Dance/Movement Therapy with Battered Women: A Paradigm of Action Fern Leventhal Meg Chang This article highlights the contributions that dance/movement therapy can make to the treatment of battered women. By motivating female victims of domestic violence to act‚ dance/movement therapy addresses patterns of helplessness‚ ambivalence‚ and inactivity. Dance/movement interventions help women internalize a positive self-concept as well as gain physical and emotional control. In keeping with the short-term
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Common Core Standards for Peter Pan Mock Trial NM.CC.RL.6. Reading Standards for Literature Key Ideas and Details RL.6.1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RL.6.2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. RL.6.3. Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s
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Defendant ’s Opening Statement May it please the court. It was a peaceful Saturday morning in April. Just last spring. In Shamrock University Law School ’s classroom building. Our hallways were quiet and our classrooms were almost empty. And then‚ in a student courtroom‚ something happened that astonished everyone. The plaintiff‚ Judge John Birdsong‚ pointed a .357 magnum pistol near his leg‚ pulled the trigger‚ not once‚ but‚ twice‚ to see if the gun was loaded‚ and shot himself in the left leg
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believe that Battered Women’s Syndrome should be a valid defense to murder. So many women all across the world these days get not only physically‚ verbally but mentally abused by their spouses. In the case of Janice Leidholm after being abused by her husband for years one argument and attack before bed was her breaking point. She stabbed her husband in his sleep. When a man abuses a women it does not just cause physical damage‚ it effects the women as a whole. Mentally it makes the women feel hopeless
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you’ve heard today from overwhelming evidence…” Fast forward through two days of whirlwind trials‚ last-minute critiques from three different attorney coaches‚ and nonstop overruled objections and I find myself the proud owner of the third-place attorney award
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The Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) is a mental disorder that develops in victims of domestic violence as a result of serious‚ long-term abuse. However‚ the danger of BWS is insidious‚ as it invokes learned helplessness where the victims becomes depressed‚ defeated‚ and passive to the point that she believes she is incapable of leaving the abusive situation. BWS afflicted women feel fearful‚ weak‚ and more often remain with their abuser with the hope that he/she will stop hurting her. However‚ this
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This is the hearing of Dunn and Bridges‚ in which the plaintiff must prove on the balance of probabilities that: 1. The defendant was the occupier of the premises. 2. On 10 October 2012 Dr Bridges held a party at 19 Castlecrag St Woollahra for his young child‚ Max Dunn and friends. 3. The plaintiff attended the party 4. The plaintiff was pushed into the pool by another guest 5. The plaintiff was concussed and has nerve damage to his neck as a result of his fall 6. The defendant
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Battered Women Who Kill In Roald Dahl’s “The Way Up to Heaven”‚ Mrs. Foster is an elderly woman who has a pathological fear of being late for any occasion. Whenever she is in danger of missing a train or plane or an engagement‚ a tiny muscle near her eye begins to twitch. Mr. Foster torments her harshly by making her wait for him‚ quite unnecessarily‚ past the hour when they must leave to arrive safely on time. An example of is when Mr. Foster suggests that they drop him off at his club on their
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Opening Statement Frank Cearnal Jr CRJ 100 November 11‚ 2012 John Taulane Opening Statement In today’s court system it’s not what you know it’s what you can prove‚ this statement has assisted me with the choice of discussing the Opening Statement of a Trial. Open statements can be catastrophic in any trial process‚ I would like to think of opening statements as the seed that initiates doubt in the minds of the jury. Opening Statements are defined as the information presented to the jury by
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Our Scenario for the Psychology 405 mock trial is Crime of Passion with an insanity plea. During this trial I will have multiple roles. I will be the Defendant and person charged with the crime‚ Dax. I will also be an expert witness for both the defense and the prosecution‚ as the lead forensic investigator. The prosecution for this case will consist of the prosecuting attorney‚ B‚ and the prosecution’s expert psychological consultant‚ M. The Defense will consist of the defense attorney‚ C‚ and the
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