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Item Promoting Resilience in Children and Adolescents Impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences(2024-06) Ajayi, OluwatoniEvidence shows that early exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) results in lasting poor physical and mental health outcomes from childhood into adulthood. Resilience has been determined to help prevent or mitigate the adverse effects of ACEs. Children and adolescents need to have suitable systems at home, in school, in the community, and within the construct of society that promotes the development of resilience. This research project investigates how to foster resilience as an intervention during formative years in children and adolescents impacted by ACEs. This review of 10 recent studies shows several evidence-based therapeutic interventions and modalities for building resilience through the different levels of protective factors (individual, interpersonal (family), community, and policy), including CBT/TF-CBT, mindfulness interventions, EMDR, parent-child psychotherapy, and school-based psychotherapy. These findings benefit the study of ACEs as they provide clinical practitioners with evidence-based interventions that help minimize the negative impact and foster positive adaptation after exposure to ACEs.Item The Parallel Processes of Counselling Supervision(2024-07-22) Campbell, SamanthaThe literature review explores various supervision models while highlighting key elements of developmental and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) supervision models to better understand the capstone research question: How can developmental and CBT supervision models be used together to support new counselling supervisees? Furthermore, the capstone research project explores additional supervision models, including reflective supervision, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, and the Critical Events Model, to support the implementation of a new hypothetical model identified as the SAM CAM supervision model. The capstone research project emphasizes the gaps researchers brought forth that are useful in future studies, including longitudinal research, the use of evidence-based observational methods, and reflective practices to aid in best practices in supervision. The capstone research project highlights the implications for counselling psychology, including cultural and ethical considerations for best practices in supervision and when implementing the SAM CAM supervision model.Item Providing Mental Health Literacy: How High Schools Can Support a Youth’s Mental Health(2024-06-27) Chandra, ReshmiStudents spend a significant amount of time within the school environment. Therefore, it is vital for schools to acknowledge the influence they have around a student’s emotional well-being. High school students across countries have vocalized a need for mental health education. While in British Columbia, there appears to be a gap in what mental health education is supposedly being offered and what is being given. To fill in this gap of desiring in depth mental health education, the capstone demonstrated how high schools can be participate in supporting a youth’s mental health by implementing mental health literacy into the curriculum, potentially saving a life and increasing an adolescent’s well-being. The incorporation of mental health literacy, providing social belonging, using technology, mindfulness, lived experience workers and gratitude are all shown to contribute towards good mental health. This initiative seeks to empower students with the knowledge to nurture and understand their mental well-being, while also equipping teachers with the skills to identify warning behaviours of declining mental health in their students. With the inclusion of these techniques, schools have the opportunity to improve the mental health of students.Item Diagnosis During Adolescence: Mental Health Among Individuals Diagnosed with Epilepsy(2024-05-02) Bird, ChristyIndividuals diagnosed with epilepsy are vulnerable to issues with mental health. Epilepsy is a neurological condition that although primarily known for its medical treatment, also has psychological symptoms that need to be addressed. As such, this literature review looks at the factors associated with epilepsy and mental health in adolescents. Findings indicating that epilepsy management requires a holistic approach inclusive of significant lifestyle changes. This capstone paper provides a detailed look into the various ways adolescence, epilepsy and mental health intersect.Item Nurturing Holistic Health in Adolescents: The Role of Mind-Body Awareness, Emotional Development, and Sleep Education(2024-07-15) Burns, AndreaThis research project explores health promotion objectives for adolescents. Given the scientific evidence of health outcomes in adulthood that are connected to poor mental health in adolescence, combined with the current mental health crisis affecting North American youth today, wide scale efforts and supports must be implemented. The focus of this paper is psychoeducational in nature and is intended to educate teens and adult stakeholders, including school staff, about holistic wellness and health promotion aims. It investigates the connection between mental and physical health- mind and body- as well as emotional development during adolescent years, and sleep as an essential health habit. Each of these topics look at the values, norms, and present-day conditions that are contributing to health concerns affecting youth. The combined effort of this capstone is to teach young people how they can protect their health and inspire better self-awareness, self-efficacy, and capacity for decision-making that can better prepare them for a lifetime of health and wellness. Included is my recommendation of an educational bulletin board, useful in counselling centers or school hubs, that highlights each topic and offers health promotion tips, and is relevant and approachable for both teens and the adults caring for them.