Ken,

You're right!  I now remember asking her to say "hello" to a colleague
at the UCEDD when she started her study.

Kendall Corbett
Coordinator of Consumer Activities 
Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities - WIND
1000 E. University Avenue
Dept. 4298
Laramie, WY  82071
(307) 766-2853
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-----Original Message-----
From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 12:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: dissertation research

isn't bonnie molton's research thru temple also?

--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Greta, have you contacted the folks at the Temple
> UCEDD?  They may be
> able to get you in touch with parents of kids in the
> age group your
> studying, and they'd also be familiar with Temple's
> IRB policies.
> Here's contact info for my counterpart there.
>
> Parent/Consumer
> Lynne Dougherty
> 215-204-3053
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Institute on Disabilities/UCEDD
> Temple University
> 423 Ritter Annex
> 1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
> Philadelphia, PA 19122
> Main Phone:  215-204-1356
> Main Fax:  215-204-6336
> TTY:  215-204-1356
> Main Email:  [log in to unmask]
> Website:  http://disabilities.temple.edu
>
>
> Kendall Corbett
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> aka
>
> Kendall Corbett
> Coordinator of Consumer Activities
> Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities - WIND
> 1000 E. University Avenue
> Dept. 4298
> Laramie, WY  82071
> (307) 766-2853
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: greta von der luft [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 7:10 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: dissertation research
>
> Hello,
> Thank you very much for your suggestion. I have
> contacted the moderator
> of
> the listserv asking for his permission to post a
> message there as well.
> If
> you have any other ideas, please let me know.
> Thank you again,
> Greta
>
> >From: Susan Moskowitz
> <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy
> List"
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: dissertation research
> >Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:19:24 -0500
> >
> >Greta,
> >     Although the C-Palsy list does have some
> subscribers who are
> parents
> >of
> >children with cerebral palsy, most of the
> subscribers are adults who
> have
> >CP. There is another list called CP Parent which is
> focused on giving
> >parents of children with CP a forum to support each
> other in their
> efforts
> >to raise their children. Since you are seeking
> child subjects, with
> very
> >specific characteristics, I think you might have
> more success
> recruiting
> >from the CP Parent list. That list can be found at
> www.cpparrent.org .
> >Good luck with your research!
> >Susan
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "greta von der luft" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 3:03 PM
> >Subject: dissertation research
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > My name is Greta von der Luft.  I hold master's
> degrees in physical
> =
> > > therapy and special education. I have practiced
> ten years as a
> pediatric
> >=
> > > physical therapist. I am now a PhD Candidate at
> Temple University, =
> > > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I am studying self
> concept in children
> with
> >=
> > > cerebral palsy for my dissertation research to
> partially fulfill the
> =
> > > requirements for a PhD. Temple University's
> Institutional Review
> Board =
> > > (IRB) has approved of my dissertation research.
> I would like to use
> this
> >=
> > > listserv to introduce my research. Additionally,
> I would like to  =
> > > encourage parents of fifth and sixth grade
> children with spastic =
> > > diplegic cerebral palsy and average intelligence
> who reside in the
> mid =
> > > Atlantic region to contact me to help me with
> this important
> research =
> > > endeavor. But first, please let me briefly
> introduce the topic, its
> =
> > > significance, my research, what I would like
> parents to do, and how
> I =
> > > will share the results.=20
> > >
> > > Introduction: As you know, self concept is how a
> child views himself
> and
> >=
> > > herself and how s/he evaluates his/her
> capabilities academically =
> > > (reading, math, general school) and non
> academically (physical =
> > > appearance, physical capabilities, social
> relations with
> parents/peers).
> >=
> > > There is much inconclusive research involving
> children with
> disabilities
> >=
> > > due to poor methodology.
> > >
> > > Significance: A positive self concept is needed
> to succeed and have
> =
> > > positive relationships in the education, health,
> business, and
> social =
> > > arenas. We do not know if children with cerebral
> palsy have positive
> or
> >=
> > > negative self concepts. Additionally, we do not
> know if we (health,
> =
> > > educational, and vocational areas) are serving
> children with
> cerebral =
> > > palsy in the best method possible which would
> promote their self =
> > > concepts or not.
> > >
> > > My research: I am trying to fill this need by
> conducting my
> dissertation
> >=
> > > research under the supervision of Temple
> University's IRB. This will
> be
> >=
> > > done by first cross validating the Self
> Description Questionnaire-I
> =
> > > (SDQ-I) which is the most valid and reliable
> tool for use with =
> > > preadolescent children without disabilities. The
> cross validation
>
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