Author : Alexandra Desmond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781369845303
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (453 download)
Book Synopsis The Unplanned Choice: Addressing Barriers to Non-Directive Options Counseling and How to Fill the Gap by : Alexandra Desmond
Download or read book The Unplanned Choice: Addressing Barriers to Non-Directive Options Counseling and How to Fill the Gap written by Alexandra Desmond and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly half of all pregnancies each year in the United States are unintended. (O'Reilly, 2009). Women confronted with an unintended pregnancy are then faced with the decision of whether to continue the pregnancy and parent, terminate the pregnancy with an abortion, or continue the pregnancy and place the baby for adoption. Only when these options are truly understood will social workers and other professionals be able to provide comprehensive and non-directive counseling services that will help clients to make an educated and non-biased decision that is best for them. They may seek the guidance of their school counselors, local community clinics, or any other social service agency. It is pertinent that professionals working in these settings where women access services are accurately informed about the fundamentals of each option including the resources available to women wanting to parent, the different types of adoption and their characteristics, and the various termination procedures (O'Reilly, 2009). Not only is it important to examine the options available to women, but it is necessary that the barriers to women receiving unbiased and comprehensive are scrutinized and addressed. This project provides a foundation base for future research and a proposed curriculum to train professionals, so that researchers and social work professionals continue to expand the knowledge base in order to better understand and serve these women.