...To start off I want to explain my back story and how it relates to this book. I have severe ADHD and relatively severe anxiety. I have been taking ADHD medication since I have been five years of age and I have been taking different anxiety medications for about six months. I lost one-hundred pounds in about nine months. Interestingly enough, through therapy and a lot of self-reflection this was the root to my anxiety. I became obsessed with my image and the way others perceive me and this was a contributor to my anxiety. Both of my parents have anxiety and their parents had anxiety also. My anxiety comes in waves instead of being a very constant thing. The worst part of my anxiety is my panic attacks. I can have panic attacks in which...
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...Clinical Assessment November 10, 2011 PSY 270 Introduction and Background Mr. and Mrs. Lawson brought their 4-year-old adopted daughter, Clara, to see Dr. Mason, a psychiatrist. Clara was polite in greeting Dr. Mason, but did not smile and kept her gaze down as she took a seat. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson sat next to Clara and began explaining their concerns. They described Clara as a quiet child who has recently begun throwing temper tantrums, during which she is inconsolable. Her sleep and eating patterns have changed, and she no longer wants to go to preschool. Interview Questions Since Clara is only four years old, I would want to talk to the parents alone. This would give me a chance to obtain some information that would help me when working with Clara. Some of the questions I would ask would be: 1. Have there been any major changes recently that have affected the family? 2. How old was Clara when she was adopted? 3. Did her biological parents have any contact with her before the adoption? 4. How and when did the changes in her sleeping and eating occur? 5. Has she been to her doctor concerning these changes? If so, what did the doctor have to say? Did the doctor put her on any medication? 6. Have the parent noticed anything that seems to trigger the tantrums? 7. What does Clara say about school and her teacher? 8. How long ago did Clara begin preschool? Assessment Tools Once I had gathered this information from the parents...
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...first grade class. The class was comprised of 16 students of which there were more boys than girls. One little girl was at beginning Kindergarten level with all subjects and two of the students have ADHD. All of the students were English speaking, however, it is very culturally diverse, as several of the students are from other parts of the United States. The diversity gives the students the ability to draw on strengths of the other students. Below are some of the classrooms set up. Educational goals I inquired on the teachers educational goals and was surprised that our goals are the same in many ways. In terms of teaching she wanted to provide the best education possible and goes above and beyond to make it a reality. In the event, a student needs additional assistance due to performing below grade level, she sets up a schedule to make those accommodations. The Learning Environment The classroom environment is safe and nurturing. The day started with a spelling test, with reminders of the way each word was made up, to give them the most success. Once, the test was done they moved on to math, the students moved into groups, there was more advanced students helping the ones that needed it. The desks are set up in cubes, which are numbered. The teacher advised me that this is easier for her to remember the “level” the students are at. The Classroom Procedure and Rules Their routine was to come into class, get settled, and a student goes to the board...
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...1. Based on the evidence from age 6 and 8 years, how well is your child adapting to the school social environment and to the peer group? To what extent does this adaptation seem to depend on personality characteristics that are fairly stable in your child, and to what extent does your child seem to be developing novel behavior to cope with these new situations? Refer to the textbook for particular points about the responses of children in this age group to the peer group and the school environment. (2 points) Many changes occur between the ages of 6-8 years old. Children are leaving the comfort of their preschool environment and entering the school environment. This new environment exposes children to multiple new experiences. How a child responds to these changes can impact how successful they are in the school environment. One of the bigger changes is the amount of other children in the classroom. Typically pre-school classes are smaller in number and children become comfortable playing with only a small social group. Kindergarten and first grade could potentially have 30 children and can cause a child to feel shy and unable to cope with the new social situation. Another factor that influences a child’s ability to adapt to the school environment is the teacher controlled environment and then the more child controlled environment on the playground. Most children are used to being monitored closely throughout the whole day. However, the playground environment and the independence...
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...Rachel M Prof. Sarah Collins COMM 1113 – Summer 2015 Speech #2 An Informative Speech on Josh Hamilton General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Josh Hamilton before cocaine took over his life, during the use of cocaine, and now as he is recovering from the addiction. Organizational Pattern: Topical Order INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: I have a story to tell you about a boy, blessed with a God given talent, who grew up to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional baseball player. A wonderful story, except that after becoming that amazing athlete, a monster crept into his life that has and will change it forever. Let me tell you about his journey. II. Credibility Position: Through thorough research about Josh Hamilton, his life and his career, I am excited to share with you many of the interesting facts and stories that I have learned. III. Reveal Topic: Lots of people in this world struggle with addiction, but only some people are blessed enough to get the opportunity to get their life back before the drugs. IV. Preview: Today I would like to share with you about Josh Hamilton prior to his drug use, during the use of cocaine, and now as he is recovering from the addiction. (Transition: First let’s take a look at the kind of person Josh was prior to drugs.) BODY OF SPEECH I. Main Point # 1: a. From the age of six, Josh spent as much time as he could...
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...Loud Noises Just make it stop, please, let it stop. I'm spending every minute awake wishing I was asleep, and every minute asleep in complete terror. Every breath seems to drain more life from me than the last. I would take or do anything to make it stop. I would sell my soul to the devil himself if I could. I can't take this anymore, I'm giving up. I was never a normal child growing up. Well I was always told by my superiors that I wasn't a normal child. My parents always telling me how unruly of a child I was. I was described as a ball of hell fire, who spat at the rules like they didn't apply to me. I was diagnosed With every hyperactive disorder the doctors had, Bipolar, ADD, ADHD. I felt like I wasn't wanted by my family. It was emptying and caused me to lash out more. Instead of just giving me attention they just shoved medication onto me. When I wasn't drugged out I was making sure my hatred for my parents was well heard. Some of the medication I was on made me feel like I was outside of my body watching someone else live my life. I never interacted with other children because my intelligence dwindled. I was always in a fog, It took more energy to communicate with others than any kid should have to. It was like trying to swim through high tide just trying to talk to others. My mind strained, my muscles ached, all tastes and smells were dulled down. I stopped enjoying food and stopped eating. I lost interest in sports, especially since I could barely pull myself out...
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...To what extent does biology affect our life experiences and how much impact does society have? The concept of “nature vs. nurture” remains to be a profound aspect when it comes to studying sociology. The social class we fall in, the education we receive, the gender roles we play, and the media we are exposed to prove to be much larger components in shaping who we are than our chemical makeup. Of course, there are many other key elements that determine our behaviors and morals such as religion, race/ethnicity, and geographic location, but for the purpose of this assignment I am going to concentrate on the first suggested social institutions and statuses. I have been fortunate to have had the chance to study exactly how socialization affects an individual and apply it to my own personal life. I have gained a greater understanding of why I am the way I am, and why my children are the way they are. This insight will surely be used to improve the quality of their futures, as well as my own. Chronic disease has become a major issue in the United States and this isn’t because of a genetic change. Changes in society have led to many Americans who consume a high calorie, low nutrition diet which is affecting their children and children’s children. Studies show that the gestational period, followed by the first two years of a child’s life sets the foundation of health for years to follow. In The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life, BBC Radio 4(2011) Dr Mark Porter explains how long-term...
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...45 The Start of a Journey: Introduction of myself If there’s a will, there’s a way. And if there is a way, Dan Hong has the will. Ever since I was born, I was curious about the world. I always said yes to trying new foods, taking mental and physical risks, and learning new skills when possible. I was born and raised in Queens, New York where I hustled on the daily; interacted with people of all kinds and developed a New Yorker mentality of “time is money” and acquired a taste for Italian, Korean, and Indian food. Then, I moved to the Great Neck bubble where I felt as if my development was being stagnated because of the lack of diversity and opportunities. But that didn’t stop me—I traveled to new locations such as California, West Virginia, and Guatemala to free my soul. These trips inspired me to take more risks not only elsewhere but at home such as shadowing physical therapy offices and ultimately volunteering as an EMT for my local fire department. By volunteering to help others in need of an emergency, I developed not only a passion in emergency care, but a specific love for...
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...when you were younger? ! My mom had asked the school to evaluate me, so she called or wrote the director of special education, even the principal of my school and had to describe the concerns that she had with the my academic performance and she even requested an evaluation under IDEA, to see if a disability was even involved in the first place just to make sure. My public school was concerned about how I was learning and developing. Since the school and my mother thought I had a the disability, they evaluated me but the best part about it for my mother was that it didn't cost me anything to check. They asked my mom for her written consent before they had evaluated me. Just because my mom had asked didn't mean they had to do it. They could have said no, but they would have had to explain to my mother why they wouldn't want to do so. ! 2. What would have happened if you were not eligible for special education in your public school , how would you have felt ? ! If the public school would have came up with the conclusion that i was not eligible for special education, the school system would have gave me that reasoning as to why I wasn't found “eligible.” At first that did happen but under IDEA, and they gave my mother the information as to what she can do to basically since she disagreed with the decision they had made. Either way no one wants to be disabled so if they were to tell me that knowing I had the issue I wouldn't have received the help I got...
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...American citizen health and the doctor-patient relationship. There have been many changes in the federal regulation of print and broadcast advertising over the past twenty years. This has been a gray area of regulatory developments since the original Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906, which limits the informal and indirect marketing of pharmaceutical drugs. Other than the voluntary decision to follow the AMA Code of Ethics, no formal regulation has been enforced. Direct to Consumer Marketing of Prescription Drugs My research paper will show both sides in the lively debate of Pharmaceutical companies directly marketing to the American public. On one side of this debate is the argument that the growth of Direct-to-Consumer advertising has changed the role of a physician in reducing his/her authority. It is also concerning that the non-medically trained average American absorbing the information on benefits and risks from Direct to Consumer advertising instead of trusting the medically trained physician. The other side of this debate is a lack of public awareness of Pharmaceutical Drug options for medical conditions. Studies have shown mixed results and in 1985, the FDA gave notice in the Federal Register claiming jurisdiction of the Direct to Consumer advertising of prescription drugs so it would provide the American consumer with an adequate safeguard from deceptive or misleading claims. The Pros and Cons of Direct-to-Consumer advertising According to Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism...
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...of the hood, and she did. Josh attended Hyde Park Elementary school. My previous school had been mainly black kids; however, this school had mainly white kids. In elementary school I was completely lost in must subjects, but Josh seemed to do well in math. The school was in walking distance. The first time Josh failed was in the second grade. After he failed, some genius, maybe my teacher, decided to put him in Exceptional Student Education Classes (ESE). Although it is mostly recognized in relation to students with disabilities (physical, mental, emotional, etc.,), it is truly meant for all students outside the "average" student (including gifted students). ESE is really a very large umbrella...ranging from students with ADHD to those with visual/hearing impairments, to students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) to gifted. Under the category of ESE are all these sub topics. Of course, he did not know any of this at that time period of my life. Josh teacher’s name was Mrs....
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...reading, I found some of his concepts are difficult to fully envision for logical reasons. A number of his concepts give an overreaching impression and are a bit too broad. While Raine brings up many valid points, I found myself asking important questions while reading Anatomy of Violence. Does this new research and belief give criminals a “Get out of jail free” card? While reading this book, I asked myself, Will this new theory allow violent offenders to get away with violent offenses? However, I also ask myself, if these criminals in deed have brain abnormalities/malfunction/defects, is it fair to throw them in jail without proper treatment if it is out of their control? As a future defense attorney, I appreciate a book that allows me to question and examine what I believe and know to be true. It is important that...
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...THE USES OF REASON by Jonah Lehrer The summer of 1949 had been long and dry in Montana; the grassy highlands were like tinder. On the afternoon of August 5—the hottest day ever recorded in the area—a stray bolt of lightning set the ground on fire. A parachute brigade of firefighters, known as smokejumpers, was dispatched to put out the blaze. Wag Dodge, a veteran with nine years of smokejumping experience, was in charge. When the jumpers took off from Missoula in a C-47, a military transport plane left over from World War II, they were told that the fire was small, just a few burning acres in the Mann Gulch river valley. As the plane approached the fire, the jumpers could see the smoke in the distance. The hot wind blew it straight across the sky. Mann Gulch is a place of geological contradiction. It is where the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains, pine trees give way to prairie grass, and the steep cliffs drop onto the steppes of the Midwest. The gulch is just over three miles long, but it marks the border between these two different terrains. The fire began on the Rockies’ side, on the western edge of the gulch. By the time the firefighters arrived at the gulch, the blaze had grown out of control. The surrounding hills had all been burned; the landscape was littered with the skeletons of pine trees. Dodge moved his men over to the grassy side of the gulch and told them to head downhill, toward the placid Missouri River. Dodge didn’t trust this blaze. He wanted to be near...
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...Chapter 1: Student Characteristics Understand Characteristics of Students with Disabilities Some students with disabilities pass through typical developmental milestones and express skills within an average range for their age group. Others show delayed growth at certain developmental milestones, and many students with disabilities experience challenges as they navigate through the school curriculum. It is critical that special education teachers know how to differentiate between typical individual differences among children without disabilities and differences that may indicate a disability that requires interventions and/or specialized designed instruction. In addition, special education teachers need to know the most common types of disabilities that students may experience and how those disabilities affect their ability to learn and their behavior in the classroom. Competency 1 thus focuses on the characteristics of typical and atypical human growth and development and the characteristics of students with various disabilities that special education teachers are likely to encounter. The test includes a wide range of multiple-choice questions that address Competency 1. * Questions on typical and atypical behaviors and abilities for children and adolescents at particular ages. * Questions on the types and characteristics of various disabilities. * Questions on the similarities and differences among students with and without disabilities. This competency encompasses...
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...2 Understanding Diversity in the Classroom CHAPTER LEARNING GOALS After you study this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Explain the importance of understanding classroom diversity. 2. Explain the different group and individual sources of diversity. 3. Describe approaches to teaching in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. 4. Explain the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 5. Explain the characteristics of students with exceptionalities. 6. Describe the role of the teacher in the inclusive classroom. Imagine You Are the Teacher It Is The First Teaching year at Lincoln Elementary School for Ms. Branson. She has 30 fifth-graders of whom 13 are girls and 17 are boys, 12 participate in the free and reduced lunch program, 5 are English language learners, and 4 have individualized education programs (IEPs). As she plans her lesson on paragraph writing, she is trying to keep the special needs of each of her students in mind. Because Jessica has a hearing impairment, Ms. Branson decides to make a written outline that includes the important parts of a paragraph and examples of good and bad paragraphs. She also decides to go over the outline several times because Fred and Alex have a reading disability. In her plan, there is also a note to herself to find a bigger pencil and wide-lined paper for Suzy, who requires these modifications according to her IEP. Based on past writing experiences, she expects Monica to finish writing her paragraph...
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