Deck 19: Youth and Youth Services

Question 1

Select one of the issues identified in the chapter: peer pressure, parental divorce, life-style choice, leaving home, immigrant youth, eating disorders, dating violence, internet issues, gay and lesbian youth, or youth suicide, and conduct a literature review based on Canadian journals to identify service needs in one of these areas.

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

Describe two different programmes in your community that provide information and education on dating violence.

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Provide a book review on a self-help book on eating disorders

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Provide a movie review of Goldtooth, the Karate Kid (SKI films), an NFB movie on issues related to adolescents, or one of the videos shown in your class. In your movie review, briefly summarize the movie, and then identify the major intended message. Did the movie succeed in its educational purpose in your opinion? Why or why not?

Question 5

Review three different newspapers for a two-week period and identify how many articles on the front page and on the local page address issues related to youth and youth services. What trends do you observe? Then review one newspaper from five years ago, and one from ten years ago. What differences and similarities do you find?

Question 6

Identify three issues faced by street youth.

Question 7

Identify four issues the might affect newcomer youth.

Question 8

Identify two key characteristics of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and compulsive over-eating.

Question 9

Check one of the websites on suicide identified in your textbook and summarize the warning signs.

Question 10

Identify two misconceptions about gay and lesbian youth.

Question 11

Peer relationships

A) Can enhance self-esteem
B) Can create adjustment problems
C) Teach problem-solving skills and values
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 12

Anorexia nervosa is

A) Episodes of binge eating and purging
B) More prevalent than bulimia nervosa
C) A body weight of 15% or more below normal
D) Binge eating without extreme weight gain
E) None of the above

Question 13

The most important feature in shaping adolescent identity in a family of divorce is

A) Joint custody
B) Equal access to visitation rights by both parents
C) Counselling service availability
D) The post-divorce relationship between parents
E) A and B above

Question 14

Adolescents from other countries

A) Face language and cultural differences
B) May be traumatized by coming from other countries
C) May have learning difficulties
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 15

Dating violence

A) Is not a serious problem in Canada
B) Has been experienced by 16 to 30% of women
C) Is over-emphasized in the media
D) A and C above
E) None of the above

Question 16

Pressures on young women that contribute to dating violence include

A) Romantic fantasies featured in movies
B) Covert pressure from family and friends
C) The perceived value of having a boyfriend in a couple-oriented society
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 17

Treatment goals for survivors of violence include

A) A safety plan
B) Information about available resources
C) Emphasis that violence is a crime
D) All of the above.
E) A and C above

Question 18

Issues related to the use of the Internet are

A) More and more youth are entering private and adult-only chat rooms
B) Children lack supervision using the internet
C) Children lack rules about using the Internet
D) Teens often meet people in person who they have met on the internet
E) All of the above

Question 19

Teen suicide

A) Is the second leading cause of death among youth
B) Decreases following puberty
C) Results from being able to set priorities
D) All of the above

Question 20

To help youth with suicidal feelings, it is important to

A) Talk openly about suicide
B) Find professional help
C) Be calm and listen
D) All of the above

Question 21

Adults consider gambling a dangerous activity for adolescents.

Question 22

Homosexuality is a mental illness or disorder.

Question 23

Sexual activity indicates sexual orientation.

Question 24

Both women and men may act abusively.

Question 25

Teens connect to the internet an average of 9.3 hours weekly.

Question 26

Young women reported that parents had recognized the violence in their relationships.

Question 27

Social isolation and low self-esteem are common in gay and lesbian teens.

Question 28

Rates of depression decrease following puberty.

Question 29

Teen suicide is the second leading cause of death amongst youth.

Question 30

Dieting often precipitates eating disorders.