Interventions in Child and Youth Development Essay

alone, a total of 20, 847 notifications of child abuse had been reported, with a country total of 317,526 (Phillips, 2009). However within that year throughout South Australia, only a total of 5,453 investigations were carried out by the states protection act (Phillips, 2009). According to figures Australia spends $4 billion on child abuse and neglect services, showing no apparent decline in cases throughout the years. Yet, there is little to no focus on child protection standards, with numerous…

“Trauma involves the experience of an event that is emotionally painful or distressful, which often results in the development of traumatic symptoms that have lasting mental and physical impacts” (Milne & Collin- Vézina, 2015). Most people have experienced trauma in one form or another and did not have any long-term effects from the situation; for example, starting high school was a traumatic event that did not create any long-term effects. On the other hand, there are several traumatic…

proposal. Application to social work practice. The topic under study must be relevant to social work practice, and links must be made to roles, responsibilities, knowledge and skills. The role for social workers in the gap in services for transitioning youth with mental health issues are multifaceted. They include our role as advocates for our clients, advocates for structural, political and organizational change and our role as counsellors. It is imperative that social workers address our…

GD because gender identity is difficult to investigate, and gender variant identities are less prevalent than normative gender identities (Cohen-Kettenis, & Klink, 2015 p. 486). Psychological, social and biological factors all influence gender development. Within the context of this paper I will examine these three factors and the impact that they have on adolescents’ with GD, discuss…

Since 2007 there has been 100% increase of identified students and a 7% increase nationally over the previous year (National Center for Homeless Youth (NCHY), 2016). Currently, 30% percent of the national homeless populations are children and youth (NCHY, 2016). “Blue collar, “middle income” jobs (annual income $32,000-$53,000) are at a net loss of over 900,000 since before the recession. On the other hand, low wage jobs have increased. High…

Juvenile Justice System Growing up, there are things that minor’s do that push the boundaries of our societal norms and regulations. When these limits are tested and ultimately broken, justice must be served. Juveniles all over America are put into the justice system; however, they are under a separate standard than adult offenders. There are many facets to our juvenile justice system that society is unaware of such as; what it is, why minors violate the law, types of offenses, rehabilitation…

Youth claim that accessing prescription drugs, alcohol, and marijuana has become easier over the years. Substance abuse during a youth’s development period may cause pathological behavior or disorders. The National Survey and Drug Abuse and Health reported 6% and 5.4% of youth, ages 12-17; need treatment from alcohol use and illicit drugs. Adolescents who are consuming drugs are more likely to face problems in their health, school, home, and be involved in illegal activity. With the easy assess…

336). The publication of Bringing Them Home in 1997 was a comprehensive historical account of the qualitative effects of forcible indigenous child removal (Edney, 2003, p. 10). It produced a greater communal understanding of the consequences to government policy to indigenous people, social attitudes and racial inequality (Majchrzak-Hamilton & Hamilton, 1997, p. 28). This caused reconciliation…

R., and Brenda, H., 2012). The issue has become an epidemic now and the percentage is increasing every year towards the level, where the life expectancy of today’s generation is being threatened. It is imperative to prevent overweight and obesity in children. Parents, especially mothers play a significant role in protecting their children from obesity. Their knowledge of nutrition, food selection and family meal structure has major impact on their children’s food habit. The preschool age is…

psychopathology has gathered much attention within developmental psychology in order to understand the pathways and progression of aggressive and antisocial behaviour (Kerig, Ludlow & Wenar, 2012). This essay will discuss the research on one specific area of child psychopathology; conduct disorder (CD). The DSM-IV-TR classifies CD as ‘repetitive and persistent patterns of behaviour in which either the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated’ (APA,…