Psychologist With Children From Divorce Family

Following are assignment description on syllabus

Research Paper: Working with Special Populations (due Dec. 5th). School psychologists are often

asked to work with students with unique learning needs. For this assignment you will research the

legal and ethical issues related to working with a special population of students, and how these affect

a school psychologist’s role. The topic may be selected from the list provided on page 13. The paper

must be written consistent with APA style guidelines and address:

• Literature and research in the area

• Legal issues and implications (referencing applicable federal, state, and local laws)

• Related ethical issues (referencing NASP and APA codes)

• Implications for school psychology practice

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The research paper need to be at least 10 pages, APA style with references.

My topic focus on working with children from divorce family.

I will attach

• one interview report which introduces the role of school psychologists in a school setting
• some articles I found that might be able to use in the paper
• in-class powerpoints offering legal and ethical code of school psychology
• one sample paper
• required textbook for my class
• NASP ethic code
• APA ethic codeObjective: This 15-year follow-up assessed the effects of a preventive intervention for divorced families, the New Beginnings Program (NBP), versus a literature control condition (LC). Method: Mothers and their 9- to 12-year-olds (N ? 240 families) participated in the trial. Young adults (YAs) reported on their mental health and substance-related disorders, mental health and substance use problems, and substance use. Mothers reported on YA’s mental health and substance use problems. Disorders were assessed over the past 9 years (since previous follow-up) and 15 years (since program entry). Alcohol and marijuana use, other substance use and polydrug use, and mental health problems and substance use problems were assessed over the past month, past year, and past 6 months, respectively. Results: YAs in NBP had a lower incidence of internalizing disorders in the past 9 years (7.55% vs. 24.4%; odds ratio [OR] ? .26) and 15 years (15.52% vs. 34.62%; OR ? .34) and had a slower rate of onset of internalizing symptoms associated with disorder in the past 9 years (hazard ratio [HR] ? .28) and 15 years (HR ? .46). NBP males had a lower number of substance-related disorders in the past 9 years (d ? 0.40), less polydrug (d ? 0.55) and other drug use (d ? 0.61) in the past year, and fewer substance use problems (d ? 0.50) in the past 6 months than LC males. NBP females used more alcohol in the past month (d ? 0.44) than LC females. Conclusions: NBP reduced the incidence of internalizing disorders for females and males and substance-related disorders and substance use for males.