What is the best way for a student to prepare for a presentation?

By James Coulter
   I have presented over 20 presentations in my college career, and the majority of my presentations I was nervous. I try to prepare, and organize myself the right way, but sometimes there are mistakes. I recently made a class presentation in my KHP 509 class, and I had a graph that was slightly wrong. At the time I was trying to explain what I had done, and my proffesor said "James, you have it all wrong." It made me fill like I failed because my graph was slightly wrong. Also there where to guys on the front role laughing at me. The situation made me feel uncomfortable, and I went home, and discussed it with my family. so I searched on a web site to help me on my next project, but the proper corrections from the teacher, and group support is important as well.

                       www.quora.com/Business/What-is-the-best-way-to-present-a-power

Why are elderly males more likely to commit suicide? How can we help prevent these deaths?

65 of every 100,000 men over the age of 65 will commit suicide. Common risk factors include widowhood, chronic illness, and social isolation. This population feels very alone and feel like a burden, especially if they no longer see themselves as a productive member of society.

We can prevent this by support and education. As a younger person, be sure to include elserly family members in your life. This can make a positive impact on their mental health, and esentially save their life. These men who commit suicide often long for a relationship because they feel isolated. Volunteering in elderly homes is another good way to make connections with the elderly who would otherwise not have any.

In addition, it is best to know the warning signs or someone planning to commit suicide. Getting help for something thinking about suicide is crucial. Warning signs include cleaning up their will, talking about feeling hopeless or worthless, talking about death or about being a burden, isolating themselves, loss of interest, giving away prized possessions, and making after-death arrangements. If you see these warning signs in others, do not keep it a secret. Open the dialogue. Ask if they have ever considered suicide. Do not minimize the person or shame them out of committing suicide. Empathize with them and, most importantly, listen. Let them know that you care, and that many people feel the way they do. If in immediate danger, call the national suicide helpline, 1-800-273-TALK.

http://www.save.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=705E1907-C4DD-5D32-2C7087CE5924CCA4

http://www.hsccs.org/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=13737

How can you incorporate older incorporate family members into a lifestyle?

There is no easy way to incorporate older family members into a lifestyle, but there are ways to help the older family members adjust to the new lifestyle. The ways to help adjust are by finding more help if need be for the family members.  Get in front of any legal concerns that the older family member has before they become incompetent. Fin a balance that works for the family as well as the older family. The main thing I to encourage self-reliance.  Communication and designing a plan are the most helpful ways.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/278251/

How is it different for older adults (60+) than adults (21-59) to overcome from depression?

Depression isn't a sign of weakness or a character flaw. It can occur to anyone at any age, sudden changes in life that are unexpected can't determine rather you're weak or not. Here are five factors that can influence depression for elders. Which is much different from adults because they still have family and friends that can help overcome these obstacles. When you are at an older age, you usually are on your own.

• Health problems – Illness and disability; chronic or severe pain; cognitive decline; damage to body image due to surgery or disease.
• Loneliness and isolation – Living alone; a dwindling social circle due to deaths or relocation; decreased mobility due to illness or loss of driving privileges.
• Reduced sense of purpose – Feelings of purposelessness or loss of identity due to retirement or physical limitations on activities.
• Fears – Fear of death or dying; anxiety over financial problems or health issues.
• Recent bereavements – The death of friends, family members, and pets; the loss of a spouse or partner.

Having a strong family, meaning your kids and grandchildren when you're older can be a HUGE influence to elders with depression. These will probably be the only support other than your spouse.  

 http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_elderly.htm

How can younger family members show more support to their Grandparents?

 By James Coulter
  In our class we talked about showing more love to our grandparents, and we discussed different activities they we could do, to show more love, and support. My grand parents are deceased, but I think its a good Idea to have a place where younger people could take their grandparents to have fun. A couple of suggestion that I have is taking them to a sewing class, or a bingo hall. Some grandparents probably just wants a phone call every so often, or just stop by to see how they are doing. According to www.medicinenet.com "good relationship between grandparents and their adult grandchildren can provide a psychological boost for both generations, according to a new study."



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Elderly people can struggle with many feelings, including: feeling useless, feeling like a burden, feeling lonely, feeling depressed, feeling sad, feeling forgotten, feeling unimportant, and feeling unloved.It can be very beneficial for your elder's health if you are involved and active in their life. The best way to help improve their mental health is to visit them. The face-to-face interaction and touch is beneficial. They get to experience the love and feel important. However, in some cases it is not always possible to visit your elders on a regular basis. For example, you may live out of town. However, it is always important to make time for them. Regular phone calls to your elders let them know that you care. These calls, however short or long they may be, must be genuine. Tell them about your day, and ask them about theirs. This lets them know that they have someone to talk to. You should also involve them in discussions. Involve them in decisions you make. This will make them feel important and worthy. By asking for their opinions about decisions or circumstances in your life, they feel like they are no longer a burden. They have found a reason to live and have found use in a time where they struggle with purpose.
These actions will make them feel important, happy, encouraged, worthy, useful, and more importantly, loved. All of these feelings and qualities help improve their mental health.

http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/Grandma-birthday-cards-activities/2010/12/22/id/380732

does a single parent with out custody of their child still have the same family life cycle

The family life cycle is the emotional and intellectual stages you move through from your childhood into your retirement years as a member of a family.  It is becoming more and more socially acceptable to divorce at least once in your life.  The question of whether or not this could affect you family life cycle is dependent on a couple different things.  One of them depends on when it is in your life you have your divorce.  If you are to divorce after being newly married with no children, you are not likely to have much affect to your family life cycle.  This is because you still have time to make up or recreate this stage of the life cycle.  The most damaging affect of the family life cycle is when a couple divorces with young children.  There are stages of their children's life the may be more damaging that other.  Divorced couples that have children that are adolescents are the most impacting. This is because adolescents is a stage in a child's life that they are going through many changes physically and emotionally.  Most of these children have many problems emotionally because they have options that they can choose within this stage of their life.  Most teenagers, either have an increased risk for emotional problems and unwanted burdens or they can be forced to have parentified roles for siblings and have some kind of feeling of blame.  Each parent in this stage will have already created an everlasting relationship with their kids.  It is important for both of them to keep this relationship healthy ad strong to help both the parent and the child mentally healthy.






source: http://faculty.plts.edu/gpence/PS1012/html/divorce_in_the_changing_family_l.htm