Root Causes Of Recent School Shootings
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3 pages in length. School violence has long been an issue between cultural power play as much as it has been an issue of adolescent angst. Easy access to guns within the family unit is a primary instigator of juvenile violence against other juveniles, say some experts. Coupled with the surge of gang activity in recent years, these factors have greatly attributed to the degradation of childhood morals. Discord among students is a normal, daily event at all stages and types of educational institutions, but it is the manner by which such antagonism is addressed that serves to either mitigate or exacerbate the problem. Children and adolescents typically do not understand what it takes to successfully manage conflicts - either those inside one's head or externally within the student body - which is why the situation often gets out of hand before it is resolved. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Runaway, Homeless, Throwaway Youth
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In 15 pages the author discusses the dilemma of runaway/homeless youth. The plight of the runaway/homeless youth is a terrible one. Basically, they have been considered as ‘throwaway youth' by society. The value system of society is skewed when it will allow such a problem to continue. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Sameroff's Transactional Model Of Development: Association With Cognitive Development
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10 pages in length. Contemporary society places an inordinate amount of responsibility upon external influences - environmental, school system, other caregivers - to construct a child's cognitive development; one of the most conspicuously absent component is that of parental/familial involvement. The extent to which typical development and learning difficulties are both integrally associated with this particular aspect of cognitive development is both grand and far-reaching; that each end of the learning spectrum can experience valiant success or miserable failure speaks directly to Sameroff's transactional model that contends parents have tremendous influence when it comes to shaping a child's cognitive development. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Schizophrenia
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A 6 page outline of the causative factors believed to be responsible for schizophrenia. These factors are both genetic and environmental. Recent research has unearthed particularly interesting correlations with obstetric complications. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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School Violence: Cause and Effect
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A 4 page discussion of the increase in school violence. The author presents the case that an increased violent content in the media, in television in particular, can be held responsible. Bibliography lists sources.
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Screening and Cognitive Testing for Children
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This 4 page paper addresses specific and general testing problems, including which tests are currently used for what purposes. Matters of brain injured children as well as those that concern ADD are also addressed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Self-Esteem And The Elementary School Child
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A 10 page paper. Self-esteem has been a concern and a focus of research for many years. There is a good reason for writers and practitioners in different fields to emphasize this aspect of the personality. Self-esteem is the core of a person, often dictating what that person will accomplish in his or her life. This paper defines self-esteem and provides the research and comments from several journal articles. The different topics include body image and self-esteem in young children; gender and age differences of Chinese children as these relate to self-esteem; three approaches to help enhance self-esteem; and measuring self-esteem in the young child. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Self-Esteem and the Elementary School Student
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A 10 page research paper exploring aspects of self-esteem including: how self-esteem is defined by different theorists, what are the components in self-esteem, and how does the teacher help to improve a student's self esteem. Several programs are described and discussed with a final caution to select activities carefully so the efforts do not backfire. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Self-Esteem Birth To Age 5
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This 20 page paper provides a comprehensive overview of development between birth and age 5 with a focus on the development of self-esteem. The essay begins with a discussion of the self, what is the self, how the infant and toddler develop a sense of self, what is the existential self, the categorical self? The author then reports the stages of development as outlined by Piaget and Erikson pertaining to the focus years. The writer then connects developing a sense of self with the developmental theories. The next section discusses self-esteem, what is it. How is it developed, what impacts the self-esteem, the socialization process, the importance of the first three to six years and whether SES influences self-esteem in this young child. Self-identity and how and when young children become aware of differences are discussed. The writer also discusses whether or not self-esteem development is gender-related. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Self-Esteem In Toddlers Analyzed
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This 8 page research paper examines the importance of self-esteem in toddlers. Specifically discussed are why a child's self-esteem would be high or low and the ways in which self-esteem can be raised. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Separation And Individuation: Case Study
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3 pages in length. The development of self deficits in terms of separation and individuation reaches its apex by age three, according to researcher Margaret Mahler's findings, a psychological point that relates directly to Gillian's inability to realize herself as an individual. The developmental period between three months and three years is critical to how a person ultimately deals with emotional situations in his or her future; in Gillian's case, Ms Smith sabotaged any normal development by imparting the exact same stringent and controlling demands she sought to escape from her own mother. No bibliography.
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Separation Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): The Case of "Jordan"
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This 6 page paper provide an overview of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a single case study. This paper also relates the link between OCD and separation anxiety in this case. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Separation Anxiety In Preschool Children
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A 20 page paper. The paper presents a hypothetical research study proposal that includes an introduction to the topic of separation anxiety in preschool children and parental behaviors that can foster or reduce such anxiety, hypothesis, literature review, methodology, data analysis and conclusions. Separation anxiety is a normal part of the childhood experience and can be observed at different ages in the child's life. This essay explores some of the reasons for separation anxiety and parental behaviors that can ease the distress children feel when facing a separation. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Should Drugs Be Used To Treat Hyperactive Children: Tutorial
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A 6 page paper that offers a speech that would be made to a lay audience. The topics include definitions of MBD and ADD/ADHD, how these conditions are diagnosed and how they are treated. The writer offers the opinion that drugs should be used when the child really does have ADHD and justifies this reason. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Should Minors Those Under The Age Of Fifteen Be Allowed To Access Counseling Without Parental Consent?
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10 pages in length. No matter what age, people must have access to professional counseling in order to address whatever emotional issues stand between them and a vibrant, healthful life. Moreover, they are fully entitled to complete privacy when it comes to telling others that they are seeking counseling, leaving it up to the individual to divulge that information – or not. Those under the legal age of adulthood find it much more difficult to secure either of these choices due to the nature of minor laws and the legal accountability of such sessions without parental consent. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Sibling Relationships; Closeness or Conflict
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This 5 paper looks at the role of communication between siblings and the way it may influence their later lives. The role of conflict and parental intervention is considered and an interview between two siblings is used to ascertain the accuracy of the literature review. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget on Children and their Development
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This 6 page report discusses the theories of Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget in terms of their beliefs about children and child development and psychology. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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