external factors which can have an effect on a child’s normal pattern of development. A child may have a physical disability‚ be hard of hearing or have restricted eyesight. This can have an impact on how a child develops emotionally‚ physically‚ intellectually and socially. They may have a learning disability‚ which means they will not develop at the expected rate intellectually or their communication and social skills may not follow the normal pattern of development. A child may have health
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June 26 is celebrated as International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking every year. It is an exercise undertaken by the world community to sensitize the people in general and the youth in particular‚ to the menace of drugs. The picture is grim if the world statistics on the drugs scenario is taken into account. With a turnover of around $500 billions‚ it is the third largest business in the world‚ next to petroleum and arms trade. About 190 million people all over the world consume
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February 2005 The role‚ nature and purpose of leisure and its contribution to individual development and well-being LINDA TRENBERTH Department of Management‚ Birkbeck‚ University of London‚ Malet Street‚ London WC 1E 7HX‚ UK; email: l.trenberth@bbk.ac.uk While there has been a growth in leisure coping research the debate as to how leisure functions as a coping strategy and is distinguishable from more general coping strategies‚ that is‚ strategies not directly associated with leisure
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the aspects of the environment can indirectly crate a positive affection‚ such as the weather. For example if you meet a person at a wedding then you will associate them with a joyful occasion and therefore feel a lot happier to be around them. The May and Hamilton study that was conducted in 1980 asked female participants to rate pictures of attractive and unattractive males under three experimental conditions which were: listening to rock music (was supposed to create a positive affect)‚ Avant garde
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Vulnerable Population in the Workplace Ronya Bentz NUR/440 February 27‚ 2010 Pauline Rogers Vulnerable Population in the Workplace Most staff members become anxious when asked to speak with a group of teachers about educating children with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD). Staff members may experience intimidation instructing teachers in
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In this essay‚ I will examine a case study with four individual service users; Mr D‚ Mr R‚ Ms M and Ms P who are all described as vulnerable adults with learning disabilities‚ how and why these disabilities have lead to the service users being regarded as vulnerable. For this reason‚ I would define what learning disability is and the effects it may have on the individual service users. I would use the labelling theory in this concept to explain my knowledge and understanding of vulnerability. I
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Elder Abuse in our country is growing in America. All people have the right to live their lives without abuse‚ neglects‚ and being exploitations. It should not matter how old we are everyone has value. The 2004 Survey of State Adult Protective Services‚ found the following: that a 19.7 percent increase from 2000 – 2004 in the combined total of reports of elder and vulnerable adult abuse and there was a 15.6 percent increase from 2000 – 2004 in substantiated cases; and the abuse occurred more than
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Individuals and Groups 8.2 The individual: Factors that contribute to an individual’s development: Self-esteem: How an individual feels about themselves in terms of worth or value. Self-esteem is often referred to as being ‘high’ or ‘low’. Self-confidence: How likely we are to feel ready to take on challenges. Self-actualisation: takes many years for an adult to achieve‚ it is satisfying all need to a certain level. Peers: individuals of similar age. Being accepted by peers satisfies a human
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1/ List and describe the four factors that affect the rate of drug distribution. The four factors that affect the rate of drug distribution are absorption‚ metabolism‚ distribution‚ and excretion. a. Absorption is the movement of a drug from its site of administration into the blood. Most drugs are absorbed by passive absorption but some drugs need carrier-mediated transport. Example: Acidic drugs such as aspirin will be better absorbed in the stomach whereas basic drug
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Child Abuse Even though child abuse is not fully recognized as a criminal act it does effect children both physically and mentally; to prevent child abuse talk with the authorities. “Child abuse is any recent act or failure to act‚ on the part of an parent or caretaker” (Peterson 8). Child abuse is broken down into four types of abuse. The four types of child abuse are physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ and neglect. There are a lot of causes of child abuse. Sometimes the effect it
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