Michelle Boss Online Portfolio

Home | Portfolio Contents | Resume | Philosophy of Counseling | Experience | Guidance Lessons | Courses Taken | Papers & Presentations | Contact Me

Papers & Presentations

I feel that the papers and presentations I worked on during my graduate education reflect where some of my interests lie in counseling:

Papers Written during Graduate Studies:

  • Career Counseling Concerns for School Counselors: Guiding Career Development for Gay and Lesbian Students
  • Rationale for Using a Comprehensive School Counseling Program
  • School-based Prevention of Alcohol Use among Adolescents
  • Statutory and Case Law Regarding Determination and Discipline of Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment
  • The Assessment of Reactive Attachment Disorder in Preschool-aged Children
  • The Lack of a Placebo Effect in Caffeine Consumption: An Experimental Design Study
  • Therapeutic Options for School Counselors Dealing with the Reactive Attachment Disorder Child

Presentations Given during Graduate Studies

  • Depression in Adolescents: Pharmaceutical and Non-Pharmaceutical Treatment Options
  • Discussion of Statistical Findings regarding Chicksaw Native American Adolescent Mothers
  • Eastern European Clients: Implications for Counselors
  • History of Psychoanalytic Theory and Psychoanalytic Techniques
  • Multiculturalism and Family Therapy
  • Statutory and Case Law Regarding Determination and Discipline of Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment
  • Teenage Suicide and the School Response
  • Therapeutic Horseback Riding & Autism
  • Therapeutic Options for School Counselors Dealing with the Reactive Attachment Disorder Child

 Presentations Given to Parents during Internship:

  • Applying to College: What Students and Parents Should Know
  • Who's Space is MySpace? 

Copies of all papers and presentations are available upon request.