1. What changes have occurred in Amanda’s behavior? What are some possible reasons for these changes?
Amanda has a label of either mental retardation or cognitive disability. She appears to have spent years enjoying school, bonding, with friends and engaging in extracurricular activities. Lately, her demeanor has changed enough to warrant a meeting to discuss immediate and future concerns
She is not so eager to please others as she used to. She has moved onto wanting to please herself more. She is more concerned with boys, what her interests are and exhibiting defiance by continuing some inappropriate behavior.
Smith & Tyler (2010), discuss databased practices; moreover self-determination. Most people with intellectual disabilities have most decisions made for them. They have little choices. They “are not permitted the time necessary to actually develop an understanding of their own preferences, likes, and dislikes”(p 285). Amanda appears to have lower level of self-determination.
Her parents have been her advocates her whole life. They are worried about how she will survive when she is outside of high school. She is a few years behind on her cognitive skills and adaptive behavior skills; therefor, she struggles to know what particular
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Nicholas. It mentions cognitive disabilities. We know Amanda suffers from them and she is also a few years behind. I enjoy the idea of role playing, shaking hands, and even respecting personal space. This will really help with her excessive overly affectionate behaviors as well as those listed under conceptual and practical skills. If Amanda does not have friends that she does not spend much time with outside of her circle then it is important to look at ways to encourage these opportunities of growth. Best buddies is a great program that should be highly
This frustration acted as a vehicle for her to gain a desire to be more
disability. She never let it get into her way of being a normal person. As she stated that one day
Patricia Bauer was a former Washington post reporter and one of the founders of the UCLA, a school for young adults with intellectual disabilities, although she gains most of her knowledge on the topic from raising a daughter with Down Syndrome. This article was originally published in The Washington Post, one of the most circulates newspapers in America. When this article came out in August of 2008, two major things were happening concerning mental disabled people. The first was a movie that came out
Although my aunt is not a psychology professional, her hands-on experience with my cousin exemplifies her knowledge of his disorder and ability to care for him. Her strength and aptitude accompanied by my cousin’s optimism inspired me to learn more about the human mind and how it works. Along with my involvement in “Best Buddies” in high school, I frequently was exposed to other types of mentally challenged students that had autism, Fragile X syndrome (FXS), cerebral palsy and ADD/ADHD. Best Buddies is an international organization that creates one-to-one friendships between individuals with or without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD); that offers social mentoring and provides an improvement in the quality of life to the special needs population (Best Buddies International, 2017). Our organization would sponsor activities such as dances, after school activities, and provide tutoring.
Most parents know, or at least have a general understanding of the environment or atmosphere that their student needs be in to succeed. The district encourages that parental input be given to the IEP team during a multi-disciplinary meetings, and always tries to take that input into consideration. However, sometimes what the parent wants is not always in line with the student’s ability level, and the IEP team will try to find a compromise, or even offer trial periods to evaluate progress and behavior (S. Cummings, personal communication, November 12th, 2015).
Finally, she was became less dumb on her judgements of other people. She thought in very black and white terms. Today, she pays a lot closer attention to what their officials were did.
Parents have the right to be included in placement decisions, IEP developments, and evaluations. Schools should collaborate and communicate consistently with family members due to the fact they know their child better than anyone else and can be a powerful resource, as well as an advocate, for their development and education (American Foundation for the Blind, 2015). Furthermore, information regarding a student’s disability is highly confidential. IDEA clarifies that such information may be shared with only individuals who are working directly with the student (Friend, 2014).
Withdrawing from others- Jessie never went out of the house and did not interact with anyone.
Morgan, R. K. (1999). Case Study of Amanda: Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. Saddle River: Prentice Hall.
During these past two years, nearly all of the world has been exposed to the downward spiral of Amanda Bynes. The former child star has fallen, like many others, from the squeaky clean persona which we saw from her work on The Amanda Show. Many child stars have been fascinating cases in the psychology world whether it be caused by the stress of living in the spotlight or parental problems. Bynes’ case is a tragic one, especially for those of us who grew up with her show, so being able to understand from a clinical view point what is going on with her is important to me.
Looking back into Susan’s history her mother indicates that she wishes Susan can be more like her sister. Her behavior ties in with behavioral theory. This is because Susan then observes that there are certain incidents that involve favoritism towards her sister. Later on, in this case study Susan gets severely beaten as child because she would talk back to her parents, but even after this and seeing her sister receive more luxurious treatments her behavior doesn’t change. In fact, if her parents were using this as some sort of punishment it didn’t work on Susan because her behavior showed little interest in school where she would get C-D averages. While her dad was away most of the time, her mom would always invite friends over to do witchcraft.
Intellectual disability (ID) and related terminology have evolved over time to reflect the legal and social gains made by individuals with such a disability and their families. ID is characterized by significant limitations in intellectual functioning (e.g., reasoning, learning, and problem solving); significant limitations in adaptive behavior (i.e., conceptual, social, and practical skills in everyday life); and onset in childhood (before the age of 18 years; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Disabilities, 2017). Intellectual disability is a particular state of functioning that begins in childhood and is characterized by limitations in both intelligence and adaptive skills (Janet W. Lerner, 2015).
In” Disabling Imagery in the media “Barnes asserts,“Disabled people are rarely shown as integral and productive members of the community; as students, as teachers, as part of the work-force or as parents. “(11). Popular culture excludes women with disabilities because they are different. Through Joanne’s character, Nussbaum demonstrates how women with disabilities operate in their daily lives.Nussbaum description of Joanne’s daily routine shows that women with Nussbaum 's character Joanne also demonstrates how women with disabilities are not burdens on
she became obsessed with acting and pleasing all the adults in her life. While working on
Amanda loves her children and tries her best to make sure they do not follow her path to downfall. Unfortunately, while she is trying to push her children toward her ideals of success, she is also pushing them away. Amanda Wingfield is a kind woman stuck in the wrong place and time; she is trying to make her children’s life perfect while attempting to get a re-do on her love life with Laura and forcing Tom to fill the role that her husband abandoned. Amanda Wingfield was never meant to be in the situation that she finds herself in.