Explain What Changes Have Occurred In Amanda's Behavior

1. What changes have occurred in Amanda’s behavior? What are some possible reasons for these changes? Amanda has been unmotivated to be an active student and poor employee at her local restaurant job. She continues to be affectionate, but his unaware that she expresses and is overly affectionate. Amanda can be overly affectionate because she wants to explore the dating world. Following with the previous statement, Amanda cares more about her appearance to receive attention, and that could be getting males’ attention. The primary reason Amanda has been acting differently is due to her age and eighteen years old tend to desire more freedom and independence.
2. What specific adaptive behavior skills is Amanda lacking? How can the absence of these skills affect her independence and safety?
Her parents arrange Amanda’s schedule by involving her in activities such as private tutoring for reading, bowling league with others with disabilities, and summer camp. Even though this is a great way for Amanda to be involved in the community, Amanda has to be able to be responsible to plan such activities, which is why Amanda may be uninterested and desire to independent. Since Amanda receive private tutoring for reading, she lacks her reading skills. For this scenario, Amanda seems to not let her reading skills affect her behavior. Another key note is she is demonstrating a poor work effort, or occupational skills. She has been more focused on talking about boys, and does not respect personal space by the act of being overly affectionate. Amanda does not follow rules or directions instructed by the school’s staff and at her job. Due to the fact Amanda is eighteen, she wishes to not respect authority, not respect or be aware of personal space, and she wants to be more independent by doing what she wants to do such as