The Impact of Divorce on Adolescents (Obj. 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4)
Assessment Description
The divorce rate in the United States remains at an all-time high.
From the perspective of your specific discipline, write a 1,000-1,250-word essay discussing the socioemotional response of adolescents to divorce and custody arrangements. Address the following in your assignment:
A discussion of how a counselor can provide support for all the parties involved
Discuss strategies for promoting resilience, optimum development, and wellness in adolescence. Further your discussion on promoting resilience, optimum development, and wellness in adolescence by discussing cultural and ethical factors that may come into play.
Discuss how a counselor can address the issue of an adolescent’s increased misbehavior as the result of divorce.
Building on previous knowledge, a discussion of which theoretical approach to counseling might work well when addressing issues of misbehavior as the result of parental divorce?
Include a minimum of three scholarly resources in addition to your textbook and use APA headings for clarity.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Course Resources if you need Helpance.
This assignment is informed by the following CACREP Standards:
2.F.3.f: Systemic and environmental factors that affect human development, functioning, and behavior.
2.F.3.i. Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for promoting resilience and optimum development and wellness across the lifespan.
TEXTBOOKS
Kail, R. V., & Cavanaugh, J. C. (2016). Human development: A life-span view (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth. ISBN-13: 9781305116641
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The Effects of Divorce on Adolescents (Objectives 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4) Description of the Assessment
The divorce rate in the United States has been at an all-time high for the past several decades.
Write a 1,000-1,250-word essay examining the socioemotional response of teenagers to divorce and custody arrangements from the perspective of your specific discipline. Be sure to include references. In your homework, please address the following points:
An examination of the ways in which a counselor can provide support to all of the parties involved.
Adolescence is a time when measures for encouraging resilience, optimal development, and wellness should be discussed. Discuss the cultural and ethical considerations that may come into play when it comes to encouraging resilience, optimal development, and wellness in adolescents to further your conversation.
In this section, we will discuss how a counselor might deal with the issue of an adolescent’s increased misbehavior as a result of the divorce.
A debate of which theoretical approach to therapy could be most effective when dealing with concerns of misbehavior as a result of parental divorce, based on prior knowledge.
Include a minimum of three academic materials in addition to your textbook, and format your paper with APA headers to ensure readability and consistency.
Prepare this assignment in accordance with the criteria included in the APA Style Guide, which may be accessed in the Student Success Center. It is not necessary to submit an abstract.
This assignment is graded according to a rubric. To ensure that you understand the expectations for a successful completion of this assignment, please study the rubric before beginning.
You must submit this assignment to LopesWrite in order to receive credit. If you require Helpance, a link to the LopesWrite technical support articles can be found in the Course Resources section.
The following CACREP Standards serve as a guide for completing this assignment:
Systems and environmental elements that influence human growth, functioning, and behavior are covered in 2.F.3.f.
The promotion of resilience, as well as the achievement of optimum growth and wellness throughout the lifespan, according to ethical and cultural considerations
TEXTBOOKS
Kail, R. V., and Cavanaugh, J. C. (in press) (2016). A life-span perspective on human development (7th ed.). Thomson Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, California. 9781305116641 is the ISBN-13 for this book.
