Specific Learning disorder refers to academic performance that is substantially below what would be expected given the person’s age‚ IQ score‚ and education. In the article “Psychoactive Medication and Learning Disabilities”‚ it focuses on the academicals and social behavioral effects of Ritalin and Dexedrine‚ which are psychoactive medications. It is a case study on David‚ a seven years old boy who showed characteristics of ADHD and learning disabilities. His IQ score was 62 according to the Stanford-Binet
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objectives for your presentation. This is addressed on p. 14 of the Munter book and includes answering "As a result of my presentation the audience will..." and "identifying exactly what you want your audience to do‚ say or know as a result of your talk." (p. 14) 3.) List topics that will be covered in the presentation 4.) Select a medium for your presentation to the CEO and explain why you chose it. 5.) Determine the image you wish to portray at this presentation and provide details
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Nursing Considerations for Mr. J.’s Visit to the E.R. Mr. J. is an 84 year old man who was admitted to the hospital for assessment after a fall. His physical assessment indicated multiple contusions to the face and shoulder‚ an unkept appearance and possible malnourished state. While a CAT scan and x-ray showed no fractures or bleeding‚ the fact that the patient had head trauma was most alarming. Traumatic injury to the head could lead to a hemorrhagic stroke or cerebrovascular accident‚ could
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Chapter 8- Psychological Disorders Neurosis: term used to describe disorders causing personal distress and impairment in functioning‚ but did not cause a person to lose contact with reality Psychosis: a serious disturbance that can cause people to lose touch with reality and to suffer from delusions and hallucinations 5 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders 1. Biological Causes: a PD is a symptom of an underlying physical disorder cause by abnormalities in the brain by genetics‚ heredity
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Anorexia nervosa (AN): an eating disorder characterized by an in ability to maintain normal weight‚ an intense fear of gaining weight‚ and distorted body perception. Clinicians diagnose an individual with anorexia nervosa when he or she shows three basic types of symptoms: severely restricted eating‚ which leads the person to have an abnormally low body weight‚ intense and unrealistic fear of getting fat or gaining weight‚ and disturbed self-perception of body shape or weight. In other words people
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greater than 15 hours)‚ abruptio placenta‚ placenta previa‚ infection‚ inversion of uterus‚ placenta accrete - increta - percreta * Upon palpation you find that your client’s uterus is above the umbilicus and displaced to the right‚ what is your nursing intervention? ask patient last
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DISODERS: INTRODUCTION: A learning disorder can defined as a difficulty in an area of cognitive functioning. Learning disabilities are neurological differences in processing information that severely limit a person ’s ability to learn in a specific skill area. Learning disorders/disabilities are the result of actual differences in the way the brain processes‚ understands‚ and uses information. The term "learning disabilities" is used to describe a group of disorders characterized by inadequate development
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Two main categories of treating psychological disorders Psychotherapy– is treatment in which a trained professional therapist‚ uses psychological techniques to help someone overcome psychological difficulties and disorders‚ resolve problems in living‚ or bringing about a personal growth. They do this through discussions and interactions with the therapist. Biomedical Therapy– relies on drugs‚ medications‚ and medical procedures to improve psychological functioning. Therapies Brochure BY:
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before this presentation I did not know much at all about preventative pregnancy options and how they are "used." Ms. Johnson made it very clear in the beginning that she would present this somewhat awkward topic in a funny and engaging manor. After she had introduced herself she started making everyone laughing about the preventative pregnancy types! I believe she first started with the condom and how she lost her penis‚ which was extremely funny! I know this started the presentation off very well
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Powerful Presentation Skill Written By Asad Yaqub In almost all the business roles today‚ presentation skill has become a core competency and an inevitable prerequisite for any reasonable job. One of the popular fears among the people‚ after dogs‚ snakes heights‚ water‚ is public speaking. This category of people usually experience abnormal heartbeats‚ cold sweats‚ shivering and the worst‚ low or high blood pressures. Contrary to this‚ presentation skill can be developed and achieved through
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