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Autism and Environmental Determinants of Behavior

2009, p. 37). The causes of autism are not fully understood. There appears to be a genetic link yet the precise etiology has not...

Autism and the Vaccination Scare

fact, thousands of families have become convinced over the years that certain vaccines given during infancy are a causative factor...

LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT IN AUTISM

Much like autism itself, there are a wide variety of communication skills among children with autism. Some are able to carry on st...

Mamawawa, Sleep, Drug Addiction and Other Issues

the set point assumption: they are inconsistent with eating pressures as they have evolved; predictions have not been confirmed; a...

Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" - A Phenomenological Perspective

individual humans relate to one another, as well as how cultures and groups relate to one another to establish the construct colle...

Addressing the Problem of Behavior in the Classroom

Behavioral problems in the classroom can manifest in relationship to any number of causal factors....

The Value of Informal Assessments in Private Therapeutic Practice

diagnose even under the best conditions. This is because there is no totally objective test for autism; a diagnosis requires a var...

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Infants

This 3 page paper covers the early diagnosis of 16 month old infants with autism spectrum disorder. This paper covers the diagnosi...

Picture Book on Autism

This book review is on Amanda D. Tourville's My Friend Has Autism, which is illustrated by Kristin Sorra. An informative, sensit...

Temple Grandin and Autism Spectrum Disorders

In a paper of twelve pages, the writer looks at autism spectrum disorders. Insights from Temple Grandin are cited. Paper uses one ...

Visual Prompts and Educating Autistic Students

Introduction Autism is a pervasive...

Antipsychotic Drugs and Autism

psychotropic medications in psychology, in general, and with autism, in particular. This discussion will include movements in psyc...

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Whole Word Instruction

is an abstract concept that can be interpreted many different ways. The whole word method stems from an understanding of literacy ...

Freedom In Childhood And Adulthood: Compare/Contrast

to how much freedom he believes he should have. Inasmuch as the toddler stage is indicative of significant growth, this developme...

Technology and Culture: The Electronic Media and Our Children

accounts of child abductions, rapes, and murders practically every day. We are kept up-to-date on the violence in Iraq and that u...

'The Candy Man' Dean Corll

In seven pages children serial killer Dean Corll of Pasadena, Texas is discussed in terms of his life, his children's party plann...

African “AIDS Orphans”

2008). To make matters worse, the psychological problems experienced by AIDS orphans are exacerbated if they are separated from th...

Piaget, Vygotsky, Skinner and Their Developmental Theories

all objects with the same shape together regardless of their color (Atherton, 2005). The third stage is the "concrete operational...

Selecting Child Care

equipment was very important to them. It needed to be safe and there needed to be a lot of it. These parents have read to their so...

Child Development - Observations

book. The reader kept the story interesting for the children. According to Piagets Stages of Cognitive Development, Diane demons...

Children And Literature: Learning About Themselves In A Book

are learning that every living being sometime, somehow, some way ultimately dies. Fairy tales have long utilized this concept as ...

An Explanation and Possible Solutions Regarding a Seven Year Old Child's Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior

(Papert, 1999, p. 104+) - believed that children are not merely a collection of empty vessels waiting for information to fill the ...

Children and Divorce

Bennetts, 2001). The debate seems to focus on how long the effects of divorce impact children (Jeynes, 2001). In addition, there a...

Summer camp activities to aid the cognitive development of children aged between three and seven

completely. As well, within the scope of learning there needs to be some semblance of order. Using guided discovery, educators...

Preschool and Kindergarten Best Practice Curriculum

to Schweinhart and Weikart (1990), effective and developmentally appropriate programs for children (they are discussing Head Start...

Raising Children in America Today

200,000 violent acts on television alone" (Chatfield, 2002; p. 735). The study indicated that "Between the ages of two and 18, an ...

Juvenile Delinquency and A Child's Emotional Needs

contributing to delinquent behavior it may be nearly impossible to formulate an appropriate and meaningful intervention or treatme...

The School Bully Analyzed

often bullied in their profession. This is true even through one might think that to be unlikely. Nurses are generally perceived a...

A Case Story Involving Adult Child Abuse

missing the fundamental basics of human life; as such, a legal shift in focus took place in order to provide them with more emphas...

Nuclear Family and the Israeli Kibbutz

in general have been a topic of considerable debate practically since the first Kibbutz was formed. The first kibbutz was founded...