Learning Disabilities 1 Children and Learning Disabilities Child/Adolescent Development PSY3520 South University Online Scott Walker Learning Disabilities 2 Children that are dealing with learning disabilities have a difficult road ahead of them. If the disability is neglected or overlooked for too long‚ the probability of the child falling behind in school as well as social aspects in their life is very high. However
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What if somebody you always thought you loved turned out to be someone they were not? In the short story‚ “Brigid” by Mary Lavin‚ Owen’s wife is trying to convince Owen to put his sister‚ Brigid‚ in a nursing home. This story is set in Ireland during the 1930s. At this time‚ you were known as a terrible person if you put a relative in a nursing home. When the couple gets in a fight over this debate‚ Owen storms to Brigid’s house. When Owen’s wife begins to worry about Owen‚ she goes to search for
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The effect on families with special needs children The effect on families‚ who have special needs children‚ can have a negative impact‚ resulting in an increased level of anxiety‚ stress and depression (Schwartz and Tsumi‚ 2003). Family and parents will be used interchangeably. There are a number of reasons attributed to the increase in stress levels for the parents: Firstly‚ and the most significant‚ is the realisation that there is no cure for autism and some learning disabilities
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Evaluating Eligibility Rules HSM 240 Rules are important in every aspect of life. Eligibility rules are equally important for any kind of services offered‚ especially those offered to assist the general public. The Arc program‚ as well the local Chemung Arc‚ is an organization developed to assist those with developmental disabilities and just like every other organization‚ it has eligibility rules for the people it assists and services. ARC has eligibility requirements that most would consider
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Elissa Down’s 2008 film The Black Balloon deeply explores the complex themes and issues that surround the dynamics of a family whose teenage son is the subject to autism. Such issues revolve around society’s attitude to people who suffer from a disability and the struggles families go through when a family member has a disorder. The film depicts a military family‚ the Mollisons who have two sons‚ Charlie has autism and attention deficit disorder‚ and his younger brother‚ Thomas a 15 year old who
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It takes a special kind of person to be a special education teacher. They have to be caring‚ patient‚ and understanding. People who take up this responsibility by helping these kind of people show that there are still good and selfless people out there in the world. The character Alice Kinnian in "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes is one of these people. She not only cares for Charlie and sees him as a person before the operation but continues on loving him even after he is way above her intellectual
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The human services field is simply amazing. While attending elementary high school the teachers would all ask the students “what do you want to be when you up”? I was really shy and would never speak up when asked this question. To myself I’m thinking I want to be a nurse. Taking care of my great grandmother really opened my eyes to the needs of people in general. During this time I would go about my daily norm of helping my great grandmother‚ grandmother; anyone that was in need of help. Coming
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Understand the main characteristics of autistic spectrum conditions 1.1 - Explain why it is important to recognise that each person on the autistic spectrum has their own individual abilities needs strengths gifts and interests. If we know individual’s abilities‚ need‚ strengths‚ gifts and interests then we can focus on them‚ we can create environment‚ situations‚ we can pick activities to support and develop individual’s. 1.2 - Analyse the main diagnostic features of autistic spectrum conditions
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Jia Liang Zeng 11/11/13 Mrs. Guadagno Period 2 In the story “Flowers for Algernon” written by Daniel Keyes‚ the main character‚ Charlie Gordon‚ and he has a decision to make. Should Charlie make the decision by getting the operation to triple his IQ of 68? Charlie made the wrong decision by getting the operation because it brought pain; he was able to see the true side of his friends‚ and he was able to see the sad realities of life which he was oblivious to before the operation. He was happy
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Richard Jin December 13‚ 2011 Period 7 Persuasive Essay How to be a hero 101 There are many heroes in the world --- people who sacrifice themselves to a certain degree to help save other people in need. Heroes can be found anywhere‚ having different backgrounds. Sometimes they may be forced to become one because of the situation they are in. Other times‚ they may be offered a choice of living an easy simple life or leading a life full of hardships for the common good of the people around them
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