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A few years back, my colleague, Dr. Lisa Baker at Samford University’s Department of Social Work , and I collaborated on a study about a technology-meditated assignment that we developed for a Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) course. Our goal was to breathe some new life into a stale assignment. In this post, I want to share how we approached the development, assessment, and dissemination of our study related to this tech-mediated assignment.
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A talk for Confer: Confronting Mortal Threat / Oxford Psychotherapy Society 5.9.2020 / 14.10.2020 ‘Wisdom is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; fortunate are they who embrace her’ (Proverbs 3:18) Abstract To be ‘philosophical’ or ‘stoical’ is in part to remain calm and able to think in the face of adversity. But how have the sages suggested we achieve this?
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