1. Example of PROBLEM STATEMEMTS AUDIENCE: I am writing to Mrs. Kelly. She is the RAINBOWS director at Hills High School, in New Jersey. RAINBOWS is an international organization that is run through schools, churches, and other organizations. It helps youth deal with a significant loss in their life, mainly death or divorce. The program in Hills High School is a pilot program that has been in effect for about 4 years. STATEMENT 1 (IDEAL SITUATION) In order to help individuals learn to deal with grief after a major loss has occurred in their life, the Spectrum division of the RAINBOWS program in Hills High School aims to provide each student in the program an environment in which they feel safe, comfortable, and normal. The goal of RAINBOWS is to help students learn, understand, deal with, and move on from their loss.

2. STATEMENT 2 (CURRENT SITUATION) However, often, students don't know other students in the optional weekly group meeting very well, which causes them to be uncomfortable and hesitant about speaking. In the presence of their peers, a student does not feel safe about speaking or expressing their feelings in fear that they may be judged. Also, optional weekly meetings send the message that it is optional to deal with the loss, when in fact the students must learn about their loss and how to live with it. STATEMENT 3 (CONSEQUENCE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION) By not feeling comfortable or safe in the program, students are not able to fully learn, understand, deal with, or move on from their loss.

3. RESEARCH I would like to investigate different strategies such as family involvement, individual meetings, more awareness of the program, and mandatory involvement and see if they might help the student to recover from their loss. I would also like to look into the probability of the implementation of these strategies.