The Out-of-Sync Child Liberty University Kari Lane 11-26-2012 PSYC 221 The Out-of Sync Child, by Carol Stock Kranowitz, addresses the challenges faced by those with sensory processing disorder. This book takes a little known, often missed disability and makes it accessible to the people who need this information the most. Parents and caregivers desperately need coping skills and resources to help children with SPD and related issues. My report addresses a disorder that many people are not aware of. My report of the Out-of-Sync Child is intended to bring light to issues children with Sensory Processing Disorder, and other developmental disabilities, face on an everyday basis.
Students have difficulties in vocabulary, retrieving a word when needed, understanding multiple meanings, and figurative language. Students may also struggle with phonological processes matching symbols to the sounds they represent. It is possible to exhibit significant difficulties fitting into social settings due to difficulties in language. Language disorders are usually identified using standardized tests and the observations of those with whom the child interacts. Speech disorders may be identified using an articulation test.
EDUC 302 Case Study 1 You have a student who is struggling with your synthetic approach to teaching phonics. Explain 3 alternative approaches to phonics instruction that you could use to help this student. Alternative #1: Linguistic Phonics Instruction, on page 231, is an approach that teaches unknown words by placing together sound-symbol patterns. For example, Dr. Seuss books use sound-symbol patterns and use the repetition of words that sound alike to teach new words. A good way to teach this to a child who is having problems with synthetic patterns, is to give them books, like Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss.
Many children with disabilities usually need more structured and clearly amorphous surroundings, also behaviorally, than a general education classroom can offer. ADHD’s basic signs for children with an ADHD are lack of concentration, hyperactivity, and impulsivity causes child children to cope with day to day school challenges (Zentall, 1993). Children with ADHD have trouble sustaining attention to stay on task; this causes them to miss important details on their assignments, distraction during class activities and difficulty organizing assignments. According to doctor (Russell Barkley), he said that “children with ADD/ADHD have the tendency to fall behind about 30 percent, when it comes to their developmental performance.” In fact, the NIH
Sharon Johnson 4/20/13 Comparison and Contrast Essay Word Count: 447 ADHD/ADD in Adults and Children Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (commonly referred to as ADD or ADHD – though AD/HD is the technically correct abbreviation) is a neurologically based condition characterized by problems with attention, impulse control, and hyperactivity. I picked this topic because my two boys and I have ADHD. A lot of people don’t understand or how to handle a child with ADHD/ADD. I hope by me doing this essay on this it will help people to understand them better. Symptoms of ADHD develop in childhood, but can persist into adolescence and adulthood.
Researchers are consistently seeing bog-term problems in the crack-exposed children. Problems that may cause them to be labeled reaming disabled. Diagnosis for the most severely damaged children usually indicated need for special education classes. For the others, the severity and scope of their problems varied, but most all had difficulty in a traditional school setting. There was an inability to deal with many different stimuli at once.
Anencephalic Infants Britney Moore Abnormal Psychology April 28, 2012 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to show the ethical dilemmas that are involved in health care today in regards to organ transplantation especially in anencephalic infants. This topic interests me because it is an abnormal neural tube defect that affects infants in today’s society. While reading about Rett’s Disorder I found there are similarities between the two disorders. For example both Rett’s Disorder and Anencephaly infants have abnormally small heads and they either lose the ability to use motor skills and talk or never are able to do either. Both also affect mostly girls and the child loses the ability to properly function.
The video, “The Medicated Child,” is a PBS documentary on the rising numbers of children diagnosed with significant mental disorders, from ADHD to Bipolar disorder. This also shows the significance of heavy medication of those children with largely untested drugs. Something that was only touched on briefly by one specialist is that these untested drugs are being pumped into our children with little- to no- testing for the effects on children, in general, as the human brain is still vastly not understood and to introduce stimulants and depressants into a developing brain is borderline insane itself, and worth of a disgnosis for heavy medication itself. When interviewing the representative of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), he stated
They also have a deficiency of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. This part of the brain’s nerve connection is where inhibition and self- control are determined. Although the levels and amounts of these chemicals present or the lack there of in each child may vary, the disorder is a chemical imbalance in this part of the brain. When the chemical imbalance is present the only cure or solution is medication. In conclusion, Children with Attention Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) can’t help the fact that they are inattentive, hyperactive, and can’t focus very well.
12/7/2013 Reni Childhood Trauma & Dissociative Identity Disorder Abnormal Psychology Fall PSYC Childhood Trauma and Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder, is a severe form of dissociation; a mental process that produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. DID is believed to be the effect of severe trauma suffered during childhood. It’s believed that experiencing extreme, repetitive physical, sexual, or emotional abuse causes the disassociation, and as a result, a coping mechanism develops – the individual dissociates himself from the situation or experience that is too violent,