Introduction Parenting can be fun at times but parenting can also have its challenges. I am not a mother myself but I have two nieces and a nephew and watching my sister’s parent has given me great thoughts of how I want to be a parent in the future. I picked a few mothers to ask them a couple of questions. I wanted to make the interview simple for my mother’s that I was interviewing so I picked a topic to help. Something that I have found on the raise lately is what to do and how to discipline
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Individual Theories CJS/240 10/06/2014 Juvenile delinquency is one of the largest issues dealt with in our society today. The immediate assumption to this issue is that individuals lacking a good lifestyle and low social class are more likely to commit any type of crime. But then there are those individuals with the same life situation who are law-abiding citizen, and sometimes end up obtaining a college degree. There are also those individuals who come from an established household with
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Weschlers test of intelligence for children The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), developed by David Wechsler, is an individually administered intelligence testfor children between the ages of 6 and 16 inclusive that can be completed without reading or writing. The WISC takes 65–80 minutes to administer and generates an IQ score which represents a child's general cognitive ability. ------------------------------------------------- History The original WISC (Wechsler, 1949) was an
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The DSM-5 characterizes individuals with ASD as having “persistent impairment in reciprocal social communication and social interaction and restricted, repetitive pattern of behavior, interests and activities” (APA, 2013, p. 53). However, children with ASD may face other problems as well. Sensory/perceptual impairments, intellectual differences, cognitive deficits, adaptive behaviors, physical abnormalities and comorbid conditions are all associated with ASD. These associated problems can have developmental
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To my journal, My name is Jonas and when I was 8 years old I was diagnosed with ADHD which the doctors said means Attention Hyper-Deficit disorder. My mom and dad keep telling me that I’m still normal just different, special even, from the other kids but I feel like a freak. In my class there’s no one else that has it and my teacher has to keep calling for my attention since I can’t focus on the lessons. Since I was pretty young my parents have had suspicions but it seems that they were right.
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permalinkembedgemanmeldgiv guldreply [–]Eloquentdyslexic 2766 point for 21 timer siden* I always though this theory that every character represented a mental illness was interesting; Pooh - Eating Disorder Piglet - Panphobia/ Generalized anxiety Tigger - ADHD Owl - Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Christopher Robin - Schizophrenia edit* Changed Tiggers mental illness permalinkembedgemforældreanmeldgiv guldreply [–]doublek94 1600 point for 21 timer siden Rabbit- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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consists of learning disorders, ADHD, and conduct disorder. With learning disorders, they are helped by identifying the issue and coming up with techniques that can help the problem at hand. Children are encouraged to devise new technique that can help them address the problem. The psychodynamic theory has proven to be effective in many cases. The textbook states that the psychodynamic theory tries to rule out the symptoms of a child before diagnosing the child with ADHD. Psychodynamic theorist will
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Emotional Disturbance Print Collect It! Email By M.A. Mastropieri|T.E. Scruggs Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall Updated on Jul 20, 2010 Prevalence and Definitions Individuals classified as having emotional disturbance (or behavioral disorders) represent 8.1% of all students ages 6–21 served under IDEA, or .72% of the school population (U.S. Department of Education, 2002a). However, prevalence studies have suggested that the actual percentage may be much higher. Boys outnumber girls in
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to bear. While many use legitimate methods to achieve this, an increasing number of University students in the Treasure Valley are using illicit study drugs, especially Adderall. Adderall is a brain stimulant doctors use to treat disorders such as ADHD. However, many students are using the drug because it makes them focus on their schoolwork for longer periods of time without the need to sleep. Its side effects include dizziness, tremors, fear and anxiety, but students feel the inherent risks as
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Children today are faced with many developmental challenges while growing up. In this paper we will discuss some of the issues facing children in the adolescent age group in relation to emotional, cognitive and biological development. Through an observation of children interacting in this age group I was able to observe a few of the issues we will discuss that effect children’s abilities to build peer relationships, succeed in school and live happy healthy lives. One of the first thing I noticed
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