Single Parents and Effects on Children
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A 6 page paper consisting of the contents of a 21-slide presentation (available) on single parenthood and effects on children, parents, teens and others affected. The paper incorporates Erikson's view of development. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KSpsycSingPar.rtf

Social Withdrawal in the Child and Adolescent
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A 5 page discussion of the causes of social withdrawal. This paper emphasizes the seriousness of the behavior and links it with suicidality. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPpsySocialWithdrawal.rtf

Society's Role Models & Adolescent Girls
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A 10 page paper discussing the effect media depictions of role models have on adolescent girls. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: Models.doc

Sociology Theories & "The Rebel Without a Cause."
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(7 pp) Explaining crime and delinquency is a complex task. A multitude of factors exist that contribute to the understanding of what leads someone to engage in delinquent behavior. While biological and psychological factors hold their own merit when explaining crime and delinquency, perhaps sociology factors can make the best effort to explain juvenile delinquency. Movie characters are used to illustrate social theories. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: BBjvsc2R.doc

Spanking Verses Modern Forms of Behavioral Modification
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A 5 page discussion of techniques for achieving behavioral modification. Spanking as a form of correction is viewed very differently by different people. The more traditional approach to child rearing incorporates spanking as a mild form of punishment. Spanking is employed as a means of correcting inappropriate behavior. The more contemporary approach to child rearing, however, often views spanking as an antiquated and cruel relict of our past. Many contend in fact that spanking is ineffective in terms of instilling correct behavior in a child. In many cases in fact spanking, although an effective deterrent of earlier generations, is not the most preferred means of behavioral modification in today’s environment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPspank.wps

Stages of Development: Interview Questions for a 65 Year Old Female
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A 6 page overview of the eight stages of development identified by psychoanalyst Erik Homberger Erikson. This paper frames questions in accordance with those stages, questions to be used in interviewing a sixty-five year old woman. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPeriks3.rtf

Statistical Research Design Relating To Adolescent Suicide
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A 9 page paper discussing appropriate research design for application to adolescent suicide prevention programs. Report includes review of professional literature and research design hypothesis related to the subject. Bibliography lists more than two dozen sources.
Filename: Adolesc2.doc

Studies of Adolescent Populations
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of studies of adolescent populations. This paper looks specifically at Fergusson, Lynskey and Horwood (1997), in Attention Difficulties in Middle Childhood and Psychosocial Outcomes in Young Adulthood, considered the impacts of early childhood attention problems and the outcomes for children later in life. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHADHArt.rtf

Substance Abuse Treatment For Adolescents
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This 5 page paper explores substance abuse among adolescents. It also includes a brief description of the Daytop New Jersey Program, located in Mt. Freedom, NJ. This paper includes portions of the file KTadldrg.wps. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KTsadynj.wps

Suicide Among Youth and the Elderly
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A 6 page paper establishing epidemiological, behavioral and educational diagnoses for suicide among youth and the elderly. The text of the paper is repeated in three tables, each devoted to a specific type of diagnosis. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSpsycSuicide.rtf

Teen Intervention
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A 5 page paper which examines a hypothetical situation involving a troubled teen. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAteeni.rtf

Teen Misconduct: Theories Regarding Involvement With Drugs, Alcohol,and Sex
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A 12 page discussion of the societal factors which lead to teen misconduct. Emphasizes that misconduct is of dire societal concern because such behavior sometimes escalates to criminal or deviant behavior. Reviews the role of the environment in shaping this behavior and deterrence in minimizing it. Concludes that it is a societal priority to address the problems which are teens are facing before misconduct develops into criminal or deviant activity. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPteenCn.wps

Teen Suicide
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A 3 page paper on teen suicide and how it can be prevented. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAtnsu.rtf

Teen Suicide Prevention Program
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This 5 page paper provides the information for writing a grant proposal for a teen suicide prevention program. This particular pilot program will be a collaboration between the education system and the mental health agency. TeenScreen will be used to identify at risk high school students. The essay discusses the people who will be involved and in what capacity, the budget for the pilot program, the costs that will be paid for by local agencies and how the program will be evaluated. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGtnsucp.rtf

Teen Suicide: The Development of a Comprehensive Educational Response
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This 10 page paper considers the issue of teen suicide and the problem for one specific community. This paper suggests that increasing suicide rates in recent years and the reflections in the current literature for a variety of reasons behind this shift has created an impetus for an educational response to the problem. This paper outlines a comprehensive educational program designed to reduce the propensity for suicidal thoughts and tendencies among middle school students. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MHchildh.wps

Teen Suicide: A Growing Epidemic
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5 pages in length. Have you or someone you know ever contemplated suicide? Teen suicide is nearly four times more common today than it was a few decades ago. Suicide is now the third leading killer of young people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four. This paper considers what draws teens to suicide and what the alternatives are: most teenagers who are considering suicide don't realize how they can find that life is truly worth living. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: JGAsuicd.wps

Teen Treatment Outcomes/Depression
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A 12 page research paper that summarizes and analyzes research literature. This examination of research literature on the treatment of adolescent depression looks at studies that features CBT or IT psychotherapies, antidepressant medication and also studies that combine these approaches in order to determine in order to compare treatment outcomes. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: khcbtitm.rtf