact and effectiveness of the Student Support Services Program. The paper pays close attention to the effectiveness of the mentorship programs that are provided by the SSS program. In addition, the writer explains both the negative and positive impacts of SSS programs at various Universities across the country. The Student Support Services Program is a unique project that is sponsored by the United States Department of Education. The creation of this program has been instrumental in providing a safe haven for students that are transitioning from high school to college.
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"The U.S. Department of Education believes that this program will increase retention and graduation rates of college freshmen. (Purpose 2003) The department also aims to ease the transition that takes place between high school and college. (Purpose 2003) In addition, the aim of the program is ?to foster an institutional climate supportive of the success of low-income and first generation college students and individuals with disabilities.? (Program Authority; Authorization of Appropriations 2003) There are several services that the program provides including; tutors, financial aid, mentors, study skills, academic counseling, and assistance for students that are not proficient in the English language."
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The Transitional Economies of Central and Eastern Europe, 2002.
Analysis of the difficulties associated with the reinorientation of the markets of Central and Eastern Europe.
3,900 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 142.95
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The objective of this paper is to highlight some of the difficulties and implications associated with the market economy reorientation of the transitional economies of the former USSR, particularly the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
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Transitional Personality, 2002.
Using Covey's words, this paper suggests that success is a matter of faith.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper suggests through Coveys words that success is a matter of faith.
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Mass Transit and the needs of the Masses, 2002.
Examines public transportation service in downtown East Side Vancouver.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper will consider the relation between the British Columbia public transit service's new "Stop Request" program, in relation to the transportation needs of Vancouver's Downtown East Side residents. This paper will examine these issues with Beauregard's (1989) modernist/postmodernist perspective; and the usefulness of Young's (YEAR) discussion of the five faces of oppression, as a way to more specifically characterize the people of East Side Vancouver in relation to their marginal location in the city and in the society and their relation with issues of "safety".
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Transition In Students With Disabilities, 2008.
This paper explores successful transition planning for postsecondary students with learning disabilities.
2,015 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 31 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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The paper discusses how appropriate post-secondary education training facilitates the transition of students with learning disabilities (LD) into an increasingly complex and demanding world of work. The paper shows how successful transition planning involves multidimensional informal and formal assessment beginning early in the student's educational career. The paper looks at the trans-disciplinary transition model (TTM) and its phases of assessment, planning, training, placement and follow-up and examines factors that should be considered when structuring assessments for the students' transitions. The paper then discusses higher education's backlash against college students with LD and looks at how to minimize its effects.
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Introduction
Transition In Learning Disability
Trans-disciplinary Transition Model
Structuring Assessments for Transition Planning
Assessment and Services for College-Bound Students with Learning Disabilities
Summary
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"People with learning disabilities (LD) are a highly heterogeneous group whose ability to learn in one or more specific areas is impaired. Increasing numbers of persons with learning disabilities who are now entering college have been found to have special needs related to both academic survival and career development that are often unrecognized and unmet in institutions of higher education (Ohler, Levinson, Barker, 1996). Students with learning disabilities may require considerable intervention before vocational decisions can be made. As such, they are in need of, and required by law to be provided with, services that are designed to assist them in making the transition from high school to postsecondary education."
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Education Case Study: Transition, 2008.
Analyzes the case study of "Frank", who is experiencing transitional problems of not only the beginning of middle school but also of moving from an urban setting to a rather austere social environment in a rural area.
2,875 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper uses Bronfenbrenner's theories regarding the interplay between the environment and the individual to understand the transitional problems challenging Frank, the middle school student in this case, who also has moved to a rural area. The author points out that the challenges Frank faces are associated with his perception of disconnect between himself and his peers and with his new public school as opposed to his more challenging private school, which he previously attended. The paper suggests that Erick Erickson would assess Frank as beginning stage 5 "Identity vs. Role Confusion" as this student negotiates his needs and desires to be independent and individual while perceiving those around him as wholly unlike him and unable to understand his interests.
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"Frank self identifies with an outsider clique whom he titles the "I don't care" group and describes as a group who doesn't care about belonging to cliques even though he admits that his school is rather cliquish. Frank may give this impression and hold these perceptions mostly because he has not grown up in this environment and therefore does not know the histories or personalities of his peers, and in the reverse they do not know his so he does not perceive himself as fitting in."
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Transit Fleet Safety, 2006.
This paper discusses the safety programs for drivers of modern transit systems including under terror alerts.
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper explains that there are some fundamental logistical issues involved in the planning process for maintaining transit system safety, which represent constraints as to how much information can be gathered and how it can be used; furthermore, there are a number of interest groups involved in the planning process that must be taken into account. The author points out that having a comprehensive transit system safety program has assumed increasing importance in recent years; there are a wide range of federal, state and local regulations to be considered while balancing the needs of their fleet drivers, political interest groups and energy conservation issues. The paper includes a listing of procedure requirements for the mass transit sector and its passengers under an elevated risk, Codes Yellow and Red such as expect traffic delays. Figure.
Table of Contents
Identifying Important Components of a Transit Fleet Safety Program
Review and Discussion
Planning Required for a Modern Transit System
Drug and Alcohol Programs for Fleet Drivers
Desirable Transit System Fleet Driver Qualifications
Procedures for Suspension and Revocation of Driving Privileges
List and Explanation of Security Watchwords for Fleet Driver
Procedures Required for a Severe Alert (Threat Condition Red)
Conclusion
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"Drug and alcohol programs specifically designed for transit fleet drivers are not new, but they have been increasingly recognized as a vital component of an effective safety program. One of the first such initiatives was implemented in October 1990, by the Greyhound Corporation. The results of this early drug and alcohol testing program showed that there was an unacceptable rate of positive drug tests among the company's drivers and its applicants; these findings brought a significant amount of pressure to bear on transit system companies that provided service to the traveling public to implement such testing programs."
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