The purpose of this project is to provide a curriculum that could be used by mental health practitioners, school counselors and teachers to help empower adolescent girls. It provides a medium for adolescent girls to discuss and learn about important i . . .

Despite a recent spike in interest due to STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) research, preschool science remains a vitally important yet underdeveloped and often avoided domain within early childhood education (Roehrig, Dubosarsky, Mason, C . . .

The purpose of this graduate project is to create a curriculum for school counselors to present on attendance called “High school attendance: Family education workshop for academic success”. This workshop would provide a presentation about school atte . . .

Bullying is a cause for concern across the nation. Relational aggression is a covert form of bullying for which effective methods of interventions need to be in place. This thesis project is develops a psycho-educational small group for sixth and seve . . .

The diagnostic system for psychiatric illnesses in the DSM has been widely criticized for lack of empirical backing, ambiguous validity pertaining to its categories, high rates of transdiagnostic comorbidity, and significant within-group heterogeneity . . .

This project explores self-efficacy, which includes career decision-making self-efficacy(CDMSE). CDMSE is individuals' beliefs that they can successfully complete various tasks associated with career decision-making. For many nontraditional student cl . . .

I am introducing a program to be used as an alternative for youths currently being placed in probationary settings. The concept of this program is fairly new to the Southern California area. The project presents a new option for juvenile probation age . . .

Based on the statistical evidence listed above, the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center (2014) suggests sexual assault is becoming an epidemic in the United States. In regard to the statistical evidence, Bates (2014) believes that sexual trauma is better res . . .

As adolescents of racial and ethnic minorities experience adverse childhood experiences and trauma, music therapy can provide an opportunity to encourage understanding and incite change. The impact of participating in a music therapy group, specifical . . .

The process of grieving one's child is an awful experience. To lose a child seems out of order with the general trajectory of life. Whether through illness, violence, or suicide, a child's death can leave parents' with an uncertainty regarding their r . . .

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Guidance and Counseling training program at California State University, Northridge, affected the level of emphatic responses of its graduating students as measured by the Recognition Assessment-E . . .

Drawing on Alexander Astin's theory of Student Involvement and the literature on campus racial climate, this study examined the types of co-curricular involvement among Latino college students. Specifically, this study focused on undocumented Latino s . . .

This retrospective, single-case study thesis, examines the experiences of a young child regarding her parents' deportation and how they contribute to the current anti-immigration policies in the United States. The study is important because of the ris . . .

Experiencing trauma has been linked to adverse mental and physical health outcomes. The purpose of this project is to develop a group curriculum, rooted in narrative and bibliotherapuetic techniques, for adolescents who have undergone traumatic experi . . .

Many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are being included with typically developing peers in their schools. As a result of the social deficits that come with having ASD, interacting with peers can be a challenging experience for these chil . . .

There is a growing need for powerful therapeutic modalities for the victims of sexual abuse. Incest is particularly damaging to the victim in terms of body image. The efficacy of massage as an adjunct to therapy was reviewed in the literature and stud . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between physical fitness and self-esteem in ten, eleven, and twelve year old boys. A review of the literature revealed a relationship between self-esteem and several variables. A relationshi . . .

The purpose of this study was to develop resources for a couples workshop that would address the specific problems of marital conflict in a re-entry situation. Conflict in the marital relationship was intensified when the traditional housewife re-ente . . .

Existence is the general concept which encompasses all possible modes of “living-in-the-world with others.” Existence also is equivalent to the concept of self, which is our invention to render human behavior somewhat tangible. Self-esteem plays a cri . . .

This study is concerned with the development of a program to provide interpersonal communication skills to elementary-aged children. It also explores the effects of such a program in relation to increased internality in a locus of control construct. T . . .

Every 12 seconds a woman is beaten by her male boyfriend or husband in the U.S. (Chappel, 2001). More than 12 million people each year are affected by Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) (The National Domestic Violence Hotline, 2012). Intimate partner vio . . .

This investigation had one purpose - to compare the effectiveness, as determined by perceived individualized behavior changes and changes in grades, of an in-school group counseling condition when compared with a control group that did not receive any . . .

Depression is a problem that plagues teenagers across America. In order to combat against the isolation and low-self worth associated with depression, teens need to be armed with a group of like-minded peers and an accomplishment to boast about. This . . .

Acclimating and housetraining a new rabbit should be approached in an organized and efficient manner. Due to the lack of instructional guides for rabbit housetraining currently available, new rabbit owners do not have adequate housetraining resources. . . .

For this graduate project, a two-hour workshop was designed for school counselors to present to parents, families, and students at the middle school level to become informed about problematic cell phone use and to learn strategies for coping with this . . .

The aim of this study was to examine current practices of school psychologists in the assessment of diverse students, namely limited English proficient (LEP) students. A link to the electronic survey was made available to 24 7 school psychologists in . . .

After the final results of the 2016 Presidential Election were announced, fear spread widely across a variety of oppressed populations. A yearlong exposure of racist and intimidating slurs has left undocumented residents as one of the most vulnerable . . .

ABSTRACT Life Skills Curriculum for Non-College Bound High School Graduates By Matt Mintz-Plasse Masters of Science in Counseling, School Counseling Students with no immediate plans to attend college can be left wondering how they are going to succeed . . .

Research on Holocaust survivors and their children has been traditionally conducted on clinical populations or those individuals or families being treated for psychological problems and difficulties. This study has attempted to broaden the scope of kn . . .

The current study explores the relationship between culturally responsive classroom management and empathy as it applies to elementary school settings. Research indicates classroom climate can significantly impact students’ academic and social experie . . .

Between 2008 and 2012, the number of women over the age of 50 who gave birth doubled. While there have always been fathers of a certain age, Mother Nature put a biological time clock on motherhood. However, science is challenging Mother Nature these d . . .

The aim for this project is to assist Professional High School Counselors (PSC) with their interactions with first generation Middle Eastern immigrants. This project focus on detecting signs of Homesickness, Trauma; especially Refugee Trauma, and intr . . .

This thesis is a retrospective case study on intracultural bullying between Mexicans and Mexican Americans, specifically focusing on how the divergence in language creates tension between the two groups. The participant chronicles her experiences as a . . .

Communication is an essential part of the family child care experience for providers, families, and children. “The relationships that a provider develops with individual children, those that are formed among the children themselves, and the relation . . .

Literature in the area of play therapy was surveyed, summar1zed, and organized. The historical approach was used in the collection of data for this study. Materials were gathered through library services and therapists in the field. The material found . . .

The following case study was conducted under the direct supervision of Ida Watkins Klinger, M.S.W. and licensed Marriage and Family Counselor, Dr. J. Harry Klinger, physician and pathologist, and Dr. Marvin Eisenberg, psychiatrist. The therapy session . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of a boy's perception of a nurturant father, self-perception, and leadership status among fifth and sixth grade boys in a public, elementary school in Southern California. The subjects randomly . . .

Six subjects kept a record of their dreams on a dream record chart measuring number of dreams with some recall of detail, clarity, affective content, and conscious awareness of dreaming for a period of four weeks. The first week's recordings served as . . .

The following project has grown out of a need coupled with a desire to produce a practical and useful document. The need appeared in the form of a request as I worked with the Home-SAFE program during a fieldwork assignment. Several of the day care mo . . .

Marriage and family therapist (MFT) trainees encounter numerous stressors such as work overload, social conflict and lack of support in the work place, client related issues, personal relational issues, and much more during their graduate program enro . . .

The purpose of this study was to evaluate empathy response as an outcome of training received by students in counseling/communication skills. The training received was through a two-year course in counselor preparation. Effectiveness was determined by . . .

Transitioning for this project is defined as going from one setting to another setting that contributes to children's development (family, classroom, community) and the connections among these settings (family-school relationships) at any given time ( . . .

After Kempe's (1962) pioneering article which identified Child Physical Abuse Syndrome was published, well-intentioned legislators of all fifty states passed child abuse reporting laws which mandated various professionals to report suspected or actual . . .

Nearly 3 million school-age children, receiving special education services in public schools across America are identified as having a specific learning disability. Struggling to cope with the demands of school and everyday life, far too many of these . . .

Evidence developed by noted test measurement experts (Vernon, 1954; Cronbach, 1970; Anastasi, 1969) indicated that practice and experience with tests tend to produce higher test scores, and tend to develop the components of test-wiseness. Research by . . .

Based on a study conducted by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2013), foster parent turn over rates are influenced by the experiences with child welfare agencies, personal circumstances, and potential difficulties with foster children. Th . . .

The social, emotional and physiological developments taking place in children aged nine to 12 offer an excellent opportunity to support and promote healthy emotional development and teach strategies for more effectively navigating adolescence and laun . . .

ABSTRACT GRADUATE STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR CULMINATING EXPERIENCE: EXPLORING MASTER'S STUDENTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION By Nanette Padilla Master of Arts in Education, Educational Psychology The purpose of this study is to understand the fac . . .

The main focus of this project was to gather significant and relevant information on anticipatory grief and how to effectively and healthily help adolescents cope with it, specifically how adolescents deal with an anticipated death of a parent or prim . . .

The purpose of this graduate project is to present and discuss the use of humor as an aid in psychotherapy. The theory on humor indicated the many different ways to interpret why and how people laugh and under what given conditions. Because humor is b . . .