Selective Mutism Selective Mutism is the name given to a mental disorder found mostly in children‚ which is characterized by the child ’s failure to speak in certain situations and settings for greater than one month. These children have the ability to speak and understand spoken language‚ yet they are unable to speak in many social settings. Most speak at home or to certain individuals in the home‚ but are unable to speak in school. Most do‚ however‚ function normally in other ways and learn
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Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Selective Mutism SARA P. DOW‚ B.A.‚ BARBARA. C. SONIES‚ PH_D.. DONNA SCHEIB‚ M.S_C.CC.lS.P-‚ SHARON E. MOSS‚ PH.D" AND HENRlETT A L. LgONARD‚ M.D. ABSTRACT Objective: To provide practical guidelines for the assessment and treatment of children with selective mutism‚ in light of the recent hypotnesis that selective mutism might be best conceptualized as
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Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits. Typically‚ strains that are selectively bred are domesticated‚ and the breeding is normally done by a professional breeder. Bred animals are known as breeds‚ while bred plants are known as varieties‚ cultigens‚ or cultivars. The cross of animals results in what is called a crossbreed‚ and crossbred plants are called hybrids. In animal breeding techniques such
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Selective Breeding essay Eugene Ng F3G6 Selective Breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits. Typically‚ strains that are selectively bred are domesticated‚ and the breeding is normally done by a professional breeder. Bred animals are known as breeds‚ while bred plants are known as varieties‚ cultigens‚ or cultivars. The cross of animals results in what is called a crossbreed‚ and crossbred plants are called
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Introduction A. This inquiry examines the little-known disorder‚ Selective Mutism (SM) Awareness in Education. Selective Mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that affects children and adults causing them to withdraw from interacting with others‚ especially in large groups. Because of this disorder‚ children with Selective Mutism fail to respond and participate in class. 1. There are serious gaps in the research literature about Selective Mutism (SM). Consequently‚ lack of research cause lack of awareness
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The Ethics behind selective breeding Selective breeding‚ or artificial selection‚ is a process whereby evolution is overridden so that only organisms with required traits are selected by humans to reproduce over many generations; often resulting in highly productive crops or farm animals‚ or desirable pet breeds (see figure 1). As evolution‚ or natural selection‚ most commonly only allows the fittest‚ strongest and healthiest to survive‚ by-passing this progression can risk adverse organism development
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Sex-Selective Abortions in China Part A: Ethical Issue & Importance The news article selected for the ethical analysis is based on the ‘One Child Policy of China’; many ethical issues arise from this article and topic in general. The ethical issue that has been chosen for analysis is whether or not sex-selective abortions are ethical for families to have a desired sex of a child in China. Although the ethical issues behind abortion in general is very large‚ this analysis will focus
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The issue of sex selective abortions is reflective of women’s inferior status throughout contemporary Indian society. Feminism and women’s rights have resulted in abortion rights throughout many countries‚ which are thought to benefit womanhood for a range of reasons. However‚ in developing countries such as India‚ abortion rights are reinforcing the patriarchy that has oppressed women for millions of decades‚ through the practise of sex selective abortions. Historically‚ son preference
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Selective breeding in dogs. Also known as artificial selection‚ is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to develop particular traits on the animals such as how they look or to produce certain exaggerated traits. There are many different types of traits that make reason for selective breeding‚ mainly physical‚ and only some for good emotional and disease blocking purposes. In a lot of ways‚ this is similar to inbreeding in humans. Selective Breeding a bad thing because
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Running Head: SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION Sex Selective Abortion: The Consequences of a World Full of Men Pavith Devarajan World Issues Ms. Hamilton Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION Abstract A deeply-rooted practice in countries such as India and China‚ the act of sex-selective abortion has existed for centuries without any extraneous intervention from governments or international organizations. However‚ in recent years the practise
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