seemingly absurd. These phobias can take a hold of a person’s life and create barriers preventing them from achieving their goals and hold them back a great deal not to mention the self loathing that may occur as a person comes to term with this disorder they live with. My best friend suffers one of the more unheard of‚ but still reasonably common phobia ‘Koumpounophobia’‚ the fear of Buttons. As far back as I remember‚ from the very beginning of our relationship it has been present in her everyday
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Academic Performance Teachers spend time preparing children to learn academic skills by creating lesson plans‚ classwork and homework assignments. Parents try to make sure their children complete homework assignments‚ turn them in on time and sometimes provide academic enrichment through after-school tutoring and learning games. Teachers and parents‚ however‚ can have a different understanding of who is responsible for ensuring that a child excels at school. According to ECAP Collaborative‚ the
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A child that commits a serious crime should not be tried as an adult due to a lack of brain development in adolescents. According to Laurence Steinberg‚ a psychology professor at Temple University‚ “Brain systems implicated in basic cognitive processes reach adult levels of maturity by mid-adolescence‚ whereas those that are active in self-regulation do not fully mature until late adolescence or even early adulthood.” As an individual gets older‚ so do things like their brain‚ and body. According
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have an additional need – e.g. Down’s syndrome; cystic fibrosis‚ autistic spectrum‚ people with mental health problems‚ asthma‚ multiple sclerosis‚ paraplegia ( 1000 words) For example Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) & (ADD) are conditions which result in problem behaviour and poor attention span. Children find it hard to control their behaviour. They might be impulsive‚ restless and inattentive. Children can have problems learning and socialising. The causes of ADHD are not clear
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this way at one time or another for short periods. True clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness‚ loss‚ anger‚ or frustration interfere with everyday life for weeks or longer. Adolescent depression is a disorder that affects teenagers. It leads to sadness‚ discouragement‚ and a loss of self-worth and interest in their usual activities. See also: * ADHD * Bipolar disorder * Depression * Major depression Causes‚ incidence‚ and risk factors Depression
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[87] Research on children with ADHD has shown a general reduction of brain volume‚ but with a proportionally greater reduction in the volume of the left-sided prefrontal cortex. These findings suggest that the core ADHD features of inattention‚ hyperactivity‚ and impulsivity may reflect frontal lobe dysfunction‚ but other brain regions particularly the cerebellum have also been implicated.[88] Neuroimaging studies in ADHD have not always given consistent results and as of 2008 are only used for research
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Introduction Armodafinil is basically a (-)-(R)- enantiomer of the racemic drug Modafinil. Cephalon Inc. is the pharmaceutical company that produced this drug. The Food and Drug Administration of United States approved this drug in June 2007. Armodafinil is more effective than Modafinil because despite having similar half lives‚ Armodafinil touches the peak blood concentration later after administration than that of Modafinil. It improves wakefulness better in people who complain of excessive somnolence
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94–142)‚ later known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)‚ and has evolved over the years based on updates in the law (Polloway‚ 2013). This essay details some of the things that this writer has learned. Multiple and various disorders affect the learning of academic skills even in individuals with normal intelligence and maturity and similar opportunities to other individuals; definition‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment of learning disabilities is and always has been controversial (Bell
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children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is very important for the wellbeing of society because children are the future. The focus was children between the ages of 3 through 11 years old. During these age frames the mind is developing rapidly and it is very crucial to approach with sensitivity. ADHD is often over looked as the child not being cooperative and wants to be difficult with higher authority. Children with ADHD have the common symptoms of hyperactivity‚ learning disability
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Jake had never felt this much rage before. Nothing was going his way today. It seemed as if the world’s was out to get him! He flunked his math test‚ shattered his phone screen‚ and even earned himself a lunch detention by almost burning down the science lab. As soon as Jake arrived home‚ he was barraged with questions about why he failed the test and how he managed to get a detention. His mother complained‚ “Jake‚ I’m so disappointed. It’s so unlike you to to fail a test.” Talking even louder in
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