Unfortunately there is no cure for CP, but there are treatments, therapy, and in some cases sugary to help the child live with the condition. Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common congenital disorders of childhood. An average of half a million adults and children suffer from CP in the United States. This disorder affects both complex and simple muscle coordination and also affects normal vital functions such as breathing, bladder and bowel control, eating and learning. Fortunately CP does not get worse over time.
Rutter investigated the effects of privation in Romanian orphans who had been brought to the UK after being raised in very poor institutions, having suffered extreme privation. Rutter found that from the children adopted from 6-12 months of age, 40% showed continuing mental deficits and impaired brain development. Deficits included autistic-like symptoms including a lack of guilt and inability to develop relationships. A follow up study showed at the age of 11 that while the orphan’s physical development had caught up quickly compared to the control group of UK adopted children, brain size caught up more slowly and while continuing improvement was still being shown, marked adverse cognitive effects were still present, suggesting that the consequences of privation aren’t completely irreversible. Interestingly in the Rutter study those who were adopted before the age of 6 months tended to show a more marked improvement compared to their older counterparts.
Growing up, I do not remember getting too many spankings, but, I can still here the crack my Dad would give my younger brother and sister. I felt so bad for them, especially if he left a mark. I would want to go console them as soon as he left, but was forbidden to do so. In 2009, a Duke University study published in Child Development concluded that spanking has detrimental effects on the behavior and mental development of children. The researchers found children who were spanked as 1-year-olds tended to behave more aggressively at age 2, and didn’t perform as well as other children on a test measuring thinking skills at age 3.
Why PE Should be Mandatory Obesity has climbed in young people since the 1980’s. Kids have more things to entertain themselves, such as video games, television, and other electronic devices. So what can we do to lower obesity in young people? We can teach kids in school why it’s important to be and stay in shape, through PE class. By doing activities that the kids would enjoy rather than doing activities they don’t like and wouldn’t participate in.
A lot of parents today tend to consider their children “too energetic”, “Moody” or “Hyper” and therefore believe they are ADD, ADHD, or Bipolar even when they might not be. There are no definite and scientifically sound tests to determine whether someone is truly ADD, ADHD, or bipolar, so all someone has to do is explain these “behaviors” associated with these disorders. Some of these behaviors include hyper activity, mood swings, excessive energy, an inability to focus, bad grades and short attention spans. These behaviors also can be associated with the normal way children act. Another issue with the lack of tests and being able to procure these drugs so easily is the large and overwhelming issue of misuse.
Autism Spectrum Disorder Erick Mojica Florida National University Professor Hortacio Nunez December 08, 2014 Abstract ASD formally known as Autism Spectrum Disorder is a disorder found in many children. It is mainly found more in males than in females. This disorder affects kids at a very young age and impairs both social and communication skills in the brain. In this paper, you will read the signs and symptoms and even the treatments and therapies these children can take. Don’t get me wrong, those these treatments will help the children cope and maybe even understand their disorder it will not cure it or take it away.
While some people argue that a lower drinking age will decrease adolescent binge drinking, others argue that a higher drinking age will decrease it. Yet both of these view points fail to look at the root of the issue. An adolescent’s first experience with alcohol comes from watching their parents. From the time they are born, children watch and learn from their parents. Children start off by imitating their parents, often with small interests such as sports, music, and food.
Studies have shown that homework for elementary – high school should not have homework but work on some special project or reading at home after school for only a satin amount of time depending on what grade the student is in like forty minutes to two hours a day after school. Studies also show that homework can be more harmful then help full to students as they grow up. Studies show that students going to school all morning and afternoon doing work then coming home to do even more work will make them very over worked and make them lazy and they would not wont
Some parents remain unaware of the impacts of divorce among children aged zero to three years or infants (Levin, 2013). The parents normally attribute the lack of effects as a result of failure to understand matters yet the children at that age become affected equally. The effects occur on children of varying ages starting from infants to toddlers to pre-scholars and eventually on to adolescents. The significance of the effects is mostly evidenced through the change of children’s behavior, which varies with age. The paper therefore examines the overall effects of divorce among children of different age.
Many sleep studies have been conducted and show that the amount and quality of sleep as well as erratic schedules can lead to poor academic performance in children. This can follow them into adulthood and show up as “diminished cognitive performance.” (Buckhalt, Wolfson, El-Sheikh, 2009) Any adolescents who self-inflicted injury upon themselves are at a much higher risk to commit suicide later, than ones who have never inflicted injury. (Crowell, Beauchaine, McCauley, Smith, Vasilev, Stevens, 2008) These conducts can be correctable and the child has every chance for success. What parent would not want their child to succeed? Psychologists can try to understand behaviors in order to allow that child to be successful.