Student Profile for Arik Odre Age: 8 years old Gender: Male Grade: 2nd Classification: Autism Strengths: Difficulties: 1. He is very creative and enjoys reading and writing stories and poetry. 2. He is an intrapersonal learner so he is very in tune with his own feelings and is very independent. 3. He is very amiable to peers that share his interests. 4. Arik excels in reading and writing and receives advance classes in his gifted and talented class. 5. He can be very optimistic and is very confident
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In today’s era of modernisation‚ ’sports’ have become a popular topic of discussion around the globe especially among youngsters. The government‚ society and even NGO’s are implementing many new ways to cultivate sports for all. They have always been trying to improve the sports in their country. This is especially to bring up the name of the nation in international events such as the Olympics‚ World Cups and so on. Sports is an important ingredient for a healthy lifestyle. The question that arises
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Sport Psychology To fully understand sport psychology‚ we must ask ourselves two very important questions‚ first‚ what is sport psychology and second‚ who is it for? Put in the most sim-ple way‚ sport psychology can be an example of psychological knowledge‚ principles‚ or methods applied to the world of sport. "Two psychologists‚ Bunker and Maguire‚ say sport psychology is not for psychologists‚ but is for sport and its participants." (Murphy & White‚ 1978:2) However‚ it can be argued that sport
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levels of anxiety or depression. The currently used cut-off score of eight gives a specificity of 0.78 and a sensitivity of 0.90 for anxiety sub-scale‚ and a specificity of 0.79 and a sensitivity 0.83 for depression sub-scale (Bjelland et al.‚ 2002). In the present study‚ Cronbach’s alpha was 0.86 for depression and 0.84 for anxiety. The Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI) is 18-item questionnaire measuring clinical and non-clinical health anxiety. Each item is scored from 0 to 3. The first fourteen
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14 May 2012 Sports Psychology My purpose is to tell you about sports psychology. You may not know a lot about but that is why I am writing this paper. My topic is about sports psychology. Sport psychology is an interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from the fields of kinesiology and psychology. In other words it’s the physical body and the mind. It involves the study of how psychological factors affect performance. Some of these psychological factors include: anxiety‚ peer pressure
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Sport Concussions Sport Concussions National American University ABSTRACT The United States Medical Society has developed guidelines to treat concussions received playing contact sports. The guidelines for treating concussions that occur during sports competition include three grades of concussion. Patients with grade 1 concussions have confusion without amnesia or loss of consciousness. They should be checked for amnesia or other symptoms every five minutes for 20 minutes‚ and allowed
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Depression is recognized as a common mental disorder and low mood‚ absence of interest for general activities and negative thinking are frequent symptoms. Furthermore‚ depression can lead to change in behaviour and decrease of cognitive capacity (1). According to the World Health Organization‚ 350 million of people have depression globally (2). This number is larger than the United States population. This disease is frequently managed and treated by using chemical substances (antidepressants) and
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learning page 4 Psychology of performance page 42 Applying biomechanics to sport page 72 2 RUS_QSPE_3pp.indb 2 \\\\\ Focus area A—Learning physical skills 28/09/10 9:39 AM RUS_QSPE_3pp.indb 3 a 28/09/10 9:40 AM 1002 1 Motor learning BEFORE YOU START CHAPTER OVERVIEW Have you ever stopped to consider the skills you need to succeed in your chosen activity or sport? Some are simple and seem to require little effort or thought to master; others
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Allison LeBel December 15th‚ 2012 Professor O’Sullivan Word Count: 1‚241 Optimism As I sat in the hospital waiting room all I could think about was Jess. Everything was a blur. Seconds turn into minutes. Minutes turn into hours. Two songs played over and over on my iPod‚ “Wind Beneath my Wings‚” by Bette Midler and “Ten Thousand Angels‚” by Lynn Cooper. As the lyrics played‚ tears flowed down my bright red cheeks. Jess was always content with letting me shine and being the center of
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Gender Prejudice in Sports Sports; it is a pass time‚ hobby‚ career‚ and a huge part of American culture. Professional sports‚ like baseball‚ football‚ and basketball are watched by millions every game. The athletes are also some of the highest paid people in America. Colleges and high schools offer many different sports programs to students. However‚ most people only think of men when they think of athletes. This idea does not allow for women to have as good of an experience in athletics as men
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