...Keywords: Nursemaid’s Elbow, arms, dislocation, children, pain Page Description: Nursemaid’s elbow is dislocation of bone in the elbow. It mostly occurs in children due to injuries. Children affected with dislocation of bone refuse to move their arms due to the elbow pain. Doctor can help in locating the bone back to the place. Text: { Nursemaid’s Elbow Nursemaid’s elbow is a condition of dislocation of radius, a bone in the elbow. When the bone gets slipped out of its normal position at the elbow point, it is termed as dislocation. Nursemaid’s elbow is also called as radial head dislocation. Nursemaid’s elbow commonly occurs in children. Dislocation of elbow may occur in 3-4 weeks after the injury. Contact the...
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...firearm. However, many severe death results developed a dilemma that people had been debating about in the past century. A possible solution of this repeated problem is to add limitations on the right to bear arms or the means to keep a weapon. President Barack Obama recently stated that, “We know that states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths. So the notion that gun laws don’t work, or just will make it harder for law-abiding citizens and criminals to still get their guns is not borne out by the evidence.” This thus shows that there are issues disregarding whether fire arm restrictions have an impact on American citizens. As a result...
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...Assessing Real World Arm Use in Children With Cerebral Palsy A Literary Review Mariah Nichols Psychology 232-01 J. Whitaker October 27, 2013 Uswatte at el. (Use all the authors names the first time and always include the date) set out to improve, and find the accuracy, of the Pediatric Motor Activity Log-Revised (PMAL-R) when compared to other measurements, such as the Motor Activity Log (MAL), used on adults. The MAL has patients rate their ability to perform 30 activities, designed for use of the upper extremities, with the arm that is more affected. The MAL tends to be more accurate because the patient is reporting the usage versus the caregiver that gives the report in the PMAL-R. “. . .four developments have contributed to the generation of methods for assessing activity of an impaired upper extremity in daily life” (p 149). Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) supports the movement of upper limbs to help improve arm use. CIMT has been proven to be more beneficial than compensatory tactics, and patients using CIMT have shown greater brain plasticity (include name and date, p. 149). The researchers here wanted to interview the participants in person rather than via a paper survey. This is the way the test was meant to be performed, and they felt as though it would prove to be more accurate. The main goal of this article was to study the convergent validity, the test-retest reliability, and various characteristics of the PMAL-R in children with upper extremity...
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...Center Website. The name of the nonprofit organization of interest is The Sheltering Arms. It is located on Centennial Olympic Park Drive in Atlanta, Georgia. This organization is Georgia’s oldest nonprofit organization that majorly focuses on early childhood education programs. It is also one of the most respected organizations in the state. Its main mission is to give high-quality service to families. It also aims to provide affordable child care, education, and all-inclusive supportive services to the families in addition to providing professional development training to early childhood educators...
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...Child Soldiers: Criminals or Victims? Children are known as the innocence of society. The ever growing problem of child soldiers is a saddening and striking one. They are clearly victims of a much larger game ran by militias and corrupt governments, they are not wrong, but are wronged. Children are pushed and nudged into taking up arms through different ways .In war torn regions, Children are grown up and raised with the plague of war, it is all they know. They are not accustomed to regular childhoods, and they have no opportunities, so children tend to follow what they see, which is war and bloodshed. Militia leaders in third world countries tend to drug children and force them into being soldiers, upon refusal they even threaten and kill...
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... Do not bring us to the test but deliver us away from evil, Amen In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. 2. Greetings Good morning Class! Good morning Ma’am! How are you today? We are all fine Ma’am. Please sit down. Thank you. 3. Checking of Attendance Who’s absent today? None. We are all present. Very Good! 4. Health Inspection Put all your hands at the top Yes Ma’am. of your tables and I’m going to check if your finger nails are clean. 5. Drills: Action Song Let us sing the song “Row Row Row you r Boat” and follow the action. “Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream.” Very Good! 6. Review Okay children, name the parts of your body. Angie? My head. Very Good! Ivy? My elbow. Great! How about you Joy? My toes and feet. Very Good. B. Lesson...
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...Adults in the experiment were asked to rate how they used their more affected arm in different upper extremity activities throughout their daily routines over a period of time that was specified. For children their caregivers were asked to report how the child used their more affected arm with upper extremity hemiparesis. In the experiment children were given different tests with occupational or physical therapists who received about 8 hours of training. The tests usually lasted 30 minutes. Other groups of children also took a 30 minute test from physical or occupational therapists but they had about 7 hours of training. They all followed the same three steps. After, the PTs and OTs then received about 25 hours of training. Also in another article done by the University of Southern California they said occupational therapy focuses on health and well-being. Occupational interruption is the disruption in occupation due to the change in the environment of someone. Occupational therapists have to help people deal with things such...
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...focus easily. Most children love music and dancing, so for this lesson plan I have chosen a dance titled Father Abraham. As you may have noticed I will be developing this lesson for a class of kindergarten student’s. At this stage of development children should be able to make conscious decisions regarding music, art, dance and theater, and respond to them with some form of emotion. They should also be able to notice different sounds, pictures, and movements, as well as notice their similarities. They may even be able to create their own music and dance moves. Lastly they should have fairly good body control, and can work independently (NAEYC, 2004). This class has a total of 10 students and here is a look at the lesson plan: Grade Level: Kindergarten Class Size: 10 Students Student Learning Objective: As result of this lesson, students will . . . • Distinguish left and right • Follow commands on which arm, leg or head to move • March in place • Stay within their personal space State Standard: The North Carolina State Standards we will cover in this activity are, apply competent motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities, understand concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics that apply to the learning and performance of movement, and to use behavioral strategies that are responsible and enhance respect to self and others and value activity (Public Schools of NC, n.d.). Cues: Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg...
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...recapitulation activity in the form of a worksheet/song/game. You may attach the worksheet/ or the material used with your answer sheet/ answer. Lesson Plan for young learners: (Pre – Primary) Name of the Teacher : VIJAYA LAKSHMI BHUPATHIRAJU | Date: 06-04-2014 | Age Group : 3 to 4 years | Number of Students : 20 | Name of the Activity : * To improve Listening Skills. * Total Physical Response; children to do actions, following the teacher’s example to begin with.GAME: * Roll the cubeSONGS: * Warm up song (“Genki Disco Warm up song”) * Head, shoulder, knees and toes * One little finger, one little finger. Tap, tap, tap. | Material(s) used: * Parts of Body flashcards * Old carton * Match-up the body parts worksheet * | How is it going to benefit the child: * The child can be able to understand and recognize major parts of the body. * The child can drill new vocabulary. | PresentationMy BodyLesson plan DetailsIntroduction:The lesson plan helps children identify parts of body by using rhymes, physical activities, and a game, and also helps children to develop vocabulary on body parts.Objective: Identify Parts of body.Time Duration: 30 minutesActivity: Total Physical...
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...therapy Name: Institution: Question #1 Constraint-induced movement therapy, CI often forces usage of the affected arm while restraining the other healthy arm. Well, with Constraint-induced therapy, the therapist often compels the survivor’s healthy arm in a lob. Consequently, the survivor is forced to use the affected arm intensively and repetitively for approximately two weeks. Often after stroke, the survivor attempts unsuccessfully to put into practice the affected arm, though, their initial failure always discourages them to use that particular side. To use the Constraint-induced therapy, the survivor should have the capacity to extend their wrist as well as move their arm and even fingers. Several studies expose that CI therapy develops movement on the affected arm (Hakkennes, 2005). CI therapy is regarded as a way of refining the attainment of a motor skill by compelling the accumulation of more deliberate practice trials. After a stroke, several patients adopt various approaches that efficiently substitute the goal-projected movements that can usually have been allotted to the affected arm. Several of these approaches lead to using the unaffected arm more repeatedly, fundamentally leading to a reduced necessity for using the affected arm. In fact, in the view of Zipp (2012), each timely completion of any task by the utilization of the affected arm strengthens the non-use of that particular limb. Therefore, CI therapy is regarded as a way to defeat learned non-use,...
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...who his or her parents or family will be. God has blessed me with seven beautiful children who has made me the person that I am today. B. I am a mother. My children are my inspiration to be protective like Maui, nurturing like Hina Ke Ahi, and compassionate like Kamehameha. I have, and continue to, illustrate these traits towards my children and grandchildren. II. BODY PARAGRAPH 1 A. Topic Sentence: Like Maui, being protective of his mother Hina, I am protective of my children. B. Specific Example: I was in the process of a divorce from my husband of 14 years. Being separated for several months, we had to create a visitation schedule for our children. My 2 older children lived my husband, their father, and my baby, 3 years old at the time, lived with me. It was always miserable for me to take my daughter to visit her father. Knowing that he loved her dearly, he didn’t know how to be compassionate, comforting or understanding to her. Nanea is our baby; we struggled to care for her since birth. He didn’t have the patience to care for her. Several visitations would occur between Nanea and her father which she would return to me crying because she didn’t like the way he treated her older siblings. He would physically hurt them if they didn’t follow his directions or instructions. This would traumatize her as a young toddler, not wanting to be around his negativity. My older children decided to live with their father in fear that he would come after us in the middle...
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...Ricky Frey Oct 18th ELEMENTARY BACK STROKE STARTING POSITION -Push off the wall backwards and get into a upward position, on your back -Your face clears the water and you stare directly up -Your arms are at your side. -Your legs are out and together. -Your head is in line with your feet FIRST STARTING PHASE -At the same time, bend your knees and bring your feet towards your butt. Still keep your legs together while bending your knees. -If you are teaching children how to swim, you can call this position chicken or monkey to make learning more fun. -Bend your elbows and draw your hands up towards your armpits SECOND ACTIVE...
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...in measuring space (in terms of length, area or volume), children need to understand two fundamental concepts: the idea of a unit and the process of iterating a unit to complete a measurement. Understanding Units The important aspects of learning about units include: Appropriateness: A unit must be related to the aspect of the object to be measured. For example, you need a unit of area to measure area; you can’t measure area with a linear tool. This distinction may not be easy for students, since they are often taught that calculating the area of a rectangle is as easy as measuring its length and width with a linear tool and multiplying the results. This procedure only makes sense, however, if the student understands that this calculation is equivalent to dividing the rectangle into identical square units and counting them. The idea of a unit of area – e.g. a square inch – is unfamiliar to many students, so they don’t have a ready strategy for measuring area by counting square units. Several researchers have described young students’ difficulty measuring area (Nitbach and Lehrer, 1996), demonstrating how they sometimes treat length as a space-filling attribute, measuring the area of an object in linear inches, not in square inches. Consistency: Once you choose a unit, you must continue to use the same unit throughout your measuring task. The idea of maintaining a consistent unit in linear measurement is easier for children to understand than the parallel idea in measuring area...
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...osteocytes by way of these processes. 2. expect to see increased density in all weight bearing bones of the appendicular skeleton. 3. Blood calcium concentration is hormonally regulated within a narrow range of the homeostatic set point. hormone lowers the calcium level by stimulating osteoblast activity. 4. The trabeculae of spongy bone are not arranged randomly like the fibers of a kitchen sponge, but rather, are aligned along lines of stress in the bone so they can bear the greatest amount of stress for the least amount of bone mass. 5. If the epidermis blocked all UV radiation from reaching the blood vessels in the dermis. If no vitamin D were taken orally to compensate for this, then we would expect to see rickets in children or osteomalacia in adults. Both of these diseases result from inadequate bone deposition in the absence or insufficiency of vitamin D. Chapter 8 Review 1. B 2. E 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. E 7. C 8. D 9. E 10. B 11. Fontanels 12. Temporal 13. Sutures 14. Sphenoid 15. Anulus 16. Dens 17. Auricular 18. Styloid 19. Pollex, hallux 20. Longitudinal True and false 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. F...
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...to the Constitution(Second Amendment) of the United States of America(USA) is one of the most controversial. The Second Amendment specifically grants that, "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed" The way that an individual interprets the wording of the Second Amendment influences their point of view on who has the right to "keep and bear arms" (Amendment 2). The controversy brought on by the Second Amendment is because the Second Amendment does not clearly define whom "the people" are. This ambiguity has left room for action by legislative bodies and the courts to pass laws and make interpretations that influence the way this Amendment is applied and enforced. The Second Amendment says, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." (Amendment 2). A central argument put forth by gun-control advocates is that since there is no longer a "militia", that individuals should lose their rights to own a gun. They often assert that the term "militia" should now be defined as each state's National Guard or Reserves. On the other hand, anti gun control advocates argue that the Second Amendment clearly states that the people have the right to own and bear arms even if they are not part of an organized militia. II. ANTI GUN CONTROL ACTIVISTS VIEWS AND BASIS Anti-gun control activists interpret the Second Amendment as saying that any individual, weather...
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