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 Our Family Making a Difference

At the start off fall semester 2006, Jonathan Linden was a U of A sophomore, majoring in Psychology, with a 4.0 GPA. He had friends, a job, and a loving family and appeared poised for a long, successful life. What his family didn’t know, and his friends didn’t share, was that Jonathan’s recreational drug use was escalating. Tragically, in October, 2006, an accidental drug over-dose claimed Jonathan’s life .around a way to turn their tragedy into a way to help other students, Jonathan’s mother Gloria and his sister Stephanie partnered with the U of  A Campus Health Service, establishing the Edward and Jonathan Linden Endowment, named for Jonathan and his late father.

This effort created the Friend 2 Friend program, with its focus of “Notice. Care. Help,” aimed initially at providing information and resources, so that students would recognize signs of trouble in a friend and feel empowered to intervene and assist, hopefully averting tragedies like this one. The Lindens recognized that it was important to move beyond the substance abuse area, as a variety of mental health issues negatively impact students and put them at risk. Those of us who serve college students know all too well that any student, from the most stable and successful, to those already foundering, can develop problems during college, as college years are a time for growth and success, but also change, instability and ,sometimes, poor choices. Getting timely help can be the difference between failing and succeeding in college, or in worst case scenarios, between life and death. While students can be referred for help, or agree to seek help on their own, even at the extremely modest fees charged for counseling at the Counseling and Psych Services (CAPS) unit of Campus Health, cost is still the main deterrent to seeking help for some students. To address this, in 2010, the Lindens dedicated an initial $5,000 in funds to create the CAPS Linden Counseling Assistance Fund. As funds are still limited, criteria for receiving these supports are very strict. Only the most desperate students can now be served…students with no insurance, no family support and often lacking money to pay for more than rent and food. Priority is given to students who are at risk for suicide or other harm, or whose mental health issues are making it difficult or impossible to remain in school successfully. Support is currently limited to a maximum $150-250 per student, which can cover6-10 counseling sessions at CAPS. Many students who receive the help need even viewer sessions to get back on track. Our goal — and that of the Lindens —is to ensure that ANY student in need of and motivated to get such help can do so. To date, the fund has provided counseling to 66 students. To continue these efforts, we need the support of other parents who can remember or recognize that timely counseling intervention, even brief, can really make a difference.

SUMMARY

In 2006, tragedy struck for the Linden family. Jonathon Linden had died. Only a sophomore at the University of Arizona, Jonathon was majoring in psychology. That was before his substance abuse got worse. After his death, Jonathon’s mom and sister teamed up with the U of A campus Health Services to establish a program called the Edward and Jonathon Linden Endowment, named after Jon and his father.  

This spark is what thought of the program Friends 2 Friends.  This program is focused on helping students who are addicted or hooked on any type of drug and getting them off it.  So far friends 2 Friends has helped 66 students at the University.  6 – 10 sessions cost $150, but for the less fortunate, funds have been provided; but the funds are limited. The Friends 2 Friends motto is ‘Notice. Care. Help.’  The program initially provided information for students so that they can recognize signs of trouble on their friends or colleagues and to feel empowered to help that person.  

                   I.                        Where on the campus is the program Friends 2 Friends?

               II.                        Do students work at either program?

           III.                        Do the Linden’s still run the Edward and Jonathan Linden Endowment?

Binder, Marian (2012)  Our Family trying to make a difference Counseling and psych services

SUMMARY:

          Dr.Renquist is a doctor at the University of Arizona in the department of Animal Comparative Biomedical Sciences (ACBS). Dr. Renquist first started writing this while earning his Master’s Degree.                                                                                                                           

This article is about the injection of Selenium into the bodies of fifty - five lady cows or heifers. Dr. Renquist and his team injected many amounts of Selenium into the blood for more than 365 days. They had also divided the cows into three separate teams; A, B, and C. Each day one member of the team recorded just how much the blood pressure rose and lowered. The team made sure before the experiment if the cows had diseases or sickness, they had also checked to make sure the cows weren’t pregnant.               

                   

 During the experiment Dr. Renquist talks about many math equations they had used to get certain results. The main concentration was set on Selenium growth in the blood. Dr. Renquist and his team were definitely satisfied with the results of the experiment as the level of Selenium in the blood was rather high.                                                      

       I.         1)   Does Selenium affect the way the cow body works?

    II.          2)  How many members were in his team?

 III.            3)How high would the blood level of Selenium be if you were still going? Would the heifers live?

Renquist, Benjamin (2008) Selenium Supplementation of Beef Heifers Davis, California

FYI: What Is The Evolutionary Purpose Of Tickling?

By: Natalie Wochover in Pop Science magazine 01.12.11 1pg.

          You probably know that you can't tickle yourself. And although you might be able to tickle a total stranger, your brain also strongly discourages you from doing something so socially awkward. These facts offer insight into tickling’s evolutionary purpose, says Robert R. Provine, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the author of the book Laughter: A Scientific Investigation. Tickling, he says, is partly a mechanism for social bonding between close companions and helps forge relationships between family members and friends.
Laughter in response to tickling kicks in during the first few months of life. "It's one of the first forms of communication between babies and their caregivers," Provine says. Parents learn to tickle a baby only as long as she laughs in response. When the baby starts fussing instead, they stop. The face-to-face activity also opens the door for other interactions.
Children enthusiastically tickle one another, which some scientists say not only inspires peer bonding but might help hone reflexes and self- defense skills. In 1984 psychiatrist Donald Black of the University of Iowa noted that many ticklish parts of the body, such as the neck and the ribs, are also the most vulnerable in combat. He inferred that children learn to protect those parts during tickle fights, a relatively safe activity.
Tickling while horsing around may have also given rise to laughter itself. “The ‘ha ha’ of human laughter almost certainly evolved from the ‘pant pant’ of rough-and-tumble human play,” says Provine, who bases that conclusion on observations of panting among tickle-battling apes such as chimpanzees and orangutans.
In adulthood, tickling trails off around the age of 40. At that point, the fun stops; for reasons unknown, tickling seems to be mainly for the young.

Summary:

        Tickling is an excuse for social bonding between friends and family. Littler kids respond to tickling in laughter and kicking/hitting. According to neuroscientists, tickling is one of the first forms of communication between kids and their parents.

Scientists also say that children tickle each other not only to inspire bonding but also to help with reflexes and self – defense skills. A psychiatrist at the University of Iowa noted that the most ticklish parts of the body, such as the neck and ribs, are also the most vulnerable in combat.

          Tickling while also horsing around can bring laughs all on its own. The laugh of human laughter evolved from the panting of horse play. While in adulthood though, the tickling seems to end around the age of 40. This means the fun stops, but still continues for the young.

1)  Is it possible that people above the age of 40 to still be ticklish?

2)  Does your ticklish reflex affect flexibility?

3)  How similar are human and ape reflexes?

Wochover, Natalie (2011) FYI: What is the evolutionary purpose of tickling?  Pop Science magazine.