Drug and Alcohol Review, (July 2005), 24, 369 – 385 Family interventions in the treatment of alcohol and drug problems ALEX G. COPELLO1, RICHARD D. B. VELLEMAN2 & LORNA J. TEMPLETON2 1 Birmingham and Solihull Substance Misuse Services and School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK and 2Mental Health Research and Development Unit, University of Bath, UK and Avon Witshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Abstract Alcohol and drug problems affect not only those using these substances
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Education is the key that unlocks the door to development. Ghana as a developing country has never relented in her efforts to draw up educational programmes to meet the changing demands, needs and aspirations of her citizens as well as the nation as a whole since independence in 1957. The first initiative in education taken by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the Associated Development Plan that aimed at ensuring that every child of school going age
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Question 1 Identify five problems which this school is facing. i) Poor communication between learners and educators ii) Racial mix and different culture iii) Lack of parental involvement in academic progress iv) Learning difficulties v) Low participation of students in school extra-curricular activities Question 2 What solutions would you, as a teacher leader, propose to address the problems identified above? i) Poor communication between learners and educators Communication between educator
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Separation Anxiety Disorder CASE STUDY 6 CLIENT DETAILS Diagnosis: Separation Anxiety Disorder. Age: 6 years. Client Gender: Male. Initial Consultation: 20th May 2011. Number of Sessions: 12 sessions. Place of Treatment: The agency. Treatment Approach: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Treatment Mode: Weekly one hour sessions. Referral Information The client’s mother referred her son to the agency because he was suffering from anxiety. He was
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.......................................10 3.2.3 Childrearing .........................................................................10 3.3 Situational Characteristics ....................................................................12 3.3.1 Parental Absence/Remarriage ....................................................12 3.3.2 Time Since Marital Disruption ...................................................13 3.3.3
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than the male students, moreover, the result showed that low socioeconomic status, also had an adverse effect on the academic performance of children from broken homes. It is recommended that personal social counselling should be rendered to students from broken homes, with a view to counselling students who are experiencing some challenges Keywords: Stable homes, broken homes, Academic achievement, gender and socioeconomic status. Introduction The family is the child's first place of contact with
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Records 1.5 Data Protection 2 Company Policies and Procedures 2.1 Disciplinary Procedures 2.1.1 Purpose of Policy 2.1.2 Scope 2.1.3 Policy 2.1.4 O ences 2.1.4.1 Misconduct 2.1.4.2 Gross Misconduct 2.1.5 Procedures 2.1.5.1 Informal Counselling 2.1.5.2 Formal Disciplinary Procedure 2.1.5.2.1 The Investigation Procedure 2.1.5.2.2 The Disciplinary Procedure 2.1.6 Appeals 2.2 Grievance/Dispute Procedures 2.3 Bullying and Harassment Policy and Procedure 2.3.1 Harassment, Sexual Harassment
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than the male students, moreover, the result showed that low socio-economic status, also had an adverse effect on the academic performance of children from broken homes. It is recommended that personal social counselling should be rendered to students from broken homes, with a view to counselling students who are experiencing some challenges Keywords: Stable homes, broken homes, Academic achievement, gender and socio-economic status. Introduction The family is the child's first place of contact with
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factors are responsible for these challenges and constitute the learning barriers associated to academic achievement. In our school and community there are home-related factors which present barriers to academic achievement which include the lack of parental support towards the learners education, poor socio-economic backgrounds of parents and gangsterism and drugs which influence the learners outlook towards education as a whole. There are also school-related factors associated to learning difficulties
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purpose of the study. Major findings from the study establish that; 1. Students from stable homes perform better academically in mathematics than their mates from broken homes. 2. Students from broken homes do not enjoy the degree of parental care compared with their mates from stable homes. 3. It is evident that students from stable homes possess better attitude than their mates from
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