Psychomotor retardation Essays

One perfect afternoon, on the second floor of a military apartment, I sat in my room surrounded by toys. The sun was blazing through the window and spreading its friendly warmth on my face. The smell of fresh carpet that my mother so vigorously attended too was the perfect aroma for the concert that was about to start. The site of seeing a mess of thirty to forty figures on the floor in an unorganized manor to some create havoc, but to me nothing, was more pleasant for eye to behold. For when others

Jannele Nicole C. Ronario B.S. Pharmacy 1-1 Mrs. Peggy Anne Movie Critique of “Awakenings” Written by: Steven Zaillian Directed by: Penny Marshall The Year the Movie, “Awakenings” was shown in 1990. The title of the movie is: “Awakenings” was a 1990 American drama film. It was based on a true story of a Neurologist Oliver Sacks that portrayed by Robin Williams as Dr. Sayer that directed by Penny Marshall. The film “Awakenings” was a hit film in 1990 and an award winning drama movie. The

Importance of patient education Patient education (PE) describes a variety of methods to inform the health care consumer (1). Most commonly these methods are used by doctors and nurses to educate patients during hospitalization and shortly before releasing the patient from the hospital. This is especially valuable as patient education is often to be seen as part of the treatment plan and studies suggest that it increases patient compliance and therefore lowers readmittance to the hospital (2, 3)

his social status in his educational institution. Similar with TSOP, there are three significances described in TBD; as adaptation, power and also state of grace. In the TBD, literacy works as adaptation as it is used by Anthony to adapt with his grandfather pressure to work. By mentioning of the literacy practice which is writing, he is able to make his grandfather stop asking him to find a job. It was Anthony’s way in hiding his laziness toward his Grandfather. Writing, even though seems to be

In the earth there are over one billion individual people who have disabilities. These disabilities range from a number of thing and can happen for many different reasons. These disabilities can be both physical and mental disabilities. Although there is a wide array of disabilities they have one thing in common, many of these people suffering from these disabilities suffer from the same thing, discrimination. Why should these people experience discrimination? It’s not their fault they were born

The science fiction novel Flowers for Algernon is narrated with progress reports written by Charlie Gordon. He introduces himself as a mentally disabled 32 year old man working at Donner’s Bakery. His progress reports are used to determine whether or not he will participate in an operation to increase intelligence. The directors of the experiment decide to use Charlie when he completes a series of tests. The surgery proves to be a success and Charlie becomes a genius. After the experiment, Charlie

Bndura’s Theory 1.1 Self efficacy Self efficacy is a theory developed by Albert Bandura . Bandura in this theory explains that people beliefs play a fundamental role into their life .In other words, this theory can be explained as a person’s belief who is hopeful and confident about his skills in order to succeed. Self efficacy theory is related with cognitive process ,motivation and self regulation on human being .this theory has is related and has influence over fields of : Education

Affairs affect people in different ways, but no one could imagine an affair destroying their ability to psychologically function. The “killings” by Andre Dubus is a shocking story about a killer named Richard who murders frank the man having an affair with his wife, who is his pride and joy. Riveted with murder and passion the author revels the characteristics of Richard Strout’s in the “killings” as a psychological obsessive and controlling person; these traits effect his emotions and behaviors

5.Characters Donald Zinkoff is the main character of the story, he is six years old at the beginning of the story as he is at First Grade. As this book tells us the evolution of Zinkoff over the years, at the end of the book, he is eleven or twelve years old because he is at sixth grade. In addition, he has a physical problem that makes him vomit unexpectedly. Also, he does not get exceptional marks at school, although he really loves going to school and he is not sensational at sports. As a consequence

Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story written by Daniel Keyes. The story is about Charlie Gordon, a man with an IQ of 68 who has to go through an operation that will triple his IQ. Charlie does not stay at an IQ of 204 for very long before he starts to regress back to his near mentally retarded self. The story also makes the reader think twice about if it is ethical to enhance human intellect and intelligence by medical procedures. Although the operation done on Charlie was not a

Charlie Gordon, the main character in the story also a mentally challenged 32 year old, is picked by a group of scientists to have an experimental surgery to boost his intelligence. Mrs. Kinnian, charles teacher at the school for the mentally challenged, recommended Charlie for this procedure because he is determined to do anything to become intelligent. The scientist who will help him along his journey are Dr. strauss and Professor Nemur. They start him off by telling him he has to keep a journal

puppet like posture. (Rice, 15) In addition to their posture they are very happy and always excited and at times can display a little jerk or two. There is a mild and severe condition of Angelman Syndrome. This disorder can cause severe mental retardation, lack of muscle strength, seizures, learning disabilities, and some none stop smiling. Imagine a child who just stares and smile even when they are sad. This syndrome is caused by a deletion of chromosomes 15, however AS can be inherited through

In this case study, specialist in Down syndrome, creates a set of online tools to help individuals with Down syndrome learn and practice the basic skills required to use the internet. The individuals understand the educational benefits and entertainment provided by the internet. Web Fun Central is the software created by usability consultants especially for individuals with Down syndrome. About Down syndrome A person with chromosomal abnormality is said to have Down syndrome. Children with Down syndrome

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome happens when a mother of a baby drinks alcohol during pregnancy and the alcohol crosses the placenta into the baby’s bloodstream. Then the baby is not capable of metabolizing it or breaking it down. Would you want your child to always remember your mistakes and what you did to make them handicapped? Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) can be physical, mental, or behavioral problems. Disabilities are developmental conditions caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol or drugs. Primary

At the beginning of the book, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon, a bright man with a low IQ was always ecstatic to learn and appreciate those around him who helped him, such as his teacher Ms.Kinnian and his friends at the bakery. However, when Charlie is presented with the chance of a lifetime, the ability to participate in an experimental surgery that will exponentially raise his IQ he couldn’t refuse. Charlie goes from a hard-working, kind, passionate man to a greedy, selfish

Autism is a psychological condition that affects children’s experience with their everlasting difficulties when it comes to social interaction, communication, repetitive behaviors and etc (Frazier at al, 2014). Autism is surrounded by a broad spectrum which affects an individual language and intellectual abilities in a difficult manner (Frazier at al, 2014). Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects six year old children in a range from 60 to 10,000 (Frazier at al, 2014). The researchers stated that

2.1 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by personal factors. Health Status – When a child is born, if there are issues relating to the mother i.e. drug or alcohol use, this can cause a baby to be born small or suffer from foetal alcohol syndrome. This can result in delay of development. After birth the baby will be smaller than average and can sometimes be born with deformed limbs, this can then limit them at school with taking part in certain sporting activities.

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION A. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Chromosomal abnormalities which frequently cause physical and cognitive abnormalities for a child throughout life are usually evident at birth. Nondisjunction, deletion translocation, mosaicism, and isochrosome abnormalities are some of the various forms of chromosomal abnormalities (Hatfield, 2008). Nondisjunction is the most common type of chromosomal abnormalities which occur through uneven chromosomal division. During cell division of the cells

1A. Ketchum feels very strongly against contracted motherhood for a number of reasons. She believes that contracted motherhood turns both women and children into property. Another complaint is that men are allowed to control the birth mother in various way. Also, women in under this contract are legally required to give up the children they bear, unlike in the case of adoption. 1B. There are many parallels between contracted motherhood and the dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale. In the novel, women

were timely and in coherent to the common problems found within the society and within a family. The main characters of the film showed shameless and broad peculiarity in its presentation of a peson with mental disabilities, or claimed as mental retardation. The main character of the film is Carla who was acted by Juliette Lewis. Carla Tate, a rich San Francisco girl of 23-24, is a fresh graduate of a training institution school where she has resided for many years because she is mentally challenged