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Lived Experiences Of Young Adults Who Had A Sibling With Cancer In Childhood, Brittany Lawton
Lived Experiences Of Young Adults Who Had A Sibling With Cancer In Childhood, Brittany Lawton
Child Development Theses
Childhood cancer affects not only the patient but also the family, including siblings. Often siblings are given less attention and must adapt to drastic life changes in isolation, potentially leading to long-term effects in adulthood. This study explores the influence of childhood cancer on identities of young adults who were children when their siblings were diagnosed with cancer. Ten participants completed semi-structured interviews that described their experiences with childhood cancer as well as their perspectives of the impact it has had on their current lives and identities. Two themes emerged with several subthemes from the 10 participants about the processing …
Selective Mutism: What It Is And Approaches To Intervention, Agatha Barnowski
Selective Mutism: What It Is And Approaches To Intervention, Agatha Barnowski
Child Development Theses
Selective Mutism (SM) is a frequently unheard of and misunderstood mental disorder. While it is defined in the DSM-5, its misconceptions are still very high. This thesis will provide a historical and current literature review of selective mutism research, as well as different treatment approaches in clinical and school environments. The hope is that with a wider understanding of what selective mutism is and is not, treatment for the disorder will begin at a younger age. The goal is for a child’s team to be included in the process of treatment, including the mental health provider, parents, caregivers, teacher, and …
Wanda And Joseph: Language Development In The Context Of Family Stress And Trauma, Isabel Jay
Wanda And Joseph: Language Development In The Context Of Family Stress And Trauma, Isabel Jay
Child Development Theses
Much has been written on child language development and recent years have seen a burst of research on the psychological and physiological impact of trauma and stress. This study seeks to review existing research on how family trauma influences language development, and consider existing interventions. A case study is presented of work with a mother and her language-‐delayed child through preventive services. Interventions focused on increasing the mother’s capacity for mentalization and playful interaction with her child were found to be useful in ameliorating communication barriers and increasing the child’s social engagement.
Parents’ Needs After Their Child Receives A Diagnosis Of Developmental Disability, Talia Pearl
Parents’ Needs After Their Child Receives A Diagnosis Of Developmental Disability, Talia Pearl
Child Development Theses
In the existing literature, there seems to be a lack of attention focused on the needs of parents of children with developmental disabilities. For this thesis, I analyzed survey data and examined case material to try to identify parents’ needs after their child receives a diagnosis of developmental disability. Through my work I identified three major themes: parents’ yearning for more information, the degree to which every family’s needs are individualized and unique, and the significant degree of psychosocial stressors this population experiences. At the end of the thesis, I provide recommendations for an agency such as the one I …
Shhh…Listen To Your Pebble Mindfulness Education: The Relationship Between Children, Imagination, And Nature, Jeanie Yeo
Shhh…Listen To Your Pebble Mindfulness Education: The Relationship Between Children, Imagination, And Nature, Jeanie Yeo
Child Development Theses
A culture of education embedded in mind-body learning experiences and mindfulness approaches to knowledge on multiple levels through awareness has the potential to cultivate versatile and flexible social individuals who are mentally, emotionally, and intellectually “capable.” Since children experience the world primarily through their bodies, movement and interaction with the environment are a means for them to explore, find, understand, and fortify the self to better regulate their physical, emotional, and social realms so that they develop into social individuals who find value in themselves and in others. Therefore, focusing on strengthening children‟s mind-body connection through mindfulness-based practices is a …
Treating The Whole Child: An Integrated, Flexible Treatment Approach To Children With Asd, Danielle Kuhn
Treating The Whole Child: An Integrated, Flexible Treatment Approach To Children With Asd, Danielle Kuhn
Child Development Theses
It has been argued that clinicians should use caution in employing dynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). At the same time, some authors have argued that a psychodynamic approach can contribute to developmental gains for children with ASD (Hoffman & Rice, 2012), especially when used in conjunction with a developmental approach (Alvarez, 1996; Crown, 2009). It has furthermore been argued that when clinicians are able to keep both psychodynamic and neurodevelopmental concepts and approaches in mind, rather than relying too heavily on one or the other, psychodynamic work has a place for children with …