Awareness

Self-Harm Awareness Around 46% of teens said they self-harmed more than once last year (Study 1). Self-harm is the act of purposely hurting the surface of your own body (Self 1). Self-harm might sound outrageous, but it is not a mental illness. Instead, it is a symptom of other mental illnesses, including: depression, eating disorder, bipolar disorder, or anxiety (National 2). These mental illnesses also come along with other symptoms similar to self-harm like mood swings, guilt or hopelessness…

and work of dental professionals on both the local and national level. To honor both the commitment of our own doctors as well as our fellow colleagues across America, Smileboston Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry will be celebrating Prosthodontist Awareness Week from April 3rd to the 9th. A prosthodontist is a dentist within the American Dental Association who specializes in tooth repair and replacement. Not only do the make sure that your mouth stays clean and germ-free, but they also provide…

After completing the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory, I learned something new about the strategies that I use to monitor and access my learning. I discovered that I use, both Declarative, Procedural, and Conditional Knowledge and Regulation of Knowledge, Planning, Information Management strategies, comprehension monitoring, debugging strategies and evaluation. Among these strategies there are some that I use more often and I am more proficient and some that I am inefficient. Among declarative,…

When I compare my assessment with my wife the difference was 27 which I felt was very high. When you look at our self-awareness assessment my score was 18 and my wife was 10. This is still a shock to me after knowing her for about 25 years. The one question that I felt my wife assessment on herself was no accurate in my opinion was “I recognize how my feelings affect my performance”. She is currently on medication from her dealing with the war while in the military. This I feel has affected our…

community. Results of the tests on convergent and discriminant scales had shown a significance of mindfulness to “clarity of emotional states, mood repair and to a lesser degree attention to emotions” (Brown & Ryan, 2003). The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) was a stronger indication of the relationship of mindfulness and well-being. The MAAS showed significant correlation to engagement (p < .0001). Also, mindfulness was positively correlated to both subjective and objective…

Researchers are often interested in what factors determine what information is selected. A question that has drawn considerable interest in cognitive research is whether perception of feelings, thoughts or behaviour is conditional on conscious awareness. A considerable amount of literature support the notion that spatial attention is essential in order to process information (Besner, Risko & Sklair, 2005; McCann, Folk, & Johnston, 1992) In contrast, another major theory argues that spatial…

beliefs of other nursing students and cultures with large populations in the US. It’s is important to understand the basic beliefs of most cultures that way we are prepared to treat those types of patients. Samantha: the one place I observe cultural awareness all the time is at my job: Green Chimneys. It’s a residential child’s facility and we have to accommodate our nursing care and dining hall services based around the ethnicity, cultural, and religious beliefs of the children. The impact of…

school, Diao Yuan Primary School, more students had their eyeglasses put on. The kids were energetic, obedient and healthy. However, since it was in a town instead of a flourishing city like Hong Kong, the quality of life, in terms of health care awareness, was lower. It seemed their personal hygiene needs improvement as it influences a person’s health including eye care and health. According to the data collected, we found that more than half of them had never gone for any eye examination…

ensure success of Veterans in higher education and beyond” (University of Minnesota), and the program aspirations, to me, are perfect for Veterans with PTSD. Their first objective, Teacher, and Faculty Outreach, encourage faculty and staff to raise awareness of Veterans in the classroom. This mission also offers to meet with individual faculty/staff members to help understand how to be supportive to Veterans in the classroom, Campus-Wide Events, and departmental interactions. Veterans trained…

Self-Awareness Log No. 1 Best Thing that Happened at your Site I have gained an enormous amount of knowledge and experience, since starting my internship at the Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS). Learning the skills necessary to function as a competent social worker at DFCS has had its advantages. These advantages include having the opportunity to observe a social worker in the field, with the freedom to ask questions and get a clear understanding of policies and procedures.…