I begin my paper I wanted to give a little history on the background of the Special Olympics. The first International Special Olympics Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago 1968. It was originally started by a woman named Anne McGlone Burke‚ who was a physical education teacher with the Chicago Park school district. She began with the idea for a one-time Olympic-style athletic competition for people with special needs. Burke then contacted Eunice Kennedy Shriver‚ who was the head of the
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lot to learn about raising a child under normal circumstances‚ but when a child has special needs parents must learn this whole new language of medical and special education terms (Overton‚ 2005). Parents enter this new world where navigating for the best interest of their child is riddled with challenges and obstacles that they need to somehow overcome. This is especially true when parents are dealing with the special education program in their child’s school. The Individuals with Disabilities Education
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Special Education: What is Special About it? Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 August 6‚ 2012 Special Education: What is Special About it? Aron‚ L.‚ & Loprest‚ P. (2012). Disability and the education system. Future Of Children‚ 22(1)‚ 97-122. Education of people with disabilities has not always been what it is today and this article reviews the history of special education and the process of getting it where it is today. I am interested in this article because it shows how society has come
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Section 1: Biomolecules & chemical bonding Reading: Chapter 2‚ concepts 2.3 – 2.5 Chapter 3‚ concepts 3.1 – 3.6 Watch and Learn: Biological molecules http://youtu.be/QWf2jcznLsY Basic Key Concepts After completing the readings and practice exercises‚ students should be able to: Define the biologically relevant interactions (bonds) between molecules. List functional groups commonly found in biological molecules. List from memory the electronegativity of carbon‚ nitrogen‚ oxygen
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The Different schools of psychology Structuralism- the first school of thought headed by Wilhelm Wundt‚ a German‚ and later by E.B. Titchener started in 1879 when experimental psychology was gaining more incentive. The structuralists‚ as they called themselves‚ thought of psychology as the study of conscious experience. They started components experience. They started that all complex substances could be analyzed through their component elements. They held that elementary mental states such as sensations
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Impact of IOM Report On Future of Nursing Linda Andrews Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics August 5‚ 2013 Impact of IOM Report On Future of Nursing In October of 2010‚ the Institute of Medicine released the report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change‚ Advancing Health”. “The IOM is an independent‚ nongovernment organization that gives advice to people in decision-making positions… The opinions of the IOM are highly regarded and carry weight in legislative decision” (Grand
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals The 2010 Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) is the largest change to the United State Health Care system since the Senate passed the Medicare and Medicaid program in 1965. The Affordable Medical Care Act of 2010 will provide affordable insurance coverage to 32 million more Americans; this will require a higher demand on the health care system. With only 3 million registered nurses in the United States‚ questions were raised as to what kind of responsibilities
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Neutral consultancy for Nile Breweries Abstract Research proposal for the market research about Nile Special in the Dutch market. Table of Contents Introduction and research background We are five IBMS students who are learning to conduct a proper market research during the course Introduction to Market Research (IMR). In the IMR project we focus on the macro- and microenvironment of
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care for the aging population. With many Americans‚ who are ultimately living longer than ever before because of medical advances‚ procedures‚ and medications‚ we are left with the question of how to effectively care for an aging population? Are patients getting the best possible care while staying in hospitals‚ nursing homes‚ and assisted living communities‚ or are nurses and other helping aids understaffed‚ unprepared or uneducated for the task? Supporting the elderly population has been an ongoing
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English 21 May 2013 Special Olympics Would you say people with disablilities are less fortunate? Would you say they aren’t capable of things that an everyday person are? No‚ it’s not that they are less fortunate or uncapable‚ but are carriers of unique gifts and talents. The Special Olympics started off only as a summer camp for those with intellectual disabilities. The camp was created to test and discover the phyical and mental abilities of these special individuals. The camp turned
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