Website: AG
National Youth Ministries. (Posted 10/30/2001)
PDF Paper by AGTS Counseling Student: At
What Age Should I Allow My Teenager to Start Dating? To contact a student, call or email
Professor Jim Harris at 417-268-1072 or jharris@agts.edu.(Posted
1/2/2002)
This literature review will give parents some resources to help them decide when to
allow their child to begin dating. The first part of this report will focus on the dating
issue itself and other issues are that involved in this problem. The second part will
deal with different resource tools are out there and how they can help the parents in
the process of making the best decision.
PDF Paper by AGTS Counseling Student: Developing
an Effective Youth Ministry When Considering Developmental Issues To contact
a student, call or email Professor Jim Harris at 417-268-1072 or jharris@agts.edu. (Posted
1/2/2002)
When developing a ministry it is vital to understand the needs of the people for which
the ministry is designed. In order to reach teenagers it is vital to be relevant to
their unique developmental needs. Adolescence is a time of great change emotionally,
cognitively, physically, socially and spiritually. James Marcia said that adolescents
go through a “moratorium” in which they search for an identity (Rice, 1999).
This searching for an identity reaches across the different areas of their lives. If
the modern day church desires to appeal to adolescents they must understand how to develop
unique ministry opportunities that help adolescents form a strong sense of self-identity
through social and spiritual means. In order to effectively influence adolescents youth
ministries must: 1) understand the importance of aiding teenagers in forming a self-identity
2) realize the influence of interpersonal relationships and 3) know how to effectively
foster spiritual maturation.
PDF Paper by AGTS Counseling Student: Eating
Disorders in Adolescent Females: Signs, Symptoms, Consequences and Intervention To
contact a student, call or email Professor Jim Harris at 417-268-1072 or jharris@agts.edu. (Posted
1/2/2002)
Erik Erikson describes adolescence as being a time where one searches for his/her identity.
There is a tremendous amount of social pressure and confusion found in this developmental
stage. The need for social acceptance and popularity among peers is of extreme importance.
During this time (begins with the onset of puberty), eating disorders are most likely
to develop. Eating disorders are extremely common and dangerous, though not always apparently
so. Anorexia nervosa causes more deaths than any other psychiatric illness, and eating
disorders in general are the third most common chronic illness in young adults after
asthma and obesity. (MacDonald, 2001) One in five college age women is engaging in some
form of bulimic behavior. (Stacker, 1987) This paper is designed to accurately and concisely
describe eating disorders, their symptoms, consequences and interventions; and to provide
a resource for members of the community who are confronted with an eating disorder in
some manner.
PDF
Paper by AGTS Counseling Student: "How
a Military Separation From a Parent Affects a Child," by Raylene Cochrane,PCP 562Advanced Human Development I, Fall 2003. Submitted by Dr.Jim Harris.
(Posted 12/9/03)
Video: The Merchants of Cool. Frontline. PBS
Video. FROL909. 800-424-7963. A 60-minute Frontline documentary on the symbiotic relationship
of youth culture and youth media, specifically MTV. An outstanding window on the emerging
culture. Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted
10/22/2001)
Website: On
Course. Youth magazine published by the AG National Youth Ministries. (Posted
10/30/2001)
Website: Points
of Interest for Students. On the Asseblies of God website. (Posted 10/30/2001)
PDF Paper by AGTS Counseling Student: Social
Isolation of Deaf Adolescents To contact a student, call or email Professor Jim Harris
at 417-268-1072 or jharris@agts.edu. (Posted
1/2/2002)
A study on the social development and isolation of deaf adolescents among their peers
in mainstreamed and residential school settings. Research studies directed by both hearing
and deaf researchers, has left conflicting results on the evaluation of social outcome
between mainstreamed and residential schools. The results indicated that mainstreamed
students often feel very lonely, frustrated, rejected, and unable to interact and communicate
with their classmates. On the other hand, researchers reported that deaf adolescent’s
social development over a two-year period of mainstreaming programs, had left 94% of
them with hearing friends. While on the contrary, responses from deaf adolescents in
residential schools reported that they had more friends, feel emotionally secure, have
higher self-esteems, are accepted by their peers and can communicate very well with
American Sign Language. The final outcome on the research studied, reported that half
of deaf adolescent’s social interaction describe their experiences as positive,
while the other half describe theirs as negative. According to some researchers, it
has been indicated that there is no accurate proof supporting either theory.
PDF Paper by AGTS Counseling Student: Understanding
Juvenile Sexual Offender’s and Aiding in effective treatment and management practices
To contact a student, call or email Professor Jim Harris at 417-268-1072 or jharris@agts.edu. (Posted
1/2/2002)
In the past decade juvenile sexual offender statistics have been on a steady incline.
Attempts are being made to bring better attention to this negative aspect of society.
This paper will bolster a concise understanding of the adolescent male in his current
stage of psychological and physiological development. It will promotes awareness into
the psyche of Juvenile Sexual Offender’s, while also yielding some relevant and
practical books that furnish a gamut of useful information. These books will further
one’s studies, while offering some valid ventures to reduce and eliminate recidivism
of JSO’s offending again.
Website: We
Build People Youth Resources. Recommended by Earl
Creps. (Posted 10/30/2001)
