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A 5 page research paper that discusses the features of a successful high school counseling program for grieving adolescents. The writer discusses how adolescent mourning and conceptualization of death differs from an adults and the particular aspects of adolescent grief that counselors should consider. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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evaluate the program, the scenario describes the grief of Kristen, an adolescent driver who is responsible for the death of her sister and several other adolescents, due to her failure
to safely pull back into traffic from the side of the road. The scenario states that grief counselors were available and it describes how Kristen passed through stages of grief,
as described by Kubler-Ross and Worden. Ten months after the accident, Kristen still experiences sadness and loss, but has worked through her guilt and has made appropriate adjustments, which suggests
that Kristen is healing emotionally and will recover and move on with her life. This suggests that Kristen has received appropriate and effective help, but the scenario does not tell
this writer/tutor what--if anything--a high school bereavement program had to do with Kristens recovery. The scenario simply states that psychological counseling was available and that a candlelight service was held.
The fact that Kristen is doing well suggests that this is an effective program, but no details are offered. Therefore, the only option left open to this writer/tutor is to
look to literature on this topic that suggest features for effective grief counseling services for adolescents. Morin and Welsh (1996) report that an individuals conceptualization of death can be
influenced by a variety of factors, such as family and cultural background, life experiences and environmental influences. Noppe and Noppe (2004) point out that adolescent cognitive development provides the foundation
for decision-making and that this has been shown to inculcate unwise or risky behavior. Advances in the teens ability to engage in abstract thinking and increases in the capacity for
problem solving are combined with temporary regressions to more immature cognitive states (Noppe and Noppe, 2004). Due to this consideration, it is erroneous to view adolescents as having a full-fledged
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