Posted: April 19th, 2017

Child abuse causes such disorders as PTSD, depression, anxiety , and so on but a paper would have to be on one of these disorders and not on child abuse itself.

Note that the paper must focus on a disorder of childhood listed in the DSM. The syllabus suggests you refer to certain sections of the text for ideas and that is fine but your final choice must be from the list below or another from the DSM. For example, child abuse is an obviously serious problem but it is not a disorder. Child abuse causes such disorders as PTSD, depression, anxiety , and so on but a paper would have to be on one of these disorders and not on child abuse itself.

Research Topic: PTSD

You must research empirically-based* approaches to counseling children with that specific need and discuss the evidences practices associated with such a need. Discuss the relevant issues associated with the identified issue and the best approaches identified.

Include at least 10 relevant journal articles in your paper. At least 8 articles must be empirical and published within the last 5 years. The body of the paper is to be 10–12 pages in length (excluding the required Title Page, Abstract, and Reference Page) double-spaced, and in Times New Roman 12 font.

• Background on Empirical Studies: Reports of empirical studies summarize original research. Mean journal articles are reports of empirical studies. In order to learn how to review the literature, it is important to be able to read and understand reports of empirical studies. Empirical articles have the following sections: abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, and references.