This project involved the development of a handbook for in-home services targeting families at high risk of child maltreatment. It was created for use by Parent Aides and In-home Interventionists of Child Abuse and Neglect (C.A.A.N.). The handbook is . . .

The purpose of this project is to bring college and career awareness to at-risk 10th grade students through the creation of a mentoring program. Students who are identified as at-risk of dropping out of high school will benefit from having a college s . . .

Women must be aware of two important ideas as part of the process of adult development. First, their self-identity is not tied up with any one role. Rather, there is a center of being which is the self and which takes many roles. Second, women need to . . .

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive issue that impacts the lives of many in our society. Individuals that experience IPV may feel alone, hopeless, and fear for their safety. Due to the fact that IPV is a widespread problem that affects mill . . .

The purpose of this graduate project is to explore what motivates students and how to best influence increasing intrinsic motivation in the academically unmotivated and apathetic students. Different motivating and demotivating factors are examined to . . .

The purpose of this graduate project was to develop a resource handbook on the use of humor in psychotherapy. It was designed for the overly serious beginner. Beginning therapists tend to use less humor in their work than do their more experienced col . . .

The purpose of this graduate project was to design a professional development workshop with specified guidance for career and college readiness for undocumented ninth grade students. It is meant to inform and educate professional school counselors abo . . .

In the United State there are about 6,899,000 people who are either on parole or in prison (Ziv, 2014). The prisons are overcrowded and the safety of the inmates and staff are at risk (Martin, Lichtenstein, Jenkot, & Forde, 2012). Inmates are routinel . . .

The purpose of this graduate project was to create a guide to help returning students in a committed relationship, as well as their partners, who are starting the Marriage and Family Therapy program at California State University, Northridge. Returnin . . .

This study seeks to discover what support groups are available for single women in the Los Angeles County and San Fernando Valley areas and then to compile a Resource Guide that lists these support groups. The investigator believes that single women a . . .

Current trends in screening of potential counselor trainees is discussed. The need for more objective and relevant screening procedures is emphasized. Carkhuff's screening device, the Indexes of Communication and Discrimination is presented as a possi . . .

The object of this investigation was to develop a survey to ascertain how college professors feel about handicapped students in their classes. I felt that more handicapped people can be placed in regular classrooms if teachers were given direct help i . . .

Socialization skills have been demonstrated effective in counteracting isolation and regression in chronic schizophrenics. A sample of 14 adult males and females participating in a day treatment socialization program were assessed on 3 levels by 3 dif . . .

This study compared the achievement levels and the affiliation needs of sixty Spanish-speaking and Anglo young adult and middle-aged college women between the ages of 18 and 54. Each participant in this study was tested by the 1975 edition of the Moti . . .

Adolescence is a transition into adulthood through exploration and experimentation, a time of gaining independence. Adolescent substance use now considered a growing epidemic and is often viewed by parents as a process of experimentation, a developmen . . .

This study was undertaken to determine the principal factors affecting Bolivian Indian students learning, their attitudes about school, and the formulation of strategies for teaching reading, writing, and communication skills. Questionnaires were sent . . .

The purpose of this project was to improve student to student and student to teacher interaction in an integrated elementary school. Two rap groups were set up as a means of helping to achieve this goal and at the same time improve race relations amon . . .

This workshop is intended to be presented to parents, families, and peers by counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other professionals in order to educate the population on the topic of self-esteem. An effort has been made to make sure this w . . .

The purpose of this thesis is to study the role of the counselor in assessing the needs for and implementing a career guidance program at Sequoia Intermediate School, in Newbury Park, California. Responding to a current emphasis on career development . . .

The psychosocial care of the dying and their families may be affected by exploring a definite therapeutic approach. This thesis attempts to present and describe such an approach – Omega Therapy. The literature reviewed indicated the needs of the dying . . .

African American students, in particular, are faced with educational disadvantaged disadvantages that could often hinder their future endeavors. To help close achievement gaps for African American students, teachers have to nurture learning styles tha . . .

Children of incarcerated parents have many unique needs that are not easily met by traditional therapeutic interventions. This population faces a number of risk factors including the loss of a caregiver, stigmatization, and exposure to traumatic event . . .

An attempt was made to determine the difference between the retention of material obtained by a student studying in a classroom lecture environment as compared to a student who studies using a programmed instruction course. The methodology was to sele . . .

The purpose of this research is to create an 8-week long group counseling curriculum that targets Southeast Asian American adolescents who are experiencing psychological distress due to the “model minority” label, acculturation conflicts, low educatio . . .

Research shows a lack of focus on bullying affecting Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children and adolescents. Despite a growing trend of physical, social, and cyberbullying on school campuses, the DHH student population has been largely ignored in bul . . .

This project was designed to prepare a personalized program of peer counseling for Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, located in Santa Monica, California. Through a study of other peer counseling programs that have been constructed in other publ . . .

The purpose of the study was to explore how the Reggio Emilia philosophy was adapted within the Dutch pedagogical culture, in particular the practices and assumptions about quality childcare, early childhood as well as primary education in the Netherl . . .

This paper describes the author's psychological development from adolescence through a psychological crisis in his middle twenties by way of his identification with the Viennese composer, Franz Schubert. Included is theoretical information, a biograph . . .

In this descriptive study, twenty-three mothers who had had preterm infants who were hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit were interviewed in order to identify and examine their needs, concerns and stresses. Next, the more salient trends or . . .

A review of literature shows that anti-bullying intervention methods lack a diversity component, especially in regard to the LGBTQ community of students. Despite the presence of anti-bullying policies at many K-12 schools, bullying continues to be a p . . .

The migration movement of women, particularly the migration of Central American women, was examined in the context of its implications on mental health. Due to the persistent social, economic and political instability present in some of the countries . . .

Individuation, the conscious realization of one's own part in the process of human growth, is a unique psychological reality, including strengths and limitations, which leads to the integration of the Self as a whole being. It is my hypothesis 'that b . . .

Psychologists, and Jungian psychologists especially, have used interpretations of myths and fairy tales as ways of illuminating common human experiences. Although traditional tales have long been the subjects of such analysis, no one has yet applied t . . .

The purpose of this graduate project is to develop a methodology for improving the educational process in the elementary school by humanizing interpersonal communication. This methodology would enhance the students' ability to communicate with opennes . . .

This study was undertaken to determine the attitudes, needs, awareness, and actions of students in the social sciences toward their university education and career goals. The results will hopefully aid the faculty in the School of Social and Behaviora . . .

The effects of psychotherapeutic practice on beginning counselors is discussed -- specifically, gay counselors. The issues, problems, and difficulties with countertransference that a beginning counselor experiences are explored in an original one-act . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-concept and unwanted pregnancy. The subjects randomly selected were twenty currently pregnant, single women seeking abortions at Planned Parenthood and twenty currently non-pregnan . . .

This study explores the merits of using career oriented programs to enable minority group students to enter economic mainstream as professionals in greater numbers. The core of this study is the Career Opportunities for Youth Programme (C.O.Y.) which . . .

This study explores the merits of using career oriented programs to enable minority group students to enter economic mainstream as professionals in greater numbers. The core of this study is the Career Opportunities for Youth Programme (C.O.Y.) which . . .

Infant mental health (IMH) is defined as, "How well a child develops socially and emotionally from birth to three" (Zero to Three, n.d., para. 1); this may be the foundation upon which all relationships are based. Aided by new technologies in epigenet . . .

The purpose of this graduate project is to create workshops to be facilitated by school counselors in collaboration with school professionals for parents of children with learning disabilities who are in 5th grade to facilitate smooth transition to mi . . .

It has been at least thirty years and possibly more since educators first began to express the importance of mental health to learning and the need for schools to work on helping children not only with the academic aspect of their education but with t . . .

This paper chronicles the development and activation of a recreation program designed to introduce hearing impaired adults to recreation, its scope and its availability. Included is background information regarding deafness, recreation, and material w . . .

The fundamental purpose of this project is to provide a reference manual for the Associated Students Office at California State University, Northridge. Information pertaining to the structure and functioning of Associated Students is presented along w . . .

This project develops an introductory workshop on how religion may affect relationship stability. The workshop is for mental health professionals looking for insight into different psychological and psychosocial impacts of several of the main religion . . .

This project explores the negative impact of shameful sexuality on sexual pleasure and functioning. Shameful sexual socialization is enforced by the tabooed macro and micro cultural systems of the United States today. This includes religious influence . . .

This study explored the process of acculturation among Iranian immigrants in southern California. An historical review, along with some general Iranian characteristics and value systems was included. A literature review on acculturation among immigran . . .

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 . . .

An exploratory study on the potential for introducing a vocational choice education program into the curriculum of middle school education. Through a survey of seventh grade students, this study sought to answer the following four questions 1) how pre . . .

The purpose of this project was to create a handbook for therapists working with the Armenian community. The focus of the handbook is to expand therapists' cultural competence through the application of the ADDRESSING Model, which was originally devel . . .