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Pitt, Roger Graham. "Italian cinema's missing children." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3736.
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The aim of this doctoral thesis is to analyse the range of resonances surrounding the lost or endangered child (or adolescent) in six Italian films made between 1992 and 2005. By drawing on and expanding Emma Wilson’s proposed understanding of the term ‘missing child’ in Cinema’s Missing Children (a transnational, cinema-based study published in 2003), this thesis will seek to open out new ways of exploring both contemporary Italian cinema and the ‘missing child’ paradigm. To this end, the following research questions are pivotal to the discursive trajectory of this thesis as a whole: What does it mean to ground contemporary Italian works which broadly correspond to the term ‘missing child’ (as proposed in Cinema’s Missing Children) within the specific context of Italian culture and society? How would recourse to a range of specifically Italian filmmaking, socio-cultural, or historical phenomena shape (or reshape) our understanding of this topos? In order to fully engage these concerns, this thesis will begin by establishing a rigorous interdisciplinary methodology. In Chapter One, I will address questions of critical reception with particular emphasis on the possible pitfalls of conventional recourse to neorealism as a means of reading the missing child in contemporary cinema. In Chapter Two, I will extend this necessary emphasis on critical reception and related notions of possible distortion and oversimplification, to include the dialogic relation between Italian cinematic articulations of (missing) children, childhoods and the experience of (biological and non-biological) parenthood, and clusters of cultural and political concerns and anxieties. In chapters Three, Four, and Five, I will bring this interdisciplinary methodology to bear on three sets of primary sources. Whilst this close textual analysis will contend with the missing male child (in a range of guises), it will also bring to the fore new ways of thinking with and about the critically neglected female child. By moving away from more normative critical frameworks (including neorealism) this thesis will not only attempt to reset and refresh understandings of important works of the last two decades, but will also work towards a recuperation of the critically disavowed gender identity (and concomitant role and status) of ‘missing’ female children.
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Sammons, Elise. "Missing from politics : the missing children of Canada's Indian residential schools." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51643.
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This paper explores The Missing Children Project of the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and examines the responses of communities and families of children who died or went missing in the residential school system from the 1870s to 1996. It uses Jenny Edkins’ discussion of how responses to missing persons and demands for information about their whereabouts, or in some cases, the circumstances of their deaths, represents a different kind of politics, one that acknowledges the person-as-such. Edkins’ framework is used to analyze comments from family and friends of some missing students and to examine family and community commemoration efforts. The paper also examines some of the Canadian federal government’s responses to the broader demand of recognition and to the Missing Children Project. The residential school system as a whole exemplified a type of politics that sought to reduce its victims to bare life; this is particularly evident in the way that deaths within the schools were handled: families were often not informed about the deaths of their children, and if they were, they were provided no details on the circumstances of their death and location of their burial. By demanding answers from the federal government, the families and communities of the missing insist on recognition, reclaiming the personhood of these victims, and seek a different type of political relationship with the Canadian state, a relationship which has at its centre an acknowledgement of the person-as-such.Arts, Faculty of
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Hutchings, Emma Lauren. "Risk factors associated with children who runaway or are reported missing." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42860/.
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The overarching aim of this thesis is to further understanding and knowledge of risk factors relevant to children who runaway. More specifically to; identify risk factors most relevant to children running away; establish whether risk factors can be used to distinguish between those children reported missing once versus those reported on multiple occasions; and evaluate assessment methods currently being used with this group. The systematic review explores risk factors associated with children who runaway. Successful identification of risk factors can be used to inform risk assessment which in turn inform intervention strategies. Through an electronic search 573 references were identified since 2002. However, only 15 references were included in the final review once inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied. Through this review it was identified that runaways are a heterogeneous group. Risk factors most consistently identified to be associated with running away spanned multiple levels including; gender, socioeconomic status, family structure, history of abuse/neglect, substance use and school attachment/engagement. Implications for intervention are discussed. The empirical study utilised data collected by the Gwent Missing Children’s Team collected over a one year period (N= 523) to explore risk factors associated with repeat missing reports. The aim of this study was to develop a model that could be utilised in practice to identify those most at risk of repeat missing incidences in order to direct resources effectively. Through logistic regression analyses it was found that five risk factors can be used to distinguish between those children reported missing once (low risk, N= 275) versus those reported missing on multiple occasions (high risk, N= 248). This provided a simple summation checklist that can correctly classify 70.4% of missing cases. This checklist can be used to inform resource allocation with those children identified as high risk warranting more comprehensive intervention and support. The case study presented the assessment and intervention of an adolescent reported missing to Gwent Police. The aim of this study was to provide an in-depth analysis of a missing child case making links to relevant psychological theory and highlighting implications on practice. This case study demonstrated the cross over between running away and sexual exploitation and highlighted the importance in providing specialist intervention services in order to reduce risk of harm through repeat running away. Finally, a critique of a risk assessment tool widely used in Wales with runaways who are suspected to be at risk of sexual exploitation is presented. Within this critique it was found that the Sexual Exploitation Risk Assessment Framework (SERAF) combines consistency in approach with ease and efficiency of identification and intervention for children at risk of, or abused through, sexual exploitation. However, the tool requires empirical validation and reliability analyses before it can be considered a scientific assessment of risk. Overall, this thesis provides evidence for the use of risk factors in identifying children who are likely to be reported missing or runaway. It suggests that this group is heterogeneous and that risk factors relevant to predicting running away span multiple levels. This suggests that intervention should be holistic and target identified risk factors. Risk assessments currently utilised in respect of this group require validation. Further research to inform such risk assessments is also recommended.
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Griggs, James Leonard. "Claims making in the case study of missing children: A case study." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/514.
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Gandsman, Ari. "The spoils of war : accounting for the missing children of Argentina's "Dirty War"." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32911.
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During the military dictatorship in Argentina (1976--1983), 30,000 civilians disappeared. Most of these people were taken by the military to clandestine prisons where they were tortured and killed. The children of these victims were also seized, and pregnant women were kept alive long enough to give birth. An estimated five hundred infants and young children of the disappeared were given for adoption to highly connected families. This thesis consists of a historical background of these events and then offers a series of explanations as to why the military did this.
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OLIVEIRA, SANDRA RODRIGUES DE. "WHERE ARE YOU NOW THAN HERE, INSIDE ME?: THE GRIEF OF THE MOTHERS OF MISSING CHILDREN." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=12034@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIORO desaparecimento de pessoas é um fenômeno complexo que suscita sentimentos ambíguos, tais como esperança/desesperança, tristeza, culpa, raiva e impotência. O presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar o impacto do desaparecimento de um filho, sob circunstâncias desconhecidas, a partir da ótica das mães. Participaram da pesquisa 11 mães com filhos desaparecidos misteriosamente, no estado do Rio de Janeiro, entre os anos de 2002 e 2005. As crianças tinham entre 11 meses e 11 anos na ocasião do desaparecimento. Foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas e, a partir da técnica de análise de conteúdo, os dados foram agrupados em 4 categorias, assim nomeadas: 1)impacto do desaparecimento; 2) relacionamento com marido/companheiro/namorado/pai da criança; 3) relacionamento com outros filhos; 4) enfrentando o desaparecimento: facilitadores e complicadores. Constatou-se que, diante do desaparecimento súbito e misterioso de seus filhos, todas as participantes apresentaram inicialmente reações de negação, choque, entorpecimento, desespero e medo. Após o choque inicial, foram citadas reações de ansiedade e sentimentos de culpa, impotência, descrença, tristeza e raiva, em contraposição a sentimentos de esperança, fé, determinação e certeza do reencontro com o filho desaparecido. As entrevistadas também se sentiram desamparadas por seus maridos/companheiros atuais, pois esperavam que estes expressassem seu luto da mesma forma que elas, considerando-os inadequados e negligentes por não o fazerem. Na relação com os outros filhos, nota-se que, se por um lado algumas mães tornaram-se superprotetoras, há casos nos quais estas passaram a negligenciá-los. Conclui-se, por fim, que, para estas mães, fatores como a falta de certezas sobre como e onde está o filho, a inexistência de rituais, o prolongamento indefinido da situação e o julgamento de outras pessoas (especialmente de outras mães) podem contribuir negativamente para o processo de elaboração da perda. Por outro lado, a formação de grupos com mães de crianças desaparecidas e a possibilidade de compartilhar sentimentos apresenta-se como um importante recurso para a reestruturação e reorganização destas mulheres.
The disappearance of people is a complex phenomenon that raises ambiguous feelings such as hope/despair, sadness, guilt, anger and helplessness. This study aimed to investigate the impact of the disappearance of a child, under unknown circumstances, from the mothers` perspectives. Eleven mothers with children disappeared mysteriously participated in the survey, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, between 2002 and 2005. The children were between 11 months and 11 years old at the time of the disappearance. Semi-structured interviews were performed and, from the technical analysis of content, the data were grouped into 4 categories, named: 1) impact of the disappearance, 2) relationship with husband / partner / boyfriend / father of the child, 3) relationships with other children, 4) facing the disappearance: facilitators and complications. It was found that, before the sudden and mysterious disappearance of their children, all participants initially had reactions of denial, shock, numbness, despair and fear. After the initial shock, reactions of anxiety and feelings of guilt, helplessness, disbelief, sadness and anger were said, as opposed to feelings of hope, faith, determination and certainty of meeting again the disappeared child. The interviewees also felt helplessness by their husbands / partners, because they hoped to express their mourning in the same way as them, considering them unsuitable and negligent for not acting equally. Regarding to the other children, note that, if on the one hand, some mothers have become overprotective, there are cases where they neglected them. It is concluded, finally, that for these mothers, factors such as the lack of certainty about how and where the child is, the lack of rituals, the indefinite extension of the situation and the judgment of other people (especially by other mothers) can contribute negatively to the process of coping. Furthermore, the formation of groups with mothers of missing children and the possibility of sharing feelings presents itself an important resource for the restructuring and reorganization of these women.
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Paoletti, Andrew Michael. "DELAYED OR MISSING PREVENTATIVE CARE AND PROBLEMS GETTING SPECIALIST CARE IN CHILDREN WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/440758.
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Purpose/hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to use the National Survey of Children's Health 2011/2012 (NSCH 2011/12) data set to determine if children with diagnosed mental health disorders (MHD) (depression and/or anxiety) have delayed or missed preventative healthcare services (medical, dental, vision care), and if their parents reported difficulty getting them the care they need at a different rate than children without MHD. Population of interest: Children (0-18 years of age) and their guardians who completed the survey were included in the analyses. Methods: For both hypotheses, we defined subject’s exposure (having MHD) and outcome (missed or delayed care/problem getting care) based on parental response to interview questions (N = 73,632,881). Covariates adjusted for in our models included child/parent demographics, insurance status, household employment, and DHHS poverty level. Both research questions were evaluated using multi-variable logistic regression (adjusted as necessary using the correct sampling methods as suggested by the NSCH). Results: The odds of having missing or delayed care for a child with MHD were 2.24 times higher (95% CI: 1.82-2.77) than a child without MHD. The odds of the parent reporting problems getting care for a child with MHD were 2.11 times higher (95% CI: 1.74-2.60) than a child without MHD. Clinical Relevance: These findings highlight a need to focus on finding ways to promote and provide all of the healthcare that a child needs. Children with MHD have many healthcare needs that other children may not, but they still need adequate preventative care. This may bring the specific needs of a population needing extra help to the attention of healthcare providers and outreach programs.
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Torney, Kim Lynette. "From 'babes in the wood' to 'bush-lost babies' : the development of an Australian image /." Connect to thesis, 2002. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/1543.
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In this thesis I argue that the image of a child lost in the bush became a central strand in the Australian colonial experience, creating a cultural legacy that remains to this day. I also argue that the way in which the image developed in Australia was unique among British-colonised societies. I explore the dominant themes of my thesis - the nature of childhood, the effect of environment upon colonisers, and the power of memory - primarily through stories. The bush-lost child is an image that developed mainly in the realms of ‘low’ culture, in popular journals, newspapers, stories and images including films, although it has been represented in such ‘high’ cultural forms as novels, art and opera. I have concentrated on the main forms of its representations because it is through these that the image achieves its longevity. (For complete abstract open document)
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Mehess, Shawn James. "Finding the Missing Links: A Comparison of Social Network Analysis Methods." PDXScholar, 2016. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2728.
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Too many students leave school without even the essential skills (ACT, 2011), and many others are so drained by the experience they lack a desire to continue on to a post-secondary education. Academic engagement has emerged as a construct representing students’ personal investment in school (Greenwood, Delquadri, & Hall, 1984), and may be a psychological variable which can be intervened on. However, interventions must occur as quickly as possible to maximize their efficiency (Heckman, 2007). Students’ peer groups may be a particularly potent venue of intervention, however several options exist for how to go about measuring their social networks.
In this thesis, social networking data of the only middle school of a small town in the north-eastern United States is analyzed to determine the properties of two collection methods (self-reported networks and participant observations) and four network identification methods (probability scores, reciprocal nominations, factor-analyses, and rule-based). Analyses overwhelmingly supported participant observations as a more inclusive, less biased data collection method than self-reports. Meanwhile, hypothesis tests were somewhat mixed on the most inclusive, least biased network identification method, but after a consideration of the findings and the structural properties of each network, the probability score method was deemed the most useful network. Implications, future research, strengths, and limitations are discussed.
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Choi, Hayoung. "Teaching rejecting response using wrong-item format embedding into missing-item format for children with developmental disabilities." [Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Libraries, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/6560.
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Maass, Alexandra. "Finding the missing : residential school cemeteries for indigenous children in Canada : a national strategy for identification, recording, preservation, and commemoration." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2018. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/422128/.
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Indian Residential Schools (IRS) separated children from their families with the goal of acculturating them to dominant Canadian society by suppressing Indigenous languages, traditions, and spirituality. Enforced residential schooling was the determined assimilationist policy of the Canadian government for approximately 130 years, with boarding schools for Indigenous children in operation in all parts of the country from the 1880s to the mid 1990s. Despite these goals the schools were consistently underfunded and often badly managed by the government of the day; abuse and disease were rampant and death rates were high. The schools became the subject of litigation in the 1990s. The resulting 2007 IRS Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) between former students, and jointly; the Government of Canada and the churches that administered the schools was the largest legal settlement agreement in Canadian history. A truth finding and reconciliation process was one element of this multi-faceted agreement. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) was tasked to investigate all aspects of the residential school experience and to address the past historic injustices of forced assimilation, including school deaths. School records are incomplete and recorded numbers are lower, however TRC Commissioners estimated that 6000 students, and likely more, did not survive long enough to benefit from their education. Most of these children were buried in small unofficial cemeteries on or near the school grounds. Often, parents were not notified about the death of a child and in many cases descendant families still don’t know where their relatives are buried. Over the past several decades these small, largely unmarked, burial places are increasingly disappearing from the landscape. In the context of Canada’s international obligations under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and recent interpretations of the Convention for the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide, I argue the case for a nationally funded, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, archaeological program for the identification and commemoration of these spiritually important sites. With the signing of the IRSSA, many Indigenous communities have begun a healing journey to reclaim their histories, locate relatives’ unmarked burial places, and restore and commemorate lost cemeteries in ways that have meaning for them. The Indigenous communities most impacted by these deaths are leading this work. Not the least of these impacts is the lack of ‘knowing’ where the dead are buried. In the aftermath of the TRC there is much talk among Canadians about the need for reconciliation. Support for the identification and commemoration of IRS burial sites is a tangible and concrete way for the archaeological community to contribute to that endeavor.
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Reusch, Kathryn. ""That which was missing" : the archaeology of castration." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b8118fe7-67cb-4610-9823-b0242dfe900a.
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Castration has a long temporal and geographical span. Its origins are unclear, but likely lie in the Ancient Near East around the time of the Secondary Products Revolution and the increase in social complexity of proto-urban societies. Due to the unique social and gender roles created by castrates’ ambiguous sexual state, human castrates were used heavily in strongly hierarchical social structures such as imperial and religious institutions, and were often close to the ruler of an imperial society. This privileged position, though often occupied by slaves, gave castrates enormous power to affect governmental decisions. This often aroused the jealousy and hatred of intact elite males, who were not afforded as open access to the ruler and virulently condemned castrates in historical documents. These attitudes were passed down to the scholars and doctors who began to study castration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, affecting the manner in which castration was studied. Osteometric and anthropometric examinations of castrates were carried out during this period, but the two World Wars and a shift in focus meant that castrate bodies were not studied for nearly eighty years. Recent interest in gender and sexuality in the past has revived interest in castration as a topic, but few studies of castrate remains have occurred. As large numbers of castrates are referenced in historical documents, the lack of castrate skeletons may be due to a lack of recognition of the physical effects of castration on the skeleton. The synthesis and generation of methods for more accurate identification of castrate skeletons was undertaken and the results are presented here to improve the ability to identify castrate skeletons within the archaeological record.
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Boonyapuk, Pimrat. "The Impact of Population Characteristics and Health Behaviors on Missing School Days and Emergency Department Visits Among Children and Youth Diagnosed With ADHD in the United States." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1435791815.
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Figaro-Garcia, Claudia. "Uma proposta de prática psicológica para casos de desaparecimento de crianças e adolescentes." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47133/tde-26072010-123243/.
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A gravidade do tema do desaparecimento de crianças e de adolescentes exige que o mesmo seja trabalhado de forma multidisciplinar uma vez que o índice anual de ocorrências no Brasil é de 40.000 casos/ano e 9000 casos no Estado de São Paulo. É imprescindível a atenção governamental para políticas públicas, a atenção acadêmica para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas e tecnologia, e, atenção clínica para o desenvolvimento de modelos de atendimento psicológico às famílias e aos desaparecidos quando encontrados. O objetivo geral desse trabalho foi descrever a criação de uma metodologia de prática psicológica oferecida aos familiares de crianças e de adolescentes desaparecidos e aos desaparecidos posteriormente encontrados que é executada em uma delegacia de polícia especializada na investigação de pessoas desaparecidas. Tal prática foi desenvolvida dentro de um projeto multidisciplinar que agrega diferentes metodologias para busca e identificação de desaparecidos menores de 18 anos. Na pesquisa foram descritas as etapas de planejamento desse projeto enfatizando a inserção e os efeitos da psicologia e da psicanálise em seu escopo multidisciplinar. O modelo clínico incluiu pelo menos 04 (quatro) entrevistas (uma semi-aberta e três abertas) e se utilizou o dispositivo analítico para levantar hipóteses sobre as prováveis razões para a ocorrência dos desaparecimentos configurando, portanto, um exemplo de psicanálise aplicada. Nas entrevistas semi-abertas foram utilizados questionários cujas respostas foram armazenadas em Banco de Dados. Os entrevistados assinaram Termo de Consentimento Pós-esclarecido. Os casos foram supervisionados e encaminhados para a rede psicossocial da cidade de São Paulo. A partir do referencial psicanalítico de orientação lacaniana foi realizada uma análise clínico-qualitativa de 16 casos-piloto atendidos pela pesquisadora e alguns casos por ela supervisionados. O mesmo referencial foi utilizado na discussão das questões multidisciplinares e dos efeitos da prática clínica no ambiente da delegacia. Os desaparecimentos analisados foram fugas de casa ocorridas principalmente a partir da entrada da puberdade e de forma repetida. Nas famílias foi observado principalmente, histórico de violência doméstica, de uso de drogas ilícitas, de alcoolismo, de prática de atos infracionais e de infrações penais. Os significantes mais utilizados pelos familiares para representar o desaparecido foram filho incômodo ou filho problema. A fuga de casa foi considerada um sintoma do desaparecido, sinalizando modos de gozo nas repetições. Foi possível observar aspectos da singularidade dos desaparecidos encontrados e entrevistados, pois alguns se identificaram com o lugar simbólico destinado pelo grupo familiar e utilizaram as fugas para manter essa posição. Outros lançaram mão da fuga justamente para ir contra o desejo dos pais e tentar encontrar um caminho pessoal. E, em alguns casos, a fuga de casa configurou uma saída para a sobrevivência psíquica da criança ou do adolescente. A clínica executada em uma delegacia marcou a diferença entre a escuta policial, de cunho investigatório, e a escuta analítica voltada ao particular de cada caso e às suas implicações (ou não) com o desaparecimento, possibilitando a abertura de um novo campo de trabalho ao psicólogoThe seriousness of the issue of missing children and adolescents requires an interdisciplinary approach to intervention. The need for such broad-based action is necessitated by the large number of children that go missing each year, i.e., approximately 40,000 cases per year in Brazil and an annual average of at least 9,000 cases in the state of Sao Paulo. The sheer number of cases makes obvious the need for increased public policy attention as well as careful research by the academic community into the causes and prevention of this phenomenon. More particularly, in depth psychological attention must be given to understanding the complex psychological factors that contribute to the problem. The aim of this study was to describe the creation of a methodology of psychological practice offered to families of missing and found children. The psychological practice described herein operated out of a police station specializing in the investigation of missing persons of all ages. This practice was developed within a multidisciplinary project that combines different methods to search for and identify missing children under the age of 18 years. This practice was developed within a multidisciplinary project that combines different methods to search for and identify missing children and youth. In the research phase of this effort, we described the projects planning stages with emphasis on the integration and the effects of psychology and psychoanalysis in its multidisciplinary scope. The clinical model of intervention included at least four interviews (a half-open and three open) and the analytical device used to raise hypotheses about the probable reasons into the occurrence and reoccurrence of missing and disappeared children. The approach used was that of applied psychoanalysis. Using semi-open questionnaires we sought answers related to questions that made up part of our comprehensive database relating to disappearances. All respondents in the project signed a written Consent Form. The cases were supervised and directed to the psychosocial network in São Paulo. From the psychoanalysis of the Lacanian orientation, a clinical-qualitative analysis of 16 cases treated by the researcher was undertaken. The same reference was used in the discussion of disciplinary issues as well as with respect to the effects of clinical practice in the environment of the police station. Repeated running away from home was the most common factor contributing to the disappearance of pre- and post-pubescent youth. The disappearances, though, also were associated with family histories of domestic violence, use of illicit drugs, alcoholism, the practice of illegal acts, and criminal offenses. The signifier most used by adult caregivers in describing their runaway child or teenager, however, was \"troublesome or problematic. Leaving home was considered a symptom of child disappearance and, often, was associated with considerable pleasure for the child. The analysis also made it possible to observe aspects of the uniqueness of the disappeared and many of these children identified themselves with the symbolic place determined by their family group. Others leaving home wanted simply to go against the wishes of parents and to try to find a personal path. And in some cases, leaving home set up a way out of psychic survival of the child or adolescent, especially in cases of domestic violence. The use of a police station as setting for clinical intervention with children and youth marked the difference between what the policeman can listen to about the cases and what the psychologist can listen to. The latters ability to use analytical listening focused on the particular features of each case and the implications (or not) with the disappearances, allowing the opening of a new field of work psychologist
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Neumann, Marcelo Moreira. "O desaparecimento de crianças e adolescentes." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2010. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/18048.
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The disappearance of people, especially children and adolescents awakens a lot of commotion in the society, however scientific studies on the subject are still rare. These few studies do not provide a deep reflection of the conceptual point of view. There is the 'disappearance' is reduced by the relation of cause and effect. The objective of this study was to expand the concept by the visions of sociology, law, psychology and literature, then treat it in its etymological sense. It was found that the origin of the word existing social elements that constitute it, the loss can only occur in human social relationships - in which it is perceived, seen and felt. After delineating the conceptual effort to relate the disappearance of their multiple determinations, highlighting the social causes, natural and psychological. In the social determinations were discussed the historical, cultural, religious, social issues, violence and the influence of totalitarian regimes in the disappearance of people. In natural determinations were shown how people disappear because of natural forces and human action. Discussed the formation of the individual and subjectivity and how these may influence psychological determinations in cases escape of the home or institution. The proposed investigation of the disappearance of children and adolescents from these multiple measurements, with the predominance of social determinations. The following is characterized by participation of those involved in these disappearances, based in some cases assisted by the ´Projeto Caminho de Volta´ - FMUSP. The data obtained from medical records were analyzed and categorized, which resulted in ' table expected behaviors' those involved in the situation of disappearance. These tables show the actions taken by each of the subjects involved soon after the disappearance of children and adolescents. They reveal the kind of relationship - the difficulties and pains of those seeking the missing, as well as the likely reasons for this. In the last chapter were discussed current challenges and perspectives of the topic, related to Brazilian public policy, moving tentatively in consolidating the legal framework for the disappearance in the country. Concluded that when considering the disappearance as a predominantly social situation, removes the load placed by society in missing or their families and forth this universalizing the issue, showing that the problem should be tackled by all
O desaparecimento de pessoas, especialmente de crianças e adolescentes desperta muita comoção na sociedade, entretanto os estudos científicos sobre o tema ainda são raros. Estas poucas publicações existentes não oferecem uma reflexão profunda do ponto de vista conceitual. Nelas o desaparecimento é reduzido pela relação de causa e efeito. O objetivo deste trabalho foi ampliar o conceito pelas visões da sociologia, do direito, da psicologia e da literatura, para posteriormente tratá-lo no seu sentido etimológico. Foi verificado que na origem da palavra já existem os elementos sociais que o constitui, pois, o desaparecimento só pode ocorrer nas relações sociais humanas na qual ele é percebido, observado e sentido. Após a delimitação conceitual procurou-se relacionar o desaparecimento com suas múltiplas determinações, destacando as determinações sociais, naturais e psicológicas. Nas determinações sociais foram debatidos os aspectos históricos, cultural-religiosos, a questão social, as violências e a influência dos regimes totalitários no desaparecimento de pessoas. Nas determinações naturais foram mostradas como as pessoas desaparecem em virtude das forças da natureza e da ação do homem. Discutiu a formação do individuo e de sua subjetividade e, como essas determinações psicológicas podem influenciar nos casos de fugas do lar ou de instituições. A proposta de investigação do desaparecimento de crianças e adolescentes partiu destas múltiplas determinações, com a predominância das determinações sociais. A seguir foi caracterizada a participação dos envolvidos nestes desaparecimentos, fundamentado em alguns casos atendidos pelo Projeto Caminho de Volta - FMUSP. Os dados obtidos nos prontuários foram analisados e categorizados, que resultou em quadros de comportamentos previstos dos envolvidos na situação de desaparecimento. Estes quadros mostram as atitudes tomadas por cada um dos sujeitos envolvidos logo após o desaparecimento de crianças e adolescentes. Eles revelam o tipo de relação - as dificuldades e as dores das pessoas que procuram o desaparecido, como também os prováveis motivadores desta situação. No último capítulo foram debatidos os desafios e perspectivas atuais do tema, relacionados com a política pública brasileira, que se move timidamente na consolidação do marco legal para o desaparecimento no país. Concluí-se que ao considerar o desaparecimento como uma situação predominantemente social, retira-se a carga depositada pela sociedade nos desaparecidos ou nos seus familiares e diante disto universaliza-se a questão, mostrando que o problema deve ser enfrentado por todos
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Phillips, Dhinakaran Robert Jaba Prasad. "Evaluating contemporary Protestant missions to children at risk in South India : investigating foundations and principles for future Christian mission." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33269.
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The 2011 Indian Census indicates that children under the age of 18 constitute more than 400 million, and most of them are Children at Risk (CAR). This study suggests that the care and protection of children at risk is not a twentieth- or twenty-first-century secular enterprise but has precedents in Protestant missions in India from the late eighteenth century. In the first section, the study focuses on evaluating contemporary Protestant mission contexts in India and a brief historical survey of Protestant missions to CAR in India through case studies. The evaluation concentrates on the implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) for the predominant Protestant models of mission in contemporary India - which may be summarised as child evangelism, child compassion and child advocacy. The thesis argues that child care and protection is increasingly becoming secularised and professionalised. Moreover, with the emergence of new laws and with increasing, vigilance from international and national agencies, and from Hindu fundamentalists, Christian mission to CAR is itself at risk. Under these circumstances, the study also investigates whether there is a transition from ideas of 'saving' CAR to ideas of protecting the human rights of CAR. In the second section, this hypothesis is further substantiated by case studies of select Protestant churches and Christian NGOs engaging with CAR in the cities of Bangalore and Chennai. Using empirical data, it then claims that the predominant Protestant approaches of evangelism, compassion, and advocacy are still underdeveloped and inadequate primarily because the majority of caregivers working with children still perceive CAR as objects of their mission - an assumption that may be contrary to UNCRC (Articles 14 and 30). Further, it argues that the churches and agencies most active among CAR are from a 'conservative' background, who are often exclusively 'spiritual' and otherworldly in their concerns. The final and most constructive section, based on the evaluations of the empirical data, seeks to recommend a preliminary theology of mission in and through the idea of 'childness' based on Matthew 18: 2-5, an idea developed by Adrian Thatcher in the context of a theology of child participation. Based on these foundations, it suggests that UNCRC can be integrated as a set of principles for contemporary Christian missions with CAR in South India through a missiological process called 'dialogue,' emerging from a pluralistic Indian context. It further proposes that adults and children are to be perceived not as either independent (liberational) or dependent (paternalistic) agencies, but as interdependent agencies working together in God's mission. This thesis finally proposes basic principles for Christian mission to/for/with CAR - a multi-dimensional approach integrating CAR as subjects of God's mission and not just as objects.
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Hales, Arnet Herbert. "Homeless and runaway children and the mission of the church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
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Covaciu, Andra-Iustina. "Missing out on childhood - the impact of natural disasters on Haitian children's rights." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21723.
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Children’s rights are human rights, regardless their vulnerability and dependence on adults. However, the situation of children’s rights in Haiti has always been delicate and it became even more fragile in the aftermath of the 2010 Earthquake and the 2016 Hurricane Matthew. Within this paper, the sociology of disaster theory together with case study and legal analysis as methods aim at analysing the effects of the two natural disasters on Haitian children’s rights. The paper also seeks to understand whether any differences could be noticed between the outcomes of the two catastrophes as well as to analyse the international and national institutional response to the aforementioned disasters. It is concluded that the two natural disasters had an enormous impact on the most important rights of Haitian children. Not many differences could be noticed, between the two events, and regardless the aid provided by the international community, Haitian children’s rights are still neglected, as we speak.
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Jung, UnKil. "Strategies for successful establishment and development of schools for missionary kids on the mission field." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2001. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.
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Oh, Kyung Hwan. "Korean missionaries in Southern Africa a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006 /." Thesis, Pretoria : [S.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11072008-142207/.
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de, Leeuw Jessica. "A study of how the pedagogue looks at its mission regarding children with special needs." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-29033.
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Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur pedagoger ser på sitt förändrade uppdrag angående barn med särskilda behov. Hur pedagoger uppfattar att de yrkesetiskt och professionellt kan ta ansvar för det som beskrivs i skollagen vad gäller barn med särskilda behov. Studien är gjord genom en kvalitativ studie där empiri från fokusgrupper samlades in och tolkades för att ge en djupare förståelse i hur pedagogerna känner och arbetar med inkludering av barn med särskilda behov. Personalen hade en känsla av att de inte hade tillräckligt med kunskap i hur de ska möta barn med särskilda behov och att det är en ständig tidsbrist. De söker hjälp av elevhälsan och psykologer man de har en känsla av att de inte får den hjälp de behöver och inte blir förstådda av dem. Resultatet visar dock att det är främst de stora barngrupperna som är avgörande i hur inkluderingen fungerar. Pedagogerna har en gedigen kunskap som hämmas av de stora barngrupperna samt en stor belastning i form av administration.
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Youn, Hee-kyung. "The educational difficulties of Korean missionary children on the mission field : a narrative-pastoral approach." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25506.
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This study is a narrative research within the postfoundationalist and social constructionist paradigm which underpin the narrative approach to theology. The present research listened to the stories of Korean missionary children to ascertain their educational difficulties on the mission field. The history of Korean missionary abroad is not a long one. Korean missionaries, having little previous experience, often have difficulty in deciding how to raise their children. They also have difficulty to know the educational options available and which to choose. Up till now there are only a few Korean missionary children who have grown up on the mission field until adulthood. Missionary families face various education options on the mission field, and options are different in terms of each situation on the field. Today, there are up to 12,000 Korean missionary children around the world. Of these, approximately 60% attend schools on the mission fields and 40-50% are at MK/International schools. Most of MK/International schools are mainly based on the western education system, using mediocre English. Yet, Korean missionary children have a different background from Western, specifically in terms of language, culture, society, race and the educational systems they are used to. Most of Korean missionary parents have high expectations for their children’s education with a good academic career. It poses several problems to Korean missionary children’s education. Considering the struggle with education that Korean missionary children experience on the mission field this study aims to contribute towards the understanding of their situation, and thus to help them through their research process. To be effective, this study focused on a small number, specifically five Korean young adult missionary children who have grown up in Africa, currently living in South Africa, South Korea and North America. In order to gain a deeper understanding of educational issues Korean missionary children experience, children were selected from different educational backgrounds. With the co-researchers, individual, face-to face-interviews were held in Korea and in South Africa, and networking has been used when a face-to-face relationship was not possible. The internet phone was frequently used in the research process. The influences of traditions of interpretation over the co-researchers were discussed from the collaboration with them, and alternative interpretations emerged on their traditions through interdisciplinary conversation. Through this narrative research process the co-researchers were lead to understanding and empowerment, and they developed new meanings for their preferred stories for the future. As the narrative approach is open-ended rather than results-oriented, this research is not closed ended, but rather allows for growth and development to take place.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Nkounkou-Ngongo, Estelle Inès. "Protection of childrens' rights in peacekeeping missions : analysis of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5845.
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The objectives of this study are: (1) To analyse the legal framework of peacekeeping operations to determine its strengths and weakness in addressing the issue of SEA (Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, (2) To determine whether the UN’s present accountability mechanism can adequately support protection of children’s rights in peacekeeping operations and (3) To explore the question of prosecution as a way to enhance the accountability mechanism in peacekeeping missions, particularly for TCC (Troop Contributing Countries). This study is mainly a non-empirical analysis of the UN (United Natrions) approach on SEA in its activities with a focus on peacekeeping missions.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007.
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Dr Heny Odimbo Ojambo of the Faculty of Law, University of Makerere, Uganda.
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Levi, Amanda. "Street children in Latin America moral issues and proposed solutions with an emphasis on the work of the Latin America Mission /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Seume, Jeffrey J. "Establishing a training program to prepare families with teenagers who are going into international missions for the first time." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p054-0263.
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Li, Chenzhe. "L'infanticide, l'exposition d'enfants en Chine et l’évangélisation des missionnaires catholiques (1689-1840)." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020MON30004.
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Cette thèse étudie le phénomène de l'infanticide et de l'abandon d'enfants en Chine, de 1689 à1840, à travers les descriptions qu'en font les missionnaires catholiques, dans leur oeuvre d'évangélisation des enfants, qu'il s'agisse des jésuites ou bien des prêtres des Missions Étrangères de Paris. Nous confrontons ces témoignages avec d'autres sources, de nature différente, afin d'approcher la réalité du phénomène, ses raisons, les réactions qu'il suscite et les actions menées par les autorités chinoises et les missionnaires européens. Nous mettons en lumière l'oeuvre de l'enfance et la place majeure du baptême pour les missionnaires catholiques.En explorant une riche documentation, nous présentons, dans une première partie, les points de vue différents des missionnaires catholiques, d'autres voyageurs occidentaux, ainsi que de lettrés et de mandarins chinois. Les missionnaires, en diffusant leurs témoignages, eux,cherchent aussi à attirer des ressources pour secourir les enfants misérables. Les écrits de voyageurs britanniques s'attachent à démontrer la supériorité des Européens face à la« barbarie chinoise ». Les petites filles sont les premières victimes de l'infanticide et de l'exposition, d'abord en raison du statut d'infériorité de la femme, et d'une série de causes conjoncturelles autant que structurelles. Cette partie présente aussi l'organisation des hospices chinois, à travers des sources chinoises abondantes, rarement utilisées par l'historiographie occidentale, en la comparant à celle des hospices occidentaux.Espérant convertir le plus grand nombre de païens possible, les missionnaires catholiques se consacrent essentiellement au baptême des petits enfants moribonds. Ils se soucient d'abord de ces âmes qui, en échappant aux limbes des enfants, vont glorifier éternellement le Seigneur.Avec l'interdiction du christianisme en Chine, au XVIIIe siècle, après la querelle des rites, ils jugent préférable de recruter des catéchistes pour baptiser les enfants exposés mourants, plutôt que de fonder des hospices catholiques. Des femmes converties constituent alors un levier majeur de cette oeuvre. La situation change après les Guerres de l'opium. À partir de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, la mission française peut bénéficier de la protection de son État.L'originalité de cette recherche est de convoquer une approche anthropologique, d'histoire du genre et d'histoire religieuse, tout en s'insérant dans le contexte historique de la mission asiatique et globale, ainsi que du processus de la colonisation. Nous espérons que cette étude offrira un nouvel éclairage sur l'image de la Chine aux yeux des Européens à l'époque de 'expansion de la civilisation occidentale et, en même temps, qu'elle contribuera à enrichir la compréhension de la différence entre la culture occidentale catholique et la culture chinoiseThis thesis deals with the phenomenon of infanticide and abandoned children in China from1689 to 1840, through the descriptions of the Catholic missionaries, and the evangelization ofchildren by the Jesuits and the priests of the Paris Foreign Missions. By comparing thedifferent visions of various sources, this study attempts to reveal the reality of thephenomenon and its reasons, its reactions and the actions taken by the Chinese authority, aswell as by the European missionaries. It also highlights the work of childhood and theimportance of baptism for these Catholic missionaries.By exploring a rich literature, we bring, in the first part, different points of view brought byCatholic missionaries, by other Western travelers, and by the Chinese scholars and mandarins.The missionaries' testimonies are meant to attract more resources to help these miserablechildren. The writings of British travelers show the superiority of Europeans versus "Chinesebarbarism". Small girls are the first victims of infanticide and exposure, which is explained bythe status of inferiority of women, and by a series of cyclical and structural causes. This partalso presents the organization of Chinese hospices by comparing it to that of Westernhospices through abundant Chinese sources, which are barely used by Westernhistoriography.Hoping to convert as many pagans as possible, these Catholic missionaries devotedthemselves to this work of baptism of moribund children. They cared first of all about thesesouls who, by escaping the limbo of the children, will eternally glorify the Lord. In thecontext of the prohibition of Christianity in China in the eighteenth century after the RitesControversies, they thought it would be more appropriate to recruit some catechists to baptizethe dying exposed children than to establish the Catholic hospices. The Christian women werean important force in this work as well. The situation has been changed after the Opium Wars.From the second half of the nineteenth century, the French mission was under the protectionof its state.The originality of this research is to bring together anthropology, gender history and religioushistory, and to insert the study into the historical context of the asian mission and the globalmission, as well as the process of colonization. We hope that this research will shed new lighton the image of China in the eyes of Europeans at the time of the expansion of Westerncivilization and, at the same time, that it will contribute to enriching the understanding of thedifference between Western Catholic culture and Chinese culture
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Hicks, Esther S. "The mission of evangelization in the elementary schools of the Archdiocese of Chicago." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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McKay, Jennifer L. "A mission-based evaluation of a summer camping program for low-income youths an examination of spiritual, personal and social outcomes /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p088-0172.
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Schmidt, Daniel. "Exploring the intercultural partnerships of Agape Missionary Association International in reaching Rio de Janeiro's street children." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Shapcotte, Timothy Frank. "A biblical and functional response by the local church to the "adult children of dysfunctional families" phenomenon." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Kowalchuk, Holly M. "An Analysis of the Correspondence Between the Measures Collected by an Autism Treatment Center and its Stated Mission Goals." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115107/.
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This study was a program evaluation for an autism treatment center for the period of April 2008 through August 2011. the study extended previous evaluations of the autism treatment center. the purpose of this evaluation was to determine the degree to which the center’s measures corresponded with its stated mission goals. a number of data sources were reviewed including client records of demographic and outcome information. Findings suggest the center maintained records that allow for the evaluation of most of its mission’s goals. There were, however, difficulties with data collection, storage, and retrieval. the present program evaluation found that missing information and lack of follow-up information hindered efforts toward mission evaluation.
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Pritchett, Malika Naomi. "Evaluation of the Easter Seals North Texas Autism Treatment Program: Progress in Meeting Program Mission." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28463/.
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Applied behavior analysis (ABA) remains at the forefront of effective interventions for children with autism. In some cases, the high cost of treatment and other environmental factors limit families from accessing services. The Easter Seals North Texas (ESNT) Autism Treatment Program (ATP) was created to reach high risk, underserved families in the North Texas area by providing early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) services to children with autism. This evaluation was conducted to analyze the success of meeting the ESNT ATP program mission to provide culturally responsive ABA to children. The evaluation includes the design of assessments, the analysis of the assessment data, and a set of recommendations to maintain and increase program accessibility.
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Royer, Gary Luther. "An evaluation of three approaches to contacting pastors for scheduling LACC presentations." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Lennox, Julie G. "Living our mission in organisational life, exploring the systemic, solidarity paradigm and methods with a children's rights organisation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ49189.pdf.
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Pang, Ching-yee, and 彭靜儀. "Other people's children: protestant missionaries, Chinese Christians and constructions of childhood incolonial Hong Kong, 1880-1941." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46603803.
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Jones, Dina Johanna Christina. "An evaluation of the Accelerate Christian Schools for reaching children for the Kingdom of God as part of Missio Dei in South Africa / Jones D.J.C." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7602.
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Secularist views are a challenge to the field of religious education. Their worldview and influence in
society will be discussed. This study evaluates the theocratic model under the apartheid regime, the
co–operative model and the religion policy under the new democratic government.
The areas that the researcher investigated in this study are centred on the effectiveness of the mission
calling of the School of Tomorrow, Accelerated Christian Education. In order to achieve this
outcome, the history of ACE Schools in America and South Africa will be discussed, as well as the
role of the school, the parent and the teacher in missio Dei.
An analysis and evaluation will be done on Christian educators such as Martin Luther, John Calvin
and John Knox, as well as educational deform under Hitler.
A study will be done on how Biblical doctrine was formed in children’s lives in the Old and New
Testament.Thesis (M.A. (Missiology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Santiago, Rita Cristina Coelho de Almeida. "Igreja, uma comunidade terapêutica para infância e juventude." Faculdades EST, 2007. http://tede.est.edu.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=45.
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Este trabalho ocupa-se com a questão: como a Igreja Batista poderá desenvolver um trabalho com a infância e a juventude que a freqüenta, de modo a responder aos desafios que a sociedade hodierna apresenta nos contextos dessas faixas etárias? Por meio dessa pesquisa apresenta-se uma análise teológica e psicológica que fundamenta a prática terapêutica na igreja, descrevendo os critérios e exemplos bíblicos, bem como os fundamentos psicológicos e psicanalíticos de Sigmund Freud. Analisa-se a Congregação Batista como um espaço favorável para a promoção de cura do ser em sua integralidade. Para isto fez-se uso da metodologia da pesquisaação. Algumas crianças e alguns jovens foram entrevistados e falaram sobre suas histórias de vida e a concepção da imagem de Deus. Como referenciais teóricos utilizaram-se bibliografias dos autores: Erik Erikson e Sigmund Freud; Gary Collins e H. Clinebell. O trabalho está estruturado em três capítulos. No primeiro demonstrase a necessidade de a igreja Batista promover a terapia à infância e à juventude inseridas numa sociedade secularizada; pontuam-se aspectos do contexto pósmoderno, dos estágios psicossociais e dos estágios da fé, bem como o desafio da igreja em promover vida abundante. No segundo capítulo explica-se a missão da igreja como comunidade terapêutica; faz-se um breve histórico sobre a formação da igreja Batista no Brasil e enfatiza-se a questão da missão da igreja; no terceiro capítulo a preocupação é apontar caminhos para o desenvolvimento da prática terapêutica na igreja Batista; por fim, no quarto e último capítulo apresentam-se propostas para encaminhar o problema levantado nesta pesquisa.This work deals with the question: how the Baptist church will develop work with its children and teenagers members, in such a way to answer today's society challenges faced in these age groups? Through this research, a psychological and theological analysis is presented to make possible the therapeutic praxis in church, describing the criteria and biblical examples as well as Sigmund Freuds psychological and psychoanalytical basis. It analyses the Baptist Congregation as a favorable place to promote human essence healing in its completeness. For this reason, it makes use of the research-action methodology. Some children and some young people were interviewed, when they talked about their own lives and what image of God they have. As theoretical references, bibliographies from the authors Erik Erikson, Sigmund Freud, Gary Collins and H. Clinebell were consulted. This work is divided into three chapters. The first one demonstrates the Baptist churchs need to promote a therapy for children and youth inserted in a secularized society; some aspects are pointed out from postmodern context, from the psychosocial stages and from the faith stages, as well as the churchs challenge to promote abundant life. The second chapter explains the churchs mission as a therapeutic community; there is a brief review about the origins of Baptist church in Brazil and a special emphasis in the churchs mission. The third chapter seeks to point ways for therapeutic praxis development in the Baptist church. Finally, the fourth and final chapter presents suggestions to manage the problem raised by this research.
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Khaled, ahmad ibrahim Ghada. "L'influence de la pratique sportive au sein des clubs sportifs fédératifs sur la sensibilité des enfants (7-12 ans) aux actions responsables." Thesis, Normandie, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018NORMC026/document.
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La montée en puissance des préoccupations sociales et environnementales depuis quatre décennies, a développé l’engouement des individus à s’engager dans des comportements de consommation « socialement responsables ». Bien que les pratiques de consommation socialement responsables aient évolué, de nombreux consommateurs restent sceptiques en termes d'engagement dans des achats socialement responsables. Il existe, ainsi, un fossé entre les attitudes et les comportements réels en termes de la consommation responsable. Afin de réduire cet écart, une des solutions possibles est de sensibiliser dès le plus jeune âge à des actions responsables. Une sensibilisation qui se base sur les valeurs de respect et de responsabilité que les enfants acquièrent au cours de la socialisation. Notre recherche propose de mettre en perspective l'influence de la pratique sportive au sein des clubs fédératifs sur la sensibilité des enfants, âgés de 7 à 12 ans, aux actions responsables. Cette sensibilité se définie comme étant la propension des individus à adopter des pratiques et des comportements reflétant de valeurs de respect et de responsabilité. De plus, il s'agit de l'étude du rôle éducatif de l'entraîneur sportif auprès des enfants. Au cours de cette recherche, la revue de la littérature et le travail empirique réalisés, une étude qualitative et trois collectes des données quantitatives auprès de 1384 enfants, nous ont permis d'atteindre deux principaux objectifs. Dans un premier temps, nous avons construit deux échelles de mesure : la Mission Éducative de l'Entraîneur Sportif (MEES) et la Sensibilité des enfants aux Actions Responsables (SAR). Dans un second temps, nous nous sommes attachés à répondre à la problématique et aux principales questions de la recherche. Les résultats de la comparaison, entre des enfants pratiquant un sport et des enfants qui n'en pratiquent pas, confirment l'influence de la pratique sportive au sein des clubs sur la sensibilisation des enfants aux actions responsables. Les conclusions permettent, en effet, de mettre en exergue sur le rôle éducatif des entraîneurs sportifs à travers leur contribution à la sensibilisation des enfants aux actions responsablesThe rise of social and environmental concerns over the past four decades has developed people's enthusiasm to engage in socially responsible consumption behavior. Although socially responsible consumption practices have evolved, many consumers remain skeptical about a real commitment to socially responsible purchasing. Thus, there is a gap between individuals' attitudes and actual behavior in terms of responsible consumption. In order to bridge this gap, one possible solution is to make children's aware of responsible actions. An awareness that is based on the values of respect and responsibility that children develop during socialization. Our research proposes to highlight the influence of sports participation within federal clubs on the awareness of children (7-12 years old) to responsible actions. The awareness that we define as the propensity of individuals to adopt practices and behaviors reflecting the values of respect and responsibility. In addition, we aim to highlight the educational role of the sports coach. In order to attempt our research's main objectives, a qualitative study and three data collections were carried out within 1,384 subjects. Firstly, we developed two scales in order to measure respectively the Educative Mission of Sports Coaches (EMSC) and the Awareness to Responsible Actions (ARA). In the second step, the third data collection allowed us to answer the main research problem and its principal questions. The results of the comparison between sport practicing and non-sport practicing subjects, confirm the influence of the sports participation within federal sports clubs on the awareness of children to responsible actions. Indeed, the conclusions highlight the educative role of sports coaches through their contribution to raising children’s awareness to responsible actions
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Brink, Anna Margaretha. ""Lighting his way home" : pastoral conversations with a missing child's mother." Diss., 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/987.
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Missing children is one of the horrors that we are confronted with in today's society. The case study method, a feminist co-search methodology, is used to give a missing child's mother the opportunity to tell and re-tell the painful story. During this co-search process the following aspects of doing ethics and pastoral care and counselling with the mother are constantly negotiated. The term "missing child" is defined and the relevance between the distinction of "missing children" and "run-away children" is discussed. Furthermore, this study explores the many diverse practices of narrative pastoral care and counselling with parents of missing children within an economically disadvantaged community. The conceptualisations regarding loss, hope and meaning-making and how these are utilised in the life of a missing child's mother is discussed.Practical Theology
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Buckberry, Jo. "Missing, Presumed Buried? Bone Diagenesis and the Under-Representation of Anglo-Saxon Children." 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/676.
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YesSam Lucy (1994: 26) has stated that a `recognised feature of pre-Christian early medieval cemeteries in eastern England is the smaller number of younger burials recovered¿. Although taphonomic factors such as the increased rate of decay of the remains of children and shallow depth of burial have been suggested as possible explanations for this phenomenon, these have been disregarded in favour of cultural influences, with younger children thought to have been disposed of in a different way from adult remains (Lucy, 1994; Härke, 1997; Crawford, 1999). This paper will review the evidence concerning the treatment of the remains of children during the Anglo-Saxon period. It will then review the factors affecting bone preservation, with special reference to the bones of children, and attempt to assess to what extent the under-representation of children in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries can be attributed to bone preservation and soil type. It will show that hypotheses should not be formulated without full consideration of the taphonomy that may affect the completeness of the archaeological record.
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Ching-Ling, Hsu, and 許慶玲. "The Study of Trauma History and Adaptation of Families with Missing Preschool Children." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29378993777176183999.
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碩士亞洲大學
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The issue of missing children and teenagers is highly concerned in many countries. But, does the issue get enough attention in Taiwan? Do the services of tracking missing children and other services for their families be well implemented? To find the truth, we need to explore many things. In this study, we try to find the family members’ emotions and adaptations which had one missing child since early childhood. Based on ecosystem theory, family system theory, crisis intervention model, trauma theory, and resilience view, we analysis our finding from the interview records to find their coping for the ‘missing child’ crisis and traumas. In this study, we find that there are some very special models for the family of ‘missing child’, such as: 1. Continued searching makes family members reproduced the trauma experiences again and again. Since they won’t give up, there is no ending for hoping and disconsolations. 2. Before reaching the restoration, family members will experience panic and disequilibrium. 3. In the long run, family relies on themselves instead of external resources in searching for their child. The recommendations of this study are as follows: 1. Establishment of resources network which can work both the government and society. 2. Confirmation every units’ searching procedure in the networks. 3. Access to professional service, find the best intervention to the families. 4. Education to general public about how to help and deal the missing children issue. This study explores unique experiences of these families who lost infant or toddler and the result is to be provided as reference material to general public and related units.
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Kelly, Spencer Dougan. "Children's understanding of pragmatically ambiguous speech : have we been missing the point? /." 1999. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss&rft%5Fval%5Ffmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss:9951806.
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李夢鸞. "A study missing translation and mis-translation from Japanese to Chinese in morden Japanese children literature." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74966676401602113156.
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Reisman, Ayelet Shelly. "The psychological effects of ambiguous grief : adult children of killed-in-action and missing-in-action servicemen from the Vietnam War /." 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--New School for Social Research, 2003.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-154). Also available in electronic format on the World Wide Web. Access restricted to users affiliated with the licensed institutions.
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Oechsler, Deize Mari. "Crianças desaparecidas: análise dos registros de ocorrências no Estado de Santa Catarina." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/6876.
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O desaparecimento de pessoas é um fato grave e crescente, que gera consequências tanto na vítima, quanto nos familiares e na sociedade. Quando o fenômeno envolve crianças, a repercussão é ainda maior, por isso, o tema precisa ser tratado com total prioridade e ações de buscas e medidas preventivas precisam ser implementadas. Embora não se tenham dados oficiais, o Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública apontou que no Brasil, entre os anos de 2007 a 2016, ocorreram 694.007 registros de ocorrências de desaparecimentos de pessoas, sendo 27.578 no Estado de Santa Catarina, o que denota a magnitude do problema. Neste sentido, o presente trabalho, por meio de uma pesquisa descritiva (quanto ao objetivo) e caracterizada como estudo documental (quanto ao procedimento), analisou informações obtidas nas bases de dados da Secretaria de Segurança Pública do Estado de Santa Catarina. O objetivo foi analisar o fenômeno do desaparecimento de crianças no Estado entre os anos de 2014 e 2016, a fim de traçar o perfil destes indivíduos, as circunstâncias em que o fato ocorreu, a região e o número de casos não resolvidos. Como resultado, constatou-se que a maioria das vítimas é do sexo masculino e com idades de 10 a 11 anos. Quanto à etnia, a maioria dos desaparecidos é branca, muito embora em 63% dos casos este dado não foi informado no boletim de ocorrência. Foi possível observar também que em 62 % dos casos, quem faz a notificação do desaparecimento foi a mãe da criança. Finalmente, a análise dos boletins de ocorrência revelou que há muitas notificações incorretas, por não se tratarem exatamente de um desaparecimento e, no caso duma pessoa estar desaparecida, as informações prestadas são incompletas, o que acaba por dificultar o trabalho das autoridades na recuperação dessas crianças.The disappearance of people is a serious and growing fact, which has consequences in the victim, in the family and in society. When the phenomenon involves children, the repercussion is even greater, so the theme needs to be treated with total priority and search actions and preventive measures need to be implemented. It should be noted that the Brazilian Public Security Forum pointed out that in Brazil, between 2007 and 2016, there were 694.007 records of occurrences of disappearances, of which 27.578 occurred in the State of Santa Catarina, which indicates the magnitude of the problem. In this sense, the present work, through a descriptive research (regarding the objective) and characterized as a case study (regarding the procedure), analyzed information obtained in the databases of the Public Security Secretariat of the State of Santa Catarina. The objective is to analyze the phenomenon of the disappearance of children in the State between 2014 and 2016, in order to outline the profile of these individuals, the circumstances in which the event occurred, the region and the number of unresolved cases. As a result, it was found that the majority of victims are males and ranging in age from 10 to 11 years. As for ethnicity, the majority of the missing are white, although in 63% of cases this data was not reported in the report card. It was also possible to observe that in 62% of cases, the mother of the child is notified. Finally, the analysis of incident reports revealed that there are many incorrect notifications because they are not exactly a disappearance, and when it is in fact a case and that a person is missing, the information provided is incomplete, which the recovery of these children.
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Shelton, Emily Jane. "My secret life : photographs, melancholy realisms, and modern personhood /." 2002. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3060264.
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Yin-Shuan, Chung, and 鐘尹萱. "Becoming of a Father: Searching for the Missing Piece in Children’s Literature." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/login?o=dnclcdr&s=id=%22104NTTU5638007%22.&searchmode=basic.
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In the field of Children’s Literature, no matter creation or criticism, father is very often neglected. Men's Studies researchers indicate that father is a socially constructed concept. They emphasize that after the Industrial Revolution in 19th century, fathers have to be away working, and therefore the scene of working fathers is out of reach to their sons. This brings the relationship between son and father (including father substitute) changing from vertical connection to lateral peer connection. The “absence” of father, as discussed above, was originated from 19th century, by which time the concept of children was developed and formed but not raised by anyone yet. In this thesis, researcher chooses this absence as beginning to rediscover the possibilities of father. Two important technical developments in 19th century, photography and film, also contribute to it. Reproducibility, the technical characteristic of both photography and film, has brought fatherhood study a "fracture" to the timeless value of “father” in the myths. The trait of revision of film fills in the fracture with multiple meanings. The main research materials are The Kid (1921) and Pinocchio (1921). Researcher discussed the transformation of father’s image in the children’s literature in 19th centuries, and how the definition and connotation of “being a father” in Image Era is revised. The new father are connected to aspects like taking on responsibilities, doing housework, and showing his true feelings. Secondly, researcher discussed Mary Poppins, the classical feminine character in children’s literature, and its derivative texts, such as movie adaptation Mary Poppins (1964), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), and Japanese Comics Series Supernanny Kinn (1998-). In the combination of father and cross-dress, the image of the characters and their sexual orientation are revealed. Researcher discussed the meaning of father’s role that stood out the process of culture interpretation. In the end, researcher discussed the theme of “abandonment” of children, which was a popular theme during 1980 to 1990 period in both Hollywood and cinema in Taiwan. Researcher used Teenage Fugitive (1984, Taiwan) and Home Alone (1990, USA) as examples to see how father’s role was absent; however the power of “man of the family” was not affected by this absence. Instead it worked efficiently in many different forms in the space of home. Researcher found that the father in the Image Era is closely related to the issue of “the abandoned children.” In the early movies we see in especial the sanctification of childhood. Family well-being was esteemed as something to be worked on. However, when the themes of family stories became more and more limited on the collapse of parents’ relationship and the disappointment with parents, the focus of children’s literature in the late 20th century changed to how children grew up in the search of their parents’ experience.
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Worthington, Nancy. "Where There is a Doctor: An Ethnography of Pediatric Heart Surgery Missions in Honduras." Thesis, 2015. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8GH9H79.
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Traveling teams of cardiovascular specialists visit poor countries to treat children born with life-threatening heart defects. Working within challenging settings, volunteers may need to build temporary operating theaters and neonatal intensive care units before beginning their work. They also try to extend their humanitarian reach beyond the confines of an in-country visit: they train locally-based personnel in surgical and critical care techniques considered routine in rich countries yet locally unavailable; they donate machines, hardware, and disposable materials to local hospitals; they even build permanent surgical centers. Pediatric heart surgery missions thus define a new context where medical technologies circulate globally. It is well-known that medical technologies have far-reaching effects, transforming societies while at the same time being transformed by them, but few scholars have explored these processes in medical humanitarian arenas.
This study investigates the moral logic, medical logistics, and unanticipated effects of short-term surgical missions. The setting is Honduras: a known hub of medical mission activity. The study begins with an examination of why Honduras attracts scores of medical missions, and why children with heart defects have emerged as central objects of humanitarian concern. I argue that humanitarian sentiments dovetail with other interests and desires on the part of surgical volunteers, such as adventure travel, learning, and the allure of practicing an alternative, low-tech version of biomedicine as a corrective to disappointments, frustrations, and lulls in their everyday professional lives. I then describe how this humanitarian ethos reconfigures biomedical practice. This is followed by a discussion of the implications of pediatric heart surgery missions for host countries, such as how they inadvertently re-inscribe social hierarchies and place strain on existing health services. Finally, I follow the lives of pediatric heart patients after their surgeries, show how their parents contest any stereotypical assumptions about humanitarian aid beneficiaries, and unpack the logic underpinning consent for especially high-risk procedures. My analysis emerges from 13 months of ethnographic field research primarily in Tegucigalpa, the nation’s capital, during which I participated in six pediatric heart surgery missions, and observed and interviewed volunteer clinicians, locally-based clinicians, and the parents of pediatric heart surgery patients.
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Mildenberger, Juan Carlos. "Memoria y autoficción : la figura del desaparecido en la obra de hijos de militantes políticos en Argentina." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/21129.
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Cette thèse considère l'importance de la mémoire et de l'autofiction dans l'œuvre littéraire et cinématographique des enfants de militants politiques en Argentine pendant les années soixante-dix. L'analyse se concentre sur le documentaire Los rubios (2003) d'Albertina Carri, et sur les romans Los topos (2014) de Féliz Bruzzone et La casa de los conejos (2008) de Laura Alcoba. Ces auteurs, mais aussi d’autres auteurs de la même génération et des enfants de militants, abordent le passé de la dernière dictature (1976-1983) en se concentrant sur le personnage du « disparu ». En même temps, ils deviennent protagonistes de leurs propres histoires. La mémoire de membres de leurs familles et de survivants est nécessaire pour que les auteurs de ces œuvres sachent ce qui est arrivé à leurs parents disparus. L'autofiction devient une nécessité pour pouvoir élaborer leurs narrations, dans lesquelles se confondent la fiction, les faits réels et les données biographiques. L'autofiction des auteurs étudiés ici se distingue de l'autofiction canonique par un pacte de lecture différent. L'analyse tourne autour des concepts de mémoire et d'histoire, ce qui permet de voir la spécificité et la singularité avec laquelle les auteurs abordent le passé. L'œuvre culturelle, littéraire ou cinématographique, se constitue dans ces travaux comme un espace dans lequel le trauma est réélaboré. La remise en question de la mémoire du militantisme, les décisions des parents, la recherche de la propre identité, l'apparition de voix antérieurement ignorées ou peu écoutées sont des aspects qui apparaissent dans ces narrations. À travers leurs œuvres, les enfants de militants et/ou de disparus ont ouvert d'autres voies d'interprétation de la période la plus tragique de l'histoire argentine, en représentant d'autres mémoires et en évoquant un passé sur lequel tout n’a pas encore été dit.This thesis considers the importance of memory and autofiction in the literary and audiovisual work produced by the children of the 1970´s Argentinian political activists. Our analysis comprises the documentary Los rubios (2003) by Albertina Carri, the novels Los topos (2014) by Félix Bruzzone, and La casa de los conejos (2008) by Laura Alcoba. These authors, along with others from their generation who also had activist parents, reflect on the events that took place during the last Argentinian dictatorship (1976-1983) by focusing on the figure of the desaparecido (the missing person). At the same time, these authors present themselves as the protagonists of their own stories. The memories of family members and of political survivors become an instrumental tool for the authors to understand the fate of their missing parents. For these authors, autofiction becomes necessary if they are to elaborate their narratives, which merge fiction, biographical experiences and historical events. The autofictional work of the authors we study here proposes a different reading contract from the one usually established by canonical autofiction. Our analysis delves into issues related to memory and history, which reveal the specific and original way in which these works consider the past. Cultural, literary or audiovisual works become a space for the working through of historical trauma. These narratives problematize the past, questioning the memory of 1970s political activism, doubting their parents´ decisions, searching for their own identities, and include voices that had been previously ignored. Through their work, the children of political activists and/or missing persons have opened new ways of considering one of the most tragic periods of Argentinian history, representing other memories and recalling a past about which not all has been told.
Esta tesis considera la importancia de la memoria y de la autoficción en la obra literaria y cinematográfica de hijos de militantes políticos de la Argentina de los años setenta. El análisis se centra en el documental Los rubios (2003) de Albertina Carri, y en las novelas Los topos (2014) y La casa de los conejos (2008) de Féliz Bruzzone y Laura Alcoba, respectivamente. Estos autores, junto a otros de la misma generación y también hijos de militantes, abordan el pasado de la última dictadura (1976-1983) centrándose en la figura del desaparecido. Lo hacen, además, como protagonistas de sus propias historias. La memoria de familiares y sobrevivientes resulta necesaria para que los autores de las obras sepan qué ocurrió con sus padres desaparecidos. La autoficción se torna una necesidad para poder elaborar sus narraciones, en las que convergen ficción, hechos reales y datos biográficos. Las autoficciones de los autores estudiados aquí se distinguen de las autoficciones canónicas por el diferente pacto de lectura que en ellas subyace. El análisis gira en torno a los conceptos de memoria e historia, lo cual permite ver la especifidad y singularidad con la que abordan el pasado. La obra cultural, literaria o cinematográfica, se constituye en estos trabajos como un espacio en que se reelabora el trauma. El cuestionamiento a la memoria de la militancia, a las decisiones de los padres, la búsqueda de la propia identidad, la aparición de voces antes ignoradas o poco escuchadas son aspectos que, en mayor o menos medida, son evidentes en estas narraciones. A través de sus obras, los hijos de militantes y/o desaparecidos han abierto otras vías de interpretación del periodo más trágico de la historia argentina, representando otras memorias y evocando un pasado sobre el que todavía no está todo dicho.
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Huang, Yu-Chi, and 黃玉琪. "A Study on the Children and Adolescents Ministry of the Chi-Ku Church of Village Gospel Mission in Tainan." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81570735255363115727.
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Taiwan in the past half-century has changed rapidly from a rural-based agricultural society into an industrial-based urban society. Thus, the rural population, urban concentrating on areas had a serious loss, and caused a great impact on the local industries and churches. In this study, Chi-Ku Church is certainly affected by emigration, so the members are mostly elders or children. Then, a big concern areas: When the church elders are gradually dying out, how can the development of Chi-Ku Church continue? The faith of the children and adolescents at Chi-Ku Church should be the key point to the development of the church in the future.Therefore, this study is targeted at understanding the history, the current status, and development of the Chi-Ku Church children and adolescents ministry. In addition, the four questions proposed by Mark C. Thelin are adopted, while discussing the rapid population change at the rural churches, supplemented by some researches of other scholars arepresented in this essay. In this study, the researcher also conducted detailed interviews with several related co-workers of the children's ministry, children, and adolescents at Chi-Ku Church. The researcher collected and analyzed the related data from Village Gospel Mission (V.G.M.) in Taiwan. Then, the researcher provided four specific recommendations and conclusions at the end. For the references of the children and adolescents ministry at Chi-Ku Church, the relevant organizations or subsequent researchers in the future.Through the study four important phenomenons are discovered. First, it is much easier to get in touch with the children and adolescents than with the adults at the rural churches, so the priority of the church ministry will be better invested in the children and adolescents. Furthermore, principally speaking, stable co-workers help develop the children and adolescents ministry; so, the rural churches may consider about putting more professional, full-time, and stable staff to engage in children and adolescents’ ministry in the long term.Besides, the church fellowship and summer camps of V.G.M. help to connect the children and adolescents outside the church. Thus, putting more efforts on high school youth fellowship and higher graders in elemantary schools are suggested as a priority in ministry, then on the lower graders ones. Meanwhile, rural churches may encourage children and adolescents in or out of the church to take part in the summer camp of V.G.M., so that their faith will be promoted in this good environment. Finally, these children and adolescents are expected to return to their rural hometowns after they are grown--this will be a great source of the churchministry in the future. It is strongly recommended that the rural churches put more attention on nurturing children and youth of this generation, and increase their willingness to come back to serve the rural churches.