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American Children and Obesity

In this six page essay, the writer explores the growing issue of childhood obesity and offers behavioral solutions to this epidemi...

Reforming Juvenile Justice

as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...

Childhood Learning And Behavioral Development: Practice Responses

- but just as critical a component to the overall success of this system - is gaining the involvement of family members, determini...

Oedipus Rex: Behavioral Perspective And Interactionist Theory

"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...

Behaviorism

- can condition (train) him to be whatever professional he chooses. This, he argues, is the basis upon which behavior is founded:...

Juvenile Offenders Should Not Always Be Tried As Adults

#2 Children who commit serious crimes can be rehabilitated. Amnesty International points out how the United States is "the only W...

Speech-Language Therapy/Children w/ADHD

strategies used to identify the function of the target behavior" (Stahr, et al, 2006, p. 201). In other words, an intervention is ...

Personal Philosophy for Counseling

to achieve real and positive change in their lives. When writing a personal essay based on this guide, the student should adapt ...

Obesity in American Children

While obesity observes no geographic or socioeconomic boundaries, it can be more prevalent in some groups than in others. It can ...

Is the Death Penalty for Juveniles Constitutional?

Supreme Court disallows the death penalty for juveniles. This decision was made primary due to the fact that young brains are stil...

California Drug Statistics

groups during the ten-year period: 16.5% juveniles and 42.1% adults (Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, 2000). Gender p...

Should Minors be Tried as Adults?

approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...

Type 1 Diabetes

was still excessive (Feltbower, Bodansky, Patterson, et. al., 2008). Not only is the increased threat of death concerning in Type...

ADHD Diagnosis And Assessment

in grades Kindergarten through 8 (Erford and Hase, 2006). It has 24 items that are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, almost never to alm...

Case Study Analyses in Criminal Justice

M. is a serious risk. Because there were few witnesses to the actual event, and there is only scant negative history, it is diffic...

Psychological Theory and How to Motivate Your Child to Keep a Tidy Room

consequence, too often, is a messy room. They are used to their mother doing everything for them and they see no reason to clean ...

The Behavioral Aspects of Budgeting

enters the picture. When it comes to the budgeting process, behavior definitely plays a role. For the addict who is still cognizan...

Corrections Facilities and Programs for Juvenile Drug Abusers in Cedar City, Utah

be remanded to locked detention; among the offenses that result in detention is the "sale and use of drugs" (Locked detention, 200...

The Juvenile Justice System Literature Review

the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...

Behavioral Intervention in Early Childhood Education

problems in regard to proper student behavior in the educational setting and that to address these problems we must utilized a num...

"Children Placed At Risk For Learning And Behavioral Difficulties" - Brief Analysis

be learned about keeping children with the potential of being categorized as at risk out of the statistical pool by prescreening a...

Change Management for Behavioral Change

large or ongoing expenditure for this purpose. Though hiring additional qualified employees would be desirable, the costs of sala...

Jane's Behavior Analysis Case Study According to Erikson, Piaget and Freud

to the new challenges." Freud addresses this conflict with his Oedipus complex as a way of explaining certain personality traits ...

Classroom Management and Behavioral Conditioning

Upon its travels, the rat will inevitably apply body pressure to the lever, which in turn causes food to appear on the plate. The...

The Marketing Information System

customers are buying, and what they are buying together, at the same time. Associates speak freely with customers, and the inform...

How to Prevent Youth Recruitment by The Bloods

the Bloods and the Crips, both originating in Los Angeles (Siegel, Welsh & Senna, 2005). Both gangs mentioned expanded to the poi...

The Juvenile Justice System

behavior. Letting them go, or sanctioning them with only community service, may be too lenient. Even so, some small gestures will ...

OCD and CBT

and emotionally unbalancing illnesses they truly are to the adolescent population. Studies have pinpointed six cognitive elements...

US Corrections of the Future

seeds and need punishment. Rather, criminal issues are complicated. In fact, in criminology, the classical school emerged around 1...

Counseling Sessions and Content Influencing

scenario: a 28-year old man arrives at his counseling session. The first session is the interview during which time, the man expla...