Juliana has been attending school however, spends much of the school day in the office because she is unable to stay in the classroom for greater than 30 minutes. On 5/5/2017, I was called by Ms. Kathleen Seward, Principal at the West Somerville Neighborhood School. Ms. Seward reported she called the Crisis Team to come to the school as Juliana was "out of control" and had attempted to lock herself in a locker, and when approached assaulted a staff member. Juliana was evaluated and was sent home. Due to this incident , the School placed a para-profession in the classroom with Juliana as the school is concerned for her safety.…
Thomas and Louise started to take Lynn to their doctor Dr. Bales. Even though the parents expressed their concerns, Dr. Bales said that Lynn was too young to do any testing on and that she seemed perfectly normal and could not even find anything wrong with her ears. The parents were still concerned so Dr. Bales suggested that they see a specialist, however this was after many anxious and scary appointments where the parents could not find out what was wrong with their daughter. What made this even more frightening for Thomas and Louise was that while they were trying to teach Lynn to speak and form words she forms everything…
This is the case study of Candy. Candy is 14 years of age; she is receiving counseling from her school counselor. This client was recommended for school counseling due to problematic behavior in her classroom.…
In the following scenario, a female student, Suzy, in her first-year of university visits a male doctor at the Student Health Centre, to which, she is told that she has a minor vaginal infection and is then further questioned about her sexual activity. After she mentions the number of sexual partners she has had in the past year and states that she “likes sex,” the doctor makes a judgmental remark by saying he does not believe a girl of her age should be behaving this way and advises her to go see a therapist.…
Many families are faced with different health problems in young children. But for most children these problems are mild, they come and go, and they do not interfere with their daily life and development. For some children, however, chronic health conditions affect everyday life throughout their childhood. Learning to live with a chronic condition can be very challenging for a child, for parents, and for siblings and friends. Based on the scenario I have read Edward and Susan are faced with a situation concerning there child’s health. Fortunately, they have a chance to fix things in their case. In this essay I will identify the central ethical issue present in this case. Also I will provide research supporting the ethical issues, and compare and contrast available solutions. Finally, I will apply two ethical theories to reach a resolution of the central ethical issue.…
Diego is very smart but because his speech problems, he has been having some difficulties to develop social relations. Diego does not have many friends, just two or three, and does not want to go to the school because he was being bullied. He is very distress in social situations and avoids many situations such as the break in the school. Diego`s mother receives several calls from his school because Diego feels chest pain, headaches, choking, stomach pains, nauseas, vomits, or diarrhea, and she has to go to pick him up.…
Anzlee is a sixteen year old girl with hair the color of midnight that cascades down her back. Her skin a russet, reddish-brown with freckles painted across her face, showing her liveliness, while on the other hand, her eyes posses a sense of lifelessness. She always had exceptional grades, but this year in high school something changed. Her motivation to try and do well in school began to fade away. Her A´s went to B´s and shortly after those B´s turned to C´s, she no longer cared. Anzlee began to isolate herself and slowly faded away from her friends. Every week they asked her if she wanted to do something and frequently tried to make her feel better, but nothing seemed to make her happy anymore. The smile that was once painted on her…
Natalie often sleeps through the majority of the class and is underweight. She does not respond to any enforcement of involvement in class and chooses not to participate. Natalie’s stomach growls in class and she has claimed that she sleeps on the front porch of her house. Natalie is failing a majority of her classes due to her environment at home. Abnormal behavior is deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressing for a long period of time. Natalie’s behavior is deviant from her bedroom is porch, she does not sleep, and and has a lack of food. The students actions could also qualify as maladaptive because she is failing her classes and lacks receiving enough food. Her circumstances are distressful due to the fact she sleep deprived (which…
Sadako was a Japanese girl. When the atom bomb dropped in Japan, she was only a little baby. Her grandma was killed by the bombing. Today is a memorial day; the family did the tradition way to remember her, which is to set free a white drove. The new school year has begun; Sadako was excited to join the track team. But she kept feeling dizzy and was sent to the hospital. The doctor told her that she had Leukemia. She can’t believe it, that means that she has to stay in the hospital and can’t join the track team. The first couple day in the hospital was hard her sister reminded her story of the paper cranes. In that story if a sick people fold a thousand paper cranes, then the god will grain they wish and make they healthy again. She started to fold them and everyone she folded she feels a bit better. One day she met Kenji, who has Leukemia also. Kenji knew he is going to die soon. Just one day she Sadako was in form by the Nurse that Kenji had pass away. Sadako is afraid, some day she might be the next victim of the disease. Even though folding crane make her feel cheerful, but as day went by, she is getting weaker and weaker. Her mother cried everyday; she hated herself for making her mom feel sad. Later she can’t tell days and night anymore, and only wake up short amount of time, she’s too wake to fold crane anymore. And the six hundred and forty fourth cranes was the last crane she ever folded.…
Education empowers and educates generation after generations. What is the result of educational standards not being met? In his essay, “America Skips School,” Benjamin R. Barber explains his views on America’s education crisis. In his essay, he talks about the absence of actions the government and society take regarding education. He expresses his views on the rise of illiteracy in America. The rising complacency in formal education leads(contributes) to an education crisis.…
In May 2009 the family of nineteen year old Sara, attended her funeral. After her death her sister, Leah, stumbled across Sara's journal, the first entry of which read “ I really don't know where I should start. I guess with how I feel. I feel like a complete failure. I've let bulimia take over again, and I'm slowly crumbling into nothing.” At one point Sara told her parents about her struggle with bulimia. Just two months earlier she had written these words,…
In Lynda Barry’s narrative essay,“The Sanctuary of School,” Barry describes how schools have become a refuge for neglected children across the country, as well as how the ongoing budget, and extracurricular cuts are destroying their refuge. Barry grew up in a neglectful household, which she stated, “The high levels of frustration, depression, and anger in my house made my brother and me invisible,”(pg 1). Being a young child at that time, Barry could only rely on receiving attention at school, since she was nonexistent in her own household. One early morning, Barry arrived at her school before sunrise and was able to assist her school’s janitor. As she continued to aid the janitor, she was…
The book starts out with fifteen year old, Francesca Dietrich, who already had issues with the way she looked. Francesca is a ballerina and takes it very seriously. When her ballet teacher, Madame, made a comment about how Francesca had been improving with her dancing but would need to lose some weight if she wanted to get even better. After Madame’s words, she decided to set a goal and lose weight. When she first started to lose the first few pounds her ballet teacher her praised her and thought Francesca was on the right path. Francesca eventually turned to not eating at all. She would tell her parents that she had already eaten or that she didn’t like the food that was made. She began to lose a significant amount of weight and started to like the feeling of it all. She created a new name for herself, which was Kessa. She considered Francesca to be the old fat girl and Kessa to be the new and improved, skinny girl. Her parents begin to notice her weight loss and become concerned. They start out by being very angry with her and trying to force her to eat but don’t realize she just goes and throws it up in the bathroom right after. She goes to doctors but eventually stops seeing her first psychiatrist. The second psychiatrist, Sandy Sherman, actually creates a relationship with Kessa and she chooses to continue seeing him. She is later hospitalized but Sandy stays on as part of Kessa’s medical staff. She gets a feeding tube inserted for nourishment.…
ELISA PANI ENG 101-210 ESSAY #1 Self knowledge is crucial for individual and society. How does Cisneros demonstrate this, and how can you relate? If you look in the Dictionary for the word self-knowledge it says, “self-knowledge is the knowledge or understanding of one's own capabilities, character, feelings, or motivations”. Many people find themselves in difficult situations all the time.…
Emma’s mother first took her to her GP because Emma had not eaten for eight days. Her GP suggested it might be a virus. Her mother was not satisfied, as Emma was very unwell and still not eating. She decided to find another GP.…