step in supporting people with a sensory impairment appropriately is to identify them. Local authorities should put in place a process to understand the prevalence of sensory loss in their populations to inform commissioning and market shaping functions. They should also have in place systems to record the number of people known to them. In identifying people with sensory impairment it is important to have in mind that: • There is a high prevalence of sensory loss amongst older people. • People with
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OPINION Raising Successful Children Lizzy Stewart By MADELINE LEVINE * PHRASES like “tiger mom” and “helicopter parent” have made their way into everyday language. But does overparenting hurt‚ or help? Related * Sunday Book Review: ‘Teach Your Children Well’ by Madeline Levine (July 29‚ 2012) Related in Opinion * Room for Debate: Are Olympic Parents Supportive or Overbearing? (August 2‚ 2012) While parents who are clearly and embarrassingly inappropriate come
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Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun was groundbreaking as it was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway‚ as well as one of the first to depict the everyday struggles faced by a black American family (Nemiroff 6). The play has been adapted to the screen on three occasions. In 1961‚ a film version of the play was released featuring the original Broadway cast and a screenplay written by Hansberry herself (A Raisin in the Sun 1961). A second adaptation was made
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Ties that Bind: Enhanced Social Awareness Development Through Interactions with Diverse Peers by Shirley R. Greene Mark Kamimura University of Michigan Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education Portland‚ Oregon‚ November 12-15‚ 2003 The work reported herein is supported under the National Institute for Student Achievement‚ Curriculum and Assessment program‚ agreement number R305T990402-00‚ CFDA/Subprogram No.:84.305T‚ as administered by the
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NVQ Level 2 Health and Social Care Katarzyna Nowaczewska Ace Homecare 2015 Unit 13 Dementia Awareness 1. Understand what dementia is 1.1 Explain what mean by the term "dementia" The word dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases‚ such as Alzheimer ’s disease or a series of strokes. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are - affected by dementia
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Dementia Awareness Dementia is a word used to describe a group of symptoms including memory loss‚ confusion‚ mood changes and difficulty with day-to-day tasks. There are many causes of dementia. The brain‚ along with the spinal cord‚ makes up the central nervous system‚ and it is this that controls all of our body’s functions. Within the brain there are billions of nerve cells that are known as neurons. These neurons communicate with each other and with other parts of the body by sending
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Sensory Processing Disorder Awareness Since October is National Sensory Awareness month I chose to write my research paper on a topic dear to my heart. Sensory processing (sometimes called "sensory integration" or SI) is a term that refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses. Whether you are biting into a hamburger‚ riding a bicycle‚ or reading a book‚ your successful completion of the activity requires
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University of North Florida’s Database named OneSource. The key words “sensory processing in children with autism” were used. While working with my students last year‚ one of the greatest challenges in teaching them was overcoming their sensory challenges. Before I could provide instruction‚ I had to create a learning environment to increase their attention. This included lighting‚ sound‚ allowing movement‚ and other sensory modalities. It is important for me to understand these challenges of
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killing oneself intentionally. Suicide awareness needs to be raised by knowing what suicide is‚ teaching others about suicide‚ and the effects of suicide. Each year in the United States over 300‚000 individuals will attempt suicide‚ with approximately 32‚000 taking their own life. (Dana Lizardi) The most common causes of suicide are the breaking up of a romantic relationship‚ moving‚ loss (especially if by suicide) of a friend‚ loss of freedom‚ or the loss of other privileges. Normally when people
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Sensory and Messy Play While we all process information through our five senses‚ babies and toddlers rely on their sense of touch – and often taste – to gain insight into the world around them. As their language skills aren’t as developed young children learn about things by exploring not by asking. Benefits of sensory/messy play: • Messy play offers children a chance for real self-expression because there is no “right” answer. Materials can be worked and reworked endlessly‚ meaning a child
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