1.1 Analyse the defining features of autistic spectrum conditions and the impact on practice The defining features of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can be grouped into three categories. The first of which is problems and difficulties with social interaction. Here individuals may have a lack of understanding of other thoughts and feelings. They may be unable to recognise social cues and thus find themselves in situations where others are made to feel uncomfortable. This feature can make it difficult for support staff to engage well with individuals, impacting on the level of support received.
Unit 26 Caring for Individual with Additional Needs P3. Explain barriers which may be experienced by individuals with additional needs. In this task I am going to explain the barriers that are experienced by individuals with additional needs in their every day life. Individuals with disabilities are often treated as less human than those who do not have a disability such as people at school or colleges insulting and bullying disabled people because they are unable to do things like participating in the sports if they are the wheel chair users, or they may be bullied because they behave and understand things differently from everyone else. They can also be discriminated against by people overwhelming them too much.
1.3 Explain how distress may affect the way an individual communicates. All individuals may react differently when feeling distressed. Some may become quiet, and not want to talk or make eye contact with you. Others may become angrier, and do all the talking in the conversation, and they may begin shouting. Individual’s self-esteem can be low, and their body language may be closed or negative, this can make communication difficult with an individual whom is distressed because you may not get any feed back from them, or you may not get a change to talk or be listened to to help them.
However, they all have difficulties with using language, being unable to talk and express their selves effectively and often having problems in processing and understanding the language and communication of others. Those suffering from an A.S.D
1.2 Identify problems that individuals with an autistic spectrum condition may havein social interaction and relantionships Communication difficulties may contribute to autistic people becoming socially anxious or depressed or prone to self-injurious behaviours. Significant percentage of people with autism are being diagnosed with co-morbid mood, anxiety and compulsive disorders which may also contribute to behavioural and functioning challenges. 1.3 Outline the problems of inflexibility and restrictveness in activitie and interests and how these may affect individuals on the autistic spectrum Individuals with autism like routine, don't like change, find it difficult to interact with others, are very focused on what interests them (sometimes to the point of obsession) they can easily become anxious and distressed. This makes them inflexible (won't let you change anything, repeat the same actions
Unit 393 – UNDERSTAND SENSORY LOSS 1.1 Sensory loss can often be a hidden disability which can frequently lead to isolation and frustration at not being able to communicate efficiently with other people. With hearing loss, day to day activities such as watching television, using the telephone, hearing the doorbell, or just taking part in conversations can produce feelings of inadequacy. Conversely, not being able to distinguish faces, read the time on a clock or drive can produce the same feelings in a person who has vision loss. Having a dual sensory loss compounds the frustration and isolation a person feels when trying to communicate effectively. Many blind and partially sighted people lose the ability to see gestures and facial expressions, which are important parts of communication.
Constantine Bennett G1 Unit 14 Understand the legislation, regulations and policies that underpin the protection of vulnerable adults. * 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults. Safeguarding practices are most commonly applied to children and young people under the age of 18. Key parts of legislation have recently been extended to include similar standards of protection to ‘vulnerable adults’. A vulnerable adult is a person defined as aged 18 or over, who either had a dependency on others or a requirement for assistance in the performance of basis function, a severe impairment in the ability to communicate with others, or has the reduced ability to protect themselves from assault or abuse or neglect.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can be used to treat people with a wide range of mental health problems. CBT is based on the idea that how we think (cognition), how we feel (emotion) and how we act (behavior) all interact together. Specifically, our thoughts determine our feelings and our behavior. Therefore, negative - and unrealistic - thoughts can cause us distress and result in problems. When a person suffers with psychological distress, the way in which they interpret situations becomes skewed, which in turn has a negative impact on the actions they take.
Often time they just put themselves down and they do not value themselves. What you can see from a passive communicator is they have small posture such as they will hunch when they feel nervous. Furthermore when communicating with others they just have little eye contact and their voices are soft, small, and hesitant. What you will hear from passive communicators are “I’m sorry”; “Sorry for …”; “It’s my entire fault” and so on. These are the apologetic words.
Word Count: 1380 Title: Theory of Mind is vital to the development of social skills. Discuss? Having the ability to understand another person’s mind is vital in developing and maintaining successful social relationships. This essay will discuss implications for the development of Theory of mind (TOM) and examine how individuals with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) are said to have difficulties developing a TOM and what effect this has on their social skills. First this essay will briefly define TOM and ASC.