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Attention Deficit Disorder School Age Children
961 wordsAttention Deficit Disorder is the most common psychiatric disorder among children. This disorder affects three to five percent of all school age children, mostly boys (Dreher). Diagnosis of this disorder is not an easy task, but it has been made easier due to symptoms specific to this disorder. Once diagnosed properly, attention deficit disorder can be treated with medications and behavioral therapy. The causes of attention deficit disorder are not easily pinpointed. Not until recently have rese...
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Children And The Single Parent
1,653 wordsSingle parenting begins with the divorce of a couple who have children. Approximately ninety percent of all minor children live primarily with their mothers. Non custodial fathers usually have less than biweekly contact with their children, and involvement usually declines as time goes by. Since most single-parent households are mother-headed, and have only one income, often below that of a man. This results in economic distress and fewer opportunities for educational and extracurricular experie...
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School Age Children Children Of Divorce
1,376 wordsThe statistics for divorce in the 1990 's suggest that nearly sixty percent of marriages end in divorce. Given this startling figure, the presumption can be made that many children will experience some effects caused by the life-changing event called divorce. What is it exactly about divorce that causes negative consequences for these children? In what ways will these children be effected? Will these effects show outwardly? The unsettling fact is: young children of divorced parents face great ps...
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Therapy For Depressed Children
1,557 wordsPsychological Treatment for Depressed Students Amy A. Zieman Monmouth University Psychological Treatment for Depressed Students Depression in school-age children may be one of the most overlooked and under treated psychological disorders of childhood, presenting a serious mental health problem. Depression in children has become an important issue in research due to its many emotional forms, and its relationship to self-destructive behaviors. Depressive disorders are of particular importance to s...
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Wanted To Find Object Permanence
323 wordsAcquiring object permanence: AIM: Piaget wanted to find out at what age children acquire object permanence. METHOD: o Piaget hid a toy under a blanket whilst the child was watching, and observed whether or not the child searched for the hidden toy. o Searching for the hidden toy was evidence of object permanence. o Piaget assumed that that the child could only search for a hidden toy if they had a mental representation of it. RESULTS: o Piaget found that infants started searching for the toy at ...
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Developmental Psychology Marital Relationship
1,764 words... 1975) or threat to personal identity. For example, although some studies show that a majority of men want to be more involved in child care and domestic activities, Pleck (1983) found that only 42 % of working mothers wanted more help with child care from their husband. Pleck suggested that mothers discourage paternal involvement in domestic and child-care activities because of their traditionally based notions that men are unaccustomed to and careless about performing such tasks. When mothe...
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Long Term Effects Short Term Effects
1,676 wordsDivorce: Effects on Children Divorce has become an unquestionable remedy for the miserably married. Currently, the United States has the highest divorce rate in the world. Every year in the US approximately one million children experience divorce which, is about one in every three children (Amato 21). The effects of divorce can be tremendously painful for both children and adults. Children of divorce are more likely to suffer from behavioral, social, academic, and psychological problems than chi...
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School Age Children War On Drugs
1,502 wordsThe negative connotations that surround the issue of drug use have been perpetuated by the media and have created a very unhealthy societal fear of drugs. Improper drug use is dangerous, not the chemical compound itself. A major factor in one s drug experience is the users personality. A person with psychological problems who takes LSD will most likely have those problems magnified when under the influence of the drug. However, psychologically healthy people who are knowledgeable and prepared fo...
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School Age Children Divorce On Children
1,087 wordsThe Effects of Divorce on Children The statistics for divorce in the 1990 s suggest that nearly sixty percent of marriages end in divorce. Given this startling figure, the assumption can be made that many children will experience some effects caused by the life-changing event called divorce. What is it exactly about divorce that causes negative consequences for these children? In what ways will these children be effected? Will these effects show outwardly? I will attempt to uncover some of the c...
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School Age Children Children Feel
1,127 wordsITS NOT EASY BEING A KID Today many parents major concern is that their children stay ahead of the pack, and keep an edge over the competition. There are children enrolled on waiting lists at nursery schools while still in their mothers wombs. For the same reason, schools are filled with children in enriched and accelerated programs. And children are being started in competitive sports like swimming and tennis at a very early age. Of course, there is nothing wrong with wanting children to live u...
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School Age Children High In Fat
2,155 wordsIn todays society childhood obesity is considered to be an epidemic. The increase in obesity is not caused by the change in the gene pool, but rather by the change in the environment. This causes vulnerable populations to express the obesity phenotype (Stone, 1999). One in seven children ages 6 - 17 are considered to be obese. Most nutritionists will say that this is do to the lack of parental guidance. A childs parents should teach their child proper eating habits so that they wont run across p...
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School Age Children Spend More Time
1,679 wordsField Report on the development of children s playground behaviour, based upon the observation of nursery and primary school children. Note: To protect the identity of the children observed and mentioned in this report, their names have been changed. Background Much research has been done into children s play behaviour. Theories and models have been proposed detailing the phases and stages through which a child will develop. These phases lie along a linear plane with each child advancing through...
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School Age Children U S Department
2,405 wordsA visit to a school lunchroom at noon would quickly dispel any preconceived view of how lunch goes down in children. Most youngsters will dive for the cookies first eat a bite or two out of the sandwich and the apple, throw away the rest, and turn to the serious business of snack foods. There are approximately 25 million children in 93, 000 schools who receive breakfast and lunch through the school cafeteria. Although research has shown that eating healthy at an early age helps youngsters develo...
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