Child abuse
Child Abuse Every year in the United States of America more than 125,000 children suffer injuries intentionally inflicted by their adult caretakers. This is astonishing number of innocent victims to be had in such an advanced country as the United States is thought of. But truth be....

Connecting to the Kinect - Product Lifecycle Stages
The following is an analysis of the Microsoft Kinect as it ventures through the Product Lifecycle Stages. This analysis touches upon the current research being done into the possibilities of the Kinect's medical uses and functionalities for the disabled and sedentary, as well as surgical uses. Th....

Discipline and Autism
Lehigh University carried out a study on Kids with Autism, to determine the behavior out come of two different authority variables, parents and school districts. Their was 63 kids that were selected two ways kids who were in public school and kids who were in private schooling. This 36 kids were ....

Effects of Inclusion and Peer Acceptance of Students with Learning Disabilities
Introduction The mainstreaming movement began in 1975 with the passage of Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Since then, additional legislation has allowed for children with disabilities and special needs to be integrated into the regular education classroom setting t....

Evaluation of ERIC Database (Educational Resource Information Center)
A database is a collection of information organized in such a way that a computer program can quickly select desired pieces of data when needed. . There are many types of databases. These types are determined by a description of the databases content. Not all databas....

Everything and everyone around you is your teacher
Everything and everyone around you is your teacher. Would you like to find the greatest teacher in the world? The one who could teach you what you most need to learn in your life at this point? You can, and its easier than you may think. Just look around you. Your teachers are everywhere. Your lif....

Guide for Teenage Girls:How To feel Good About Yourself
Chapter Overview This manual is for teenage girls who are lost in the world, confusing and uncertain. It will give a good idea of who we are to meet the stresses and demands we face. Many people look for happiness outside themselves. They think things like more money, a better job, etc., will ma....

High Functioning Autistic Children in the Mainstream Classroom
In the past thirty years, the line between the type of education received by the special education student and the regular education student has blurred significantly. Today, teachers in the regular education classroom face students with a variety of learning styles and needs. Each individual chil....

Hindu Religious Traditions
Hinduism, also known as Sanatana Dharma, meaning eternal religion, does not have one central belief structure. It is more of a way of life than a set practice or religion. In Hinduism one can chose from several different paths to attain the main goal, which is Moksha. Moksha is liberation from t....

Inclusion within education
Developing Inclusive Practice within Mathematics Inclusion is essentially about meeting the needs of all pupils, whether they are the gifted and talented, the average child, or the child with any Special Educational Needs (SEN). The National Curriculum definition is providing effective ....

Is Hip-Hop Killing our Youth?
Today we speak, dress and drive what the stars do. Where we shop and eat even the types of homes we buy is dictated by what we "hear" the celebrities are doing. That is a powerful influence over an individual adult but only imagine what type of influence this has over an impressionable pre-teen. Due....

Multicultural Curriculum
According to Neubert and Jones (1998), "in the effort to develop multicultural curriculum, holidays are the first thing teachers think of." (p.14). From my experience, I agree with this statement. In addition, Neubert and Jones (1998) says that teachers need to include more things in the ....

Music Education: A Ringing Endorsement
Music Education: A Ringing Endorsement Imagine, if you will, a world without music. A place where nobody sings in the shower, all radio is all talk all the time, and movies lack future-predicting music: no more of the Jaws theme music when a shark is in the water. Never again would anyone w....

Preschool Observation Child Development
Place: La Mesa Dale Elementary School (La Mesa, CA) Class: Special Education Preschool Child: Emily, 4 years old Ratio: 2 adults and 8 children Walking in the door I met Ms. Jennifer Carter. Automatically I got a great impression of her. She was very well dressed and had a very pleasant dem....

Special Education
Many people think that special education teachers just sit around and baby-sit because the students with different abilities never grow out of being childish. That, though, is not at all true. I believe people will always have wonderful traits, but they will never be the same; therefore, no matt....

Special Education Classroom Observation
On March 16, 2006, I observed a special education classroom at the Jefferson Center. This classroom contained only disabled students ranging in age from about thirteen-years-old to twenty-one-years-old. This classroom contained students who were on different levels in certain subjects. Most of th....

Special Education in Public Schools
Special education schools Should children with mental disabilities be placed into special education schools? There are many factors that lead to the conclusion that they should. In special schools, teachers are able to focus on each childs special needs, provide them with the attention they r....

TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS ABOUT INCLUSION
In education the term inclusion, and inclusive education, is used to mean the full inclusion of children with diverse abilities in all aspects of schooling that other children are able to access and enjoy. An inclusive classroom is one that provides support and integration to students that might ot....

Technology and Elementary Education
The Nettle Creek School District began redesigning their technology curriculum last year. The state has begun requiring schools to create Technology Plans that must be approved by the state in order to receive grant monies. The process was also incorporated into our school improvement plan, which ....

The First Teen with AIDS to Speak Out, Fight Back-and Win
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, as many as 10,000 hemophiliacs in the United States were infected with the AIDS virus (Flanders 6). A genetic disorder in the blood system called hemophilia causes the failure of ones blood to clot normally due to a deficiency of one of the clotting factors....

Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is defined as an external physical force to the brain, causing either total or partial functional disability in the areas of the brain affected. The damage can be a result of the head hitting a hard surface forcefully (closed inj....

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