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Title: T.E.A.L.A.
Contributors: Chanel Nicholson (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Tina Fraser (committee member), Krista Levar (committee member)
Abstract: Schools are changing to accommodate twenty-first century families with more attention on the development of social and emotional learning for students entering elementary school. This project provides a manual that is suitable for the integration of animals into a classroom with a purpose for social emotional learning. By using therapy dogs in schools, the animal would serve a dual purpose of working with students who require support, as well as teaching social emotional learning, focusing on empathy. The manual is influenced by current social emotional learning programs and the benefits of animal assisted for atypical learners with autism. The lesson plans in the manual include activities designed to teach different emotions using stories of animals that would help students make connections to the emotions of the animal and others and eventually to recognize emotions in one self.
Discipline: Education-Special Education
Date added: 2019-04-15T20:32:07.049Z

Title: Clinical supervision
Contributors: Katherine Marchand (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), John Sherry (committee member)
Abstract: Clinical supervision has been identified as a key component in combatting attrition in the human services field. Unfortunately, clinical supervision is not utilized in its full breadth, leaving workers to continuously suffer the consequences of cumulative stress from their complex work. This project is a result of a review of the literature on clinical supervision. The literature has indicated that clinical supervision is an essential tool for supporting workers to manage the emotional and psychological workplace hazards that they frequently encounter. The literature has identified three functions of clinical supervision and highlights that the administrative function is the one most often used.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2019-08-19T21:12:25.853Z

Title: A practical guide to planning fundraising events for community based non-profit counselling services
Contributors: Erin Galbraith (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), Jillian Wagg (committee member), Toni Carleton (committee member), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: Non-profit and charity organizations often rely heavily on fundraising as their primary means of covering expenses. Non-profits, being eligible for far fewer grants than registered charities, may be especially dependent on the outcomes of their fundraising efforts in order to continue providing services to their community. Since many organizations struggle to find enough time, resources, and volunteers, it is essential that the time and effort applied to fundraising are successful in attaining the necessary funds. This project supplies organizations with a guide for planning and producing major fundraising events. While the majority of the guide is applicable to any group planning to host a major fundraising event, some points may need adjustment in order to best fit the given organization. The timeline of the guide begins six to nine months before the date of the event. The guide includes a series of checklists and numerous appendices that outline in detail the various steps necessary for planning and hosting a major fundraising dinner.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2020-08-18T21:40:07.354Z

Title: A call to healing
Contributors: Jillian Wagg (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution), John Sherry (committee member), Si Transken (committee member), Jacqueline Holler (committee member)
Abstract: Policy makers working in violence against women prevention (VAWP) are increasingly calling on men and boys to become involved in efforts to reduce gender based violence. This project asked: What are the experiences of northern men involved in VAWP? Six men involved in VAWP in Northern BC were interviewed in-depth, using narrative inquiry to create and understand their stories: I Have a Story to Tell, A Call to Healing, Living Intentionally, Gentle Learnings, Never Arrived, and Moving for Independence. Key themes shared among participants include I Want to Help, It’s Personal, and Sharing Spaces. Tangible Opportunity and Personal Desire to Help and See Change were found as pathways to VAWP. Social restraints and Personal Journey’s including Trauma were identified as barriers to men‟s engagement in VAWP. Implications of this work contribute to a deeper understanding of men's experiences of VAWP.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2019-03-31T03:29:01.228Z

Title: Volunteer firefighters
Contributors: Timothy Lentz (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), John Sherry (committee member), Joanna Pierce (committee member), Davina Banner-Lukaris (committee member), University of Northern British Columbia Education-Counselling (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: Volunteer firefighters have limited up-to-date training and awareness in applied coping skills and trauma informed practice (TIP). Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) has been a standard of practice within emergency services — including fire rescue services — for decades in Northern British Columbia. With new developments in TIP, I suggest we can further improve volunteer firefighters’ wellness by exploring specific coping strategies. The purpose of this endeavour was to interview volunteer firefighters, explore their experiences, and better understand their coping styles and approaches to managing stress related to the work. In the exploration of critical incident coping skills, a qualitative methodology and thematic analysis was applied. This study adds to the current literature on work-related coping, and hopefully increases awareness of best practices for psychological safety and wellness of volunteer firefighters in Northern British Columbia.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2020-10-27T18:50:22.272Z

Title: Faculty experiences of students in distress on Canadian post-secondary campuses
Contributors: Robert Giardino (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution), John Sherry (committee member), Sherry Beaumont (committee member)
Abstract: What started as a project to discern faculty’s preferred role in working with students in distress has turned into a discovery of student challenges on post-secondary campuses including but not limited to trauma, indigenization, barriers affecting non-traditional students and other discussions including faculty self-care. The research was prompted by CACUSS and CASA’s recommendations for faculty involvement in creating healthier campuses with specific reference to mental health. Seven faculty members from a four-year university and two-year college from a northern Canadian community volunteered for approximate one-hour semi-structured interviews on their experiences with students in distress. The interviews were coded and analyzed using a thematic analysis. The emergent themes were common humanity, passion, concern and frustration. The author proposes post-secondary institutions look at adopting trauma-informed approaches to building policy, procedure and campus environments to address mental wellness and distress for all campus community members, students, staff and faculty alike.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2019-03-28T22:18:14.48Z

Title: Beaded tweets
Contributors: Noelle Elizabeth Pepin (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), Tina Fraser (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Leona Prince (committee member)
Abstract: Nelson Leeson (2007) described success for Nisga’a students as the ability to “dance in both worlds” (p. 9). This project combines binary coding language with loom beading, providing a space where both Western and Indigenous concepts are honoured. The practicality of the project for a classroom setting will provide teachers a tangible way to interact with coding as well as focusing Indigenous content through beading. Marshall McLuhan’s (1964) theory that the “medium is the message” (p. 5) is connected to indigenous pedagogy; the medium here is the loom and process of beading. By working through and reflecting on the 8 beading foci and needle and thread teachings, students and teachers can relate them to the provincial curriculum core competencies. Participants will be using the digital and material aspects of culture to join the conversation of reconciliation.
Discipline: Education-Multidisciplinary Leadership
Date added: 2019-04-15T20:32:07.444Z

Title: A bibliotherapy project for children with social anxiety
Contributors: Whitney Sundman (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), Deborah Koehn (committee member), Jillian Wagg (committee member), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: The purpose of this project is to provide a bibliotherapy resource for caregivers to use with children who are experiencing shyness or social anxiety. The project includes a thematic literature review on social anxiety that covers etiology, intervention, prevention and research on the use of bibliotherapy in treating social anxiety. Information that emerged from the literature was used to create a bibliotherapy resource in the form of a children’s picture book entitled Quiet Ira. The book is coupled with a guide for caregivers on how to use the book as a bibliotherapy tool with a child who struggles with social anxiety. The story features a young girl who experiences social anxiety and is supported by caring adults in her life to manage the social anxiety. Interventions introduced in the story and caregiver guide include: psychoeducation, positive self-talk, exposure therapy, supportive relationship, mindfulness, social skills, externalizing, and references to other resources.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2020-08-20T20:57:01.159Z

Title: Guidelines to destigmatize harm reduction
Contributors: Lorraine Schembri (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), John Sherry (committee member), Joanna Pierce (committee member)
Abstract: Despite the wealth of literature supporting a harm reduction approach to substance use, it remains challenging to implement evidence into policy. As Canada expands its harm reduction services, it is important to address that controversial community perceptions of harm reduction and substance use negatively impact the goals of this work. This project is based on a literature review on community perceptions of harm reduction and people who use drugs. Health professionals and clients have identified stigma in health care, and in broader society, as a barrier to optimal service provision. The project addresses this problem with a set of guidelines for health professionals on destigmatizing harm reduction work. The guidelines clarify misperceptions about harm reduction, outline the harmful impact of stigma on health outcomes, and promote actions associated with reduced stigma and enhanced health outcomes. Such actions include self-care, reflection on ethics, and supporting the dignity and autonomy of clients.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2019-04-18T22:39:05.903Z

Title: Fishing for meaning
Contributors: Ryan McIndoe (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), John Sherry (committee member), Kap Manhas (committee member), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: Developing high school curriculums that promote positive mental health by fostering connection and meaning is an important undertaking. This project explores the role that Nature Therapy and trauma informed practice can play in guiding curriculum development. To do this the contextual realities the Learning Support Center at Prince George Secondary School are explored and a brief literature review on the topics of Nature Therapy and adolescent based Trauma counselling is completed. The final component of this project is the completion of a School District 57 Board Authorized Course Template that integrates elements of Nature Therapy, trauma informed practice and school connectedness with curricular content.
Discipline: Education-Counselling, Psychology
Date added: 2020-08-20T17:54:28.221Z

Title: On becoming
Contributors: Sage Goudsward (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), John Sherry (committee member), Si Transken (committee member)
Abstract: Counsellor identity development is a unique and challenging journey which involves both academic training and personal formation. Research shows that who the counsellor is, personally and interpersonally, is of greater impact in the therapeutic alliance than theory or technique. The counsellor's ongoing individual work on self, experiences in life, and growth in self-awareness, empathy, and compassion are important tasks as the counsellor moves from a novice counsellor to a master therapist. This thesis is meant to add to the body of research on counsellor identity development following the progression of a counsellor in training through this process. Evocative autoethnography was utilized to provide a deeply personal perspective of the process and change that occurred. It was found that spirituality, creativity, and play, as well as the integration of emotional, mental, and somatic parts of self were essential elements of this transformational journey of becoming.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2019-07-09T18:39:08.828Z

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