The Counseling Aspects for children with an Incarcerated Parent

The Research Proposal Project should include the following elements: introduction, brief literature review, the statement of research problem, methods, implications for practice, and references. Students will choose a topic of interest and use this topic as an anchor for the research project. The research topic chosen will be narrowed down (or expanded) to reformulate into a problem for research. The research problem will include the context and need for studying the topic, the participants to be studied, and the potential research design that would address the problem. As part of the course, students will read peer-reviewed research articles and will analyze articles applying the knowledge gained from class lectures, discussions, and textbook reading. The analyses will consist of investigating similarities and differences in ways researchers carried out and reported the research studies on a topic of interest to the student. The research literature synthesis will consist of the synthesis of literature based on analyses carried out throughout the course. The articles must be from peerreviewed journal articles and should include different kinds of research methodologies. The body of the proposal must be at least 8 pages (title page, references do not count toward this amount), 1-inch margins, double-spaced, and in APA format. Proposed research must be plausible enough to conduct the study; however, please note that you will not actually conduct the study for this class. The best way to approach the research proposal is to make sure you have the following: 1) A Cover Page with a Title that is descriptive enough to let the reader know what it is exactly that you are proposing to research 2) An Introduction section that “describes the importance of topic and study, and cites evidence to support the importance of topic and potential study,” that includes: a. A statement of the problem that will “include the context and need for studying the topic, the participants to be studied, and the potential research design that would address the problem” b. 3 to 5 research questions derived from the aim or purpose of the study 3) A Literature Review section that “synthesizes previous literature and creates compelling case for the need for proposed study based on several studies indicating gaps in previous literature” 4) A Methodology section that “provides important information with supportive evidence for each section, including: a. participants, b. instrumentation, c. design, d. procedures, e. ethical issues, and f. analysis” 5) An Implications for Practice and Research section that “provides three implications for practice and three implications for research based on potential results and previous research” 6) A References section with 7 to 10 references (peer-reviewed journal articles)