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The paper describes the developmental milestones for a baby of 0-4 months and includes a warning sign of delayed development.

Tags:edu, list, development

From the Paper
"DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS
Introduction
Developmental delays or disabilities encompasses a variety of individual differences and pathological conditions. Most developmental problems become apparent in the school age child as delays are found in language and speech development.
Developmental Delays
Statistics demonstrate a lack of clear-cut distinction between developmentally delayed or disabled and learning disabled populations. Developmental delays or developmental disabilities involve the functions of the central nervous system. The spectrum of these disabilities includes cerebral palsy, mental retardation, epilepsy, language disorders, and infantile autism. A 1984 survey of 41 university centers for developmentally"

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This paper examines the pervasive developmental disorder of the autistic disorder, as addressed in the Diagnostic Manual of Disorder IV (DMD- IV). Indicators of autism are often found in a delay in the development of communication and in social interaction. This paper presents the classification of autistic disorders as found in the DMD- IV and then supplements this information with a debate concerning the current research on autism including techniques for an early diagnosis and the most effective treatments that are available. Autism research in respect to genetics shall also be presented. A discussion of the relevant materials shall conclude this paper.

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The science fiction literary classic, "Flowers for Algernon", details the story of a young, mentally handicapped man named Charlie Gordon, who becomes the subject of an intelligence experiment by a group of researchers. The paper highlights one of the most striking aspects of Charlie's mental and social journey; the sense of profound isolation that surrounds him at both poles of his intellectual progression. The paper powerfully portrays the difficulties involved in educating a developmentally delayed child and a gifted child. The paper emphasizes the message of the book; special children must have their individual needs fulfilled, yet must also have a healthy social environment and be part of a normal peer group and family.

From the Paper
"The divide between what is considered normal can be as cataclysmic for a gifted child as it is for a developmentally delayed child. Such is the lesson conveyed by Flowers for Algernon. The book details the story of a young, mentally handicapped man named Charlie Gordon, who becomes the subject of an intelligence experiment by a group of researchers. The researchers have enhanced the intelligence of a mouse, the Algernon of the title, so that it is capable of beating Charlie at a series of intelligence tests. Charlie volunteers to be the first human subject of such intellectual enhancement experimentation."

Tags:intelligence, gifted, developmentally-delayed, peers

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This is a case study that goes in depth to the problems and abilities of A.M., a developmentally delayed 4 year old girl from NYC. The Peabody Development Motor Scale was the test used to assess the abilities of A.M. Gross and Fine motor skills are assessed, as well as social and cognitive abilities. Treatment ideas are given, as well as short term and long term goals.

Outline
Visual/Perceptual Motor Skills
Questions that Need to be Further Investigated
Theory/Frame of Reference
Further Clinical Evaluations
Goals for the Treatment Plan
Theoretical Rationale

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"Background Information: A.M. is a half African-American and half Hispanic four-year-old girl who is the youngest of six children that resides with their mother in the Bronx; her oldest sibling is twenty-two years old. With A.M., her mother had a normal full term pregnancy without any complications. A.M. is able to see her father "often," but according to her mother, they do not know where her father lives. She was referred to occupational therapy by her pediatrician for language and speech delays. According to school staff, A.M. has behavioral regulation problems which are targeted in treatment."

Tags:case, delay, development, developmental, health, medicine, occupational, pediatrics, physical, study, therapy, treatment

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This paper investigates the tasks and interventions that school nurses and school caregivers can undertake in order to help achieve adequate nutritional balance in a variety of complex, pediatric feeding disorders. The critical role that the school nurse plays in pediatric nutrition and eating disorders of developmentally disabled children is discussed. Normal and abnormal pediatric nutrition are then discussed, followed by a description of common feeding disorders among developmentally delayed children. The paper then investigates nursing assessments and interventions for children with eating disorders and developmental disabilities. Finally, recommendations are given for improving the health quality of developmentally-delayed children with eating disorders.

Table of Contents
Introduction and Justification
Methods and Research
Chapter 1. The Role of the School Nurse
Chapter 2. Pediatric Nutrition
Chapter 3. Common Disorders
Chapter 4. Nursing Interventions and Assessments
Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
References

From the Paper
"Other eating disorders are also seen in the developmentally disabled child. Pediatric dysphagia is simply difficulty with swallowing, while rumination consists of bringing swallowed food up into the mouth, then chewing and swallowing the food a second time. Oral-motor problems with chewing and swallowing are seen, including an inability to chew, and sensory problems with smelling or seeing food, or sensing the texture of food also occur. Children often have an inability to chew food, and will pocket food in the cheeks. These problems can be coupled with tongue thrust problem, and sensory deprivation can cause trouble with eating."

Tags:oral-motor, DTT, Muscular, Dystrophy

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This paper examines how the film, "The Other Sister", portrays a developmentally delayed woman named Carla Tate who has been extremely sheltered for most of her life, by both her family and her educational system. It discusses how the film suggests that Carla is a highly functioning and compassionate woman, despite her disability. It also discusses how despite the positive portrayal of mentally challenged individuals, critics have felt that the film's treatment of the condition is very patronizing.

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"The main problems, the film suggests, lie not with Carla's inherent abilities but the ways that Carla's family has reacted to her disorder, with a near-pathological sense of over-protectiveness. Because the family has another child of normal intelligence, the family tends to constantly measure Carla's functionality against their older daughter, who is highly capable, intelligent, and gets married over the course of the film. This family tension underlines the fact that mental retardation does not always have a clear, organic cause. Thus the fact that mentally challenged individuals often exist with in the context of a so-called normal home means that parents often have difficulties understanding what their child is or is not capable of achieving or understanding, in comparison to themselves or other siblings."

Tags:carla, tate, intelligence, disability

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This paper discusses how the concept of inclusion or mainstreaming of developmentally delayed students was born in a time when education for these students was inadequate and parents and educators rallied together to attempt to offer a solution. It looks at how since that time incredible strides have been made in the field of special education and the intellectual tools to offer adequate education for special needs students outside of a mainstreaming system. It analyzes how mainstreaming has now been embraced as the norm and how funding for alternatives has to some degree decreased because it has once again become thought of as secondary to the success of the general population of students. It evaluates how mainstreaming borne of good intentions has now become not a way for disabled students to achieve success but another way for them to continue to be denied it.

From the Paper
"The difficulty then is finding a solution that both meets the needs of the special need children and is functional within an education system that has to a large degree fully embraced the concept of inclusion. There are more proponents and few opponents to mainstreaming. Those opponents willing to speak out are often regarded as uninformed and dismissed out of hand. Most research is intended to search out success rather than failure of mainstreamed environments leaving little options for opposition. Working with educators and administrators to find a solution for the real problems associated with inclusion and to ensure that challenged students will continue to be offered alternatives is imperative. Regardless of the ideal educators and administrators will offer a hand to teachers and parents with real life problems and concerns associated with mainstreaming."

Tags:disabled, students, education, system

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This paper discusses the importance of the first few years of child development for social, mental and emotional formation. It examines the regular pace of child development and discusses the possible causes of delays. The paper discusses the impacts of developmental delays on children, how they can be diagnosed and the importance of treatment.

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"In homes where drug abuse takes place, people who are not related to the child are often in and out of the house taking time away from the parent-child relationship. Young children are even expected to take on the household chores like cleaning and cooking and babysitting their even younger siblings or elderly grandparents who may be present. While they must already face the difficulty of growing up and developing slower than their peers, they deal with these kinds of things at home adding aggressiveness, anxiety, defensiveness, anger, fear, and tiredness to their delays. Some children even develop physical symptoms because of drug abuse in the home while they are developing that stay with them for long periods of time if not permanently."

Tags:relationship, neglet, parent

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This paper opposed the 2001 U.S. Supreme Court decision to prohibit capital developmental delay capital punishment for the mentally retarded. It objects to the Court leaving the States power to define who is mentally retarded, instead of looking at who is capable of standing trial.

From the Paper
"It was on Friday 2001 when the Supreme Court took the final decision of prohibiting or banning the capital punishment of the mentally retarded. There were around fifteen states out of the 38 states that excused the mentally retarded from its reach, as done by the federal government. While, on the other hand, the remaining thirty-eight states had permit death penalty (Wilson, 2002). However, lately a group of retired American diplomats insisted the Supreme Court to ban such executions in general, and argued that the lack of such a ban "will strain diplomatic relations with close American allies (Fournier, 2002)."

Tags:developmental, delay, capital, punishment, international, relations