Case Study: Individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder This case study focuses on Alphonso Young‚ a 4 –year-old head start student and on Mr. & Mrs. Young‚ Alphonso’s parents‚ Susan Cross‚ Head Start teacher‚ Rory Johnson‚ 4-year-old Head Start student and Marsha Matchwick‚ school psychologist‚ DCSD. Main Key Factors in this case study are dealing with a 4 year child who has and attention deficit disorder. When he plays with other kids in the school‚ he tends to break things‚ take
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advancing of technology and easy access of the internet. In the following essay the merits and pitfalls of being able to access large amounts of information from the internet will be discussed as well as trying to avoid the downside of operating in an “attention economy”. The internet has many advantages. Firstly on a social level‚ websites such as facebook‚ Twitter and MySpace‚ have allowed for people all over the world to be connected. It is a cheap‚ fast and easy way of communicating. More and more
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SNACKS TO GO Sample Case Analysis by Karen del Rosario SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS THE ENVIRONMENT In the late 1980s‚ snacks consumption in the US was on the rise‚ during this time Sathers has a consistent ten straight years of sales growth in the candy and snacks industry‚ and since Sathers always look for something new he came up with an idea of Snacks to Go product line. During these years also Sathers recognized that consumers are fond of value line products that made him think of the new product
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point in time. This focus requires a lot of mental effort or concentration and this is what cognitive psychologist term attention. Attention refers to the concentration and focusing of mental effort (Best‚ 1995). Focus is selective‚ divisible and shiftable. Focus is selective when we pay attention to some things and not others. It is shifable when we are able to move our attention from one thing to another and focus is divisible when we can attend to two or more activities
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TOPIC AN INQUIRY INTO THE PERPETUAL FISCAL DEFICIT IN ZIMBABWE. IS TAXATION THE SOLUTION 1.1 Background Zimbabwe‚ once a vibrant and diversified economy and hope for Africa’s future‚ was on the verge of collapse had it not been for the introduction of the multi-currency system after the formation of the inclusive government. It has had a perpetual fiscal deficit post 1990 accompanied by high inflation‚ negative economic growth‚ high unemployment and a reduction in the standard of living as
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perpetuated. Many young girls are forced into prostitution because of poverty. In addition to lacking basic resources‚ extreme poverty dehumanizes the individual to a point where issues of self-esteem and morality become secondary. In a sociocultural study on factors fuelling the spread of HIV/AIDS in Lesotho conducted in 1998‚ prostitutes interviewed stated that whereas a clerk earns SAR 500 (US$ 70) per month‚ they can earn that much in a weekend (Otti PN‚ Rasekoai M. Factors influencing the spread
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pseudophakic eyes. We found a negative correlation between pain scores and number of previous injection (p=0.05‚ R=-0.092). Mean BCVA increased by 3 lines (P 0.05) and mean CMT decreased by 35 microns (P 0.001) one month after injection. There was no case of endophthalmitis‚ retinal break‚ retinal detachment‚ lens damage‚ severe vision loss or other serious complications in this
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great number of distractions‚ but the child may also drift off into his/her own dream world instead of keeping track of what is going on. Many children with an ASD have attention deficits and are easily distracted. Whether distractions caused by other children in the class‚ or by the flickering of fluorescent strip lights‚ once attention is lost it means that the child is not concentrating on the learning matter in hand. In group learning discussions children with ASD are very shy and they show interest
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The biological or medical model approach examines psychological disorders as a type of illness and assumes it is a physical issue. The approach believes that factors such as genes‚ bio-chemistry‚ neuro-anatomy and germs are the causes of psychological disorders‚ and use treatments such as drugs and psychosurgery to rectify them. (Saul McLeod‚ 2008/2014) Anxiolytic drugs such as benzodiazepines are commonly used in the treatment of somebody with depression or bipolar as they increase activity in the
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Case Note O’Brien v Gillies (1990) 1 NTLR 56 1. Case details Parties: O’Brien; Gillies and Another Court: Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Judge: Angel J Dates: 25 June‚ 31 July 1990 Catchwords: Police‚ Police powers‚ Juveniles‚ Whether police may take blood sample from a juvenile‚ Whether “material from the body” includes blood‚ Whether Juvenile Justices Act 1983 (NT) can be read with Police Administration Act 1978 (NT) – Expressio unius Procedural history: First
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