Mind’s | Children with Learning Disabilities | Instructor: Jeanne Henry | Pamela Al-Shaer | 8/19/2011 | Children all over America are afflicted with serious learning disabilities that may have long- time effects‚ and usually the causes of these learning disabilities are undetermined. “Misunderstood minds” is a PBS Website that supports individuals’ who have questions about children with learning disabilities and helps them to understand how children that are afflicted with
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IMPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL DISABILTY Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy affects people in different ways - some people experience minor motor skill problems‚ while others may be totally physically dependent. Messages from the brain can be distorted or mistimed causing increased muscle tension. Messages from the brain may also be mistimed‚ sent to the wrong muscle‚ or not sent at all. This affects the timing‚ quality and synchronisation of messages‚ generally resulting in erratic movement of the muscles
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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 wires do not touch. This influences how the child learns and processes
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Task 1 Outcome 2.3. Describe in writing how your personal values‚ belief systems and experiences may affect your working practices. Personal values and beliefs are an important part of personal growth and happiness. As human beings‚ we all have our own values‚ beliefs and attitudes that we have developed throughout the course of our lives. Our families‚ friends‚ community and the experiences we have had‚ all contribute to our sense of who we are and how we view the world. They affect our behaviour
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Dyslexia is a unique disability that causes many children difficulty during their educational process. It is a hindrance in the developmental stage of children. Dyslexia can be found in children from multiple types of backgrounds. However‚ it is not limited in its state as a child’s disability‚ for it stays with a person through adulthood also. Several questions need to be answered many say. Firstly‚ what exactly is dyslexia? Somewhere between five and seventeen percent of the American population
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Associate Program Material Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. 3 out of 5 baby Boomers haven’t saved enough for their retirement 2. Many if not most‚ have no will.They have no “exit’’plan whatsoever and will leave everything to work. 3. Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity
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Describe any one approach to identity. Discuss how this approach can help explain the identities of people with disabilities. Identity has been defined as‚ "a person ’s essential‚ continuous self‚ the internal subjective concept of oneself as an individual" (Reber‚1995‚ p.355). Identity is a complex field and‚ as a consequence‚ psychologists have devised a number of theories to help people to understand it. This essay will describe an approach to identity called Social Identity Theory (SIT) which
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THE EFFECT OF GLOBALISATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERDEVELOPED1 ECONOMIES By MUSA JEGA IBRAHIM The existing wide disparities between the developed and the underdeveloped economies makes globalisation a tool for stultifying the industrialisation process‚ and by extension‚ retarding the growth and development of underdeveloped economies. Trade liberalisation‚ the cardinal instrument of globalisation ensures that industrialised countries have access to world markets‚ which enhances further
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Temperature Effects on Radish (Raphanus sativus) Root Development Abstract Several studies have been conducted to establish how temperature‚ seed germination‚ and root growth are related. Because temperature plays a main role in many growth processes‚ we decided to focus on how it affected root growth. Radish (Raphanus sativus) seeds were chosen due to their ability to produce a distinct bulbous tuber‚ and their relatively short growing time. Three test groups were placed under different temperature
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The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children and Their Development Domestic violence is an occurrence that unfortunately not only affects the abused and the abuser‚ but sometimes the children of such people as well. Approximately ten to twenty percent of children are exposed to domestic violence per year (Carrell & Hoekstra 2009). Webster’s Dictionary defines domestic violence as “the inflicting of physical injury by one family or household member on another.” (2014). As domestic violence usually
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