1. Movie Title I Am Sam 2. Year of Production 2001 (Theatrical) 2002 (Home Video) 3. Feature Length 134 Minutes 4. Director Jessie Nelson 5. Producers and Studio Director/Producer Jessie Nelson‚ Executive Producer David Scott Rubin & Producers Edward Zwick‚ Marshall Herskovitz‚ Richard Solomon. New Line Home Entertainment 6. Major Character Cast Sam Dawson played by Sean Penn Rita Harrison played by Michelle Pfeiffer Lucy Diamond Dawson played by Dakota Fanning
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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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I Am Sam In this movie‚ Sam Dawson‚ is a developmentally disabled adult who has been raising his daughter Lucy for seven years. He receives help in raising Lucy from a group of friends that also have developmental disabilities. Although Sam provides a loving and structured environment for Lucy‚ her intellectual development begins to surpass her fathers. Because Lucy’s school reported their findings of Lucy’s developmental progress possibly being altered by Sam’s disability‚ Lucy was taken
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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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Cri Du Chat Syndrome Introduction Cri du chat syndrome also known as 5p syndrome and cat cry syndrome - is a rare genetic condition that is caused by the deletion (a missing piece) of genetic material on the small arm of chromosome 5. Cri du Chat is a genetic disorder first described and named in 1963 by Jerome Lejeune. Cri-du-Chat means "cat’s cry" in French. The disorder causes the baby to produce a high pitched and cat like cry because of the structural abnormality and low
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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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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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LABELING Some educators believe that the labels used to identify and classify exceptional children today stigmatize them and serve to deny them opportunities in the mainstream. Labeling is required to be included for special education. Under current law‚ to receive special education services‚ a child must be identified as having a disability (i.e.‚ labeled) and‚ in most cases‚ must be further classified into one of that state’s categories‚ such as mental retardation or learning disabilities. Others
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Patau syndrome is a disorder that occurs due to the appearance of a person’s thirteen chromosome three times (trisomy 13) instead of only twice in the cell. In some cases of the disorder‚ only a select percentage of the cells display the third thirteen chromosome while others contain the average amount of pairs‚ this is known as mosaicism. The extra chromosomal material in the cell can lead to many problems in the developmental stages of the humans life‚ these developmental issues cause severe mental
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Congenital Heart Defects in Children Imagine giving birth to a beautiful‚ healthy looking‚ baby girl and holding her in your arms for the first time. Now imagine a doctor telling you that this little miracle has a possible life threatening congenital heart defect. I can because this happened to me. My daughter suffers from three different congenital heart defects. According to the American Medical Association Family Medical Guide‚ about 8 out of every 1‚000 children are born with heart abnormalities
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