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Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Program evaluation: a model for evaluating group homes for the developmentally disabled, Michael J. Maley
The History of Mutual Support Organizations Among the Chinese in Portland, Oregon, Scott Manchester
Personality, counseling and the cancer patient, Janet March and Ann Maxwell
Issues for Professionals Working with Cerebral Palsied Individuals, Joan Marquis, Beth Thompson, and Wendy Girdlestone
A study of the perceptual parameters of voice in aging females, Barbara Ann Mathers
An Analysis of Staggered Spondaic Word Test Performances of Dyslexic Children and Their Parents, Nancy Jane Maxwell
A Comparative Study of the Short-Term Auditory Memory Span and Sequence of Language/Learning Disabled Children and Normal Children, Kathleen M. McCausland
The resilience of the child as a factor in successful adjustment to permanent placement, Lani Maureen McDonald
Material-specific processes in tactile short-term memory, Christina Anne Meyers
Indications of Feminist Influence on Contemporary Social Work Practice, Clara Elizabeth Miller
The Threat Index and two forms of resistance to the concept of death, Henry E. Miller Jr.
A Validation Study of the Family Environment Scale: Family Incongruence Score, Linda Joanne Neale
Stephen Crane's ironic vision, Michael J. O'Bryant
Perceptions of Indian tribal leaders regarding the Indian self-determination act (Public law 93-638), Ramona O'Connor
A Descriptive Study of Social Service Needs and Demographic Characteristics of Selected Emergency Room Patients, Anne K. Parker
A Comparative Study of Language Deficits of Reservation and Urban Indian Children, Lezlie Kaye Pearce
The Relationship Between Social Isolation and Child Abuse: A Critical Literature Review, Ann A. Pederson
The Evaluation of a Title XX Training Grant in Child Care Treatment, Gilbért Louis Peña
Prehistoric mobile stone sculpture of the lower Columbia River valley: a preliminary study in a southern Northwest Coast culture subarea, Marilyn Sargent Peterson
Washington County Mental Health Program Year End Report for Fiscal Year 1976-1977, Jennifer Dee Pockel
Human Services AA Degree Programs, Ken Price
The Effect of Developmental Temperature on Morphology, Energy Metabolism, Growth Hormone and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone in Long-Evans Rats, Dana Elizabeth Quinn
A Comparative Study of the Resettlement Status of Indochinese Refugees in Portland, Rosalynn R. Ringor, Chareundi Van-Si, and Steven Hernandez
A survey of reading-readiness skills and their application to the late reader, Gail E. Robbins