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Youth Violence : A Comprehensive Literature Review, Amy L. Licht
Youth Violence : A Comprehensive Literature Review, Amy L. Licht
Graduate Research Papers
Over the last decade a great deal of literature has been focused on the subject of youth violence. For this paper, youth violence is defined as elementary and adolescent-aged boys and girls who commit violent acts. These include: the use of physical force to produce injury or death to others, gang fighting, hate crimes, sexual and/or physical assault, bringing and/or using weapons at school, and aggressive behavior used as a means to gain a certain outcome.
Many studies have been conducted focusing on several dynamics involved in this complicated issue. The focus of the present work was primarily to: review …
Stepfamilies : Implications And Interventions For Children, Deanna S. Johnson
Stepfamilies : Implications And Interventions For Children, Deanna S. Johnson
Graduate Research Papers
The American family has been in a state of transition for the past three decades. Marital dissolution has quadrupled in the past 20 years, with three in five marriages ending in divorce. Approximately 80% of divorced men and 75% of divorced women remarry, creating 5.3.million married-couple households in which at least one stepchild under 18 resides.
The author of this paper will address several factors and intervention strategies that have been identified as potential determinants of healthy adaptation in children in stepfamilies. Given the increasing prevalence of stepfamilies in this country, it is imperative that school counselors become knowledgeable in …
The Effects Of Computers And The Internet On Small Town America, Judith L. Clefisch
The Effects Of Computers And The Internet On Small Town America, Judith L. Clefisch
Graduate Research Papers
Computers and the Internet have changed the way small town America operates. The infusion of technology has allowed rural areas to be competitive with residents in urban areas in education, business, and personal fulfillment. Computerized systems have made the workplace more efficient and effective. The Internet connects rural areas to the rest of the country, even the world. Just because a small town atmosphere appears to be in a different era with its quiet streets and friendly people, this does not necessarily indicate that the small town has not kept up with the technology era. A small town can have …
Residential Learning Communities : What Are They? Why Do We Have Them? Are They Here To Stay?, Kris Franzen
Residential Learning Communities : What Are They? Why Do We Have Them? Are They Here To Stay?, Kris Franzen
Graduate Research Papers
Higher education administrators have been challenged with creating optimal learning and developmental environments, and have identified residence halls as one area on college campuses that can be used as a tool in promoting learning. In order to be more purposeful in creating learning environments, housing administrators have created residential learning communities. The communities discussed in this paper have centered around freshmen interest groups, academic areas and majors, and common interests. The majority of information available to this point has been very positive. However, more information is needed before it is certain that the communities are worth the money that institutions …
Conflict Resolution : A Counseling Skill, Carol Jean Friedmann
Conflict Resolution : A Counseling Skill, Carol Jean Friedmann
Graduate Research Papers
Conflict resolution is a counseling skill (Ivy, 1994; Haley, 1976; Pearce, 1996). Counselors are in a unique place to both promote conflict resolution skills and use counseling skills while practicing conflict resolution for longer lasting and therapeutic resolutions. Two environments in which counselors have been especially active regarding conflict resolution have been in the schools and in the family (Moore, 1996).
To take a closer look at conflict resolution, this paper will do the following: define conflict resolution; look at common attitudes and ways of handling conflict; examine the effects of destructive conflict resolution and the effects of teaching constructive …