Akia's Penn State Writing

Dr. Akande, My name is Akia Marshall I am a Penn State Abington student and I am rehabilitation and human services major. After doing some research I noticed not only have you taught children’s disability classes but have had publications on female immigrants and counseling techniques for rehabilitation knowing this I want to ask you would you consider being researcher on my ACURA project. I took a trip to Angola Africa and went to an Orphanage where the conditions were terrible and I visited an disabled boy who could not walk nor speak and was left alone in a courtyard full of children. This happened a few years ago, and I could only imagine those conditions getting worse and that is why I want to do research right now. My ACURA research is if government influence has the social impact on the treatment of disabled children under the age of nine in Africa. Because you have done work with immigration and disabled children I thought you might be interested in working on this pr...

PART 1 Rehabilitation and Human Services Abigail O. Akande, Ph.D.- She has a Ph.D. Rehabilitation, Public Health Minor, a M.S. Rehabilitation Counseling, Boston University – Boston, MA B.A. Child Development, Tufts University – Medford, MA She has also taught Medical Aspects of Disability Intro to Rehab Services Intro to Disability Culture Counseling Techniques Rehabilitation Foundations Cross Cultural Counseling Her research interests include community-based vocational rehabilitation and reproductive justice concerns for immigrant women with disabilities (and chronic health conditions) and women with disabilities in developing countries. The bachelor's degree in child development, teachings in disability culture, and research interest that include developing countries interest me the most because I was thinking about disabled child care in developing countries, and how their care is presented compared to the United States disabled Child Care. ...

Part 1: Hendricks, C. , Lansford, J. E., Deater‐Deckard, K. and Bornstein, M. H. (2014), Associations Between Child Disabilities and Caregiver Discipline and Violence in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries. Child Dev, 85: 513-531. doi:10.1111/cdev.12132 Saloojee, G. , Phohole, M. , Saloojee, H. and IJsselmuiden, C. (2007), Unmet health, welfare and educational needs of disabled children in an impoverished South African peri‐urban township. Child: Care, Health and Development, 33: 230-235. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00645.x Part 2: The researchers in these articles both explain about interactions that occur with the disabled children in developing countries.These articles looked into how these children were being treated in these countries. Although both these articles go into specifics about how disabled kids and the influence of what others have on them, they both explain two different aspects of it. One demonstrates how the educational needs that are lacking in these dev...

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Rehabilitation and Human Services Abigail O. Akande, Ph.D .- She has a Ph.D. Rehabilitation, Public Health Minor,  a M.S. Rehabilitation Counseling, Boston University – Boston, MA B.A. Child Development, Tufts University – Medford, MA She has also taught  Medical Aspects of Disability Intro to Rehab Services Intro to Disability Culture Counseling Techniques Rehabilitation Foundations Cross Cultural Counseling Her research interests include community-based vocational rehabilitation and reproductive justice concerns for immigrant women with disabilities (and chronic health conditions) and women with disabilities in developing countries. The bachelor's degree in child development, teachings in disability culture, and research interest that include developing countries interest me the most because I was thinking about disabled child care in developing countries, and how their care is presented compared to the United States disabled Child Care.  ...