Essays Tagged: "learning difficulties"

Community Care of the Elderly in Northern Ireland and Great Britain

mmunity care may also have a physical illness or disability, a mental illness or disability or have learning difficulties, perhaps they are homeless there are numerous groups that could be included. C ...

(9 pages) 265 3 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The purpose of intelligence testing with children.

e of intelligence tests in children? They helpdoctors, teachers and psychologists diagnose numerous learningdifficulties such as cognitive deficits, learning disabilities,processing disorders, attenti ... ests help professionals build strategies bestsuited to help these children function and progress in learning. Anindividualized education plan (IEP) can be set into place to addressdysfunctions or disa ...

(2 pages) 95 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Cerebral palsy

muscular impairment. Often it is accompanied by poor coordination. It sometimes involves speech and learning difficulties. There are no actual problems with the muscles or nerves; it is the damage to ...

(6 pages) 86 1 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Down syndrom

owever, they will have physical features shared by others with Down's syndrome. They will also have learning difficulties. This means they have greater difficulty learning than the majority of people ...

(2 pages) 25 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

That marijuana should not be legalised.

ist of the brain, heart and lungs. Some of the short term effects on the brain are memory problems, learning difficulties, disorientated perception and loss of coordination. Longs term effects on this ...

(3 pages) 56 1 2.1 May/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Robert Rauschenberg's Almanac

entered the local University of Texas to study Physics only to be expelled in his first year due to learning difficulties, dyslexia, which was then not recognised and so from there he entered into mil ...

(6 pages) 25 0 4.8 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Education in developing countr

Education can be defined as all forms of human learning or more narrowly as the process that occurs in specialized institutions called "schools". I ... like education, rather than the military.South-East Asia In the article "South-East Asia's learning difficulties" published by The Economist on August 16, 1997. It defined the problem facing ... life, "Education for all" will no long be just a phase, but a reality.Reference: "South-East Asia's learning difficulties", The Economist, 16 August 1997."No school, no future", The Economist, 27 Marc ...

(5 pages) 51 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Comorbidity Between Reading Disability and ADHD

s on measures of verbal working memory (160)." The current study took place at the Colorado Learning Disabilities Research Center and included 314 twins between 8 and 16 years of age from 27 s ... 7 school districts within a 150 mile radius of the Denver/Boulder area. If one twin showed signs of learning difficulties, both were included in the study. A comparison sample was collected in which n ...

(5 pages) 25 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Meningococcal Disease

(1 pages) 1662 0 0.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Dyslexia Theories and Treatments

a child who has been identified as having dyslexia to also have one or more relatives who also have learning difficulties. Dr. Larry Cardon, a statistical geneticist, found evidence that "a gene for d ... y. The tester must have knowledge of how individuals learn to read and why some people have trouble learning to read, and must also understand how to measure appropriate reading interventions is neces ...

(6 pages) 33 0 5.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

AD/HD and Dyslexia: Supporting Children and Adults with Learning Difficulties

65533; PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT �10� AD/HD and DyslexiaSupporting Children and Adults with Learning DifficultiesBeth L. LynchAPUSApril 10, 2010IntroductionAttention deficit/hyperactivity diso ... d dyslexia are not diseases; therefore, they cannot be cured. Children and adults who struggle with learning difficulties (LD) face a myriad of challenges in school, and, in their daily lives. They ne ...

(7 pages) 54 0 4.0 Jul/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Women with Substance Abuse Problems

e birth; stroke during labor and delivery; malformations of the limbs and kidney and possible later learning difficulties" (Mayet, Morgan, & Strang, 2008). Withdrawal symptoms in infants include a ...

(4 pages) 19 0 0.0 Nov/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays