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Attention Deficit Disorder School Age Children
961 wordsAttention Deficit Disorder is the most common psychiatric disorder among children. This disorder affects three to five percent of all school age children, mostly boys (Dreher). Diagnosis of this disorder is not an easy task, but it has been made easier due to symptoms specific to this disorder. Once diagnosed properly, attention deficit disorder can be treated with medications and behavioral therapy. The causes of attention deficit disorder are not easily pinpointed. Not until recently have rese...
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Cognitive Development Of School Age Children
463 wordsCognitive Development of School Age Child The cognitive development of the school age child is progressing rapidly. The two main cognitive processes at this time, which allow the child to become a more effective communicator during the school age years are non-egocentrism and degeneration. Non-egocentrism is the child's ability to take on the perspective of others. Until school age, the child is egocentric and is unable to see things from anyone's perspective but his own. Non-egocentrism allows ...
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School Age Children Children Of Divorce
1,376 wordsThe statistics for divorce in the 1990 's suggest that nearly sixty percent of marriages end in divorce. Given this startling figure, the presumption can be made that many children will experience some effects caused by the life-changing event called divorce. What is it exactly about divorce that causes negative consequences for these children? In what ways will these children be effected? Will these effects show outwardly? The unsettling fact is: young children of divorced parents face great ps...
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Therapy For Depressed Children
1,557 wordsPsychological Treatment for Depressed Students Amy A. Zieman Monmouth University Psychological Treatment for Depressed Students Depression in school-age children may be one of the most overlooked and under treated psychological disorders of childhood, presenting a serious mental health problem. Depression in children has become an important issue in research due to its many emotional forms, and its relationship to self-destructive behaviors. Depressive disorders are of particular importance to s...
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The Discusses Problems Single Parent Families Face
1,941 wordsThe paper discusses the problems single parent families face. The aim of the paper is to discover what factors contribute to difficulties raising children in single parent families and how these families can be more secure in economic and social terms. The paper depicts everyday life of a single parent household. Single Parent Households In recent years, single mothers and fathers achieved notoriety under a Republican government determined to identify and pin the blame on those it believed were ...
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
1,516 wordsIS RITALIN OVERPRESCRIBED? Stimulant medications such as Ritalin have received some bad press over the years. Because of lack of accurate information, parents are understandably fearful of side effects. Ritalin has been studied carefully for the last 20 to 30 years. The two most commonly mentioned side effects of Ritalin are loss of appetite and sleep problems. Irritability and weight loss are the next most often reported symptoms. Approximately half of the children in one study who took Ritalin...
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Divorced Children Vs Married Parents Part 2
1,933 words... was significantly more prevalent among those who had experienced parental divorce in latency as compared with those who had experienced it before school age or in adolescence. The prevalence in the two latter groups was very close to that of males from non-divorced families. Among females, the time of parental divorce was not associated with the prevalence of depression in young adulthood. Depression was significantly more common in all groups than among females from non-divorced families. F...
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Moral And Values Based Leadership
1,657 wordsMoral and Values-Based Leadership The aspects of moral and values-based leadership in school improvement initiatives are very important. Individual student abilities are strongly attached to the learning environment. If the learning environment is positive, the students academic success is high. Therefore, modern educational system focuses much attention on finding the most effective strategies. Undoubtedly, both effective teaching and learning are concerned with various approaches aimed to main...
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School Age Children War On Drugs
1,502 wordsThe negative connotations that surround the issue of drug use have been perpetuated by the media and have created a very unhealthy societal fear of drugs. Improper drug use is dangerous, not the chemical compound itself. A major factor in one s drug experience is the users personality. A person with psychological problems who takes LSD will most likely have those problems magnified when under the influence of the drug. However, psychologically healthy people who are knowledgeable and prepared fo...
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Children With Disabilities Sigmund Freud
1,152 wordsDyslexia is a neurological syndrome in which other wise normal people have difficulty reading and writing. There are few different types of dyslexia, reading, writing and mathematics. Many misconceptions go along with dyslexia, for example, people with dyslexia are mentally retarded, have vision problems or even labeled as just dumb (Connelly 18). There are very detectable symptoms of dyslexia when a person is reading. Some of the people with dyslexia may skip words; reverse the order of letters...
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First Three Years Years Of Life
1,149 wordsEarly Intervention And Detection Of Medical, Emotional, Early Intervention And Detection Of Medical, Emotional, And Physical Disorders And Disabilities In the past children with disabilities were most often neglected, abused, and even killed. Today, however, society has become more understanding and involved in the lives, as well as the education of people with disabilities. In 1975, PL 94 - 142, otherwise known as The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, was the first step to providing a...
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School Age Children Divorce On Children
1,087 wordsThe Effects of Divorce on Children The statistics for divorce in the 1990 s suggest that nearly sixty percent of marriages end in divorce. Given this startling figure, the assumption can be made that many children will experience some effects caused by the life-changing event called divorce. What is it exactly about divorce that causes negative consequences for these children? In what ways will these children be effected? Will these effects show outwardly? I will attempt to uncover some of the c...
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School Age Children Children Feel
1,127 wordsITS NOT EASY BEING A KID Today many parents major concern is that their children stay ahead of the pack, and keep an edge over the competition. There are children enrolled on waiting lists at nursery schools while still in their mothers wombs. For the same reason, schools are filled with children in enriched and accelerated programs. And children are being started in competitive sports like swimming and tennis at a very early age. Of course, there is nothing wrong with wanting children to live u...
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School Age Children High In Fat
2,155 wordsIn todays society childhood obesity is considered to be an epidemic. The increase in obesity is not caused by the change in the gene pool, but rather by the change in the environment. This causes vulnerable populations to express the obesity phenotype (Stone, 1999). One in seven children ages 6 - 17 are considered to be obese. Most nutritionists will say that this is do to the lack of parental guidance. A childs parents should teach their child proper eating habits so that they wont run across p...
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Secondary School Didn T
1,499 wordsThe Early Days- I was born in Maidstone hospital and have lived in the village of Staplehurst all my life. My family name, Johnson, has a self-explanatory meaning. It simply means, son of John. ? ? ? ? ? My mother? s mother is half welsh and was brought up in Wales. My mother used to spend her summers in Wales visiting relatives. My mother had a large welsh influence in her. She would often use welsh words in bringing me up. I therefore also have a welsh influence in my language? My Father lived...
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School Age Children Spend More Time
1,679 wordsField Report on the development of children s playground behaviour, based upon the observation of nursery and primary school children. Note: To protect the identity of the children observed and mentioned in this report, their names have been changed. Background Much research has been done into children s play behaviour. Theories and models have been proposed detailing the phases and stages through which a child will develop. These phases lie along a linear plane with each child advancing through...
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Child Care Fact Finding
1,753 wordsImplementing a School Age Child Care (SACC) Program Graduate Department of Education Identification of the problem According to the Florida Educational Research Council, in 1955, 60 % of all households were traditional type families (Davies, Topping &# 038; Koon, 1989). While dad was at work, mom was at home cooking and cleaning for the family. Today less than 7 % of all households fit this pattern. The need for child care, and specifically, School Age Child Care (SACC) is a fact of life today. ...
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School Age Children U S Department
2,405 wordsA visit to a school lunchroom at noon would quickly dispel any preconceived view of how lunch goes down in children. Most youngsters will dive for the cookies first eat a bite or two out of the sandwich and the apple, throw away the rest, and turn to the serious business of snack foods. There are approximately 25 million children in 93, 000 schools who receive breakfast and lunch through the school cafeteria. Although research has shown that eating healthy at an early age helps youngsters develo...
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