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Working With Students From Low Socioeconomic Families: What Can School Counselors Do?, Rachel S. Bluhm
Working With Students From Low Socioeconomic Families: What Can School Counselors Do?, Rachel S. Bluhm
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Poverty and low socioeconomic status (SES) in America negatively affect students in elementary, middle, and high school as they are still developing. It is crucial that school counselors and other helping professionals are aware of how to best support these students so they can achieve their highest as social support has been shown to be a protective factor for low SES in school. It is essential that school counselors and other staff in schools have effective training surrounding poverty and that they recognize how their social class affects their views and beliefs surrounding poverty and analyze those beliefs and practices. …
Effective Treatment Modalities, Recommendations, And Desired Outcomes For Adolescents With Co-Occurring Disorders, Madelynn J. Revord
Effective Treatment Modalities, Recommendations, And Desired Outcomes For Adolescents With Co-Occurring Disorders, Madelynn J. Revord
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This Capstone Project analyzes and assesses recent research of different modalities of treatment for adolescents with co-occurring disorders. While conducting research on this topic, the common goal of effective treatment for adolescents with co-occurring disorders includes eliminating continued substance abuse, resolving conduct concerns, developing appropriate coping skills, correcting negative thoughts and/or behaviors, decreasing delinquency, and addressing reoccurring mental health symptoms. Multidimensional family therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, group therapy, and individual therapy are compared to formulate effective clinical approaches for adolescents with co-occurring disorders. Adverse childhood experiences, risk and protective factors, suicidality, community involvement, parental education and early intervention, …
The Effects Of Social Media On Internalizing Disorders In Adolescents, Deziree Wiegmann
The Effects Of Social Media On Internalizing Disorders In Adolescents, Deziree Wiegmann
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This platforms capstone project paper is about the effects that social media or advanced technology platforms has on young individuals. Many articles were reviewed, which included research studies on the prevalence of social media usage by adolescents, along with its negative and positive effects on their development. This topic is important for counselors to review in order to treat young clients that struggle with depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, etc. For counselors and other professionals who work with adolescents, it would be important to look at the data, which has helped derive what treatment approaches may be the most effective and …
Examining Consent Education As A Preventative Measure For Sexual Violence, Harassment, And Bullying In Adolescents, Alexis Olson
Examining Consent Education As A Preventative Measure For Sexual Violence, Harassment, And Bullying In Adolescents, Alexis Olson
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This paper is an examination of consent education in K-12 schools in the United States. Each state determines its own consent education policies. Most states do not require consent education despite high rates of adolescent sexual activity and increasing rates of sexual violence in adolescents. This paper examines the integration of adolescent sexual violence, harassment, and bullying. Considerations of current research shows an increase in adolescent experiences of sexual violence and connections to sexual harassment and bullying. Additionally, this paper explores consent education through classroom guidance lessons and cross-curricular implementation. Examination of consent education as a preventative measure for sexual …
The Impact Of Surviving Suicide Loss On Adolescent Psychosocial Development, Sophie Leonard
The Impact Of Surviving Suicide Loss On Adolescent Psychosocial Development, Sophie Leonard
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There has been extensive research in the areas of the impact of suicide and human development over the past several decades. Researchers continue to examine the role that experiencing suicide loss plays in terms of the formation of a healthy identity and overall development. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of suicide loss on adolescent development. Specifically, this paper will address the potential impact of surviving a significant suicide loss on adolescent development during the identity versus role confusion stage of Erikson’s theory of development. Based on a thorough review of professional literature, the long-term effects …
Effectiveness Of An Online Intervention Combating Mental Health Stigma On Adolescent Help-Seeking Behaviors, Chelsea Krayecki
Effectiveness Of An Online Intervention Combating Mental Health Stigma On Adolescent Help-Seeking Behaviors, Chelsea Krayecki
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Mental health stigma has been shown to be a barrier to seeking help for mental health concerns. This is especially true for adolescents due to important developmental characteristics. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2021), depression is one of the major causes of mental health concerns and disability among adolescents. In addition, the WHO (2021) also states that mental health conditions account for 16% of global burden of illness in people ages 10-19-years-old. The current pandemic has only increased these concerns, as social, emotional, and mental well-being has been impacted by the pandemic (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, …
Counseling Adolescents With Chronic Physical Chronic Conditions, Holly Dwyer
Counseling Adolescents With Chronic Physical Chronic Conditions, Holly Dwyer
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The following paper will address the counseling considerations of children and adolescents who have physical chronic conditions. Mental health counselors must be aware of specific needs for this population including co-occurring mental health disorders, impacts of primary identifiers, and suggestions for implementing a biopsychosocial approach to counseling, which includes both cognitive behavioral and existential interventions.
Positive And Negatives Outcomes Of Social Media In Adolescents, Emily A. Norton
Positive And Negatives Outcomes Of Social Media In Adolescents, Emily A. Norton
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Research is only just emerging pertaining to adolescents and social media (Ahn, 2011). Even still, popularity of adolescents using social media is rising (Pujazon-Zazik & Park, 2010). Social media can have negative impacts such as opening avenues for online harassment or harming mental health (Pujazon-Zazik & Park, 2010; Naslund, 2016; Barry et al., 2017). Social media can also have positive outcomes such as increased social networking, boosting self-esteem, and creating educational potentials (Ahn, 2011; Best, 2014; Pujazon-Zazik, 2010; Naslund, 2016). School counselors should be aware of the positives and negatives of social media in order to help students in their …
Internet Gaming And Aggression In Adolescent Males, Michael Forsythe
Internet Gaming And Aggression In Adolescent Males, Michael Forsythe
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Internet Gaming (IG) has become a subject of interest to the counseling profession, to the extent that addiction to IG is included as an item worthy of further consideration in the DSM-5. IG has been the subject of considerable research, resulting in two opposing views of the negative effects versus the positive effects of playing games online. One viewpoint is that involvement in IG featuring violent content increases hostility levels in the gamers. Other researchers hold that IG can be a valuable educational tool, and that gamers benefit by socializing with other gamers. This review of literature will summarize the …
Effects Of Poverty On Adolescent Mental Health, Morgan Dannecker
Effects Of Poverty On Adolescent Mental Health, Morgan Dannecker
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Living in poverty puts adolescents at risk for developing mental health symptoms. When living in poverty, adolescents are more vulnerable to experiencing or witnessing violence, which negatively impacts their mental health. Low socioeconomic neighborhoods and poor parent education negatively impact adolescent mental health. While living in poverty can negatively affect adolescent mental health, some protective factors on the individual, familial and community level can help decrease these negative effects. Confidence, parental support and involvement, and religion can help protect adolescents from the negative effects of living in poverty. Along with protective factors, interventions that have been established to help negate …
Recommendations To Practitioners For Adolescent Clients With A History Of Trauma, Keiko L. Heitman
Recommendations To Practitioners For Adolescent Clients With A History Of Trauma, Keiko L. Heitman
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Children and adolescents who are exposed to traumatic events are at higher risk for developing mental health disorders over their lifetime. Therefore, this paper explores the effects of abuse and trauma in children and youth and aims to promote implementation of trauma-informed care principles with practitioners who work with at-risk youth. Specifically, this paper identifies the barriers that affect clients with a history of trauma and provides recommendations such as Positive Youth Development, Mentoring, and Day Treatment to practitioners who work with this population. In addition, the impact that day treatment programs have on degree of impairment and functioning for …
Effects Of Sex Education And Media On Teenage Pregnancy, Jennifer Coppens
Effects Of Sex Education And Media On Teenage Pregnancy, Jennifer Coppens
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Adolescents in the United States have an infinite amount of access to a multitude of the different types of mass media, including movies, television, music, magazines, and the Internet. Most of these adolescents tend to spend more time focusing on the media rather than the education they receive in the school or their parents. The majority of this content glamorizes being sexually active, including different types of sex messages with dialogue and content. Few of these different messages and content in the media include any type of information about being safe by using contraceptives and being mindful of sexual health. …
Students Seeking Attention, Dan Lecheler
Students Seeking Attention, Dan Lecheler
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There are numerous reason’s to help explain why children behave the way they do. Sometimes they may be trying to selfishly get something, please an adult or are seeking praise and approval. Sometimes they may be trying to replace something that is absent from their life. Children are not adept at discussing their thoughts and feelings. Often times they communicate through their behavior. For elementary-aged students, the classroom becomes an early setting where disruptive behaviors can have them standing out from their same-aged peers. This Capstone Project will examine the possible correlation between students who disrupt their classrooms by way …
K-12 School-Based Interventions Effective With Children And Adolescents From Divorced Families, Michelle Mccoy
K-12 School-Based Interventions Effective With Children And Adolescents From Divorced Families, Michelle Mccoy
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The research on the effects of divorce on children and adolescents is growing as the divorce rates in the United States are climbing. There are many negative effects of parental divorce and separation on children and adolescents that are discussed within this paper, including decreases in self-esteem and self-worth, declines in academic performance and dysfunction emotional adjustment. The purpose of this study is to examine and outline effective researchbased school counseling interventions that can be used in K-12 school settings with children and adolescents from these types of families. This study also examines the underlying therapeutic processes and functions that …
Benefits Of A School-Based Resilience Program For Adolescents Faced With Adversity, Madeline Mcrae
Benefits Of A School-Based Resilience Program For Adolescents Faced With Adversity, Madeline Mcrae
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Adolescence is a stage of development in which many changes are occurring; thus, a plethora of stressors and pressures affect this age group. For school-aged youth, balancing academics, family dynamics, friendships, and extra-curricular activities may be overwhelming; completing the tasks themselves is daunting as well as the desire to be successful at all of them. In addition to the typical difficulties associated with development, today’s youth are facing constant and increasing challenges, fears, trauma, and adversity, resulting in an undeniable increase in mental health issues. The purpose of this paper is to recognize the contemporary mental health issues in adolescents, …