African-American Preschoolers: Child and Environmental Associations Source: Child Development‚ January/February 1999‚ Volume 70‚ Number 1 Abstract: This study examined how child (gender) and environmental factors (mother’s education‚ poverty‚ responsiveness and stimulation of the home environment) affect individual differences in the language development of African-American children between 18-30 months of age. Most studies have focused on White middle-class parents and their children and did not include
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Dementia Awareness Dementia is a word used to describe a group of symptoms including memory loss‚ confusion‚ mood changes and difficulty with day-to-day tasks. There are many causes of dementia. The brain‚ along with the spinal cord‚ makes up the central nervous system‚ and it is this that controls all of our body’s functions. Within the brain there are billions of nerve cells that are known as neurons. These neurons communicate with each other and with other parts of the body by sending
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The Range of causes of dementia There are many diseases that result in dementia. The most common types of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia; Pick’s disease; dementia with Lewy bodies (Fronto-Temporal); Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); Huntington’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. The term ’dementia’ describes a set of symptoms‚ which can include memory loss‚ changes in mood and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur
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Introduction: Man’s capacity to use his or her visual mechanism places him or her on top of all creatures in the world. There is no doubt that in the list of the basic human senses‚ vision is number one‚ followed by audition or hearing‚ kinesthesia or touch‚ olfaction or smell and gustation or taste. Authorities state that although man uses all his senses simultaneously in gathering varied stimuli from the environment‚ nearly eighty percent (80%) of all knowledge and information that man acquires
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Visual Impairment Introduction Vision challenge or impairment is when a person’s degree of seeing is very low and the affected person requires assistance in order to carry out daily routine. Significantly‚ for one to qualify as visually impaired there must be prove that a person cannot undertake duties by himself without necessary assistance. For a person to qualify as a visually challenged‚ there must be a prove that the affected eyes cannot be conventionally treated. Visual challenge cannot be
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As dementia progresses communication can be affected. Communication can be verbal‚ non-verbal including facial expressions or body language. Dementia affects the brain in different ways‚ causing disruption to the individual’s ability to communicate‚ each person is affected differently by dementia although the signs and symptoms of the disease are apparent. In the early stages of dementia it may be that the individual cannot think of the words they are wanting to use‚ losing their train of thought
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communication with individuals who have dementia: Understand the factors that can affect interactions and communication of individuals with dementia: 1.1: Explain how different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates: Forms of dementia are all different therefore the individuals will be affected in different ways when it comes to communication‚ for example; one individual may find it difficult to express their words where as another individual may speak more fluently
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visual impairment develops differently than a typically developing child (12 pts). Depending on the severity of the visual impairment it may cause a child to have fear of movement. This may also be associated with the fact that the parents may also be anxious about their child getting hurt‚ and as a consequence it could possibly affect the child’s motor skills. Children with visual impairments may not be as fit as typical peers do to the lack of exercises and sports being played. This affects the child’s
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DEMENTIA AWARENESS Understand what dementia is Explain what is meant by demtia: Dementia is a term that is used when the brain is affected by different diseses or conditions. Describe the key functions of the brain affected by dementia: The key functions of the brain affected by dementia are- processing information‚language‚memory‚ability to make sound judements. Explain why depression‚ delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia: They may be mistaken for dementia
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Identification and Assessment of Children with hearing Impairment The Assessment program for children with hearing impairment includes: 1. Audio logical Evaluation Audiology- is the science of testing and evaluating hearing ability to detect and describe hearing impairments. Audio logical evaluation- is done by an audiologist through the use of sophisticated instruments and techniques. Audiometer- is an electronic device that generates sounds at different levels of intensity and frequency
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