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Theses/Dissertations from 1978
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
Planning for regional environmental quality : the case of Japan's National Capital Region, Duane E. Roberts
A Descriptive Study of the Relationship Between Age and Problems Expressed by Women Seeking Out-Patient Mental Health Services, Linda M. Rodgers and Joyce Carey
The Development of a Grassroots Citizen Action Organization, Mary Runge
Assertion Training of Nursing Home Residents, Roberta Saul
Job seeking patterns of vocational rehabilitation clients, Sandra Marie Schneider
A Comparative Study of the Expressive Preposition Usage of Educable Mentally Retarded Children and Normals, Marie Deon Shope
Social Work with Minority Clients : an Attitudinal Survey, Twila Jeanne Souers
Günter Kunert: der künstlerische Weg eines Schriftstellers der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Jutta Southwell
Group Painting as a Means of Self-Expression and Communication for Mentally Retarded Persons: Three Case Histories, Yaeko Steidel
Aspects of the ecology of the common raven in Harney Basin, Oregon, Richard B. Stiehl
Native American Social Work Symposium : an evaluation, Lou Stone
Bronze Sculptures: a Thesis Report, Michael T. Story