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Peer Mentors Compare And Contrast

Pages: 7 (1958 words) Sources: 6 Document Type:Essay Document #:85195116

Why Mentees Feel Socially Supported from peer Mentorship
Compare and Contrast Essay:  peer Mentors
Lucas and James (2018) evaluate the effect of specialist mentoring on college students with autism and other mental health conditions and found that mentees receive academic, social and emotional support from their mentors. … mentee to become more involved in the university experience were all seen as significant and powerful ways for the mentee to benefit from peer mentoring. The researchers also concluded the mentors benefited from peer mentorship as well in terms of having greater sense of satisfaction and community life.
The study by Ashbaugh, Koegel and Koegel (2017) reported … a mentor. Their study was different, however, in terms of the intervention utilized. Whereas Lucas and James (2018) looked directly the impact of peer mentorship upon students with autism and other mental health challenges, Ashbaugh et al. (2017) looked at a social planning intervention……

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Ashbaugh, K., Koegel, R. L., & Koegel, L. K. (2017). Increasing social integration for college students with autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral Development Bulletin, 22(1), 183.

Beltman, S., Helker, K., & Fischer, S. (2019). ‘I really enjoy it’: emotional engagement of university peer mentors. International Journal of Emotional Education, 11(2), 50-70.

Colclough PhD, M. N. (2018). Exploring Student Diversity: College Students Who Have Autism Spectrum Disorders. Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges, 21(1), 5.

Lucas, R., & James, A. I. (2018). An evaluation of specialist mentoring for university students with autism spectrum disorders and mental health conditions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(3), 694-707.

Rando, H., Huber, M. J., & Oswald, G. R. (2016). An Academic Coaching Model Intervention for College Students on the Autism Spectrum. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 29(3), 257-262.

Sarrett, J. C. (2018). Autism and accommodations in higher education: Insights from the autism community. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(3), 679-693.

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Measuring Academic Success Among Psychology Students Reflection

Pages: 6 (1835 words) Sources: 5 Document Type:Essay Document #:94221872

Reflection on peer mentoring
Introduction
Stoloff, Good, Smith and Brewster (2015) determined measures of success in a number of ways: 1) whether students attended graduate school within … discuss the characteristics of psychology programs that lead to success, identify other ways that success can be measured; address ways in which successful peer mentoring programs could bridge the gap, or actively support, department efforts to address the shortcomings of student success; and provide commentary on how my … the gap, or actively support, department efforts to address the shortcomings of student success; and provide commentary on how my activities as a peer mentor translate into a successful undergraduate experience, both for me and for the students I serve.
Summary
Stoloff et al. (2015) recruited 278 … may not be enough. The researchers also recommended getting the students’ perspective on the matter. From my own experience I have found that peer mentoring……

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Ashbaugh, K., Koegel, R. L., & Koegel, L. K. (2017). Increasing social integration for college students with autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral development bulletin, 22(1), 183.

Hughes, A., & Fahy, B. (2009). Implementing an Undergraduate Psychology Mentoring Program. North American Journal of Psychology, 11(3).

Page, D., & Hanna, D. (2008). Peer mentoring: The students' perspective. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 7(2), 34-37.

Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants part 1. On the horizon, 9(5), 1-6.

Stoloff, M. L., Good, M. R., Smith, K. L., & Brewster, J. (2015). Characteristics of programs that maximize psychology major success. Teaching of Psychology, 42(2), 99-108.

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Career Path Plan

Pages: 9 (2560 words) Document Type:Essay Document #:50150800

… puzzle piece where it goes, the picture cannot take shape—so I value being a good colleague by fulfilling my role and assisting my peer in fulfilling their roles whenever I can.
Career Plan
My career plan is to transition from the military into the education field by … be observed. The only barriers I foresee are time constraints, but with the right planning and with motivational support from my family and peer, I do not see these barriers as being insurmountable at all.
Leadership, Personal and Professional Development Goals
I want to be an educator. ……

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Career Counseling

Pages: 8 (2777 words) Sources: 7 Document Type:Essay Document #:22553329

… have and how to pursue them.
Part Two
A) My path of career development started as a young child who was influenced by peer, parents, and my teachers. Since I was old enough to answer the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” ……

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Holland, J.L., Johnston, J.A. & Asama, F. (1994). More evidence for the relationship between Holland’s personality types and personality variables. Journal of Career Assessment 2(4): 331-340.

“Holland’s Six Personality Types.” Career Key. Retrieved online:  https://www.careerkey.org/choose-a-career/holland-personality-types.html#.WgEWKxNSyRt 

Occupational Information Network (ONet, 2017). Website;  https://www.onetonline.org/ 

Rogers, M.E. & Creed, P.A. (2011). A longitudinal examination of adolescent career planning and exploration using a social cognitive career theory framework. Journal of Adolescence 34(1): 163-172.

Rogers, M.E., Creed, P.A. & Glendon, A.I. (2008). The role of personality in adolescent career planning and exploration: A social cognitive perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior 73(1): 132-142.

Savickas, M.L. (2004). The theory and practice of career construction. In Career Development and Counseling. John Wiley.

Walsh, B. W., & Holland, J. L. (1992). A theory of personality types and work environments. In W. B. Walsh, K. H. Craik, & R. H. Price (Eds.), Person–environment psychology: Models and perspectives (pp. 35-69). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Lifelong Learning Plan For A Healthcare Administrator

Pages: 8 (2330 words) Sources: 7 Document Type:Essay Document #:75701089

...Peer mentoring Lifelong Learning Plan
Mission
I have both personal and professional reasons for wanting to develop a lifelong learning plan. I am in Clarksville, TN, near the Army post at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and am currently a federal employee—but my goal is, upon completing my Master Degree in Health Care Administration, to work in the Army Substance Abuse program. This is my goal because in my childhood I saw my mother struggle with substance abuse and experienced what it is like to grow up in that kind of environment. While she struggled with addiction, my brothers and I bounced from post to post—there was a lot of instability and we all suffered as a result of it. I would like to run a facility where the children of such situations can reside with their sole custody parent. It would be a facility that holistically treats the addicted parent and helps with……

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Freeman, E. (2001). Substance Abuse Intervention, Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Systems Change: Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups to Empower Themselves. Columbia University Press.

Maxwell, J. (1998). The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks: CA: Sage Publications.

Stogdill, R. M. (1948). Personal factors associated with leadership: A survey of the literature. Journal of Psychology, 25, 35–71.

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Treatment Versus Punishment

Pages: 9 (2700 words) Sources: 16 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:36031535

… with other people (Santrock, 2019). For juveniles, the phases of development are intense and confusing and if they are not properly guided by peer, family, groups and media they may make very bad decisions and give themselves over to bad impulses and evil influences. Children need a … they face in the early stages of development. Treatment is what provides that helping hand. It can come in the form of therapy, mentoring, a Big Brother, a new family, rehabilitation, restorative justice, and so on.
Punishment is much different. It is what happens when a child ……

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Agnew, R. (2008). Strain Theory. In V. Parrillo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social problems. (pp. 904-906). Thousand Oaks: SAGE.

Cramer, M. (2014). Parole Board releases 2nd man convicted of murder as juvenile. Retrieved from  https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/08/06/parole-board-releases-man-convicted-murder-while-juvenile/REwVVe3aR9leuRVMpZsN6O/story.html 

Diskin, M. (2018). New law will put limits. Retrieved from  https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2018/10/11/new-california-law-means-teen-suspect-oxnard-murders-cannot-tried-adult/1535518002/ 

Fritz, J. K. (2015). Diverting young offenders from prison is ‘smart justice.’ Education Digest, 81(2), 53-55.

Jannetta, J., & Okeke, C. (2017). Strategies for Reducing Criminal and Juvenile Justice Involvement. Building Ladders of Opportunity for Young People in the Great Lakes States, brief, 4. Retrieved from  https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/94516/strategies-for-reducing-criminal-and-juvenile-justice-involvement_2.pdf 

Johnson, T., Quintana, E., Kelly, D. A., Graves, C., Schub, O., Newman, P., & Casas, C. (2015). Restorative Justice Hubs Concept Paper. Revista de Mediación, 8(2), 2340-9754.

McCarthy, P., Schiraldi, V., & Shark, M. (2016). The future of youth justice: A community-based alternative to the youth prison model. US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice.

Meli, L. (2014). Hate Crime and Punishment: Why Typical Punishment Does Not Fit the Crime. U. Ill. L. Rev., 921.

 

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