Tag: SOC 499

Elise Gray

Adolescent Addiction

Over 23 million Americans struggle with addiction every day. But the statistic I’m really looking for is how many of these 23 million are adolescents. Kids every day are faced with obstacles getting in their way of growing up, whether it is a peer forcing them to use because it’s cool or they are faced with a close family member abusing a substance. Either way these adolescents are victims and what we need to look at is how we can help them face their struggles with addiction.

SOC 499, Senior Capstone

Beth Aydelott

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Emily Gray

The Importance of Social Emotional Learning and Counselors in School

School counseling is an important part of learning in schools today. It promotes Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and that is vital to a student’s life. In the schools, the bigwigs feel that SEL is secondary to other learning processes that go on in K-12. The school counselor is one of the first programs to get cut in schools today. These counselors play an important role in these kids’ lives and really have to stress SEL to these children. SEL can improve the classroom quality of a student, help those with aggressive tendencies, as well as be effective in the long run of life for that student. SEL is an important part of schools today. In order to teach that to children we need to have school counselors who can advise this and stress its importance in life skills.

SOC 499, Senior Capstone

Beth Aydelott

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Stephanie Stewart

Adjustments for Adopted Children

To focus on the adjustments that kids in the system have to make once they’re adopted into a new family. How they adjust from their biological families to fitting in with their new, adoptive families.

Human Services 499, Senior Capstone

Beth Aydelott

L203A

10 – 10:30 AM

Andrea Welch

From Fear to Freedom: Understanding and Fighting the Battle Against Anorexia Nervosa

The goal of this paper is to aid in the understanding of the disease: Anorexia Nervosa.  It will provide information on its earliest roots and evolution, as well as both physical and psychological symptoms and affects the disease produces.  From there the focus will shift to looking at a variety of factors that may contribute to the development of the disease, and the development of other eating disorders.  Fighting the disease by means of prevention and education will also be touched on, as well as different methods of treatment and statistics. Lastly, it will discuss advocacy for people who suffer from a disease that is too often overlooked and underfunded, and what can be done to free these sufferers from its stronghold.

Human Services, Senior Capstone

Beth Aydelott

L203B

1:30 – 2 PM