As I was growing up, just like any other ordinary kid, my family would ask me, “What do you think you want to be when you grow up?” Of course, like any other little girl, I had the ideas of being a princess, a doctor, a veterinarian, even a firefighter at one time, but now that I’m a junior in high school, I realize that I won’t be a kid forever. As adulthood approaches me, I find myself unprepared, but with a plan. My plan is to become a child adolescent psychologist. Someone might ask, what is a child adolescent psychologist? “Child psychologists are highly trained psychology specialists that provide a host of services to children, and sometimes adolescents and families, who are experiencing some sort of life difficulty. Child psychologists
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The average salary for a child adolescent psychologist is $195, 249.00. Along with a worthy salary comes opportunity for advancement. “Child and adolescent psychiatrists have multiple opportunities to build careers in private practice as well as in academics. As with other pediatric mental health professionals, there is a tremendous shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists across the United States. There are approximately 7,400 practicing child and adolescent psychiatrists in the U.S., and a report by the U.S. Bureau of Health Professions (2000) estimated a need for 13,000 child and adolescent psychiatrists by the year 2020 with an anticipated supply of 8,300. In addition, only 20% of children with emotional or behavioral problems receive any mental health treatment. The demand for child and adolescent psychiatric services will, therefore, increase dramatically in the next 10 to 20 years.” (Pedsubs. Web.). So, to look at this career in a positive, statistical manner, there will be job openings in the future and I will make very good money.
There are plenty of pros and cons of child adolescent psychology, but in my opinion the pros out-weigh the cons by much. Yes, there will be hard-times, such as difficult situations, I am even going to include school because of the amount of time after high school I am going to have to put forth to pursue this career, but there will be times that kids break through and overcome their problems. Children are some of the most fragile and delicate people on this earth and if we don’t help them with their problems at a young age, the problem will grow with
The average salary for a child adolescent psychologist is $195, 249.00. Along with a worthy salary comes opportunity for advancement. “Child and adolescent psychiatrists have multiple opportunities to build careers in private practice as well as in academics. As with other pediatric mental health professionals, there is a tremendous shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists across the United States. There are approximately 7,400 practicing child and adolescent psychiatrists in the U.S., and a report by the U.S. Bureau of Health Professions (2000) estimated a need for 13,000 child and adolescent psychiatrists by the year 2020 with an anticipated supply of 8,300. In addition, only 20% of children with emotional or behavioral problems receive any mental health treatment. The demand for child and adolescent psychiatric services will, therefore, increase dramatically in the next 10 to 20 years.” (Pedsubs. Web.). So, to look at this career in a positive, statistical manner, there will be job openings in the future and I will make very good money.
There are plenty of pros and cons of child adolescent psychology, but in my opinion the pros out-weigh the cons by much. Yes, there will be hard-times, such as difficult situations, I am even going to include school because of the amount of time after high school I am going to have to put forth to pursue this career, but there will be times that kids break through and overcome their problems. Children are some of the most fragile and delicate people on this earth and if we don’t help them with their problems at a young age, the problem will grow with