Topic : Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder ( FASD ) General Purpose : To Inform Specific Purpose : To inform my audience of what Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disease is. Central Idea
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Kimberly Cowburn Building an Ethical Organization Part 1 Who are we? As the director of MWDDD (Mid-West Division of the Developmentally Disabled)‚ a mental health service that is focused on the developmentally disabled‚ the main strategy as the director of this organization is to design‚ implement‚ and improve the quality and outcomes for the mental health and the social services within the organization. First it is important for the organization to incorporate different activities in order to improve
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Introduction Shower(洗澡)‚ a light-hearted comedy‚ is written by Liu Fen Dou‚ Cai Xiang Jun‚ Diao Yi Nan and Zhang Yang who is also the director of the film and starring Zhu Xu‚ Pu Cun Xin‚ Jiang Wu. The Cinematography is by Jian Zhang. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999 and won the FIPRESCE Prize. Shower is only the second masterpiece directed by Zhang Yang and also the third production of Imar Film. Yet‚ it got a very high opinion of the cinema and‚ as a
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former teacher. Charlie begins to learn of how society treats the mentally retarded. He realizes his old friends at the bakery just make fun of him. After watching the audience laugh at video of him before the operation‚ Charlie runs away from a mental health conference with Algernon after learning that his operation went wrong. Charlie does research on himself and learns that intelligence without the ability to
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FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT In this assignment is an explanation of genetic‚ biological‚ environmental and socio-economic and lifestyle that effect the development of an individual. Also using the case study of Emily there is explanation on 2 predictable and 2 unpredictable life events that could be affecting her now and the in the future. I will then be discussing the 2 sides to the nature –nurture debate‚ and then I will be evaluating how
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‘I Am Sam’- Assessment Sam is the main character in ‘I Am Sam’. He faces a number of issues throughout the movie‚ but the main hardship is to gain custody of his daughter. Sam’s role is a mentally retarded male‚ with a mental capacity of a seven year old. Sam’s daughter‚ Lucy‚ is seven and her teachers fear that Sam’s aptitude is holding her back because she does not want to be smarter than her father. Lucy loves Sam very much‚ however she knows he was not the average father‚ as she told her best
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A child with a disability is a child with a mental or physical health condition and that must be provided with services and equal opportunities in order for them to be a successful human being and live a fulfilling life. An intellectual disability has limitations in two different areas: Intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviors. Intellectual function is also know as your IQ. This shows a person’s ability to learn‚ reason‚ make decisions‚ and solve problems. Adaptive behaviors are necessary
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All it takes is one miniscule difference‚ and an individual can immediately become targeted and harassed; for years people with mental disabilities have dealt with this. Name-calling is a very prominent form of alienation by making a person’s differences his or her identifier. During the 80’s and 90’s the word ‘retarded’ was used as a way to describe people with mental disabilities. Originally it was a medical and professional term not meant to be derogatory in any way‚ but in the mid 2000’s and
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chromosome present is either a full or partial copy of the chromosome 21 dubbing the condition with the alternate name of Trisomy 21. Unfortunately for the individual‚ the extra chromosome changes the body and brain’s normal development and causes mental and physical problems
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder‚ Fifth Edition (DSM-5) merged multiple subtypes of autism spectrum disorder (e.g. Asperger’s‚ high-functioning autism‚ early infantile autism) into a single diagnosis or entity. The most useful way of characterizing individuals with autism is that the focus needs to be on the deficits in the two following domains: (1) social communication and interaction and (2) restricted‚ repetitive behaviors or interests (American Psychiatric Association
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