Substance abuse counseling is a rewarding career for anyone who wants to help people who are battling addiction to drugs or alcohol. Counselors find work in therapeutic facilities‚ hospitals‚ prisons and halfway homes. They have a choice of working with teens or adults. The primary function of substance abuse counseling is to help people manage their addictions so they can return to society and function successfully as productive citizens. Substance abuse counseling can also include family members
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION Evaluation Systems and Systems Evaluation: Building Capacity and Tools for Enhancing STEM Education Evaluation This research is designed to enhance the capability of the field of evaluation to develop more effective evaluation systems and to conduct more rigorous systems evaluation. By evaluation system we mean the comprehensive and integrated set of capabilities‚ resources‚ activities and support mechanisms for conducting evaluation work. By systems evaluation‚ we mean the assessment
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In this essay I intend to evaluate and analyze Jean Piaget cognitive learning theories to the current educational environment and demonstrate the understanding of the reading assignments‚ class discussions‚ my research‚ and the application of the learning theories to the current educational environment. I believe that Piaget is one of the most influential researchers of all time‚ and he will always be the greatest theorist by far in the field of psychology‚ because he was best known for his research
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and Counseling Programs I chose to focus this term paper on the various programs offered to prisoners as part of their rehabilitation for introduction back into society. In today’s world there are many who believe that every one can be rehabilitated. The question should be asked; “does rehabilitation really work for everyone?” I will provide statistics on the success and failure rate‚ as well as which programs are most beneficial to prisoners. Whether rehabilitation and counseling works
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Running head: MENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELING Mental Health and Community Counseling COUN 501 Abstract: Counseling is within the reach of anyone in today’s society. The fields of mental health and community counseling allow services to be rendered to anyone that may need these services while in the past these service were only accessible for a person of a higher social standing in essence the rich. Mental health and community counseling had its beginnings several centuries ago. The
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Application: Community Counseling Resources Marriage‚ Couple and Family Therapy (CPSY - 6356 - 1) In this paper will analyze primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary couple and family interventions provided by community resources. In this paper will provide a community resource that works with issues of domestic violence and the primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary interventions that the resource provides. A further analysis will be provided on any gaps that may
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Running head: THE ISSUE OF CHOICE The Issue of Choice: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Melissa Trask Liberty University May 12‚ 2010 Abstract Counseling has been in existence from the beginning of time. From Jethro to Freud‚ therapists and philosophers have been seeking insight into the core of human nature and cognitions. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy(CBT) recognizes that faulty cognitions and beliefs affect the behaviors of individuals. One method of cognitive-behavior therapy‚ reality
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Self-Analysis Introduction The intention of this paper is to examine the rationale for seeking a counseling degree. I will look at look at personality characteristics that are commonly accepted in the counseling profession along with comparing and contrasting personality characteristics. I will examine how personality characteristics can influence counseling approaches and counseling styles. I will also take a research how functional transferrable skills may be applied. This paper will then
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what they see is and never search for the truth. It is also the stage where students do not research or examine their truth. It is important to guide a student when he is in this stage. It would be beneficial for the student to examine his possible self. If he reflect on where he is and where he could be‚ he must also reflect on how he will get there successfully. If a student is dismissing the value of an education‚ he is probably in this stage. In order to move him forward‚ one must try to encourage
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The Evaluation Essay Lisa Blincoe Ashley Shelton ENG 102 B509 (31323) M: 6:30-9:15 September 8‚ 2013 Childhood Obesity The past several decades have seen an escalating trend in the rate of childhood obesity not only in the United States where25-30% of children are affected‚ but also in many of the industrialized nations. Childhood obesity has continued to be a major issue in the public health care system. The economic cost of the medical expenses as well as the lost income resulting from
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