...Analysis a piece of the puzzle Carl Lewis CM107 11/15/2015 Prof Eric Holmes Applied Behavioral Analysis a piece of the puzzle Treatment alone can't give help to children with autism, Complete backing of family, educators and cohorts are needed as well. ABA, Applied Behavioral analysis, is essentially the utilization of behavioral standards, to ordinary circumstances, that will, after some time, build or decline focused on practices. ABA has been utilized to offer people some assistance with acquiring a wide range of abilities, for example, dialect aptitudes, Self-Improvement aptitudes, and play aptitudes; what's more, these standards can diminish maladaptive practices, for example, hostility, self-stimulatory practices, and self-damage. Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD) and Autism are both general terms for complex issues of the brain. These issue are described, in shifting degrees, by troubles in social cooperation, verbal and nonverbal correspondence and the repeating of behaviors Above all else, it is now understood that there is no one reason for the cause of Autism just like there is more than one form of Autism. In the course of the most recent five years, researchers have recognized various uncommon quality changes, or transformations, connected with mental imbalance. Autism Spectrum Disorders are characterized by significant impairments in social interaction and communication skills, as well as by the presence of extremely challenging behaviors (What is Autism. 2015)...
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...it would be necessary to look at the brain directly.” Dr. Shankardass also says, “Looking at behavior alone can miss a vital piece of the puzzle and provide an incomplete or a misleading picture of the child’s problems.” She came across a team at Harvard that took this evidence and came up with a groundbreaking technology. They use an EEG or electric activity in real time allowing them to watch the brain as it performs various functions and detect slight abnormality in any of their functions. Then they use a program called brain electrical activity mapping which triangulates the source of that abnormality in the brain. Then another program is used called statistic probability mapping which performs mathematical calculations to determine if any of these abnormalities are significant allowing them to provide a much more accurate neurological diagnosis. Dr. Shankardass became the head of neurophysiology for the clinical arm of the team and used this technology for helping children with brain disorders. She had a 7yr. old boy named Justin that came to her clinic with severe Autism. Justin’s mind would space out a lot and Doctors told his parents that he was never going to be able to communicate or interact socially and he may never develop too much language. Dr. Shankardass used this technology on Justin. Come to find out Justin didn’t have Autism at all but he did have brain seizures which she put him on medicine for. Within 60 days of being on this medicine his vocabulary...
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...Finding a place to call my home has been the biggest challenge throughout my life. My mother was forced to move my brother and I at an early age in order to find a job that would sustain a family of three. Semester after semester, I was entered into new schools forced to learn new study habits and interactions skills, so that I would not fall behind. My brother Clayton was diagnosed with autism at an early age, therefore it was vital that the school he was transferred to was able to tend to his disability. Although some schools were able to help him, the children were often rude to both him and me. Clayton’s disability is what led to bullying throughout elementary and middle school because my peers did not understand that autism was not a disease,...
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...like that that I love doing I also in my off time play games and mind games I also find reading about the non-verbal communication between people and the very tiny but subtle queues things are off about a person. I’m also very interested in the human brain and all the chemicals as humans we need to sustain life the reason is because I have a chemical imbalance. At age 5 I was diagnosed with ADHD primarily there’s other things that are their but we haven’t quite figured it out I have bits and pieces of Asperger’s and Autism but not enough to categorize me as “Autistic”, I view things differently I’m not on any meds anymore and its hard someday to focus because my mind is all over but then there are days were its just fine I’m hyper and get a lot done sometimes I let my hyper energy flow through my art work I do text effect pieces in Cinema 4D, Photoshop, and Illustrator and now messing around with Violent Python Programming I thoroughly enjoy the security side of IT because it’s all a puzzle and always staying on your feet to be 3, 5, 7 steps ahead of the black hats and getting inside there persona to start thinking like...
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...Until Every Piece Fits Autism: a pervasive developmental brain disorder, has taken over controversial issue debates, and impacted families all across the globe. Autism has been a part of my life beginning at age five, before I could even conceptualize what a complex disorder it truly is. I was in kindergarten and like any other five year-old, I was curious about how other people acted. I noticed that some kids were more socially isolated than others, had trouble making friends or even playing with others. I noticed that when it got really loud, or whenever we were doing an activity involving a lot of tactile input, certain kids would pull away and repeat certain behaviors. One particular kid would hunch his back, hyper-extend his fingers, shake them vigorously, as if to dry them off in absence of paper towels, and rock back and forth on his heels. These types of behaviors were relatively commonplace in my experience and I accepted them as absolutely harmless. I had seen the calming affect these rituals had on my classmate. My five year-old self was unknowingly picking up on behaviors that were the hallmark of autism. I attended an elementary school that was located in the autism hub of the county; so several students with autism were mainstreamed, or assimilated, into my classes. These students were not the majority. Rather, neurotypical students, a term used to describe children without a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder, composed the majority of our school’s population...
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...In addition, I am questioning why Little Pete has these “adaptations” considering no one expects much from him. For example, he has a case of severe autism; he can barely speak on his own. A quote to prove my point could be, “He’s autistic. Severely. He doesn’t… he doesn’t relate” (Grant 18). I think an important factor in Little Pete’s case of autism is that he will not respond to others. No matter how many times they reiterate something, he will just not respond. I feel like that could be a key piece of the puzzle for this series. Little Pete is mentally socially separated from the others. He is socially separated from the other because he cannot speak or interact with them. Why does it make sense to give a character that cannot interact with others these “enhancements”? It seems like a waste to give someone like Little Pete these “adaptations” when someone who could actually use them, like Astrid, could do so much more with then than Little Pete can. Is a possible answer for Sam having these “enhancements” is due to the fact that he has been a leader figure for so many...
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...DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY The right slant Cell 121, 633–644 (2005) One of the biggest questions in developmental biology is how embryos that begin as uniform balls of cells end up asymmetric. Experiments in mice provided a clue when researchers discovered that hair-like cilia protruding from embryonic cells in mice rotate, somehow setting up a flow in the surrounding fluid that defines the left–right axis. A team led by Nobutaka Hirokawa of the University of Tokyo supplies another piece of the puzzle by showing exactly how the cilia’s movement sets up the directional flow. The researchers found that the cilia rotate around an axis tilted 40 backwards. The same rotation was observed in rabbit and medakafish embryos, suggesting that the mechanism, previously studied only in mice, defines asymmetry in other vertebrates. Paraphrasing of Research Highlight: When studying developmental biology researchers found that embryos start as a uniform ball of cells, however, they were questioning why do these embryos end up asymmetric. Research experiments were done on mice, researchers found that the cilia on the embryos on mice rotate and this rotation controls the flow of the surrounding fluid explaining the left-right axis. Further research was done and the experiments showed that the rotation of the cilia on the embryo is rotated 40 degrees backward on an axis. Experiments were also made in rabbits and medakafish embryos and the rotation in the cilia was observed. These results explain...
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...Tomasz Kus 3027148 Introduction to Disabilities Studies October 8 2013 Disabilities Framed in Commercials I found two commercials about disability. One was about mental health awareness and the other about autism. The commercials were framed though different models. I will compare the models used the critique how the commercials were framed. I found the advertisement made by HeadsUp video campaign about mental health awareness http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mental+health+commercial. In society there is a stigma placed upon mental illness despite that it can affect anyone at any age. It is socially acceptable to tell others they are diabetic, have cancer, or have other illnesses regarding the body but when the mind is involved people are viewed as “strange” or out of the ordinary when they speak about it. For this reason it is not talked about much and people tend to keep their mental illness to themselves but at the same time would like to speak about what they are feeling so they can get the help they might need. The person then feels stuck and feels as if they are the only one feeling like that because no one else seems to speak about it. Statistics show mental illness is common and effects 20% of Canadians (Fast Facts about Mental Illness). If more people spoke about it then there would not be such a stigma attached to it. The commercial lets people know there is nothing wrong with opening up about mental illness and is attempting to change societies negative...
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...Behavior Intervention Plan Target Behavior and Client Background Part 1 CLIENT: Sara F. DOB: 05/17/2006 1. Client Background Sara is a five year old female with no major medical problems. She lives at home with her mother, father, and two sisters. Sara attends a school for children with developmental disabilities. Sara attends school five days per week from 830 to 230. Her class is made up of 6 other students, one special education teacher and 2 to 3 aides. Sara has trouble with transitions both at school and in her home. Sara loves to go to school, but has trouble with the transitions throughout her day. Her parents have seen this in the home as well. Sara’s parents report that she will throw scream, cry, bite, kick climb on furniture and swipe items onto the floor Sara also will throw self onto the floor. This behavior occurs daily. It has also been witnessed by the parents the Sara become angry when she is asked to move to the next activity or tasks. The episodes will last from anywhere from 2 minute up to one hour. The staff at school did a recording of the episodes. The durations of the behavior and what prompted this behavior to happen. Sara parents want this behavior to stop, so they will start a plan at home...
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...What would happen to a person if he or she could not care about his or her accomplishments or successes? Most of us find the very idea of such a state difficult to comprehend. That you will feel good if you get something you consider worthwhile done is very basic to our day to day living. Of course, the "something" differs with different people. One person will exult in conquering a difficult mountain peak, while another might be gladdened by the completion of a 10,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, and a third by something more mundane but nevertheless important, such as a promotion at work. We do things for many reasons, but it cannot be doubted that one of the most persistent motivators, the one that is always involved in task completion, is the satisfaction and pleasure this brings to the doer. As one might suspect, this reaction is founded in specific parts of the chemistry of the brain. It is caused by a chemical named dopamine, which is released in the brain as part of the normal response to accomplishment. When it reaches another part of the brain called the dopamine receptors, it produces a sensation of pleasure, relaxation, and happiness. This is the body's natural mechanism for encouraging itself to further efforts, by making the completion of tasks pleasant. Unfortunately, in a few people, this reaction does not proceed as it should. The dopamine receptors in the brain are classified into five groups, D1 to D5, with a variety of functions. In these people, the dopamine...
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...August 25, 2010 Let Them Play By Jane Ching Fung ”What is 'Choice Time?,'" she demanded. "Students don’t have time to play." My heart sank when I heard these words coming from the mouth of a district administrator. Everyone on our kindergarten team had included "Choice" minutes in her daily schedule. Choice was a time for students to engage in centers and activities that were not teacher directed, assigned, or graded but intentionally designed to be open-ended, student driven, and to promote unstructured interactions among the children. Dare I say that "Choice" was time set aside for our young students to play? Since when did the word "play" become outlawed in kindergarten? I remember a time when kindergarten classrooms were stocked with wooden blocks, paint, and dramatic-play corners complete with costuming, furniture, appliances, and play food. Not so long ago, there was a period during the day when we encouraged kindergarten students to freely explore, create, and interact with the materials and people around them. On the surface, children may appear to be only "having fun" during this unstructured time, but take a closer look and you’ll discover what I know: Play is so much more than idle entertainment. Play, including the ability to make your own choices, helps children develop and use essential social-emotional and academic-learning skills. Through play, I have seen my students develop social, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities in a safe, risk-free...
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...Disability Inclusion at the Work Place Robert Long Keiser University Abstract There are many reasons for inclusion of those with physical or mental impairments. From State and Federal tax breaks to social correctness. There are some limitations these same individuals might impose on a business such as needing adaptive equipment or better access to work areas. However, the time and monies invested will pay off in ways that a business cannot easily measure. Equality and inclusion for all makes good business sense for all parties involved. Disability Inclusion at the Work Place The subject of disability is not something the average person really thinks about, until he or she or a close loved one is confronted with the limitations and bias of a disabled person. There is one fact about disability that is imposable to ignore. There are no limitations on age, race, national origin, sex, physical fitness. Disability can occur at any time or place and to anyone. This fact alone is the reason this topic should be important to everyone. Franklin D. Roosevelt summed it up best: “We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought" (Thompson, 2009). However, a disability in the work place has been a sore spot for many business owners in America. Until the last twenty years, the potential of hiring a disabled person was never a high priority. Yet hiring a physically or mentally impaired...
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...He can read about it if he wants to. I think he’s an intelligent man and will make the correct decision after getting the real facts,” said Dr. Carson. While I did not always agree with Dr. Carson, I did concur with him on this issue. I happened to be familiar with the literature, not only because of my profession as a neuroscientist, but also because I’m the parent of two young children, who at the time were two and a half years old and seven weeks old. So I was utterly surprised by my reaction to what Trump had to say next. “I’d like to respond,” said Trump. “Autism has become an epidemic….It has gotten totally out of control….you take this little beautiful baby, and you pump — I mean, it looks just like it’s meant for a horse, not for a child. And we’ve had so many instances, people that work for me. Just the other day, two years old, two and a half years old, a child, a beautiful child went to have the vaccine, and came back, and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic.” My response was immediate and visceral. An image of a nurse inserting a horse-size syringe into my tiny baby emerged inside my head and would not fade away. It did not matter that I knew perfectly well that the syringe used for immunization was a normal size— I...
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...CHILD DEVELOPMENT Toddlers (12–24 months) Physical * Weight is now approximately 3 times the child's birth weight. * Respiration rate varies with emotional state and activity. * Rate of growth slows * Head size increases slowly; grows approximately 1.3 cm every six months; anterior fontanelle is nearly closed at eighteen months as bones of the skull thicken. * Chest circumference is larger than head circumference. * Legs may still appear bowed. * Toddler will begin to lose the "Baby Fat" once he/she begins walking. * Body shape changes; takes on more adult-like appearance; still appears top-heavy; abdomen protrudes, back is swayed. Motor development * Crawls skillfully and quickly. * Stands alone with feet spread apart, legs stiffened, and arms extended for support. * Gets to feet unaided. * Most children walk unassisted near the end of this period; falls often; not always able to maneuver around obstacles, such as furniture or toys. * Uses furniture to lower self to floor; collapses backwards into a sitting position or falls forward on hands and then sits. * Enjoys pushing or pulling toys while walking. * Repeatedly picks up objects and throws them; direction becomes more deliberate. * Attempts to run; has difficulty stopping and usually just drops to the floor. * Crawls up stairs on all fours; goes down stairs in same position. * Sits in a small chair. * Carries toys from place to place. * Enjoys...
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...Functions of Music Music therapy Music therapy is a treatment method that involves using music to enhance health. There are many different approaches to music therapy, including creating music, listening to music, and talking about music. Although music therapy is often used to promote mental and emotional health, it may also help improve quality of life for people coping with physical health conditions. . In the 17th century, the scholar Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy noted that music has an "excellent power ...to expel many other diseases" and he called it "a sovereign remedy against despair and melancholy." What Does Music Therapy Involve? A music therapy session may incorporate a number of different elements, such as making music, writing songs, or passively listening to music. While music therapists often aim to foster the patient's emotional expression, there can be many other different goals in a music therapy session. These goals include relief of stress or anxiety, improvement of mood, and enhancement of quality of life for people dealing with illness. Research shows that patients do not need to have any musical ability to benefit from music therapy. Benefits of Music Therapy Here's a look at some key study findings on the health effects of music therapy: 1) Music Therapy and Depression Music therapy may help some patients fight depression, according to a review published in 2008. Researchers sized up data from five previously published...
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