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Myra has been diagnosed with developmental dyslexia. For part of her school day, she goes to another room and meets with a reading specialist to help her increase her reading level. She is given strategies and help so that she can read not only her English homework but her other textbooks as well. Then she goes back to her regular classroom for most of her other subjects with her peers. This demonstrates ______.

Which kind of family is made up of one biological parent and a nonrelated adult?

Which situation is an example of a clique?

Which parenting style includes parents who focus more on their own needs than those of their children?

Charlotte and her family are very close. They support one another with whatever they try and do. Her parents both graduated from college and have good jobs. While they are supportive, they also make sure that Charlotte knows the rules and the limits of the household. Her parents also monitor her friends and her whereabouts. Which competency of resilience do these characteristics represent?

Which individual demonstrates the type of spending middle-SES adolescents with jobs do?

What inference can be made about LGBT youth and suicide?

Pressure to conform in adolescence is increased in order to avoid ______.

The family systems theory is defined as ______.

Kumar is having a hard time in school lately and failed another Algebra exam. When he gets home from school, instead of talking to his mother, he storms upstairs and slams his door. As the day goes on, Kumar makes no effort to talk to his mother. Even when she knocks on his door, he refuses to answer so she just walks away. This illustrates ______.