Strengths And Weaknesses Of Children With Autism

Feral Child Task This task will majorly focus on the lack of social and cognitive development of Genie and its connection with Piaget’s and Erickson’s human psychological development theories. As one of the most well- known feral children in the 20th century, the young girl Genie had been confined to a room, isolated and abused by her parents for over a decade before the rescue. Due to the severely abnormal development occurred in the childhood, Genie’s linguistic ability was nearly undeveloped, her limbs were not fully extended, her development was delayed from various perspectives.

She had noticed similarities in Joy and Alandra and differences between other children and Alandra. It must have been very frustrating to repeatedly hear everyone ignore her worries and concerns, especially Dr. Buzan, who had advised her to wait until Alandra was a year old before even talking to a specialist.

Autism is a disorder in the nerves that makes the human brain socially inactive, and in order to understand it, several main aspects must be considered. Although autism

Pediatric Case Study: At-Risk Youth, Serena Lesa Stone 2/27/2018 Instructor: Mrs. Young Keiser University Pediatric Case Study-Serena Serena is a fourth-grade female child who has been identified by her school to be At-Risk for Learning and Social Emotional Disabilities by the problem-solving team. At-Risk children are those children that are not as likely to succeed in school. These children have a higher probability of academic issues due to circumstances that create obstacles to their success.

Autism- a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. Temple Grandin is most effectively when finding empathy for people who are different from a lot of people, but not less she should still be treated with equal respect. From the book “Temple Grandin” by Sy Montgomery, she writes a lot of quotes that makes the reader show empathy towards Temple. One of them is that “‘Temple has set a record!’ her father roared.

Have you ever thought about how it feels to be ripped out of the only place that you know as home? To get no explanation of why your parents just did not want you anymore? Not a lot of people think about this. Usually, the only people that do think about this is children that are experiencing or have experienced this problem. The children’s rights website stated that, “On any given day, there are nearly 428,000 children in foster care in the United States.”

I. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, more well-known as ADHD, is a disorder that affects 9% of children in the U.S. When left untreated, ADHD can lead the sufferer to be unable to cope in school or socially and possibly leads to depression. ADHD is a hyperactivity disorder with many symptoms that can be treated through therapy, emotional counselling, and use of medications. II. There is a plethora of symptoms when it comes to ADHD. A. Symptoms are separated into two categories, one is inattentiveness and the other is hyperactivity 1.

Romayn Acasuzo is a 5-year-old boy who was born at 39 weeks. Romayn achieved early developmental motor milestones within expected age ranges such as sitting up at 6 months and walking at 13 months, however, Romayn’s mother began to notice decreased socialization skills, behavior difficulties and speech delays. Romayn was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that impairs a child's ability to communicate and interact with others. ASD is characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, and uneven intellectual development, often with intellectual disabilities.

There is a similar story of a young boy named Isaiah. Isaiah was diagnosed at 2 with Autism and he had difficulty communicating and connecting with others. His parents struggled to find something that would work. Isaiah’s breakthrough was a small chestnut mare. He had an instant connection with her.

These statistics are overwhelming due to the fact that child poverty affects all areas of their lives. Children exposed to poverty at such a young age are at a disadvantage in several areas; these children are at risk of low academic achievement, resulting in lasting negative effects. Our economy is not able to thrive if child poverty continues. Children living in poverty are also at risk of dropping out of school, being unemployed, and entering the juvenile justice system. Our government is responsible for ensuring that child poverty ceases to be an issue in the United States.

Kristin, and her son Jake, who was diagnosed with autism before the age of three, have been an inspiration to family’s around the world who have dealt with the same problems as them. Kristine shared her story by creating a book named The Spark since then many parents have stopped relying so much on schools, and teachers to help them give their kids a normal childhood. Schools and Teachers need to do their part to give these students the opportunity that every other student gets. My point is that students with autism shouldn 't be in special-ed classes. Autism is the struggle to develop social abilities, languages, and other communication skills that are usual to others.

The Child Behavioral Checklist is used to describe the clinical status of children in foster care. The assessment is 112 problem behaviors items. While 2-3 year old children only have behavioral items, all children between the ages of 4 to 18 years have problem behavioral items and “narrow-band syndromes,” which include withdrawn behaviors, internalizing behaviors, such as depression and anxiety, and externalizing behaviors, such as violence and aggression/anger (Heflinger, Simpkins, & Combs-Orme,

She denied the client received occupational therapy. With regards to his academic and school functioning, Ms. Mayweather stated Dantreal attended Northeast Highschool and was eventually awarded a “Special Diploma” in the eleventh grade because he was not performing academically. Ms.

1. Context an Importance of the Social Problem that Underlies the Policy: A) Every year millions of children suffer from child abuse and maltreatment. Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Maltreatment 2013 (2015) report shows that in 2013, there were approximately 3.9 million reports of child abuse made in the United States. Of those reported, 678,932 were deemed victims of child abuse and neglect (child maltreatment 2015). Of the four common types of abuse, i.e., physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect, “the greatest percentages of children suffered from neglect (79.5%) and physical abuse (18.0%).”

This resulted in Sandra taking care of her siblings which now were four. Sandra was only eleven years old when she was forced to take the position of the caretaker of her siblings. At an early age she had to learn how to manage to feed and clothe her siblings with the assistance of food stamps and the welfare