Prayer: \u27With Groanings Too Deep for Words\u27

Romans 8:2

An Impossible Job? The View From the Urban Superintendent's Chair

Presents the results of a survey of superintendents of the 100 largest urban and ex-urban districts in the U.S. Examines how school leaders define their challenges and potential solutions

EPSRC Data Management Plan Assessment Rubric v2.0

This rubric is intended to assist in the assessment of EPSRC data management plans, against the criteria required by the funder. It is not intended to be used as a template for researchers to follow when writing a data management plan. The rubric has been divided into 'performance criteria' (on the left hand side) which cover the information the funder expects to be covered by the data management plan. Each performance criteria is followed by three descriptions of how it might be addressed, each indicating a different level of response. The descriptions are intended as examples of how the performance criteria might be addressed and are not considered to be exhaustive. The rubric also lists the documents and resources on which it was based

Tell Khaiber: An administrative centre of the Sealand period

Excavations at Tell Khaiber in southern Iraq by the Ur Region Archaeological Project have revealed a substantial building (hereafter the Public Building) dating to the mid-second millennium b.c. The results are significant for the light they shed on Babylonian provincial administration, particularly of food production, for revealing a previously unknown type of fortified monumental building, and for producing a dated archive, in context, of the little-understood Sealand Dynasty. The project also represents a return of British field archaeology to long-neglected Babylonia, in collaboration with Iraq's State Board for Antiquities and Heritage. Comments on the historical background and physical location of Tell Khaiber are followed by discussion of the form and function of the Public Building. Preliminary analysis of the associated archive provides insights into the social milieu of the time. Aspects of the material culture, including pottery, are also discussed

A survey of services for the speech and hearing handicapped in New England

Thesis (Ed. M.)--Boston University, 195

A survey of services for the speech and hearing handicapped in New England

Thesis (Ed. M.)--Boston University, 195

Adolescent substance use in the context of the family: a qualitative study of young people’s views on parent-child attachments, parenting style and parental substance use

BACKGROUND: Adolescent substance use can place youth at risk of a range of poor outcomes. Few studies have attempted to explore in-depth young people's perceptions of how familial processes and dynamics influence adolescent substance use. OBJECTIVES: This article aimed to explore risk and protective factors for youth substance use within the context of the family with a view to informing family based interventions. METHODS: Nine focus groups supplemented with participatory techniques were facilitated with a purposive sample of sixty-two young people (age 13-17 years) from post-primary schools across Northern Ireland. The data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Three themes emerged from the data: (1) parent-child attachments, (2) parenting style, and (3) parental and sibling substance misuse. Parent-child attachment was identified as an important factor in protecting adolescents from substance use in addition to effective parenting particularly an authoritative style supplemented with parental monitoring and strong parent-child communication to encourage child disclosure. Family substance use was considered to impact on children's substance use if exposed at an early age and the harms associated with parental substance misuse were discussed in detail. Both parent and child gender differences were cross-cutting themes. CONCLUSION: Parenting programmes (tailored to mothers and fathers) may benefit young people via components on authoritative styles, parental monitoring, communication, nurturing attachments and parent-child conflict. Youth living with more complex issues, e.g., parental substance misuse, may benefit from programmes delivered beyond the family environment, e.g., school based settings