The Archbishop Alemany Library began the collection of electronic master's theses and capstone projects in 2012; this collection represents the theses that have collected since then.
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Theses/Capstones from 2014
Neural Stem Cells as a Model to Study Huntington’s Disease, Rawan Bakhsh
Opportunity and Access: High School Coursework and its Impact on Student Self-Perceptions, Cassie K. Ferguson
Screen Time, How Much is Too Much? The Social and Emotional Costs of Technology on the Adolescent Brain, Katherine Lynn DeWeese
Self-Advocacy; The Importance of Building Interpersonal-Communication and Help-Seeking Skills in Elementary School Children, Daniel H. Gasparini
Self Esteem in Pre-Teen Girls, Carrie Webb Jacob McCormick
Serving the Student-Survivor: Exploring the Transitional and Psychosocial Needs of School-Aged Children with Cancer and Chronic Illness, Devon Malia Lanin
Skill Generalization Following Computer-Based Cognitive Retraining Among Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury, Jonathan William Alonso, Nisha E. Chadha, and Jennifer Elizabeth Pulido
Stories Unearthed: Clay therapy with Older Adults Using a Narrative Art Therapy Approach, Maria G. Sandidad
Supporting Writing Skills in the Common Core State Standards for Students in Grades 3-5 with Executive Functioning and Learning Difficulties: A Teacher’s Toolkit, Elizabeth Anne Conlon
Teachers Creating Safe School Environments: Prevention of Elementary Student-to-Student Bullying, Heather B. Gant Bradley
The Arts and Social Capital For the American 21st Century: A College Course, Kathleen Escamilla
The Development of a Therapeutic Listening Instrument For Allied Health: A Pilot Study, Linda Diane Roybal, Suzanne Laura Schwind, Elizabeth Jeanne Szoboszlay, and Brittnee Jane Witham
The Difference in Self-Efficacy Between First Year and Final Year Graduate Students in Art Therapy Training, Ya-Wen Huang
The Effectiveness of Peer Mentoring in Helping First Year Students Develop Occupational Adaptation Skills, LaShelle Rena Rullan, Jovita Vasquez, and Julia Wong
The Effects of iPad Apps on Student Achievement in Literacy for Children in 2nd and 3rd Grade, Deena M. Reyes
The Emergence of Critical Thinking in Children: A Cognitive-Behavioral Inquiry-based Art Therapy Program, Corinne Hajnik
The Impact of Fibromyalgia and Sensory Processing on Participation of Daily Activities, Florina Mendoza-Battle, Regina Okun, and Ashlee Sand
The Impact of Response Art on Therapist Empathic Understanding: Drawing a Picture from a Client's Perspective, Alison Jackson
The Importance of Effectively Teaching Social Skills to Students with High-Functioning Autism, Michaela Elizabeth Mirsky
The Meaning of Art Therapy and Equine Assisted Therapy with Adolescents, Samantha Louise Tucker
The Preschool Kitchen Task Assessment (PKTA): A Pilot Study Exploring Executive Functioning in Children Ages 3 to 6 Years, Annette M. Yuson, Mallory Hope Engelhardt, and Fanny Canlas Dizon
Through the Looking Glass: Examining the Practice of Science Classroom Dissection with a Multi-faceted Lens, Melissa Marie Witte
Twelve Rules for Drinking, Kevin McWilliams Coates
Understanding and Preventing Falls: Perspectives of First Responders and Older Adults, Monica Fernandez, Anita Diep Hin, and Chelsea C. Prado
Using Art Therapy and TF-CBT to Reduce Anxiety adn Depression in Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended, Kathryn King
Using Narrative Art Therapy to Explore Acculturative Stress Among First Generation Japanese Immigrant Women Married to U.S.-Born Spouses, Yasuno Yoshizawa
Virgin of Guadalupe: The Evolution of Mexico's Mother Image Into a Cultural Icon, Tashina Garcia-Garza
Theses/Capstones from 2013
Adult Independent Living Outcomes for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Lisa B. Dedmore
All Four Knot, A Cover Story, Sean Adrian Smith
An Analysis of Occupational Therapists’ Listening Behaviors During Treatment Sessions, Steven Joseph DeVilbiss, Andreanna Marie Rodriquez, and Maria Tolentino
"Art of Dreaming" A Humanistic-Experiential Approach for Integrating Art Therapy into a Dream Group, Clementine Do
Art Therapy and Chinese Immigrant Mental Health: Acculturation of Chinese Adolescents in the United States - A Female Chinese Teenager Support Group, Chia-I Ruby Jen
Art Therapy and Movimeiento with Hispanic Youth, Alexis Nicole Aquino
Art Therapy as a Treatment Modality for Processing Recurring Dreams and Anxiety, Nicole Hallenbeck
A Survey of Sandplay Therapy Practices Among Licensed Psychotherapists, Melissa Sherman
AVPT Art Assessment with Survivors of Human Trafficking, Jessica Jarocki
Bereaved Adults' Art Therapy Group, Andrea Hans
Bridging the Gap for First Generation Students (BG4FGS): An Occupation-Based Peer Mentoring Program at Dominican University of California, Victoria Danielle Rivera, Marion de Celis Sarte, and Alison Jean Wiggam
CAS with Art and Chronic Pain: The Effects of Clearing a Space with Art on Women with Chronic Pain, Jenny McGrath
Circles of Connection: Finding Social Connectedness and Meaning within Group Process, Julianna F. Bratsberg, Aundrea Marcella Roberts, and Susan R. Untiedt
Clinical Reasoning in the Use of Slings for Stroke Patients with Shoulder Subluxation: A Practice Phenomenon in California, Simon Chi and Naoko Murai
Comparing Full Day Kindergarten to Half Day Kindergarten, Alisha Catherine Bazzano
Computer-Based Cognitive Retraining for Individuals with Chronic Acquired Brain Injury: A Pilot Study, Stephanie Camille Gella, Joshua Victor Ramos, Julie Anne Robertson, and Lucia Diana Ulloa
Creating Symbols to Identify and Stabilize Character Traits: Using Art Therapy and Positive Psychology Perspective with Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment, Faith Matter-Kratzer
Critical Issues for Administrators of Specialized Schools, Amanda Thomas Kirk
Dance Movement and Narrative Art Therapy for Adolescent Girls: A Combined Treatment Approach, Lindsay Parkinson
Decreasing Fall Risk in Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness, Reynaldo Joseph Ballesteros Jr., Kellie Ann Hislop, and Chanita Mary Panchasarp
Demeter's Daughters: How the Myth of the Captured Bride Helped Spur Feminine Consciousness in Ancient Greece, Mary Elizabeth Naples
Developing a Comprehensive Handwriting Curriculum Utilizing the Handwriting Without Tears™ Approach for Typically Developing Elementary School Aged Children, Taryn Nicole Clough, Jane C. Malone, and Christina Marilyn Robertson