The client‚ Janine Mills‚ is the director of care at St. Peter’s Residence‚ which is a long term care home that provides long term care services for a variety of patients whose ages range from 27 to 103[1]. All residents at St. Peter’s require long-term service as a result of either a physical or a mental disability which compromises the residents’ independence. St. Peter’s main goal is to enhance the residents’ life quality‚ which can be improved by reducing the residents’ dependence on the highly
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Windham Service to families 9. Japanese American Social Services 10. Head start 11. Rape and sexual assault hotline 12. Safe Horizon Domestic Violence 13. Children’s Village 14. Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan NY 15. AHRC NYC 16. United Cerebral Palsy 17. Office for people with developmental disabilities 18. Office of Mental Health 19. Human Rights First 20. Salvation Army The Two agencies I have chosen to discuss is Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and Safe
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425 9/18/13 Doctor Pleads No Contest In Teen’s Death In Ohio a malnourished fourteen-year girl died after only weighing in at twenty- pounds and her doctor is pleading no contest for her death. The little girl’s name was Makalya’s who had cerebral palsy and was suffering abuse by her mother hands. Margaret Edward‚ who was the little girl’s doctor‚ is pleading no contest to three misdemeanors counts of failing to report child abuse and neglect on someone is functionally impaired. Makalya’s could
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impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes impairments caused by a congenital anomaly‚ impairments caused by disease (e.g.‚ poliomyelitis‚ bone tuberculosis)‚ and impairments from other causes (e.g.‚ cerebral palsy‚ amputations‚ and fractures or burns that cause contractures)”. “The IDEA category of orthopedic impairments contains a wide variety of disorders. These can be divided into three main areas: neuromotor impairments‚ degenerative diseases‚ and musculoskeletal
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A difficult birth or injury to the baby can occur as a result of the baby’s size or position during labor and delivery. A birth injury can be categorized as any type of injury or damage to an infant’s body before‚ during‚ or just after the child’s birth. Complications during the course of pregnancy or labor can also result in a wide range of complications for a newborn baby. Birth injuries vary greatly - from being very minor to so severe as to cause the death of the infant. Many possible causes
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and other adverse effects. What is Lesch-Nyhan syndrome? Lesch Nyhan is a recessive X-linked recessive disorder meaning that is passed from mother to son via the X-chromosome. The disease is characterized by mental retardation‚ spastic cerebral palsy‚ renal abnormalities‚ self-injurious behaviors‚ and other abnormal neurologic symptoms. The condition is caused by a mutation in the HPRT gene‚ which encodes for the peptide hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase. This enzyme regulates
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Nesha Shaw EDU330- Special Education Foundations and Framework Professor Amy Petrovich August 17‚ 2014 Placing Students in Effective Educational Environments The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has granted that placement options be available to better meet the needs of students. (Classroom Leadership‚ 2001) To better meet these requirements‚ educators have strived to make every effort to place students with and without disabilities in environments where they can learn‚ grow
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Creatures of Habit The Consolations of Philosophy written by Alain de Botton recounts the life of French essayist Michel de Montaigne and his journey beyond the boundaries of France. As he crossed borders to various European countries‚ Michel observed the many differing perspectives that each society possessed. Each province had their own standards used to police society into thinking that certain things are ‘normal’ versus ‘abnormal’. This narrow way of thinking disturbed Montaigne because he
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1) Past two weeks I have become more aware of the different cultures that I was never been known that much before in my life. I learn a lot about Amish culture‚ values and practices‚ and the understanding Amish cultures is very important for history of Amish. The Amish is branch of Christianity and they originally come from Switzerland. The Amish emerged from Anabaptist movement in 1525‚ that are known nowadays as Mennonites and later on spread out all over surrounding cities and countries. This
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with medical conditions‚ serious or otherwise‚ there are many dangers and downsides to the legalization of marijuana. Mass legalization of medical marijuana could be the superlative option for many with degrading and chronic conditions‚ such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Cannabis has been used for centuries as a medicine‚ possessing various therapeutic effects. Most acknowledged among these are pain relief‚ appetite stimulation‚ nausea and vomiting mitigation‚ anti-spasticity and anti-spasmodic effects
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