Black History Month is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February^[1][2] and the United Kingdom in October.^[3]

The remembrance began in 1926, with the announcement of “Negro History Week” by historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, a group of which he was co-founder. Woodson chose the second week of February because it marked the birthdays of two Americans who greatly influenced the lives and social condition of African Americans: former President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass.^[1]

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Tres Mali Scott on Counselor Corner SP®

Stress is pressure that one has, real or precieved that causes physical symptoms, emotional symptoms, and can cause mental

confusion. The best way to reduce stress is through treatment: 1. Self Help or 2. Physican Treatment. Stress can be caused by working to much, new employment, family problems, death of loved ones, changes in life, changes in martial status, new born children, car problems, work relationship-even maintaining good relationships can be stressful. The effects of stress can hurt your health, relationships, and employment.

Treatment is when you have identified the problem and have prescribed solutions to those problems. The symptoms and treatments for strss are

1. Medical,
2. Physical,  and
3. Mental.

• Medical Treatments for Stress include:
  1. Reflexology
  2. Message
  3. Acupuncture
  4. Acupressure
  5. Some forms of Anti-Depression medications (some people become depressed from stress)
• Physical Treatments for Stress include:
  1. Excersise
  2. Socializing- Do not isolate yourself from Human contact
  3. Aroma theraphy
  4. Manicures and pedicures

• Mental Treatments for Stress include: 1. Adding plants to take care of  2. Meditation

  

  Growing House Plants as a "Best Way to Mininize Stress" from Counselor Corner SP®

   

  

  Lighted Candles as a "Best way to minimize stress" from Counselor Corner SP®

  3. Prayer
  4. Music
  5. Soft Sounding machines now made to reduce stress
  6. Candles…

As you can see there are many ways to reduce stress but the “7 Star” Rating systems says that:

Excersise
Socializing
Plants
Music and Soft Sounding Machines
Prayer and Candles, and
Forms of Message

Are the “Best Ways to Reduce Stress”.

To read the full article on Helium.com click: ” Best Ways To Minimize Stress”

Holiday Blues or Depression, I Think Parents Should Know! on Counselor Corner SP®

For many, the Holiday Season is a time of:

• Vacation,
• Sharing with friends & family, and
• Time with children.

There are also some that experience mild to moderate depression called:

1. Holiday Blues,
2. Seasonal Depression, or
3. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Infobarrel.com has an outstanding article on “Coping with Holiday Depression“.  According to Infobarrel.com:

Statistics around the holidays show increased:

• Suicide attempts and thoughts,
• Substance addiction,
• Overeating, &
• Other unhealthy ways of coping.”

“Coping with Holiday Depress“, on Infobarrel.com also has seven steps that I THINK PARENTS SHOULD KNOW!

Happy Holidays!

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Happy Thanksgiving from Counselor Corner SP®

Tres Mali Scott on Counselor Corner SP®

The branch of psychology concerned with the affects and effects of drugs on the mind and behavior. Psychopharmacology  comes from the Greek word “psykhe”, meaning breath, life, or soul and “pharmakon” meaning drug. is the scientific study of the actions of drugs and their effects on mood, sensation, thinking, and behavior. It is distinguished from neuropsychopharmacology, which emphasizes drug-induced changes in the functioning of cells in the nervous system (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopharmacology).^[1] 

• ^{Health risks,}
• ^{Drug interaction complications,}
• ^{Misdiagnosis, and}
• ^{Increases the administration of the correct prescriptions.}

 How can psychopharamacology help improve my parenting skills?

1. …the Medication and dose history (for example: milligrams of the dose and how often it is taken).
2. …the Medications from other Doctors.
3. …the over the counter Medications.
4. …the home remedies and wholistic medications taken (for example: Homopathetic and Flower Remedies, some Doctors prescribe them).
5. …psychotropic Medications (for example: Medications prescribed by a Psychiatrist).
6. …Medical conditions.
7. …and past experiences with Medications.

 This is New—-Lower Dose Medications!!!!!!!

This is New—-Lower Dose Medications!!!!!!!

The new lower dose of adult medications give hope to:

•  Less increase in tolerance with longer use time,
• Reduced side effects, and
• Less addictive effects.

An example of this new lower dose for adult medications include the 81 milligram Asprin. In the past the lowest dose was 200 milligrams.

As caregivers, whether Parent, Counselor, Therapist, Psychologist, or Psychiatrist, education on a subject increases success and decreases mistakes.

For all of our “Good Health”, remember:

1. Know the side and main effects of the medications.
2. Tell the Doctor all your medications, even over-the-counter, homopathetic, and flower remedies.
3. Report how the medications are effecting you for the best care.

The Law is to protect, but as a parent or caregiver, the law is not the only protector of children and venerable populations. Video games are at the front of our attention. Most adults have not paid any attention to what the video game is really saying or doing. Any behavior repeated for a long period of time effects judgment. Repeated exsposure to violence effects behavioral judgement. Like TV & Movie Rating, video games are a form of entertainment that requires monitoring.

Do you know what video games your child is playing?

November 03, 2010|By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times

Wikipedia.org–20-10-20 Processing Curricula Development Program by Tres Mali Scott

From: Wikipedia.org 20-10-20 Processing Curricula, a Curriculum Development Program

The 20-10-20 Curricula Problem:

Students that are a part of the mainstream “student body” may have mild forms of psychopathological disorders that will not be diagnosed or formally treated, and effects achievement and functioning. Understanding the non-psychopathological issues improve curricula development, test construction, lesson plan development, improve social training, and increase participation of students in extracurricular activities.

Some non-psychopathological presentations of symptoms are a result of the changes in society, increases in technology, and increased access to information.

The Scott 20-10-20 Processing Curricula Development Plan for Lesson Planning 2010 & Beyond is based on the majority of the populations increase in mental processing speed. An example is typing speed verses writing speed. Typing speed is faster than writing speed. When a person is comprehending what is being typed, the more words typed per minute shows an increase in mental processing. Data inputting is not considered because it does not require reading or understanding what is inputted.

Computer use, video games, and movies that replace reading a book have contributed to an increase in mental processing speed. School curricula must match the current mental processing of children.

I predict that more children will present as ADD or ADD w/Hyperactivity. It is not ADD or ADD w/Hyperactivity, it is a generation or two of children with a processing speed and learning processing that is not matched by the current school system curricula…

For the full article click: Wikipedia.org–20-10-20 Processing Curricula

On Wikipedia.org — Cognition: How We Acquire Knowledge…by Tres Mali Scott

From: Cognition: How We Acquire Knowledge, Wikipedia.org by Tres Mali Scott

One of the first steps in assessment includes IQ or achievement. What are we really looking at when we assess IQ or Achievement? Test administrators, teachers, counselors, psychologist, and psychiatrist are looking at how we aquire knowledge and what knowledge we have aquired.

The field of psychology considers cognition——-how we acquire knowledge. Wilhelm Wundt and E.B. Titchener state it is conscious experiences that are:

    1. Sensations
    2. Images
    3. Feelings...

Cognition is the maifestation of Human Intelligence:

    *Problem Solving
    *Reasoning
    *Decision Making
    *Judgement
    *One's thoughts and other mental states communicated
    *Mental representations of external
    *Learning process by which a person acquires knowledge...
For the full article click: Cognition: How We Acquire Knowledge on Wikipedia.org