Proposal

Elise DiFilippo 10-8-10 **Graduation Project Proposal ** **__Project: __** For my graduation project I will be doing an intern with Diane Kinley who is a family therapist dealing with issues with addiction, mainly alcohol. Diane also speaks with young groups about the effects of alcohol and the major consequences coming from this. The Aldersgate organization is in Willow Grove which is where I will be doing my mentor with Diane. //Project Outcome or Goal: //My final goal from working with Diane will help me put together a final presentation for students, providing detailed research and knowledge I hope to achieve from working with the Aldersgate program. I will use the information I obtain with Diane and put together a survey to give to the students of my grade and hopefully use these numbers with my final presentation. //Project Completion Strategies: // To complete this project, I will always be taking notes and getting brochures and websites I can use to put into my final project. I can even use some of the surveys Diane gives out to the groups she educates and give them to my class. I’ll put together information in a power point on how over-consumption of alcohol effects the decision making process and the consequences. //Project Resources and Materials: // To complete this project, I’m going to try and get a hold of the “drunk goggles.” I will set up an obstacle course and have students put on these goggles and try to complete the obstacle course. These goggles will represent how the over-consumption of alcohol messes up your vision if you keep drinking to a certain point. The hours I spend talking with Diane and the time it will take to put together this project, it will probably reach up to 30 hours. **__Research: __** //Research Topic: //The topic for my research focused on how the overconsumption of alcohol has an effect on the decision-making process and the major consequences from drinking too much. I chose this topic because a lot of kids don’t fully understand what is happening to your body when you consume a large amount of alcohol and aren’t fully aware of what can happen to you. //Essential Question: // What are the consequences from the overconsumption of alcohol and how does it affect the decision making process among teenagers? //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Prior Experience: //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">I personally haven’t had any experiences with this topic but I have witnessed people go through these experiences. At a family party my cousin who was 16 at the time thought it was a good idea to steal a bottle of liquor and drink it. A couple hours later I saw her on the ground not moving. The ambulance came and took her to the hospital to pump her stomach and she was lucky she survived and didn’t have any brain damage. //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Research Benefits: // <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The students who attend my presentation will benefit from this research. I will be providing a lot of research and stories from people who experienced alcohol related issues to share with my class. Also, I was talking to my mentor who educated young students and she was saying how she would like me to present them my final project as well. //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Potential Sources: //

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My first source is my mentor Diane. She is an expert with this type of information and knows so much about it. She will tell me a lot on the consequences of

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">alcohol and information on alcoholism through all these brochures she has. My second source is a website called Tips for Teens. This provides so much information

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">on how alcohol affects your body and works its way up to your brain. My third source is the Student Health Services. This website provides a lot of information on

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">what to do when you think someone has drank too much and can be in serious harm. Also, it tells you how to monitor an intoxicated person. This advice can be

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">very beneficial to teenagers.