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How Children Describe Negative Adoption Experiences, Mckenzie Paskett
How Children Describe Negative Adoption Experiences, Mckenzie Paskett
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Adoption faces stigmas from society which affects peoples' perceptions of adoptees, their birth parents, and adoptive parent s; one of the most prominent being that adoption is the "second best" route to getting children (Baxter, Norwood, Asbury, & Scharp , 2014). Adoption success is mixed with some adapting well, while others have negative experience s. Studying themes about how and why negative adoption experiences happen could be beneficial to preventing them in the future. There is a unique perspective between parents and children and so the central research question for this study is: how do children describe their negative adoption …
The Effect Of Peer Counseling Training And Experience On Peer Counselors, Holly Day Mcfarland
The Effect Of Peer Counseling Training And Experience On Peer Counselors, Holly Day Mcfarland
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
This study was designed to measure improvement in communication skills of 11 peer counselors after training. The instrument utilized was the Interpersonal Communication Inventory which was given in a pretest-treatment-posttest format. The treatment consisted of a three month intensive training program which emphasized improving communication skills in the areas of listening, empathy and understanding. The results indicated that the peer counselors improved their communication skills dramatically. The mean on the pretest was 83.82, while the mean after the treatment was 100.09.