The field of substance abuse counseling is growing exponentially. With the opioid epidemic booming and synthetic drugs flooding the market‚ there is a dire need for counselors with education‚ training‚ and strong work ethics. But that is not why I am choosing to become a Substance Abuse Counselor‚ there is a little more to it. They say those that have lived it are the ones who can help others during their struggles. I am 45 years old‚ a mother to 3 beautiful children‚ one with special needs. I am
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Assignment 2: Human Development There are seven stages a human moves through during his or her life span. These stages include infancy‚ early childhood‚ middle childhood‚ adolescence‚ early adulthood‚ middle adulthood and old age. Infancy is recognized as the stage of life from a human ’s birth up until he or she learns how to speak: generally until the age of one or two. During this stage‚ the child transitions from a dependent toddler to a relatively active child; he or she is typically
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their substance abuse and parenting style. The adolescents were questioned about alcohol‚ marijuana‚ crack/cocaine‚ and heroin. Surveys were utilized for this study. The neglectful parenting style‚ which researchers defined as showing the least amount of affection and effort spent disciplining your child‚ was found to lead to the highest rates of alcohol and substance abuse in these adolescents. This study also surveyed the teens about days they had problems from the alcohol or substance abuse. The
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Erikson’s theory as it relates to 2 specific stages of his theory of psychosocial development and 2 specific examples of characters at these stages. The writer has chosen 2 characters which in her opinion have a lot of complex characteristics that help illustrate interesting concepts and ideas related to Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. This information can be used accordingly in advertising campaigns targeted at the demographic in the mentioned stages. The first character is “David” from
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Physical developments that occur from infantry to the first birthday would be that they can now pick small objects up‚ they can crawl/walk‚ they start to talk and learn about their environment. 3. Piagets 4 stages of development were‚ sensorimotor stage which is birth to 2 years old in this stage babies and toddlers start exploring the world around them‚ this includes putting things in their mouths. The next stage is the preoperational stage which is 2 to 6 years old. During this stage children
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This paper is an analysis and brief review of Erickson’s theory of development to Kohlberg’s developmental model of moral development‚ which include punishment and obedience orientation; individualism‚ instrumental purpose and exchange; mutual interpersonal expectations‚ relationships‚ and interpersonal conformity; social system and conscience; social contract or utility; and individual rights and universal ethical principals. In addition to the stages of moral development‚ this paper analyzes how
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The middle child of Full House known by many as Stephanie Tanner has dealt with addiction for many years of her life Jodie’s childhood life was rough. She was born on January 19‚ 1982‚ in Los Angeles‚ California. At that time both of her parents were in jail. She was put up for adoption. She was adopted by her Uncle Sam and his second wife Janice. Her acting talent was noticed at a very early age by family and friends. Her mother saw her passion for acting and decided to bring her to have a meeting
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Erikson’s Stages of Development While reading the textbook‚ Erik Erikson’s psychological theories of development seemed interesting and stood out to us. Erik Erikson (1902-1994) was a psychosocial theorist that was a follower of Sigmond Freud (Berger‚ 2012). He acknowledged the significance of the unconscious mind and early childhood‚ as well as‚ furthered his studies and developed his own ideas. In the following paragraphs‚ we will describe Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development. The
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Stages of Ego Development Nancy Williams PSY/230 9/28/2012 Diane Pascoe Jane Loevinger’s eight stages of ego development explain how we develop from an egocentric level to living completely conscious and aware. (McAdams‚ (2009)
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The topic that I chose to talk about is Group Therapy for those who have been or still our addict. I am going to talk to you about the general information on group therapy‚ what they have to offer and I will also touch on where group therapy is offered. When it comes to alcohol and drug addiction recovery‚ there is no one ’best’ approach to recovering from an addiction and there is no single part of the process which works exactly the same for each person. However‚ group sessions have come to
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