Part One I have chosen to investigate Autistic Spectrum Disorder and how it can affect a child’s behaviour. Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that is characterised by lack of social skills‚ aggressive behaviour‚ lack of imagination‚ difficulties communicating and repetitive behaviour. (Anderson et al‚ 2008) Children that have ASD can find it very difficult when dealing with social situations. This is because they lack the ability to read other people’s faces and emotions
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Mental Training Effects on Motor Development Motor development starts from day one and continues to be a factor in all aspects of life up until death. Most people develop the basic motor skills in the areas of ballistic and manipulative skills‚ but when you are trying to be an elite athlete‚ you must try and perfect those motor skills. The physical aspect of fine-tuning the skills is important to the training of an athlete‚ but including mental training can bring those motor skills to the next
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such as Donald Baer and Montrose Wolf (Alberto & Troutman‚ 2012). Later in the years 60 and 70‚ becomes ABA to the treatment of serious delays in the development. Here‚ we could mention Ivar Loovas. He was the pioneer in the application of the ABA to autism. He was the first to demonstrate that the conduct of children could be modified through a
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organized religion.That doesn’t mean that those who don’t do these things are wrong‚ they just don’t follow the norms of human society. There is no such thing as normal. In fact what the hell is normal?? Christopher Boone is a 15 year old boy with autism. He is the narrator of the novel and the main character. He is a super duper math wiz but ON ONE LEVEL he is totally clueless‚ unaware of things that to most people would be impossible to ignore (for example‚ his mother Judy is having an affair with
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To: Directors of Social Services Chief Executives of Health Authorities Chief Executives of Primary Care Groups GUIDANCE ON RESTRICTIVE PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITY AND AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER‚ IN HEALTH‚ EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS I am pleased to announce the publication of the above guidance issued under section 7 of the LASSL Act 1970. This document is issued jointly by Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills. This is the first
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families had a child with autism. Autism is a developmental condition in which individuals have difficulty communicating and interacting with others and display obsessive behaviors. Autism limits one’s abilities to read others’ emotions and to form relationships‚ which in turn may reduce one’s chance of having children and passing on one’s genes (Baron-Cohen). When they were asking these families questions they found that 12.5 percent of the fathers with children who had autism were engineers. Only 5
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Case studies ‘Julie‚’ the mother of ‘Harry’ - a child with a learning disability‚ also believed Harry had Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The educational psychologist from the Health and Social Care Trust did not agree. Julie was convinced that Harry showed signs of ASD and this was affecting his performance at school‚ so she went privately to a doctor for a second opinion. He diagnosed ASD. Julie subsequently sought reasonable adjustments to be made for Harry at the school. However‚ the Education
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AUTISM Diagnostic criteria for the PDD’s RE: the DSM-IV criteria: Be familiar with behaviors you might observe: Be able to provide specific examples Childhood Autism: There are qualitative impairments in social interaction and communication. 1. Impaired use of eye to eye gaze‚ facial expressions‚ inability to point out objects of interest and failure to develop peer relationships 2. Inability to sustain a conversation with others 3. Repetitive motor mannerisms and delays in imaginative
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One reasoning behind the misdiagnosing is some overlapping symptoms. ADHD and Asperger’s have difficulty settling down‚ social awkwardness and impulsivity. Asperger’s and Autism both have moderate delay speech and development. Schizoid personality disorder and Asperger’s have personality disorder which is characterized by long term emotional coldness‚ indifference and criticism of others. Asperger does get misdiagnosed as
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Reflection Paper #1 Topic: Neurological-Based Atypical Behavior (NBB) For my reflection paper‚ I chose to give my opinion on the NBB’s‚ short for “Neurological-Based Atypical Behaviors”. NBB is defined as a collection of deeds or the behavior of children that happen outside the usual boundaries of self control. According to Dr. Paula Cook‚ specialist in teaching students with NBB‚ about 10 percent of students cannot control what they say or do reliably. They are found
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