...1. What types of behaviors might indicate referral for assessment? The child is easily distracted, unable to pay attention, or stay focused for a prolonged period of time. When there is an observable pattern of inappropriate behavior, for instance, the child is unable to complete classroom assignments, distracts others, throws tantrums, biting, shows oppositional defiant behavior, and withdrawal. Behaviors that might indicate referral for assessment may include but are not limited to any child not succeeding at school, failing academically, not meeting the requirements set for the average individual in his age group, or parent- or teacher-reported concerns. 2. What are some possible causes of observed behavioral symptoms? Some possible causes of observed behavioral symptoms may be stimuli coming from the environment. Environmental reasons might involve not having breakfast at home. Traumatic or disturbing experiences may preoccupy or worry them such as witnessing a fight at home. Some problems with the structure and functioning of the brain due to accidents, including seizures or other changes, disease or improper development. Also, problems with the cognitive functioning of the brain in terms of working memory or processing speed. 3. Why is it important to be...
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...Youth Victimization Shannon Graham Grantham University Abstract This paper will cover juvenile victimization. It will discuss the “Youth Victimization: Prevalence and Implications” report and include its strengths and weaknesses. Information is derived from the Youth Victimization study, which was published in April 2003 as well as other sources. After reading this paper, the reader should have an understanding of correlations between youth victimization and mental health problems and delinquent behavior. Youth Victimization The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) produced a report on juvenile victimization and its correlation to youth mental health and juvenile delinquency. The report reflects the findings and conclusions of the authors, Dean Kilpatrick, Benjamin Saunders, and Daniel Smith (Kilpatrick, et al., 2003). The report...
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...Kaplan University CM107 Professor Lori Martindale Effects of Bullying and Cyberbullying In the state of Florida, a 12 year old girl by the name of Rebecca Sedwick jumped to her death due to bullying in school and online. According to reports, this may not have been the only factor in her life to cause her suicide. Rebecca came from a single parent home and her mother was not a strong role model. Rebecca’s home and school life may have been the reason for her death. Rebecca was being cyberbullied by more than fifteen people (Dahl, 2013). Children who experience bullying, or bully others are most likely to have suicidal thoughts, attempt physical harm, and sadly successfully take one’s own life. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007), suicide was the third leading cause of death among adolescents in 2004. Even though suicide rates have decreased 28.5% between 1990 and 2004 among young people, upward trends were identified in the 10 to 19 year old age group in 2003-2004 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007). Children today have if far worse than any other generation before them. The pressures they face today exceed society’s expectations. Bullying has been at the forefront for decades, this behavior may include physical contact. Like pushing, shoving, hitting, and stealing. This type of bullying makes the victim feel less than human. Psychological bullying shows in the form of teasing, rude comments, mimicking, and making everyone...
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...Jail Management System Known as having the largest correctional system in the world the United States of America has a hierarchy of correctional centers. The United States justice system consist of administrative works for adjudicating and processing those who are accused and convicted of various crimes ranging from blue collar crimes up to murder. In 1770 the Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia was recognized as the first penitentiary in America, according to Steve Schooner from the University of San Diego. Around the 17th to date, the American prison system has completely changed keeping some of the same principles. The prison system of the United States has clearly changed from its first debut in the late 1700's. The mission of the prison system in the United States then was to keep society safe from those who were found guilty of crimes in a court of law by confining them in full control of the government. Whether state or federal agencies have control of the accused the principles remain the same. State and federal agencies are charged with keeping the accused in confinement until the judicial system deems necessary according for the seriousness of the crime. The impact of the great penitentiary rivalry on our current prison system includes two systems, he Pennsylvania System and the Auburn System. The Pennsylvania System was supported by the notion of keeping all who were committed to prison behind bars and separated from all other prisoners. Silence and continuous...
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...Kaplan University CM107 Professor Lori Martindale Effects of Bullying and Cyberbullying In the state of Florida, a 12 year old girl by the name of Rebecca Sedwick jumped to her death due to bullying in school and online. According to reports, this may not have been the only factor in her life to cause her suicide. Rebecca came from a single parent home and her mother was not a strong role model. Rebecca’s home and school life may have been the reason for her death. Rebecca was being cyberbullied by more than fifteen people (Dahl, 2013). Children who experience bullying, or bully others are most likely to have suicidal thoughts, attempt physical harm, and sadly successfully take one’s own life. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007), suicide was the third leading cause of death among adolescents in 2004. Even though suicide rates have decreased 28.5% between 1990 and 2004 among young people, upward trends were identified in the 10 to 19 year old age group in 2003-2004 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007). Children today have if far worse than any other generation before them. The pressures they face today exceed society’s expectations. Bullying has been at the forefront for decades, this behavior may include physical contact. Like pushing, shoving, hitting, and stealing. This type of bullying makes the victim feel less than human. Psychological bullying shows in the form of teasing, rude comments, mimicking, and making everyone around...
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...control and are structured by distinct disciplinary knowledge’ (Frow, 2004) regulating the conduct of others (Hall 1997). Such as groups and members of ISIS, representing the Islamic state of Iraq which are regulated by it’s religious discourse. The discourse itself, formulated and produced objects within subjects of our knowledge (Barker. C and Galaniski, D 2001), such as texts like the Qu’ran, a central religious text of Islam, providing strict principles and ethics, encoding a way of behavior that is practiced globally. Acts such as prayer can be understood as a certain tradition or behavior that is governed by religious belief. Throughout the soundscape, I have shown how customs, like this are often exploited through acts of sex and sexual slavery towards the women of Iraq. Evidently, social order is constituted by discourses of power (Barker, C. & Galasinski, D. 2001), thus I chose to highlight the power of the ISIS and regulation of it’s religious discourse through audio reports of women suffering from rape to connote the authority of the ISIS. Hall argues that nothing has any meaning outside it’s discourse’ (Hall.S 1997, pg 45), evidently the file is sequenced to open on a popular theme song of ‘Allahu Akbar’, the national anthem of Lybia, a globally recognised song amongst the Muslim community, it translates to ‘god is greater’, and acts as an index of religious code triggered amongst the listeners, which can only be understood within it’s discourse. I chose to...
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...the news, on television shows, in school settings, and in the psychological and medical fields. In a survey conducted by McGill University, seventy-four percent of the teachers reported having a personal encounter with self-injury but only twenty percent felt knowledgeable about working with those students (see Heath, Toste, & Beettam, 2007, 73). If the results are similar for the larger population, then it would be beneficial to inform and educate people who may encounter the individuals who participate in self-injurious behavior. Because most people think of self-injury as a new topic of discussion, many people assume that it is not actually a problem but only a cry for attention. Consequently much more research has been conducted in the past decade to determine what self-injury actually is and how it can be recognized. The research has produced results that not only define self-injury but also identify the criteria for diagnosis, and patterns of behavior that assist in recognizing an individual who is engaging in the action. Further research is required due to the fact that most of the focus has been on Caucasian women and young adults; is it prevalent among other demographic populations? Are there disorders that are common among self-injurers? Because it is becoming a more common problem among young adults, educators would benefit from these findings. Individuals in a school setting have expressed an interest in receiving training about the self-injury disorder and would...
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..._Last Name_ 1 First Name Last Name Instructor’s Name Name of Class 31 October 2014 (Change the date; keep it in this format) Rape Culture on College Campuses and Why it Prevails Rape has become a taboo topic. Sexual assault is sugar coated into something less disturbing and brutal than it actually is. But rape is rape: the act of male or female taking sexual control or dominance over a nonwilling participant. It does not matter whether or not people feels comfortable discussing the topic of rape. Uncomfortability does not make a problem disappear. It is possible that rape culture is ignored because no one knows a permanent solution for it. But not talking about it will not fix it. An environment where rape culture prevails is on college campuses. 1 in every 4 college students admit to being raped or sexually assaulted on campus, this number fails to include the thousands of rape victims whose stories are never heard. Rape culture prevails on college campus because only an estimated 35% of these victims’ abusers are dealt with. Of those, only an estimated 20 30% percent are dealt with severely. Colleges ignore the severity rape culture on campus because it is a problem that is extremely difficult to remedy, but ignoring a problem will not solve it. “Culture is vital to the human species, but some cultural patterns are destructive” (Herman 45). Rape culture occurs when a set of values or beliefs create an environment that is conducive to rape. Rape culture does not refer to an actual place or setting...
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...Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are By: Marlene Zuk Book Report By: Alex Strickland What made me choose this book? Growing up learning about the precedence of keeping clean and remaining germ free to prevent diseases, I was intrigued, when reading through the book list descriptions, that this was a book based solely upon the usefulness and signification of diseases and how they are really living organisms partner in this world. The odd and unique title caught my attention and after I read more into Riddled with Life I was set on learning just how diseases could possibly have a positive impact on life itself. I figured this book was enriched with so many interesting facts that I could learn from and hopefully benefit from and after reading this book I found out that I had made the right decision! This book had me hooked beginning to end with interesting facts and concepts I had never even fathomed being true. Synopsis of Riddled with Life Marlene Zuk does a great job in this book describing not only how parasites are not a bad thing to live amongst and we should not be focused on the unreasonable act of destroying them but also just how much they benefit organisms human beings and flies alike. All living things benefit from parasites, they are part of what makes us who we are. However, diseases and germs are not necessarily short-term beneficial for one personally due to chronic diseases and illnesses...
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...scholarly article, Chalk talks- adderall abuse: Regulating the academic steroid, the authors promptly points out that 25 percent of college students report using Adderall to help prepare for an exam (Stolz, 2012). This is an alarming statistic which is also supported by another article released by CNN. Arianna Yanes, the author of Just say yes? The rise of 'study drugs' in college, reports that it is estimated that 30 percent of college students use stimulants non-medically, and more than 90 percent of those students are misusing drugs to concentrate on studying (Yanes, 2014). These statistics are disturbing considering the vast amount of students who are enrolled in college throughout the United States. With these excessively high numbers of abusers, one might question the logic as to why students are partaking in this sort of deviant behavior. In order to gain insight as why college students abuse Adderall, I examined articles to answer that question. In a study done at a large, public, southeastern research university in the United States, 1,811 students were examined. The results of the study prove that of the 34 percent of students who reported misusing prescription drugs, such as Adderall, most report using the drug in periods of high academic stress. The students indicated that the drug helped reduce fatigue while increasing reading comprehension, interest, cognition, and memory (DeSantis, Webb, & Noar, 2008). Furthermore, an additional study of 9,161 college students validated...
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...Nurses should be treating the patient as a whole in mind, body, and spirit. This should be included in community treatment too. Individual, family, environment, and community assessments are necessary to provide the care and improve health care outcomes in the community as a whole. The World Health Organization’ s (WHO) definition of community is “a group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who share a common culture, values and norms which have been developed by the community in the past and modified in the future” (p. 397). For me this means these people generally have the same of similar beliefs and values. Community health is described as “the meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community itself and between the community and larger society” (p. 401). My understanding of community as the client is the care given has the potential to affect the whole community not just one family. Nurses can provide education and treatment in the community in settings such as schools, parks, civil centers, the workplace, and home. The result can be a healthier, stronger community. To positivity affect the community’s health a detailed assessment of the community’s is necessary. The windshield survey is a good resource tool. Living in South Florida can be overwhelming for some. The area I have chosen to explore Is Lake Worth, Florida. Although the city of Lake Worth is only approximately seven miles in diameter and...
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...head what the perfect life to live would be? After discussing this with our group, we came to the conclusion that a perfect life would be one where an individual goes off in the morning to an enjoyable job where he or she can make money that will support themselves or others. Unfortunately, this perfect life seems to only be a fantasy to most people. In today’s society there has been more and more acts of workplace violence that are being highlighted in the news and media. Workplace violence is becoming one of the most talked about topics in organizational behavior. According to Nelson and Quick, “Organizational behavior is the study of individual behavior and group dynamics in an organization.” From this, one can see how any form of violence in a workplace can effect an organization and make one question the overall ethics and morals of the business and how workplace violence is a major topic in organizational behavior. In order to better understand workplace violence, our group decided to take a look at exactly how often work place violence occurs, past example of workplace violence, and how one might prepare themselves on preventing it at one’s job. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (2012) “Workplace violence is defined as nonfatal violence (rape/sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated and simple assault) against employed persons age 16 or older that occurred while they were at work or on duty”. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) gathers statistics...
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...Is Technology Affecting the Developmental Progress of Children? Patrcia Odani Mukuka Southern New Hampshire University Increasingly, there is a large dependence on technology today as opposed to ten or twenty years ago. Technology has changed a lot of how life is lived today. It affects shopping, job seeking employment opportunities, entertainment and academics. There is no doubt that technology has set its foundation and is here to stay. One area in which the effects of technology can be clearly noted is in the lifestyle of children. The addiction to technology by children today has increased over the years. This is clearly seen in the developmental progress of children today. This dependence has greatly influenced how children interact with their peers, how they learn and how they spend their free time. It is important as educators and parents to find a balance between learning and using technological devices for recreation. Children today have developed a total reliance on technology for communication and entertainment. Steve Carell, the actor/comedian, in his commencement speech at Princeton University in 2012 said, “When I was in college, I wouldn’t ‘text’ a girl to ask her out on a date. I would ask her, in person. One human being to another. And when she said ‘no,’ which she always did, I would suffer the humiliation and self-loathing that a young man needs for his, or her personal growth” (Farber et. al, 2012). In his speech, Steve Carell illustrates how communication...
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...Since a very young age Adam Lanza displayed recurring behaviors and motor difficulty along with complex challenges in his childhood development especially with language, consultation and sensory assimilation (Ziv). Throughout the first grade Lanza was a delightful child full of joy and smiles that carried on throughout his elementary years up until the fifth grade where noticeable change stated to become evident. Leading up to fifth grade Adam had a change within him where he begun to have fear of his surroundings and avoided any eye contact with whomever it...
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...Merrilyn O. Johnson, MSN, RN Television (TV) has become a large part of children's activities. Much discussion exists as to the level of violence on TV programs and its effect on children's behavior. This article reviews the literature, discusses social issues, and presents some interventions available to nursing professionals to assist children and families in coping with the impact of TV on children's lives. Copyright 9 1996 by W.B. Saunders Company For some children under some conditions some television is harmful. For other children u n d e r other conditions it may be beneficial. For most children under most conditions most T V is probably neither particularly harmful nor particularly beneficial. Schramm, Lyle, and Parker (1961) ago, the A LTHOUGHasWRITTEN 33 yearswas then. above quote on television (TV) viewing and children is relevant today as it Does watching violence on TV increase or alter the antisocial or aggressive activity of children? The possibility that widespread watching of violent TV programs by children and youth is increasing the level of violence in American society continues to be the most controversial and emotionally arousing issue related to the TV medium. This is because the concentration of violence portrayed on TV has the potential of generating aggressive behavior, both immediately and in the long term (Joy, Kimball, & Zabrack, 1986, cited in Williams, 1986).Aggression in this instance refers to physical aggression with the potential to injure as...
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