School Psychology deals with psychologists who work with children‚ parents‚ guardians‚ teachers‚ and administrators. The main goal is to diagnose and treat cognitive‚ social‚ and emotional issues that may be impacting the child’s learning experience or overall functioning in negative ways. The career I chose to research is a school psychologist‚ working with children in an academic setting preferably at an elementary level. Working as a school psychologist comes with many responsibilities‚
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Treating skin cancer is best done as soon as you notice a change in your skin. In choosing a treatment option‚ your doctor will consider the type and size of cancer and where it is on your body. The type of treatment will also depend on whether the skin cancer has spread anywhere else on your body. Skin cancers are almost always removed. In more serious cases of skin cancers the tissue around the cancer may also be taken out to make sure that all of the cancerous cells have been removed. Types of
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teens with an eating disorder has increased to 1.2 million. Eating food is a necessity in our everyday lives so we can strive to succeed and provide energy for our bodies. Learning how to have a healthy relationship with food isn’t always a given and for many teens in the United States they have an unhealthy relationship with food which results an eating disorder. Throughout the years researchers have proven how beneficial education on eating disorders actually is and how schools should have a required
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DISODERS: INTRODUCTION: A learning disorder can defined as a difficulty in an area of cognitive functioning. Learning disabilities are neurological differences in processing information that severely limit a person ’s ability to learn in a specific skill area. Learning disorders/disabilities are the result of actual differences in the way the brain processes‚ understands‚ and uses information. The term "learning disabilities" is used to describe a group of disorders characterized by inadequate development
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people may have an anxiety disorder‚ depression‚ or both. It is not uncommon for someone with an anxiety disorder to also suffer from depression or vice versa. Nearly one-half of those diagnosed with depression are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. The good news is that these disorders are both treatable‚ separately and together. Depression and anxiety disorders are different‚ but people with depression often experience symptoms similar to those of an anxiety disorder‚ such as nervousness‚
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Abstract The following paper includes such topics of normal and abnormal psychology. Discussed with these topics are definitions of each as well as the similarities and differences between them both. Included here also is a discussion and explanation of two mental disorders and two mental illnesses all taken from the psychology perspective. As the reader will see‚ normal and abnormal psychology as well as the mental disorders and illnesses are common issues that could happen to any person or affect
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The field of school psychology has evolved. Traditionally‚ school psychologists have used a refer-test-and-place model. Students were cognitively and academically tested then placed. The primary focus was on diagnosing disabilities. However‚ school psychologists are now moving away from that traditional test-and-place model to more of a problem solving model. Diagnosing disabilities is no longer the primary focus. School psychologists are now shifting their focus towards identifying effective interventions
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Mental Health Disorders in Parents: The Affects on Children and Youth Introduction It has been reported that 21-23 percent of children have or have had atleast one parent with a mental health disorder. These statistics raise concern about the wellbeing of children with parents who possess a server mental illness and the resources not just for the parent‚ but the child or children affected. Children require numerous amounts of needs from their caregivers and an issue with parents who carry a severe
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Cognitive behavioural therapy is a combination of behavioural strategies and cognitive therapy (Zayfert‚ 2006). Aaron T. Beck was the founder of cognitive behavioural therapy in 1963‚ initially his work focused on depression. The basic principles of cognitive behavioural therapy are people’s thoughts‚ emotions and behaviours and all work together in a unified system (Curwen.B‚ 2000). B. Curwen states: “That thoughts can lead to emotions and behaviour; and that emotional disorders arise from
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PSYCHOLOGY Psychology is derived from the Greek words Psyche and logos‚ meaning soul and study. To Greeks‚ Psychology is simply a study of the soul. Psychology as the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Scientific because it uses the steps in a scientific method in its quest to understand why a person behaves in a certain manner. It is systematic and empirical and it is dependent upon measurements. Psychologists - study human issues that begin before birth and continue
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