“The New Age Movement: The Celebration of the Self and the Secularization of Modernity”: A Review of the Book by Paul Heelas
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A 5 page discussion of the origin and premises of the religious movement referred to a the New Age. Dispels myths about this movement being associated with bell bottoms and sandals. No additional sources listed.
Filename: PPnewAge.wps

“When Rabbit Howls” by Truddi Chase
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A 3 page paper which summarizes Truddi Chase’s “When Rabbit Howls” and discusses its relevancy to psychiatric nursing. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAhowls.rtf

"The Five to Seven Year Shift" Edited by Sameroff and Haith
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A 10 page paper which examines and summarizes the book "The Five to Seven Year Shift" edited by Arnold J. Sameroff and Marshall M. Haith. The book is a compilation of various essays concerning the developmental shifts a child makes between the ages of 5 and 7. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RA5to7yr.rtf

"The Long-Term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse by Female Perpetrators"
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A four page review of the article published in the October 2004 issue of "Journal of Interpersonal Violence" by author and researcher Myriam S. Denov. This paper outlines the findings of this study and its methodology. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPabusCh.rtf

"The Nurture Assumption" by Judith Rich Harris
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A 9 page paper which discusses aspects of Harris' book "The Nurture Assumption." The primary focus of the paper is on the effects of divorce as it relates to Harris' book. A general discussion of Harris' book is presented as well. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
Filename: RAnrtrehrrs.wps

A Brief History of Play Therapy Development
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This well written and concise 5 page paper examines the history of play therapy from the nineteenth century to the present day. The paper is written in chronological order starting with Spencer and includes such therapists as Sigmond Freud, Anna Freud, Hug Hellmouth, Melanie Klein, Carl Rogers, Virginia Axline and many others. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEplayth.wps

A Child’s Emotional Needs and Juvenile Delinquency
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This 18 page report discusses the fact that juvenile delinquency is directly related to a child not having his or her emotional needs met at a very early age. Issues associated with juvenile delinquency are always multi-faceted and present numerous challenges to parents, educators social service agencies, law enforcement, the court systems and, of course, to the actual child. Whether a child is abused, raised in poverty, has physical and/or mental problems, or any number of other difficulties, it is always the child who suffers and the child who should be kept at the forefront of society’s collective consciousness in addressing the problems of juvenile delinquency. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
Filename: BWjuvdlq.rtf

A Comparison of Pivotal Response Training and Discrete Trial Training
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This 12 page paper is a literature review that describes and explores and compares the use of Pivotal Response Training, PRT and Discrete Trial Training, DTT in the treatment of autistic children. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
Filename: TEPRTDIT.rtf

A Critical Look at Dyson's Writing Superheroes
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This 9 page paper provides a critical inquiry into this work in the realm of education and psychology and expands on some of the concepts inclusive of the importance of cognitive thoughts. The idea of the superhero is discussed but it is one part of this comprehensive book on reading, writing and child psychology. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA343Dys.rtf

A Critique of a Research Approach to Measuring Anger in Children
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A 13 page critique of the research conducted by A.J. Finch Jr. and Edward S. Eastman and published in the Journal of Psychology in 1983. Using a sample base of thirty-eight children (twenty-eight boys and ten girls) at the point of admission as patients at the Virginia Treatment Center (a short-term psychiatric hospital for children), the researchers delineate a significant relationship between the child’s own perception of their anger (as obtained through self reports) and reports of their behavior provided by peers at the time of admission. This paper concludes that there are many inadequacies in this research. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPangerC.rtf