Akeelah and the Bee April 20‚ 2012 Identifying Information Akeelah is an eleven year old African American girl who lives in South Los Angeles being raised by her mother‚ Tanya‚ who father was killed when she was six years old. She is attending Crenshaw Middle School. She has three siblings and a niece and her mother works long hours to have extra money to support her family. Akeelah is a very smart an intelligent girl who loves to study and learn words. Presenting Problem Akeelah is grieving
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Perspective Paper Shani K. Francis Butte College Perspective Paper The psychodynamic perspective was developed from Freud’s psychoanalysis theory with the belief that the unconscious mind may have influences over conscious behavior and on how early childhood experiences can help shape the unconscious forces. Freud’s psychoanalysis theory is although very similar to the psychodynamic perspective‚ yet is more limited as it focuses mainly on sexual motivations of people‚ and how everything that is
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What individuals remember during childhood years is mostly an explanation of causes and influences in regard to their present adult life (Bird & Reese‚ 2006 and others) When asked how they cope with their most stressful situations‚ many people make mention of religion. Among some groups‚ particularly the elderly‚ minorities‚ and individuals facing life-threatening crises‚ religion is cited more frequently than any other resource for coping (e.g.‚ Bulman & Wortman‚ 1977; Conway‚ 1985–1986).Coping
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In a multicultural society‚ it is essential for early childhood professionals to develop and sustain respectful and reciprocal relationships with all children in their care‚ mindful of the needs of individual children in order to ensure that each child’s agency and emerging competencies are recognized and supported (Bandura‚ 2001). Respectful relationships are considered as crucial factor in the constitution of high quality of the early childhood education. The pedagogy of respect is the foundation
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children and adolescents are the primary focus. The prevalence‚ adversities‚ and treatment of the depression are discussed as well. After exploring these few facets of the disorder‚ I will talk briefly about the Ecological Model developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner and Morris in 1998 that is used by counselors to help evaluate and assess the children who are referred by teachers or medical physicians. Major Depressive Disorder and Societies Youth Major Depressive Disorder in the DSM IV is
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Theory of Change I view humans as basically good creatures. We seem to be “hard-wired” at once toward both socialization and independence. We strive toward self-actualization and want to make our positions better. However‚ we also often have the desire to make life better for our fellow humans. Since we need to get our basic needs met‚ we strive toward hard work and the accomplishment of goals. Although I have training with behaviorism‚ I have a difficult time seeing a human as a simple “plant”
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Child Development CHAPTER 8 WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? Body Changes 1. The study of human development is a science because it depends on theories‚ data‚ analysis‚ critical thinking‚ and sound methodology just like every other science. 2. The five steps of the scientific method are: 1) begin with curiosity 2) develop a hypothesis 3) test the hypothesis 4) draw conclusions 5) report the results. 3. The research on SIDS illustrates the replication and application
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PART A – Health Review What is a health concern? Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a severe but relatively common psychiatric somatoform disorder that is associated with impairment in functioning and a markedly poor quality of life is (Barlow‚ 2005). BDD sufferers are characterized by an obsessive concern with a part of their physical appearance that they deem to be ‘flawed’ or ‘deformed’‚ even when the perceived flaw is actually minimal or non-existent (Grant et al‚ 2001). The preoccupation causes
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1997. Fostering resiliency in children and youth: Promoting protective factors in the school. In D. Saleebey‚ ed.‚ The Strengths Perspective in Social Work‚ pp. 167-182. 2d ed. New York: Longman. Bronfenbrenner‚ U. 1979. The Ecology of Human Development. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Bronfenbrenner‚ U. 1986. Ecology of the family as a context for human development: Research perspectives. Developmental Psychology 22 (6): 723-742. Cohen‚ S.‚ and T. A. Wills. 1985. Stress‚ social support‚ and
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PSY 122 Child Growth and Development *Key Assessment: OBSERVATION *OF A CHILD and GROUP OF CHILDREN (This key assessment will be in 2 parts; *a total of 4 separate observation papers*) NAEYC Standards and Supportive skills: Standard 1 Promoting Child Development and Learning 1a Knowing and understanding young children’s characteristics and needs 1b Knowing and understanding the multiple influences on development and learning Standard 3 Observing‚ Documenting‚ and Assessing to
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