Career Questions: Medical Examiner and Child Psychology.?
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I think most psycologists, and forensics (medical) are doctors themselves who have specialised during there course.\n\nI am not entirely sure what year 10 means, but I am assuming thats pre A level? To go to medical school I did A levels in Biology Chemistry and Physics, its not a required combination, but I am pretty sure Biology and Chemistry and prefered.\n\nAs to getting into medical school itself, it may have changed a bit since I was younger but, I got myself as much relavent experience as I could (going to docs surgerys and asking for help information, i even got to watch a couple of operations)\n\nAnyway, good luck :) in my experience if you work for something you want hard enough you will get it in the end.
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That's something I'm interested in doing.  There is many choices to go into.\n\nPsychology\nTherapist\nDrug and rehab counselor\nWork with troubled Youth\nFinancial help\nI'm going into law, to possibly help in child cases, as a Guardian-ad-lit-em  Which is a "child lawyer" You work one on one with a child and help decide where they belong.\n\nThere is many thing you can get into.  Good Luck!!\nj
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Good question. I am a Medical Scientist and so read alot of research papers but have never come across any papers about this! maybe the psychologists out there can help?!
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All the answers so far are pretty gloomy but there is a grain of truth in them. For if a child psycholgist became an adult losing all contacts with childhood he will soon go out of practice.This he can hardly affford to do.It is professionally necessary for him to be in tune with the psychology of children. This can be done only if he remains in tune with children. Outwardly it may appear that the adult psychologist is indulging in child-like fancies.Unless he does or feigns to do he cannot obtain the confidence of the child patients. They would withdraw into themseles and just clamp us.Three obstinacies are beyond correction-child,woman and king. The kings are no more leaving only two in the field of which    child obstinaccy is a hard nut to crack except with a toy hammer. Unless the child psychologist keeps his knowledge of handling it throughout he may even strike his head and yet the child would not open up.So thank god and pray to him(if you are abeliever) that the child psychologist should continue to remain a child throughout his life Let the  dwarf remain a midget  throughout.. Then and then only he can talk in prattle with children which is the only language they understand, draw out their fears and remove them.
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My son has seen a Pedi Nuerologist for 10 years....and first and foremost she has assured us that there is always hope and light at the end of the tunnel.  We had in the past driven four hours to see a specialist before she moved to our town.  As a parent, you feel helpless if you are unable to help your child and uneducated enough to understand their condition.  The main job of our nureologist was to help us understand what we were dealing with so that as a family we could formulate a plan.  We needed to live a life as normal as possible...and have.  Then she ran test (blood tests, EEG, EKG, EAG, Cat scans....you name it we did it) and she explained it all to us everystep of the way.  She put us on several medications and never lost hope....assuring us we would eventually find the right one.  She did.  She helped us participate in a drug trial that ended my sons siezures for over three years.  they are back now, but the time he was granted to bee free fropm them was well worth all her time and efforts.  Best of luck
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you can specialize in psychiatry after completing medicine and then do a superspeciality in child psychiatry, if you really want to work with mentally disabled kids
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The best info, to me, come from the french researcher Piaget.  He used is own children to study the development of a child, on many aspect (awareness, feeding, sensitivity, biological).  Here is a website with all the main researcher links. You cannot have a better answer.\nhttp://www2.yk.psu.edu/~mer7/theorists.htm
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This is way to vague.... Child Care where?  Hospital, Juvenile Justice System, Social Service agency?\n\nYou need to re-post with more detail before your going to get a proper answer.
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First, note whether your child can "sense" the presence or location of living animals or people he hasn't directly seen, changes in the environment such as earthquakes/volcanoes (use http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/index.php?old=world.html to verify his calls as they occur), or be able to "read" an object that he's never seen before that has strong emotional meaning to someone...can he tell where it came from, etc.? If so, he's probably psychic. The hardest thing on this is that you MUST remain objective... do not lead him in finding his answers to these tests, and if he fails, accept it.\n\nIf not, check with a child psychologist (don't bring up psychic ability questions) to determine if these are hallucinations...the psych may recommend some anti-hallucinogenic medicines such as Abilify.\n\nIf the medication (after dosage and type of medication trials) does not make the "ghosts" go away, then your child is still probably psychic (although limited). \n\nScientifically, a psychic is much more sensitive to the electromagnetic fields in our environment than the average person, and is so able to "sense" electromagnetic signatures such as "ghosts," pre-earthquake shifts in the earth's field, and/or key images from certain objects of emotional value, etc.\n\nHallucinations are sensory and/or cortical images that have nothing to do with what's really out there. If he's hallucinating, the medication can turn that off and allow him to deal with the real world (material and energy both).\n\nAs a psychic, there are some basic rules to follow:\n\n1. Don't go around telling people. The blind think the sighted are crazy.\n2. Seek training. Reiki training when he's older is an excellent resource. So are certain Bhuddist gurus (shop wisely and carefully on that one). Be extremely careful about who works with him. There are lots of charlatans and con artists out there.\n3. The primary value of psychic ability is heightened awareness, healing skills, and "instinctual" good judgement calls. It's not some sort of "magic" that can make miracles happen. However, he may want to select a service career such as medicine or teaching.\n\nGood luck!
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It depends on the college, really. You will certainly have to study various forms of child psychology and sociolgy. You'll also take courses in teaching strategies. The best place to look would be your college's website!
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More information is needed (including a clarification of who the examiner is.) are you saying is there a fiduciary relationship between the examiner and the company/organization he works for?  Or are you asking about a fiduciary relationship between an examiner and the person or organization examined?  What kind of examination?  And is the examiner or his organization hired by the examinee, or is this regulatory in nature? Or both?
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For a Psychology Major \n1. What made them decide to be a psychology major?\n2. Do they have any idea what they would like to do with a degree in Psychology?\n3. Do they plan on furthering their education once they have completed their bachelor degree?\n4. What interests them most about psychology?\n5. Do they plan on doing research? And if so, what do they want to research?\n\nFor a Psychiatrist\n1. What made them decide to choose this profession?\n2. Where did they recieve their education?\n3. What is a regular day like for them in or out of the office?\n4. Did they do a lot of research during their education?\n5. Have they published any case studies, etc.?\n6. What do they find most enjoyable about their job?\n7. What would they recommend for a future therapist?\n8. What has been the funniest and/or most challenging experience while on the job?\n\nHope this helps! Enjoy! Let me know if you have any other questions!
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Its not as hard as you may think! A BS in Psych. is a great degree to have. Yes, although general, its essential in understanding the human psyche. Doctors and nurses, social service workers, all are required to have classes in psychology. So, to answer your question, the decision is based on what field she's interested in, i.e. law enforcement, litigation, maybe a private investigator or forensics. All of these have different paths. There are many online accredited colleges that offer degrees to help her get there, and there are counselors to help guide her. Also, with your situation, she will most likely qualify for financial aid. There are also grants and scholarships she should look into, provided she's a "C+" student or better. People have a tendency to make excuses for themselves when they're not going where they want to. I'm a mother of two small children, married twice, and I am now a med. student at UNC, with a BS in Psychology. You can accomplish anything you set your mind to!
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i'm glad you got a conclusion that offered you some type of closure.  i'm hopeful that your child is seeing a child therapist at the perpetrator's expense to offset any issues that may arise in the future.\n\npeace.
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I am ready to start my graduate studies in psychology and while  finishing my bachelors degree was fortunate enough to work for Valley Mental Health in S.L.C. Utah. If clinical is what you desire you will be needing biological, psychopharmacological, statistical,experimental psychology and the list goes on. You will be busy but you will also be the smartest girl in the group (lots and lots of useful info). Need class guidance (tja_j@yahoo.com) good luck!!
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That's only an answer you can give yourself.  Ask yourself worse case scenario situations....as a pediatrician think of all the trouble kids can get into - infections, lacerations, screaming newborns with unknown causes.  As an anestheiologist (which your spelling is wrong) can you handle administering drug to a severe car accident victim, or an epidural to a woman at the peak of her delivery.  \n\nWhich would you get most joy out of...if you're looking for money, that will only last you a couple of year.  Stability - there will always be work, depending on what kind of pediatrician you would like to be you may be on call all the time, my pediatrician ALWAYS takes her clients calls regardless of the time.  Anesthesiologists vary - if you're in office then there are office hours working with a surgeon, if you are hospital then it's shifts just like a nurse/doctor.  \n\nYou need to determine which will fulfill your needs most.
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It's tough to figure out what you want to do in life!  This is something my kids have struggled with.  It's ok to be undecided.\n\nThat being said, both psych and bio are hot right now.  Since humanities and psych interest you, have you thought about a career in child psychology or being a psych intake social worker for youth??  The US is facing a serious shortage of qualified people to work with children and adolescents that have emotional, behavioral, and neuropsychological disorders.  The waiting lists to get care can be as long as 18 mos.  Psych social workers help families access, and fund the needed care.  They also do crisis intervention, help in cutting thru the red tape wall hospitals put up, and locate/provide the support needed to keep the child in the home instead of a residential center.  Unfortunately, there are few of them in most counties.  \n\nHope this give you an idea or two.  In the end, you have to go with what give you passion and fullfillment.  It's your life's journey, not your parents.