Psychological Development In Adolescence
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A 10 page paper discussing adolescence in general. By far, the teen years are not all doom and gloom unless people around the teen attempt to make them that way, but by the same token, adults have no reason to tell teens that life never improves. Finishing up with the hormone wash and gaining the life experience that enables the individual to truly know who he is are freeing in the end, but both processes alone can be devastating to the teen who has only limited adult support and the safety net of a loving and accepting family. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: Adolesde.wps

Psychological Evaluation: A Case Study of a Sixteen Year Old Black Male
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An 8 page document, the purpose of which is to provide a psychological evaluation, and propose treatment goals, for a sixteen year old black juvenile who exhibits severe behavioral problems and has a poor relationship with his mother and brothers. The patient is described and his past history, and that of his family is detailed. The author relies heavily on the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-IV and the professional literature. Bibliography includes 4 sources.
Filename: PPpsyBoy.rtf

Psychological Theory and How to Motivate Your Child to Keep a Tidy Room
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A 5 page discussion of how a mother can employ psychological theory to effect positive behavioral changes in her son. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPpsyKidsRoom.rtf

Psychologists' Ethics & Children
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A 10 page research paper that examines ethical dilemmas that psychologists encounter working with children and adolescents. While specific ethical codes endeavor to be precise, ethical dilemmas, nevertheless, continue to arise, particularly in regards to working with children, which range beyond the boundaries of such codes, creating controversy and debate. This literature review examines and discusses some of these ethical issues, with a particular focus on children and adolescents who are abused, runaway or homeless. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khpekids.rtf

Psychosocial Assessment of an Adolescent
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This 16 page report discusses John Dorron, a white, upper middle-class, 16 year-old who has had multiple and intense psychosocial problems in his short life. His parents who divorced he was nine. From the age of nine to 14, he had very limited contact with his father, despite the fact that his father lived less than 20 miles from John and his mother. John stabbed his 19 year-old half-brother when he was 12. He disappeared for four days once when he was 13. Only a month after his disappearance he was arrested for public intoxication, possession of cocaine, and vandalism and was taken to a juvenile detention center to await a juvenile court appearance. This report describes his situation, a proposed intervention, research supporting that type of intervention and evaluation processes. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: BWpsycho.wps

RAISING CAIN: DAN KINDLON/MICHAEL THOMPSON
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This 5 page paper is a response paper to the book:Raising Cain by Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson. Issues explored and discussed include the definition of male and how boys are suffering emotionally in the United States. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBkinlon.rtf

Rationale for a Student Assistance Program
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A 13 page paper discussing the need for and structuring of a Student Assistance Program (SAP) in the school setting. There are many and varied programs available designed to help people of all ages deal with the stresses of life and focusing specifically on drug and alcohol abuse. Though many such programs exist, a feature common to most is that they are not well known in the communities they serve. Participation commonly is in the form of a "sentence" imposed by some civil authority, and many individuals already have lived most of their lives devoted to their specific addictions. Modeled on the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) model, the SAP works to accomplish identification and intervention much earlier, and on a voluntary basis in every case possible. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KS-SAPs.wps

Research Proposal: Teen Agression
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A 6 page paper providing a literature review and methods section for a proposal for a psychological study of teen aggression. It appears that there has been no attempt to relate grade expectations with aggression levels, and the study proposed in this paper seeks to gain information about whether that relationship exists and how it may operate. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSpsycResProp.rtf

Rite of Passage
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A 5 page research paper that discusses adolescent rites of passage. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khropad.rtf

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.
Filename: TLCSchlShoot.rtf

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS – AN OVERVIEW
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This 5-page paper provides an overview and commentary on the book Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. It also examines the book from a psychological point of view.
Filename: MTrunsci.rtf

Self concept in adolescents
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A paper which looks at self concept and self esteem in adolescents, in relation to the social, psychological and environmental factors which contribute to the development of personality, and how these affect the interaction of adolescents with their world. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: JL2selfconads.rtf

Self esteem in adolescents
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A five page paper which considers some of the factors which influence the development of self-esteem in teenagers, and the connection between low self-esteem and delinquent behaviour. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JLselfest.rtf

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.
Filename: TLCSepIndiv.rtf

Sexuality in adolescents
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A paper which looks at the way in which different cultures regard sexual development and behaviour in young people, with particular reference to western and Muslim cultures. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLadsex.rtf

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.
Filename: TLCMnrCoun.rtf

Similarities and Differences of Midlife and Adolescent Crises
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This 9 page paper examines the identity crisis in adolescence and compares and contrasts it to the midlife crisis. The fact that many parents go through their crises at the same time as their adolescents is also discussed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA119mid.doc