Cover Letter, Resume, Capstone Topic Proposal
The title of my capstone project is parents’ prevention measures for bullying. The project will focus on how bullying affects the elementary children at an early age and the prevention measures parents can take to reduce bullying. The area of research for this project, which is also my area of the agency, will be West Bolivar Elementary School, where I am currently interning. I have no plan whatsoever to expand outside the agency. Bullying has a long term effect in that most of the victims tend to suffer even afterward. Most of the victims tend to develop mental health problems because of psychological torture. They develop self-esteem issues and problems with social interactions. In my service, I have identified a gap that is, if filled, may reduce bullying, especially to young elementary children. This gap is the role the parent should play in order to prevent bullying. In my capstone project, I will focus deeply on the role of parents in regard to the prevention of bullying. My target participants in my project are basically parents of the children in West Bolivar Elementary School because their role is the proposed gap.
I plan on using random sampling to choose my participants. I will engage these participants using the questionnaires. The questions that I will be asking is the effort they put into ensuring that their children are not bullied. Interventions will be introduced to the project where parents will be required to talk to the child about bullying and self-esteem. Post testing will be carried out to test if bullying has reduced in the school. The expected outcomes are that bullying will reduce after parents’ intervention. I hope to accomplish to reduce bullying at an early age.
The methodology I will use in my project is a survey, and I will test my project through post-testing. I will first use questionnaires to understand if the parents feel they have a role to play in reducing child bullying. Then I will introduce my interventions and later measure the project using post-testing to understand if parent intervention helps reduce bullying.
In regards to the evaluation of data and outcomes, I will save the data in the excel file and employ the aid of SPSS software so that it can help in terms of proper analysis. In regards to the dissemination of the findings, I will ensure that I share all the findings with the stakeholders of the institution. To ensure sustainability, I will interact with the stakeholders to keep interacting with parents and probably to invite them for annual general meetings.