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    Social Sciences Part- time Year 1. Assignment 2. Consider the Social Model of Disability. How useful is this model in helping us understand the nature of Disability discrimination? Inspired by the writings of various disabled activists and scholars the 1980’s and the 1990’s‚disability studies has taken on an emancipatory turn because of the paradigm shift by sociologists and activists from explaining disability in terms of individual pathology or biomedical to the ways in which environmental

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    Communication Phenomena (Ideas & Definitions) When discussing communication phenomena it’s helpful to first define it. Communication is defined as the exchange of thoughts‚ messages or information by speech‚ signals‚ writing or behavior. (Houghton Mifflin Company‚ 2013) A phenomena is defined as a fact‚ occurrence or circumstance observed or observable that is also remarkable or extraordinary. It is acceptable then to say a definition of communication phenomena is the exchange of thoughts and ideas

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    Communication Disorders Defined Communication is the sharing of information between two individuals or among more than two individuals.  Communicative functions include requesting‚ rejecting‚ commenting‚ arguing‚ reasoning‚ and so on. A communication disorder is an impairment in the ability to receive‚ send‚ process‚ and comprehend concepts or verbal‚ nonverbal and graphic symbol systems. A communication disorder may involve language or speech or both and the disorders impair communicative functions

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    Growing up I had a minor learning disability that made reading and writing a major obstacle. I was taking classes before school and having tutors in the summer‚ but it wasn’t enough. After a few years‚ I was molded to be the athlete of the family and as long as I tried with school‚ grades weren’t the primary priority. I began to understand that this was a lowering of standards due to perceptions of my abilities‚ or lack thereof‚ and was extremely dissatisfied. I wanted to be held to the same expectations

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    UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF SUPPORTiNG INDIVIDUALS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES OUTCOME 1 1. There are various pieces of legislation in place to promote equality and reduce discrimination. These include: * The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 * The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 * The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 * Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN‚ 1989) * The Human Rights Act 1998 * The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (as amended) * Employment

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    Running head: VARYING DEFINITIONS OF ONLINE COMMUNICATION 1 The title should summarize the paper’s main idea and identify the variables under discussion and the relationship between them. The title should be centered on the page‚ typed in 12point Times New Roman Font. It should not be bolded‚ underlined‚ or italicized. Varying Definitions of Online Communication and Their Effects on Relationship Research Elizabeth L. Angeli The author’s name and institution should be doublespaced and centered

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    Understand the purpose and characteristics of assessment for learning The learning support practitioner and the teacher work together within the school setting. The teacher ultimately has main responsibility in the classroom and has the role of planning the lesson around the curriculum so that it is suitable for that particular class. They are to adapt and set work that is of a standard that the pupils can complete. If there are different abilities in the class he/she must create work that is

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    from the Latin word ’Depretium ’ which means ’decline in price ’ or ’value ’. Depreciation relates to fixed assets which loose value on account of usage. Therefore ’Depreciation ’ means decline in value of fixed assets on account of usage. Definitions: Depreciation may be defined as the permanent and continuing diminution in the quality‚ quantity or the value of an asset.William Pickles Depreciation in the shrinkage in the value of an asset at a given date as compared with its value at a previous

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    Giftedness The following exerpt was retrieved from Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting our Brightest Young Minds by Jan & Bob Davidson with Laura Vanderkam @ http://www.geniusdenied.com/articles.aspx?articleid=9&NavID=3_1 "Educators play an important role in nurturing genius. Good teachers learn to recognize common characteristics of gifted children in their classrooms and plan an appropriate education. They lobby their schools to be flexible with these children‚ and they create classes or

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    deal with learning problems which are first noticed by parents and teachers at home or school. A learning disability or a learning disorder is a neurological disorder that can interfere with the use of listening‚ speaking reading‚ writing‚ spelling‚ reasoning‚ or mathematical skills. Researchers believe that learning disabilities are caused by a difference in the way a person’s brain works and processes information. The wiring of the brain is affected in children with learning disabilities where the

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