Child Life Services in an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 1269-1274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Lowenstein ◽  
Mackenzie C. Cervenka ◽  
Lauren Mitchell ◽  
Noelle Stewart ◽  
Eric H. Kossoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Child Life ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Child Life Specialist ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
Staff Experiences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Epilepsy Monitoring

The goal of this study was to determine the value of a certified child life specialist (CCLS) on the patient and staff experiences in an epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU). We integrated a CCLS into the EMU for all children as well as adults with intellectual disability. We surveyed families to determine the impact of child life services on their stay. EMU staff completed questionnaires to determine perceived impact to their job performance from the integration of the CCLS. All of the families (pediatric and adult patients) who responded to the survey reported the presence of the CCLS improved their hospital experience. Staff reported that the CCLS improved their daily work by allowing them to focus on their assigned medical duties. This preliminary pilot study suggests that CCLS can have a strong impact on the experience of patients and staff in an EMU.

But they promised! How psychological contracts influence the impact of felt violations on job-related anxiety and performance

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk De Clercq ◽  
Muhammad Umer Azeem ◽  
Inam Ul Haq
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Psychological Contract Violations ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study unpacks the relationship between violations of organizational promises, as perceived by employees and their job performance, considering the mediating effects of job-related anxiety and moderating effects of psychological contract type.Design/methodology/approachMulti-source, multi-wave data were collected from employees and their supervisors in Pakistan.FindingsFeelings of organizational betrayal may reduce job performance due to the higher anxiety that employees experience in their daily work. This mediating role of enhanced job-related anxiety in turn is stronger to the extent that employees believe that their psychological contract contains relational obligations but weaker when it contains transactional obligations.Practical implicationsThe study gives organizational decision makers pertinent insights into how they can mitigate the risk that employees who are angry about broken organizational promises stay away from performance-enhancing work activities, namely, by managing the expectations that come along with psychological contracts. In so doing, they can avoid imposing dual harms on employees, from both a sense that they have been betrayed and the risk of lower performance ratings.Originality/valueThis study offers expanded insights into the process that underpins the translation of psychological contract violations into diminished job performance, by pinpointing the simultaneous roles of experienced job-related anxiety and beliefs about employer obligations.

The Impact of Medical/Behavioral Support Needs on the Supports Needed by Adolescents With Intellectual Disability to Participate in Community Life

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyojeong Seo ◽  
Karrie A. Shogren ◽  
Michael L. Wehmeyer ◽  
Todd D. Little ◽  
Susan B. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
School Life ◽  
Behavioral Support ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
Effective Community ◽  
The Impact

Abstract As adolescents with intellectual disability (ID) transition to adulthood, there is a need to plan for effective community-based supports that address the post-school life. There is also a need to plan for the impact of factors (e.g., medical/behavioral support needs) on supports needed for community participation. Data from the Supports Intensity Scale—Adult Version (SIS—A) was used to examine relations between medical/behavior support needs and support needs assessed in the standardized portion of the SIS—A. Results suggested that the presence of medical/behavioral needs had a strong impact on supports needed to participate in the community activities, and that more intensive medical support needs were related to higher support needs in the Home Living, Community Living, and Health and Safety domains.

scholarly journals Altered Cl− homeostasis hinders forebrain GABAergic interneuron migration in a mouse model of intellectual disability

2020 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. e2016034118
Author(s):  
Andrea Maset ◽  
Luisa Galla ◽  
Simona Francia ◽  
Olga Cozzolino ◽  
Paola Capasso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Mouse Model ◽  
Inhibitory Neurons ◽  
Gabaergic Interneuron ◽  
Inhibitory Interneurons ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Inhibitory Circuits ◽  
Downstream Signaling ◽  
Rock Inhibition ◽  
The Impact

Impairments of inhibitory circuits are at the basis of most, if not all, cognitive deficits. The impact of OPHN1, a gene associate with intellectual disability (ID), on inhibitory neurons remains elusive. We addressed this issue by analyzing the postnatal migration of inhibitory interneurons derived from the subventricular zone in a validated mouse model of ID (OPHN1−/y mice). We found that the speed and directionality of migrating neuroblasts were deeply perturbed in OPHN1−/y mice. The significant reduction in speed was due to altered chloride (Cl−) homeostasis, while the overactivation of the OPHN1 downstream signaling pathway, RhoA kinase (ROCK), caused abnormalities in the directionality of the neuroblast progression in mutants. Blocking the cation–Cl− cotransporter KCC2 almost completely rescued the migration speed while proper directionality was restored upon ROCK inhibition. Our data unveil a strong impact of OPHN1 on GABAergic inhibitory interneurons and identify putative targets for successful therapeutic approaches.

Daily Fluctuations in Work Engagement

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold B. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Work Pressure ◽  
Diary Research

This article presents an overview of the literature on daily fluctuations in work engagement. Daily work engagement is a state of vigor, dedication, and absorption that is predictive of important organizational outcomes, including job performance. After briefly discussing enduring work engagement, the advantages of diary research are discussed, as well as the concept and measurement of daily work engagement. The research evidence shows that fluctuations in work engagement are a function of the changes in daily job and personal resources. Particularly on the days that employees have access to many resources, they are able to cope well with their daily job demands (e.g., work pressure, negative events), and likely interpret these demands as challenges. Furthermore, the literature review shows that on the days employees have sufficient levels of job control, they proactively try to optimize their work environment in order to stay engaged. This proactive behavior is called job crafting and predicts momentary and daily work engagement. An important additional finding is that daily engagement has a reciprocal relationship with daily recovery. On the days employees recover well, they feel more engaged; and engagement during the day is predictive of subsequent recovery. Finding the daily balance between engagement while at work and detachment while at home seems the key to enduring work engagement.

The impact of behavioral science on the maintenance of machine subsystems (Job performance aids)

1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvin T. Snyder ◽  
John P. Foley ◽  
John D. Folley ◽  
Edgar J. Shriver ◽  
Jane McReynolds ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Behavioral Science ◽  
The Impact

ANALYSIS THE IMPACT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (QMS) AND SAFETY AND HEALTHY AT WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SHWMS / SMK3) ON THE JOB PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Nur Hidayat ◽  
Indah Kusuma Hayati
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Management System ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Work Management

Recently, the evolvement of globalization era has been the global challenges that cannot be avoided either by private or government sectors, and they are requested to be survived encountering such the condition. The implementation of Quality Management System (QMS) in the operational company is the way how to guarantee the quality of products or services offered to the people. One of the purposes of QMS implementation is to provide a prime satisfaction to the customers. The impact of QMS implementation is expected to increase job performance of the employees. Besides the implementation of Quality Management System (QMS), the impact of global challenges has been increasing the competitive efforts to execute more effective production process. However, it has required manpower protection accordingly. This research aims to find out whether the implementation of quality management system and safety and healthy at work management system have impacted on the job performance of employees. Objects of this research are the employees in the production department at PT Guna Senaputra Sejahtera Plant 1 Bogor. Data analysis technique of this research has applied software Smart PLS (Partial Least Square). PLS has estimated a model of correlation among the latent variables and correlation between latent variables and its indicators. Result of data processing has indicated that the implementation of Quality Management System (QMS) and system of safety and healthy at work have positively and significantly impacted job performance of employees.Keywords : Quality Management System (QMS), Safety and Healthy at Work System ( SHWS / SMK3), and Job Performance of Employees

When Do Psychopathic Traits Affect Cooperative Behavior?: An Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Experimental Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Testori ◽  
M Kempf ◽  
RB Hoyle ◽  
Hedwig Eisenbarth
Keyword(s):  
Prisoner's Dilemma ◽  
Cooperative Behavior ◽  
Prisoner’S Dilemma ◽  
Selection Procedure ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Iterated Prisoner’S Dilemma

© 2019 Hogrefe Publishing. Personality traits have been long recognized to have a strong impact on human decision-making. In this study, a sample of 314 participants took part in an online game to investigate the impact of psychopathic traits on cooperative behavior in an iterated Prisoner's dilemma game. We found that disinhibition decreased the maintenance of cooperation in successive plays, but had no effect on moving toward cooperation after a previous defection or on the overall level of cooperation over rounds. Furthermore, our results underline the crucial importance of a good model selection procedure, showing how a poor choice of statistical model can provide misleading results.

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