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What is a Learning Disability? 6 Oct 2011 | 05:45 am
Some History About Learning Disabilities The first written case about an LD child was in 1896, 14 yr old boy “bright and intelligent… quick at games and in no way inferior to others of his age [except...
Infidelity 2 Oct 2011 | 02:45 pm
Marriage is the only war where you sleep with the enemy. Gary Busey What Do We Know About Infidelity? Some stats on infidelity: In the clinical population, 25-30% of couples come to therapy in the aft...
The History of Marital Therapy 30 Sep 2011 | 01:21 pm
from The history of couple therapy: A millennial review. Family Process, 41, 199-260. (2002). Gurman and Fraenkel point out that relational therapy (formerly marital or couples therapy) has been large...
The Nurture Assumption 27 Sep 2011 | 05:33 am
review of a book by Judith Rich Harris In a very interesting book, Ms. Harris presents considerable psychological and anthropological data to reexamine the “Nurture Assumption,” or the belief that nur...
The Sound Marital House 22 Sep 2011 | 04:55 am
John Gottman has been conducting marital therapy research for almost 30 years, and is a well-respected leader in the field. Based on this research and clinical testing of the theory, he and his wife J...
Gender Issues in Couples Therapy 5 Aug 2011 | 04:46 am
Introduction “Gender Issues” has been a difficult area for couples therapy. In 1988 the AAMFT required that accredited programs had to include gender issues in their curriculum. “Feminism” is initiall...
Issues for Same-Sex Couples 3 Aug 2011 | 04:31 am
Gay and lesbian couples make up 1 million of the 11 million couples living together in the 2000 census. Studies indicate 40-60% of gay men and 45-80% of lesbians are coupled at any given time, and the...
Lost Boys 1 Aug 2011 | 02:50 am
Why our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them by James Garbarino, Ph.D. — Book Review by Richard Niolon Ph.D. James Garbarino, Ph.D. is Co-Director of the Family Life Development Center, and a Pr...
I’m Not Crazy About eCollege Either: So Now What? 27 Jul 2011 | 07:08 am
In “ReWork,” Fried and Hansson (2010) advocate an active approach to shaping your work environment, suggesting you “scratch your own itch” My “itch” was that I felt eCollege was missing a few things: ...
Families and Substance Abuse 19 Apr 2011 | 01:43 pm
This was a presentation to social workers based upon requests to know more about substance abuse and dysfunctional families. So How Does Substance Abuse Cause Changes In the Family? Drugs and alcohol ...
