CERTIFICATE TO TEACH IN THE LIFELONG LEARNING SECTOR UNIT: EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY Introduction Within this assignment I intend to research the following points: Understand the key features of a culture which promotes equality and values diversity Understand the importance of the promotion of equality and valuing diversity for effective work in the sector Understand and demonstrate behaviour appropriate to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity Understand how to actively help others
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Humans‚ aliens & autism Daedalus‚ Summer 2009 by Hacking‚ Ian Contraries illumine what they are not. Aliens‚ typically from outer space‚ are almost by definition not human. Current portrayals of aliens may show more about who we‚ the humans‚ are than they do about our extragalactic contraries. In portrayal by opposites there is often a large dose of fear: for example‚ that we may be all too like the aliens we imagine. That leads to a paradox about autism and aliens. A persistent trope in some
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An investigation into the relationship between ADHD‚ Dyslexia and academic performance in undergraduate students Researcher: Kerry Woolvine Supervisor: Judith Smith From: Psychology Ethics Sent: 07 November 2012 09:34 To: Smith‚ Judi Subject: RE: PSYC-1213-002-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptomology in a normal population and its links with a variety of behaviours/traits e.g. fatty acid intake‚ learning styles‚ dyslexia‚ academic performance‚ recreational drug use‚ persona
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R1a – How does the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities compare with that of the general population who do not have learning disabilities? There is more chance of a person with learning disabilities being less health that someone who does not have a learning disability. There are several reasons for this but it starts as a child and continues into adulthood for people with learning disabilities. Children with learning disabilities have between 2.5 and 4.5 more chance of poorer
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Working memory From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Working memory is the ability to actively hold information in the mind needed to do complex tasks such as reasoning‚ comprehension and learning. Working memory tasks are those that require the goal-oriented active monitoring or manipulation of information or behaviors in the face of interfering processes and distractions. The cognitive processes involved include the executive and attention control of short-term memory which provide for the interim
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14 CHAPTER 2 Articulatory Phonetics SPEECH SOUND FORM LEARNING OBJECTIVES 2 When you have finished this chapter‚ you should be able to: • List the differences in production and function of vowels versus consonants. • Identify the three descriptive parameters that are used for vowel articulations‚ and classify the vowels of American English using those three parameters. • Differentiate between monophthong and diphthong vowels. • Define centering diphthongs. • Differentiate between a phonemic
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SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS Nosology: We have two large categories : 1- substance dependence and substance abuse 2- substance induced mental disorders we will deal with the descriptions of the clinical phenomena associated with the use of 11 designated classes of pharmacological agents: alcohol‚ amphetamines or similarly acting agents; caffeine; cannabis; cocaine; hallucinogens; inhalants; nicotine; opioids; phencyclidine (PCP) or similar agents; and sedatives‚ hypnotics‚ and anxiolytics
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Supporting Teaching & Learning in Schools SECTION 1 Child and Young Person Development 1 Home Learning College The main stages of child and young person development From birth through to adulthood children continually grow‚ develop‚ and learn. A child’s development can be measured through social‚ emotional‚ intellectual‚ physical and language developmental milestones. All children and young people follow a similar pattern of development so the order in which each child advances from
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NU 545 Unit 2 Study Guide ! 1. Review the anatomy of the brain. Which portion is responsible for keeping you awake‚ controlling thought‚ speech‚ emotions and behavior‚ maintaining balance and posture? - Ch. 15 p. 454 Box 15-3 - Brainstem- midbrain‚ medulla oblongata‚ and pons Reticular Formation-Collection of nuclei within brainstem that maintains wakefulness and works in conjunction with the cerebral cortex and together they are known as the reticular activating system. P. 454 -
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Child development refers to the biological‚ psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence‚ as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy. It is a continuous process with a predictable sequence yet having a unique course for every child. It does not progress at the same rate and each stage is affected by the preceding types of development. Because these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by genetic factors
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