Human Life, Suicide and Adolescent Populations
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the issue of quality of life and the choice of suicide. The conflict between religious ideologies, moral perspectives, and questions of humanity and human rights have all come into play to support and negate claims of the right of the individual to chose euthanasia or suicide, especially when relating issues of the quality of life to certain populations, including adolescents at-risk. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHAdoQL.rtf

Human Services Providers: Assessment of Three Websites
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A 4 page paper presenting the speaker notes for a PowerPoint® presentation with the same name. There is a wide variety of human services providers that can be found on the Internet. Three types are examined here and in the presentation: addiction treatment, job training and counseling services. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KShumSvcSites.rtf

Improv in Music Therapy
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A 5 page research paper that examines music therapy, as a form of emotional, physical, and psychological treatment that utilizes music –rhythm, instrument, songs – as a form of "communication" and "social interaction." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khmusth.wps

Improving Social Interaction in Autistic Children; A Dissertation Proposal
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This 8 page paper proposes a study into the emotional aspect that influence social interaction of children aged 8 – 12 diagnosed as suffering from autism. The paper gives the goals of the study and conducts a brief literature review looking at supporting studies and looks at potential tools for measurement of social and emotional abilities. The paper also gives a brief methodology and outlines the expected results. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEautisoc.rtf

Increasing Mental Health Services in Public Schools
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A 17 page paper discussing the problems of and reasons for lack of mental health services availability in public schools. The paper discusses structural changes in schools organization; cognitive therapy; cultural implications; interdisciplinary efforts; and recent attempts to increase mental health services to public schools. The paper concludes that the programs promoted by the President's Commission have been shown to be highly effective and school-specific programs are available at low or no cost aside from the cost of screeners' time. Concerned school-based social workers should conduct a full cost-benefit analysis to take to the local government. Though screening and treatment of public school students can be costly, it also should supply extensive cost savings to the community in terms of adult care that can be avoided in the future. Bibliography lists 21 sources.
Filename: KSpsycSvsPubSch.rtf

Individual Therapy/Latinos/Hispanics
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A 4 page research paper that discusses counseling Latino/a clients in individual therapy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khinthla.rtf

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