...The inclusion of individuals with ASD into mainstream classroom settings first began with the introduction of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and later reauthorized as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1990. These laws ensured that all children no matter their disability were included into classroom settings, even though they may not have been given the proper learning environment needed to succeed. Inclusion in the education system has created a lot of controversy among teachers, parents, and other individuals that may be affected by this topic. This controversy represents the decision to incorporate students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) into mainstream classrooms rather than special learning...
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...first stereotype I would like to look at is older workers. Many employers believe it is not worth the time and expense of hiring older people as workers. When referring to ‘older people’ I am speaking of people over or very close to the age of 60 years. It is a waste of time to hire them, spend money to train them, just to have them get sick, not be able to handle the job or retire. The argument for not hiring older workers is based in profits. Older people have shorter time to work before they will be leaving an employer, either to retirement or due to health reasons, older people get sick more often than younger people do, and older people cannot use new technology. In an article entitled Older workers: an exploration of the benefits, barriers and adaptations for older people in the workforce we find the following: “Negative stereotypes of older workers included that they are resistant to change, lack energy and enthusiasm, are unable to adapt to new technology and reluctant to undertake training” (Frasier, L. et al 2009 pg 3 para 1) There are many misconceptions in this thinking. Older workers are more experienced, which benefits a company – they don’t need as much training or one on one working with a mentor. They are more likely to be able to do their work without the shadowing of another employee. They are more likely to be stable in their work ethnics, and more reliable to show up for work when scheduled. They already know how to work with other people, and are more outgoing...
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...Imagine moving to a new country that has a different culture and different language that you are not familiar with. It’s going to be pretty hard to do normal everyday tasks like ordering food from a restaurant or even saying hi to someone because you don't know about the country's social cues and mannerisms and they don't understand yours. People will judge you before they even get to know you because you are not like them. This is what it feels like to live in America with Autism. Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD is a complex brain development disorder. ASD has varying degrees of severity and many sub groups, including Asperger's syndrome. Most people with ASD are born with the disorder and can be diagnosed as early 2 years old, although symptoms...
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...So the question becomes figuring out how to identify potential ways to find valuable connections between gene expression and environmental factors that may drive risks of autism. Literature Review Autism research can broadly be defined into two major subset or categories of research, social science and biomedicine. The biomedical aspect of autism research “focuses on autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder” looking at aspects like etiology, trajectory of development, genetics, and much more (Solomon, 2010). Genetics have been an area of increased research for a few decades now. One of the greatest accomplishments in the field of genetics is the Human Genome Project, started in 1990 and taking twenty-three years to complete - the Human Genome project that sequenced and map all the genes of human beings (Human Genome Project, 2015). Knowing the complete gene sequence has been beneficial to guide the development and potential causes of certain disorders. The exact genes or gene sequences that affect autism...
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...Behavior Portfolio for Autism Student Name Institution Behavior Portfolio for Autism Student Case Study of an Autism Girl Positive Behavior Support Plan Positive behavior plan are strategies formulated to deal with problematic behaviors exhibited by ASD individuals to reduce the occurrence of the problem and teach new skills to those individuals (Matson, Tureck, Turygin, Beighley, & Rieske, 2012). It is a rigorous plan that involves all members around the individuals on how best to deal with individuals with ASD and to ease their co-existence, which may sometimes be stressful. Members surrounding the individual receive full details of the problems to enable them have an in-depth understanding of what triggers the problem and therefore know how to prevent it. It also provides information on how to respond to those problems and the importance of teaching and reinforcing new skills. According to Neitzel Positive Behavior Support is used currently as a mode tool to reduce interfering behaviors of individuals with ASD and has been noted to be effective in reducing interfering behavior (Neitzel, 2010). The individual’s environment is to be modified to allow ease of transition and application of new skill to reduce any interfering behavior exhibited by the individual. Characteristic of the Individual Trisha is a nine-year-old girl living with her parents and three siblings in their country house in the outskirt of the city. Their home is large and each of the children...
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...special education programs. You have little to no training or resources to help you through this new process. Some of these students are nonverbal. Some of them cannot read or write. Some react violently when faced with too much sensory input. Now, imagine sitting all of these students down in a blended classroom and teaching the works of Shakespeare. Clearly, these students cannot learn or absorb the material, even if adapted to better fit their needs. Even writing a paper or making a simple speech exceeds their abilities. This is the problem that lies within the premise of mainstreaming or inclusion-based education. While mainstreaming and inclusion, the acts of blending general education classes and special education classes, can help boost social skills of formerly special education students, it should not be implemented in school systems in regards to severe disabilities as it creates a more disruptive environment that inhibits the learning of those around them. Rather, willing general education students should volunteer their time into spending time with and modeling appropriate behavior and a higher level of academic skills to help these special education students succeed. Given that 52.6 million Americans have some level of disability and 33 million have a severe disability (according to the National Inclusion Service Project, “...a person with a severe disability is one who is unable to perform one or more activities of daily living; has one or more specific disabilities; or...
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...Organizational Behavior Lecturer: R.A.R.G.Ranaweera Student Name: Sooriyaluxmi Student ID:CT/HNDBM/59/23 26/04/2015 ASSIGNMENT BRIEF Organizational behavior the assignment is based on the practices used in an organization and the different structures and cultures used by different organizations. choosing the proper culture and structure how it helps an organization in its growth and how a bad structure and culture makes an organization not to get the high productivity. The factors that influences an individual behavior in an organization, each and every individual’s behavior differs according to the organization’s culture and structure. When an individual represent the organization it clearly reflects that what kind of a organizational structure and culture it has. So an individual performance can judge the whole organization. The motivational theories that encourages the employees and the best theory that PQR the expanded organization can apply considering its long term run. And the proper leadership style that PQR should decide and the advantages of using a proper leadership style has been discussed. and the different approaches to the management in two different organizations have been discussed. The groups and group behavior of an organization and the effectiveness of a group than an individual has been discussed. And how a teamwork helps an organization to perform in an effective way and to perform efficiently and how modern technologies support individual performance...
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...Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. For a diagnosis to be made, symptoms must become apparent before a child is three years old.Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood. It is one of three recognized disorders in the autism spectrum (ASDs), the other two being Asperger syndrome, which lacks delays in cognitive development and language, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (commonly abbreviated as PDD-NOS), which is diagnosed when the full set of criteria for autism or Asperger syndrome are not met. There are different unknown causes of autism but the condition is linked to biology and chemical abnormality in the brain, the children and parents affected with autism face different challenges to live a normal life. Autism is a physical condition linked to abnormal biology and chemistry in the brain. The exact causes of these abnormalities remain unknown, but this is a very active area of research. There are probably combinations of factors that lead to autism. Genetic factors are important causes of autism. Also, language abnormalities are more common in relatives of autistic children. Chromosomal abnormalities and other nervous system (neurological) problems are also more common in families with autism. Several lines of evidence...
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...continuum through which students develop a mature, integrated identity with a systemic understanding of the interrelationships among the self, local and global communities, and the natural and physical world.” The next issue addressed was Perspective which is “Taking the continuum through which students develop a mature, integrated identity with a systemic understanding of the interrelationships among the self, local and global communities, and the natural and physical world. Another issue we addressed was Cultural Diversity which is “the ability to recognize the origins and influences of one’s own cultural heritage along with its limitations in providing all that one needs to know in the world.” The next issue talked about was Personal and Social Responsibility which is “the ability to recognize one’s responsibilities to society-locally, nationally, and globally- and to develop a perspective on ethical and power relations both across the globe and within individual societies.” The next topic discussed was Understanding Global Systems which is “the complex and overlapping worldwide systems, including natural systems and human systems, which operate in observable patterns and often are affected by or are the result of human design or disruption. The final topic addressed was Applying Knowledge to Contemporary Global Contexts which is “the application of an integrated and systemic understanding of the interrelationships between contemporary and past challenges facing cultures, societies...
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...Public Health and Health Care HCS/535 Public Health And Health Care Public health agencies can affect one’s workplace in many ways. An organization that does research on developmental health issues has to deal with the Department of Developmental Services or DDS on a regular basis. The Department of Developmental Services is a division of the Health and Human Services and helps create opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. The DDS plays a major role in public health of the community of developmental disabilities. The role of public agencies in health as a whole helps provide care for the disabled, advocate for social rights and better health for the communities. They also help create a network of workers that are responsible for ensuring that individuals with developmental disabilities have their chance in society and are treated fair and with dignity. The Department of Developmental Services * The Department of Developmental Services is dedicated to creating innovation as well as genuine opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities to participate fully and meaningfully in, and contribute to their communities as valued members (HHS, n.d.). The DDS have many principles to help guide them in accomplishing their goal. Some of those principles include respecting each individual by promoting the human and civil rights, and try to prevent neglect and abuse. Also the DDS helps enhance public awareness about people with intellectual disabilities...
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...School Environment Analysis There are many environment, contextual factors and community needs of schools across the county. If you ever get the chance to sit down and really think about the different schools around where you live, please ask yourself what you think some of the effects of an involved or not community in the community school in the area where you live? At my current school some of the effects are socioeconomic, geographic, features of the classroom, ethnicity, and community and parent involvement. The overall environment does have an effect on the performance of each individual student. The community that I am a teacher is in Orlando, Florida. The community is Pine Hills which is a suburban area which consist of several subdivision and apartments. The geographic location has a vast effect on the community. The students can sometimes insist that their behavior should be a certain way because of what they see at home. According to the setting in which a school is located impacts the culture and values of its students and therefore their behaviors. In 2013 Pine Hills is perceived to be a high crime area .There are many schools, churches, and community organizations that assist the community effort for change. The police department in Orlando have increase their crime prevention unit in order to assist the neighborhoods to prevent crime in the surrounding areas. There has been a vast effort from the code enforcement in order...
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...Kathryn King Level 3 Diploma in health and social care Unit 1 Principles of communication in adult social care settings. 1. Understand why communication is important in adult social care settings. 1.1 Identify different reasons why people communicate. There are many reasons why people communicate. Communication helps build relationships not only in a professional context but also in your personal life. Communication in every form builds trust and understanding of one another's needs. It helps us share ideas and express our needs and wants through asking questions and gaining information from either a verbal response or a non-verbal response such as listening to responses and observing body language, facial expressions and eyes contact. Communication also helps us express our feelings and emotions and enables an empathetic and reassuring response. It can also help us to socialise and build relationships with new people. Communication is very important for a support worker as through effective communication the support worker can gain information by asking questions and listening to responses. This allows the support worker to provide the correct support for the service user and build a trusting relationship. Communication with colleagues is also very important. It allows the continuity of care and ensures all staff members are aware of any changes in support. Communication in the work place promotes good working relationships and can be used to get a point...
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...number of various types of disabled people in our society. If they are properly trained, they can substantially contribute instead of becoming burden to others. In developed and developing countries, Government takes the responsibility for training and rehabilitating these people. In Bangladesh, our Government has also taken many measures of this kind but those are not enough. To multiply the effort, like many other countries, there are some organizations established and run by the parents and guardians of disabled people. Autism is a kind of disability usually identified in children at the age between 18 months to 3 years. The affected children suffer from mainly 3 difficulties. These are: Verbal or non verbal communication, Impaired social inter-action and limited activities/interest with rigidity in thinking and repetitive behaviour. These children may improve and live a close to normal life if appropriate intervention and proper training is imparted in time. Though we have many organizations in Bangladesh working with various fields of disability but there is hardly any quality institute developed exclusively for the autistic children. The problem further aggravated with the unavailability of any training centre to train trainers or teachers to work with autistic children. Similarly, there is no facility available for the training or motivation of parents or caregivers of autistic children. We neither have any centre for caring a child for the whole day nor do we have...
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...Non-Profit Analysis Project Michele Holt Liberty University BUSI 602-B02: Non-Profit Management Professor Dr. Marjorie Carlson Hurst July 6, 2012 Author Note This paper was prepared for Non-Profit Management, Section BUSI 602, taught by Professor Dr. Marjorie Carlson Hurst. Abstract The roots of America’s nonprofit, steam from the ancient traditions of charity, philanthropy, and voluntarism (Worth, 2012, p. 19). Charity can be defined as giving intended to meet current individual human needs or to alleviate current human suffering (Worth, 2012, p. 20). Volunteerism is defined as a very active process that requires active involvement with either the beneficiaries directly or an organization or group that serves a specific population in need (Worth, 2012, p. 20, 21). Virtually all cultures and religion include some emphasis on the importance of service to others, which includes giving or voluntary action (Worth, 2012, p. 19). The Bible teaches us, “Then the righteous will answer him, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you? The King will reply, truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:31-46, NIV). This paper will examine the importance of a Christian worldview as it relates to nonprofit...
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...This action research study is to examine social skill intervention on children with social deficits and their ability to use active listening and observing to help them notice others. “The term ‘social skills’ encompasses a wide range of abilities that includes listening and speaking skills, the recognition and understanding of emotional facial expressions, and the appropriate employment of gesture, posture, and proximity” (Ryan & Charragain, 2010, pp. 1505). What effect does active listening and observation intervention have on students with social deficits and their ability to make connections with their peers? After intervention, participants should know how to ask questions and respond with follow up comments by actively listening. Participants should know how to collect information about peers by actively observing them inside their school community, as well as listening to them. We should see participants noticing and doing non-verbal communication while...
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