The Inclusion of Music Therapy in Speech-Language Interventions

The purpose of this study was to investigate the inclusion of music in speech-language therapy. One hundred practicing speech-language pathologists (SLPs) participated in the study. There was no control for geographic location, length of time as an SLP, or work setting. A questionnaire devised from the research literature that gathered demographic information and the integration of music into speech-language therapy practices was used to gather data. It was electronically distributed via social media by means of a link that remained active for approximately six weeks. Data from the questionnaire was used descriptively to answer the questions of the study. The results indicated music is used in speech therapy across a wide range of settings with a variety of disorders; that it was used more with children than with adults; and that therapists believe that music use is beneficial in their interventions

Ethical religion in primary care

Religion is increasingly significant in UK society, and is highly significant for many patients and primary care practitioners. An important task for the practitioner is to ensure that the place of religion in the patient/practitioner relationship is treated with the same ethical seriousness as every other aspect of that relationship. The article finds the ‘four principles of biomedical ethics’ to be applicable, and recent GMC guidelines to be consistent with the four principles. The article applies the four principles to the particular case of practitioners wearing religious symbolism

LSE festival Beveridge 2.0 preview: 'why we need a citizen's basic income: a new edition or a new book?' by Malcolm Torry

On Tuesday 20 February 2018, LSE hosted a ‘Citizen’s Basic Income Day’, including the LSE Festival evening event, ‘Beveridge Rebooted: A Basic Income for Every Citizen?’: listen to the podcast here. Ahead of the discussion, panellist Dr Malcolm Torry discusses his forthcoming new book on the topic, Why We Need a Citizen’s Basic Income, and how it builds on his previous works, including Money for Everyone: Why We Need a Citizen’s Income

Research note: A feasible way to implement a citizen's income

Citizen's Income - an unconditional and nonwithdrawable income for every individual - would offer many advantages, but transition from the UK's current largely means-tested benefits system to one based on a Citizen's Income might generate initial losses for some low-income households, and this could make a Citizen's Income politically unattractive. This paper employs EUROMOD to study the initial losses that a variety of different Citizen's Income schemes would generate, and finds that in those schemes in which a Citizen's Income replaces most means-tested benefits, substantial household losses would occur, both generally and for households in the lowest disposable income decile, whereas where means-tested benefits are not abolished, but instead the Citizen's Income reduces means-tested benefits in the same way that other existing income does, almost no households in the lowest disposable income decile suffer initial losses, and initial losses generally are at a manageable level. This means that there is at least one method for implementing a Citizen's Income that could be politically attractive

Giving everyone some money, from birth to death: defining a Citizen's Basic Income

Discussion of a Citizen's Basic Income - an unconditional, nonwithdrawable income for every individual - is now a mainstream global social policy debate. But how would it work? Malcolm Torry explains the elements that make up this idea and underlines the importance of agreeing on a shared definition to be used by all involved in the debate

Two feasible ways to implement a revenue neutral Citizen's Income scheme

A Citizen's Income - an unconditional and nonwithdrawable income for every individual - would offer many advantages, but because the UK's current benefits and tax systems are complex, transition to a benefits system based on a Citizen's Income could be difficult to achieve. This paper builds on the results contained in a previous EUROMOD working paper 2 by proposing two financially feasible ways of implementing a Citizen's Income. The first method would be an 'all at once' method. That is, it would establish a small Citizen's Income for every citizen of the UK, of whatever age. This paper shows that a strictly revenue neutral scheme is available that could be paid for by raising Income Tax rates by 3%, by abolishing Income Tax Personal Allowances, and by making adjustments to National Insurance Contributions. This scheme would impose almost no household disposable income losses on low income households at the point of implementation, and manageable losses on households in general. A second method - a 'one step at a time' method - would turn Child Benefit into a Child Citizen's Income, then establish a Young adult Citizen's Income, and then enable those in receipt of the Young adult Citizen's Income to keep their Citizen's Incomes as they grow older. This method of implementation would impose almost no losses in household disposable income at the point of implementation. The paper concludes that both 'all at once' and ''one step at a time' methods would be financially feasible

There are many convincing arguments in favour of a Citizen’s Income

Malcolm Torry discusses a new book that argues for a Universal Basic Income, or as it is termed here, a Citizen’s Income. He discusses the different approaches the book uses in arguing for the policy, concluding that every mainstream political ideology generates arguments for a Citizen’s Income

Why we should pay everyone: cutting tax credits brings the idea of a Citizen’s Income closer to the mainstream

The current controversy over the reduction in the value of working and child tax credits has raised the question as to how we can maintain household incomes at the same time as reducing employment disincentives. Here, Malcolm Torry argues that the concept of a Citizen’s Income continues to gain traction as a serious idea that could transform the benefits system

PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN MODEL KONSIDERASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA PADA KOMPETENSI DASAR MENGHARGAI SIKAP TOLERANSI TERHADAP KERAGAMAN SUKU, AGAMA, RAS, BUDAYA, DAN GENDER DI SMP NEGERI 3 MOJOGEDANG

PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN MODEL KONSIDERASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA PADA KOMPETENSI DASAR MENGHARGAI SIKAP TOLERANSI TERHADAP KERAGAMAN SUKU, AGAMA, RAS, BUDAYA, DAN GENDER DI SMP NEGERI 3 MOJOGEDANG. Skripsi. Surakarta: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan. Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta. Oktober 2015. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat pengaruh hasil belajar pendidikan kewarganegaraan pada aspek afektif dengan model pembelajaran konsiderasi pada kompetensi dasar menghargai sikap toleransi terhadap keragaman suku, agama, ras, budaya, dan gender. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif kuantitatif.Populasi diambil dari seluruhsiswakelas VIISMP Negeri 3 Mojogedang Tahun Pelajaran 2015/2016.Jumlah siswa kelas VII SMP Negeri 3 Mojogedangadalah 178 siswa.Pengambilan sampel diambil 23% dari 178 siswa dan didapat 53 siswa sebagai sampelnya.Teknik pengumpulan data untuk variabel Penggunaan Metode Konsederasi (X) dan Hasil Belajar Siswa(Y) menggunakan teknik angket atau kuisioner dengan 4 pilihan jawaban.Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah dengan menggunakan uji-t pihak kanan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan pengaruh yang positif penggunaan Model Konsiderasi terhadap hasil belajar siswa pada kompetensi dasar menghargai sikap toleransi terhadap keragaman suku, agama, ras, budaya, dan gender pada siswa kelas VII di SMP Negeri 3 Mojogedang tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan hasil penelitian yang selanjutnya diketahui dari besarnya harga koefisien korelasi yang dihasilkan sebesar diperoleh perhitungan Fhitung = 6,95 dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 53 siswa dan kemudian dikonsultasikan dengan Ftabel dengan taraf signifikan 5% sebesar 3,93. Dengan demikian didapatkan Fhitung > Ftabel atau 6,95>3,93 sehingga dapat ditafsirkan ada perbedaan yang signifikan dengan penggunaan Model Konsiderasi. Berdasarkan hasil diatas diketahui bahwa model konsiderasi mempunyai perbedaan pengaruh yang positif terhadap hasil belajar siswa pada kompetensi dasar menghargai sikap toleransi terhadap keragaman suku, agama, ras, budaya, dan gender. Kata kunci: Model Konsiderasi, Hasil Belajar, Sikap Toleransi