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Communicating With Play: Helping Adults Recognize Separation Anxiety Disorder And Social Anxiety Disorder In Preschool Children, Katlynn Marie Shamro Jan 2021

Communicating With Play: Helping Adults Recognize Separation Anxiety Disorder And Social Anxiety Disorder In Preschool Children, Katlynn Marie Shamro

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Despite well-founded and agreed upon evidence showing preschool-aged children experience anxiety (CDC, 2020), children ages 2-6 are continuously understudied, underdiagnosed, and undertreated for these disorders (NIMH, 2019). Researchers attribute this to the primarily cognitive, as opposed to behavioral symptoms of anxiety, communication deficits during the preschool years, and the nature of childhood amplifying already existing barriers to a diagnosis of anxiety. Because diagnosis is the first step to gaining access to mental health resources and early intervention mitigates symptoms and impaired functioning (Barstead et al., 2018), as well …


Proposed Intervention To Improve Recently Immigrated Hispanic Adolescents' Academic Performance And Psychological Well-Being, Samantha Lagville-Graham Jan 2017

Proposed Intervention To Improve Recently Immigrated Hispanic Adolescents' Academic Performance And Psychological Well-Being, Samantha Lagville-Graham

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.