Middle School Intervention Paper

"..the social world of rejected and neglected adolescents is considerably less pleasant. They have fewer friends, engage in social activites less frequently, and have less contact with the opposite sex. They see themseleves... as less popular, and they are more likely to feel lonely" (McElhaney, Antonishak, & Allen, 2008; Woodhouse, Dykas, & Cassidy, 2012).

Students experience changes in friend groups, often leaving them alone and feeling left out. This can lead to poor performance from these students. It is important for students' success that all students have a friend in school that they can work with. This will improve test scores and better social aspects of the school. It will provide a better learning environment for students.

Morris provides strong evidence to prove we are in an “epidemic of loneliness” and how that has affected our mental health. Social needs and health concerns are correlated to loneliness. The author describes a picture of kids in France during the Covid-19 pandemic playing in their own drawn-out box made of chalk “playing alone together.” The author points out that the last pandemic

After I completed the IIR, I thought it would be beneficial to review the MCGCP in order to determine what areas are most important. After reviewing the MCGCP, it appears as though the top priorities at the middle school level include system support and guidance curriculum. These two areas are where middle school counselors should spend the most time on and allocate the most resources for. My site scored fairly decently in these areas, earning scores of 86% and 87% respectively. I took a closer look at each of these sections and paid close attention to the elements that received a score of three or less, meaning that these elements are not being fully implemented into the counseling program. I highlighted these items and added them to

Rain in a Dry Land is a documentary about two Somalian Bantu families who are given the opportunity to relocate to the United States in 2004 for a new start after living ten years in a Kenyan refugee camp. These families had to flee their homes to escape the constant warfare that had plagued their area; as a result they ended up in a refugee camp. The one family had their two daughters lost to them because of the attack on their people in their village. These two families enter America with some knowledge about the country, but no actual experience, therefore these people enter as Muslim, immigrants and of a completely different culture than Americans are used to. The two families have to learn to work in America, to school their children

Teenagers often feel lonely because they do not have the required friendships that a person desires. Teens need friends that would care for them, provide support when needed, and understand the situation they are in. When they fail to get these certain necessities, they feel like they have

Reducing ED encounter for seniors 65 years or older is a major endeavor. This is a concern seen across the country and various interventions have been tried to resolve this issue. No one in intervention has been successful thus far. It is with this in mind, that a more collaborative approach was considered. Although individual measures showed some success, a combination of various intervention may prove to be successful. There will be several interventions implemented to reduce ED encounters for seniors.

The therapist will engage with developing the treatment plan. Each family member will participate and agree to the content in order to make it a collaborative effort and a family intervention. The plan will consist of three goals and two-three interventions based on Bowen family theory. The therapy will consist of twelve sessions and will meet weekly, in which Rosalyn and Carl will attend each session, while the children will attend three – twelve. If necessary, the therapist will assess the need to incorporate more private parent time.

This study gauged educational outcomes from a recently established collaborative school–home intervention (Collaborative Life Skills Program) for children who possess attention and behavior problems. The researchers’ aim was to expand on previous studies by contrasting pre- and post treatment results using a larger sample of schools and Licensed Support Practioners (LSPs). In addition, they evaluated the impact on a larger gamut of educational outcomes such as, report card grades, academic achievement and classroom observations of learning engagement. According to Pfiffner, Villodas, Kaiser, Rooney, and McBurnett (2013), additional areas of relevance included parent and teacher ratings of ADHD symptoms, organizational skills, and homework

I observed at a daycare called Children's house, I have observed here before and I know the teachers very well. I interviewed a teacher that was formally called Ms. A now called Ms. C who has been working there for 10 years. The Children's house is a private, suburban daycare with 20 children. The room that I observed in is a 3 to 5 year old room. Ms. C had a lot of 3 and 4 year olds. 7 of her children are 3 year olds, 11 are 4 and only 2 are 5 year olds. in her classroom she has 4 children with speech problems and 1 child with a development delay. She has an aid named Ms. M who works with her during the day. Ms. C tries to make their jobs equal, Ms. C teaches lessons and Ms. M teaches other lessons. While they are at center time they have one teacher work on a activity and the other teacher will drift around and insure that the children are behaving well and are out of harm's way.

(Re, M. 1983) It is also important to note Maggie’s restricted social circle, absence of social relationships and dearth of affection in her marriage may have caused her to experience loneliness. A study on the relationship loneliness has on physical health discloses loneliness is experienced by 80% of people below 18 years of age with a common risk factor of being female and substandard social sources. Inherently, the study summarised lonely people are less happy and satisfied- the foundation to depression. ( Mushtaq, R & Shoib, S & Shah, T & Mushtaq, S. 2014) These studies evidence the necessity of

I choose to be a middle school teacher. What I like about teaching is I can help kids and help them learn how to kinda mature. I also always had a passion for teaching.

During the experiment of boys, I observed three men in the 20s who were talking about homework last weekend. During this experiment, A was on his computer talking about finances. B and C were locked into their computers without looking at A. The connection between the men seemed disengaged, as the DVD described. Most of what Deborah Tannan found is that the boys would sit at an angle. However, the participants had a couch, sitting besides each other. When they watch a movie, they would still talk and listen to each other, but would look at each other rarely at times. It lasted for a few minutes because they went to go eat together. In summary, they talked about sports and compared their teams over each other.

George is a 13 year 1 month old (13;1) English speaking male. George is currently

Results from Laugeson et. al. demonstrated that teens in the intervention group demonstrated improved knowledge about social etiquette applicable to making and maintaining friends (2009). The intervention group also reported that they hosted more peer get-togethers, and better quality friendships. Parents from the intervention group reported improvement in their child’s overall knowledge of social skills (Laugeson et. al, 2009). Results from Frankel et. al. children in the intervention group reported better scores on the Loneliness Scale, and parents reported an increased amount of hosted play dates with less disengaged behavior (2010). Parents also reported that their child displayed better self-control (Frankel et. al. 2010). Both of the studies’ results were based on mainly self-reports (and one criterion referenced test). The results would be stronger if it included more objective measures done by a blind examiner. The self-reports may not truly reflect the results of either study.