wk 4 assign 2024

wk 4 assign 2024.

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Assignment: An Infant Case Study—SamMany changes happen from conception to birth. A single-celled zygote multiplies and grows over approximately 9 months into a living, breathing human being composed of trillions of cells. That’s quite an amazing feat! With such rapid growth occurring, it is not surprising that the developing fetus is vulnerable to a number of different environmental influences.

For this Assignment, you will examine an infant case study to determine short-term developmental outcomes.Refer to the following Case Study about Sam, a male infant:An infant male, Sam, was born to Jane and Roberto. Jane works in the city as a medical transcriptionist, but requested 12 weeks of family leave effective immediately upon Sam’s birth.

Sam was born 6 weeks premature, by Cesarean delivery. His Apgar score at 1 minute was 5; after receiving oxygen, his Apgar score at 5 minutes was 8. Apart from the first few minutes after birth, Sam has not required oxygen or respiratory assistance. Because of his prematurity, Sam stayed in the hospital for 72 hours before he was discharged.

Jane drank occasionally throughout the pregnancy, but reported drinking most heavily during the last trimester of her pregnancy, which was about the time Roberto got laid off from his job. There is suspicion, although not confirmed, that Sam has Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Sam is a fussy eater, requiring short and frequent feedings.

He has been home for 2 weeks and wakes up hungry every 2 hours. He does not sleep through the night.Roberto and Jane live in a house in a rural area. They do not have a network of friends and family who live nearby who can help, but Jane’s mother has offered to move in with them temporarily. Roberto and Jane’s mother get along very well.

Jane is debating whether she should reduce her family leave and go back to work earlier than she had planned.Many of the details in the above case study have purposely been left ambiguous (e.g., ethnicity, geographic location, etc.) so that you can make some conjectures of your own and relate that to Sam’s short-term and long-term prognosis.

To prepare for this Assignment:Review the Learning Resources for this week and consider any environmental factors that might affect the infant’s development.Search the Internet and/or the Walden library to find articles related to the case study that might support your findings.For this Assignment:Write a 2- to 3-page paper and include the following:Explain the environmental factors presented in the Case Study, as well as others that may be present but not specifically identified in the Case Study that might affect Sam’s development.

With the environmental factors you explained, further explain what you think the best case scenario and the worst case scenario might be for Sam’s short-term developmental outcomes and explain why.Be specific, provide examples, and justify your response with citations from the Learning Resources/literature.

Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course. Use proper APA format and citations.

Special needs in school age children and intelligence 2024

Special needs in school age children and intelligence 2024.

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Part 1 and Part 2, needs to be at least 250 words each part, APA styleM4D1: Special Needs in School Age Children and Intelligence: Nature versus NurtureModule 4During the middle school years, differences in learning and cognitive ability become more obvious for some children. It can be helpful to explore some of these differences and begin understanding their impact on all domains of development.

To become more comfortable with reading and comprehension of research articles and applying developmental perspectives, you will read an article and provide some evidence for why you think the author(s) is approaching special needs from a specific perspective.The purposes of this discussion are:· Help you become more familiar with scholarly articles· Learn about special needs· Apply theoretical perspectives of human development· Develop solutions to a real world challenge· Support your thoughts and views on intelligenceBy successfully completing this discussion activity, you will demonstrate Module Outcome 2: Describe the special needs that may become apparent during the school years and how can they be met, Module Outcome 3: Summarize cognitive development during the school years, according to the major theoretical approaches, and Module Outcome 4: Discuss the concept of intelligence as it relates to the nature-nurture controversy.

For full credit, please complete both parts of this discussion by replying to both parts.Part #1:Read ONE of the following articles:· How physicians support children with disabilities and their families: Roles, responsibilities and collaborative partnerships. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

· UTILIZATION OF SCHOOL NURSES DURING THE EVALUATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. [PDF, file size 67 KB] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.· Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law: An Innovative Approach to Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

[PDF, file size 321 KB] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Next, answer the following questions:· What special needs or challenges were discussed in the article you read?· What aspects of development (physical, cognitive, social/personality) are impacted by the special needs you identified above? Provide examples.

· Which theoretical approaches (psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, contextual, evolutionary) are evident in the article you read? Why (give at least one example for each approach you write about)?· What solutions can you identify for effectively meeting the needs identified above?Part #2:Mary Jo Bane and Christopher Jencks argue that if intelligence is inherited there is nothing the schools or anyone can do to improve a child’s chances in life.

Below are five “myths” Bane and Jencks say are commonly accepted as true.1. IQ tests are the best measure of human intelligence.2. The poor are poor because they have low IQs. Those with high IQs end up in well-paid jobs.3. Your IQ is overwhelmingly determined by your genetic endowment.4.

The main reason African American children and poor, white children have low IQ scores is that they have “bad” genes.5. Improving the quality of the schools will go a long way toward wiping out the differences in IQ and school achievement and, therefore, in children’s life chances.Choose two of five statements above.

Do you agree or disagree? Respond in writing by sharing your own experiences, and then supporting each of your responses with evidence from a scholarly article published within the last 5 years. Use APA format to properly cite and reference the scholarly articles you use.