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- 1501: Alcohol Use Among Teens and Young Adults
- ... is binge drinking. Binge drinking is defined as consuming the equivalent of five drinks in a row for men, or four for women. This particularly occurs on college campuses. A report released from the Harvard School of Public Health shows that about forty-three percent of college students binge drink on a regular basis, with equals out to approximately three million total students nation wide. Of these students, twenty percent admit to being frequent binge-drinkers. This same report further shows that one-third of college students who binge-drink have a prior drinking problem, usually beginning in high school. In an article in the September 13, 1999 issue of Time magazine, Amy Dickinson interviewed a group of eighteen students attending a liberal arts college near her home. Of the group of eighteen, five of ... life can directly influence a young person to use alcohol. Often times it causes them to begin using alcohol at an earlier age than it would normally occur. Drinking patterns that are established during high school years persist during college often times. Students who drank in high school were three times more likely to become binge drinkers in college. White students were over twice as likely to become binge drinkers ...
- 1502: The Life of Identical Twins
- ... twin from birth so that they will not experience individualisation problems (Siemon, 1980). According to Sandbank (1988), three main factors play roles in the development of twin individuality. These are: competition in the twinship, the school environment and parental attitude. Competition, according to Mathias (1992), results from being either envious or jealous of someone else. Jealousy is something that twins probably experience before other children as they are always competing for ... a complex one recognising special parenting skills in promoting healthy individuality in each twin. One of the most important decisions parents will make, is whether or not to place their twins together or apart in school. If parents have encouraged individuality then the transition may be experienced the same as a single child starting school (Twin & Multiple Birth Association 1999). However, if twins have spent all their lives together with little contact with other children and little interaction with their parents then being on their own, maybe for the ...
- 1503: Condoms In Schools Do Not Solve Teen Problems
- ... 3 According to the Family Planing Counsel (FPC), "last December the question of whether or not to make condoms available at high schools became a hot controversy in Massachusetts." The State Department of Education asked school officials "to consider dispensing condoms, whether by vending machine, in-school clinics, or both." Some Massachusetts community members petitioned to rescind the approval. In fact, strong reaction on both sides from some parents, teachers, and clergy made this issue a moral dilemma: "does condom distribution in ... conclusion, research conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, New York and Chicago public schools, the Urban Institute, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, and the Family Planning Council, demonstrates that not all school-based sex and AIDS education programs are effective. [Clearly, school-based sexuality education programs do not represent a total solution to the problems of unprotected intercourse. To provide an effective overall strategy to reduce ...
- 1504: Demanding Greatness: Steroid Use
- ... or she puts into it. If one would push themselves real hard and fail, they could end up with some problems. They could drive so hard as to cause or worsen injuries. They might ignore school, friends, family or work just to train on winning. They develop an aggressive training style which would lead to drugs such as steroids.3 There are many reasons why people use steroids. But the two main ones are to excel in athletic competition and to look more like ones ideal of a perfect body.4 Many athletes are representing their school, state, or territory they come from at the competitions they are involved with. Most of these competitors dont want to let down their fans in fear of rejection of being classified as a loser ... s biggest builder. They dont want to stop until they look like him. Firemen, bouncers, or police officers are using steroids to increase their physical strength in order to do their jobs.6 High school athletes also feel they need to take them in order to secure a spot on a college team or for a scholarship.7 The word steroids was hardly heard in the news until the ...
- 1505: Introduction to Human Services
- ... her life. If we combine resources of therapy, job training, supervision, and community involvement, maybe we would see some positive changes. It certainly wouldn't hurt to be more open minded. 3 Children in grade school used to say I was weird. I eventually realized that my way of thinking is different from that of many people. In high school I would verbally express my thoughts and people would say to me with amazement, "I have never met a person like you." I guess some of my ideas and thoughts were quite creative and abstract ... opportunity to be employed as a work-study student by several departments on my college campus. I found out by on the job experience what I love to do. Is it possible to go to school or receive on the job training? Sometimes where there is a will, there is a way. I know some people who manage apartments, therefore do not need to pay rent for a place to ...
- 1506: The Ear and Hearing Loss
- ... of each type of damage has occurred. Rehabilitation is available for patients with hearing losses. There are lots of programs and resources for these people. Most are special schools. One example might be Cleary's School for the Deaf. These schools try to provide an environment that is as close to a normal classroom as possible. As a matter of fact, sometimes they use regular classroom's but they provide special teaching assistants to help individual student's. The next step away from a normal classroom is the special schools. This may be a day school or a residential institution. Day schools are organized for one or more typed of handicap. Such schools also exist in all parts of the world. There are, for example schools for the blind, deaf, and ... a 24 hour a day basis. These schools are designed to serve children who do not have access to normal services or whose handicap makes it difficult to for them to adapt to a regular school. Residential schools are the most common although occasionally there may be a school in a hospital. Hearing devices are also available. Hearing Aids operate on battery. They amplify the sound waves that the ear ...
- 1507: Hyperkinetic Children
- ... manifest anti-social tendencies, for instance, lieing, stealing, and violence, which frequently lead to delinquency. Similarly, symptoms persist into adult life and account for social maladjustment (behavior that violates laws or unwritten standards of the school or community, yet conforms to the standards of some social subgroup). Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), also called attention deficit disorder (ADD), is presently the most common condition diagnosed in hyperactive children. This specific syndrome ... their family doctor or pediatrician. Based upon that evaluation, referral is sometimes made for neurological, psychological, psychiatric, and educational evaluations for consideration of possible related disorders and to place the child in the most appropriate school environment. Researchers must understand a disorder before they can attempt to treat it. There are a variety of theories on the etiology of ADHD, but most researchers now believe that there are multiple factors that ... Overall, approximately 75 percent of ADHD children on stimulant medication show behavioral improvement, and 25 percent show either no improvement or decreased behavioral functioning. It appears that stimulant medications can help the ADHD child with school productivity and accuracy, but not with overall academic achievement. Although ADHD children tend to show improvement while they are on stimulant medication, there are rarely any long-term benefits to the use of stimulant ...
- 1508: Down's Syndrome
- ... of learning disability . This means that they develop and learn more slowly than other children. However, most children with Down's syndrome today will walk and talk, many will read and write, go to ordinary school, and look forward to a semi- independent adult life. (Platt and Carlson, 1992) Facts on Down Syndrome *Down syndrome is not a lethal anomaly. One to two percent of persons born with this disorder have ... say they have overcome most technical hurdles to screening embryos for Down syndrome and many other chromosomal defects before the embryos are implanted in a woman's uterus. The institute, part of Eastern Virginia Medical School, hopes to try out the technique with a handful of high-risk couples who come to the institute for in-vitro fertilization, in the near future. (www #1) Eventually, all couples who go through the ... spent some time with a young boy who has Down syndrome. There are many support groups for families who have children with Down syndrome, there are also many families willing to adopt. The programs at school for these children are very adaptable to the needs of the individual. Most children with Down syndrome can go to school and get along well, they make a valuable contribution to the classroom and ...
- 1509: Anxiety And Depression In Afro-Americans
- ... of dying before their 21 birthday and fear of losing a loved one to drugs or gang violence. When presented with the same question, white teens responded their greatest fears were not getting into grad school and not being considered popular at school. Thus it is evident, that the concerns of black teens are more about, "actual survival than they are about their image or position in life".(Friedman, p.63) However, it is important to realize that ... higher rates of depression and anxiety in blacks. An examination found that higher levels of distress were correlated with alcohol and illicit drug use. Also, results showed a positive relationship for poor academic performance in school with exposure to violence and low socio- economic status (under poverty line). Again black youths demonstrated higher levels than in white youths for incarceration and pregnancy which were also listed as major stressors for ...
- 1510: Ritalin
- ... high frequency of the diagnosis of ADHD is a uniquely American phenomenon. Children and adults are now under greater pressure to perform and to do well academically or in the workplace. The chilling message in school and at work is "Perform or Else." Because of this high intensity atmosphere, the use of Ritalin has become attractive. This has resulted in an acute "epidemic" of ADHD and the treatment of choice is ... use in the state doubled. One Texas mother says she is being hounded by teachers to put her two boys on Ritalin against their psychologist's advice. Another mother says she had to ask a school board member to intervene when teachers at her child's school also pressed for Ritalin use(Critics say Ritalin, Houston Chronicle, May 1996). Ritalin is an effective treatment for people with ADHD. Because it allows them to filter out distractions and improve concentration, some schools ...
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