Through my service I helped people who were born with a developmental disability. A development disability is a mental or physical disability, such as cerebral palsy or mental retardation. A development disability can be present during childhood and interferes with normal physical, intellectual, or emotional development, and usually lasts throughout life. This type of disability people have trouble performing simple everyday tasks. My service called me to assist people with everyday tasks that would seem simple to you and me, such as getting dressed, eating, household chores, going out in public, and extracurricular activities. However, my service consisted of much more than the physical acts of dressing and feeding people. I also was able …show more content…
A person should be taught the basis of household chores such as helping with the shopping, putting away their laundry and even feeding a pet. Including people in such chores will make them feel valued as a person. It is important to take into consideration who likes to do what. Certain chores may seem more appealing to some than others. You wouldn't want to make someone do something that they have no interest in doing. To make shopping fun and more appealing to the eye I have added the amount and name of the item we need and a picture to know what exactly we are looking for. I show kindness by telling my patients that they are doing s good job shopping even though at sometimes they choose the wrong items. Adding pictures is a very well way to teach someone how to learn a household chore and can almost work on anything. Putting pictures of clothing on drawers allows a person to know where to put the proper clothing. Feeding a pet works the same way. Putting pictures next to each step allows the person you are taking care of to feed their pet under the established …show more content…
I have also been served by my patients. I have come to realize that all of the simple things we do on a daily basis are taken for granted. The simple task of brushing your teeth and eating are something that people need assistance with, something that we don't even think about. I have been oblivious to how simple things to me can be a struggle of everyday life to others. My patients taught me a very valuable lesson in life that I will never forget. Taking things for granted isn't okay and through my service I learned that, now I am thankful for the thinks I am able to do that in the past I would have taken for granted. I have also been shown the same acts of kindness and patience. I have been shown kindness through the other staff member by them teaching and allowing me to be apart of their community. As I showed patience I have also received patience from the people I have cared for. When I came into the building to do my service I am sure I did things a little bit different from the way my patients were used to. I saw true patience as everyone gave my new ways a chance and cooperated with me through my time of
Chapter thirteen has two subject matter that it discusses in some detail, mental illness and developmental disabilities. This review will be exploring the history, philosophy and theories of developmental disabilities. Social workers come in contact with many clients that have developmental disabilities, and the chapter gives a glimpse the history, problems, and theories related to developmental problems. Chapter thirteen explores the issues of dealing with developmental disabilities in the past and what is being done today to help social workers face the issues.
After reading, The Case Against Chores, by Jane Smiley, I must say that I disagree with her perception of chores. Ms. Smiley states that the reason for chores is for “developing good work habits or, in the absence of good work habits, at least habits of working” (Smiley, 2009, p. 274). However, chores teach us things such as responsibility and how to go above and beyond what might be asked of us. As a child I did a lot of chores and had to grow up a little faster than some children, but I would not change that for the world. It molded me into the adult that I am today. Therefore, chores, to a certain extent, are a great way to start you on the path in preparing you for adulthood.
4. Expressing appreciation is important in building relationships with the people around me in the nursing home as well as the social work field. Expressing delight, affirmation, encouragement, and gratitude is an important part in appreciation technique. The nursing home continually requires social workers to attend to problems and it gets very easy to see what may need to be fixed. By giving appreciation makes the relationship with the client strong and easier to when working with client problems or disagreements. It also gives the client a sense of self- worth and a higher self-esteem.
Ability and disability entails the ability to do things others can do or the inability to do something due to physical challenges, mental or emotional challenges that one possesses within their immediate surroundings. Basing on positionality, ability and disability is a key attribute that can make a person to be viewed different within their immediate societies. These attributes can make one to be embraced or sideline within their immediate surroundings.
The word disability means something different to anyone you ask. Officially, having a developmental disability means the disability appears before someone turns 22 years old and causes a chronic, life-long or extended-duration impairment. These disabilities, which may not be seen, can be physical, intellectual, neurological, psychiatric (or other), and the person with the disability has a strong need for services or special care. Developmental Disabilities Act, section 102[8] What are Services?
Adults wouldn’t like to come home and do a whole lot of chores (but they have to)! Why should kids have more work to do at home, when we already have chores? Chores can get in the way of homework and homework can take a very long time to finish. Too much homework and too many chores can be very hard to do. Some chores some kids have to do is sweeping the dining room, kitchen, and porch, cleaning the bathrooms and tables and doing the dishes.
Doing them is a big part of life and could make you more responsible in the future. Chores are something that has to be done. Your parents don’t get paid to do the laundry, dust, or cook meals. If no one in your house did chores, the house would become a mess. The argument that I read says, “Sometime we do
This might have been the most impacting experience to continue my aspirations, but the most impacting person was my grandma’s nurse, and she definitely had the greatest effect on me. This nurse was the bridge between the doctors and the patient. Without even knowing my grandma, this nurse massaged her, talked to her, even sang to her. She came every morning to bathe her, during the time she was there. She handled one of the most beloved persons’ in our family with such care and delicacy and no sign of disgust, that I was truly left with in awe.
I also deliver medicine to the people who do not have a way to get their medicine, I usually travel close by me. This was a great experience because, I was able to work with patients and meet the staff members from all over the city of Conyers, Covington, and Atlanta and learn about their life experiences. Hearing their stories has made me truly appreciate everything which I
A child with a disability is having someone that has been diagnosed whether at birth, from an illness, or an accident that can leave a person with a disability. Sometime a person may not be diagnosed until years later. This disability which will not allow a person to function on a regular day to day basis. Therefore, someone has to take on that responsibility to assist that child to make sure they are taken care of. A child can be born with multiple disabilities and this is only to name a few: Down’s Syndrome, Autism, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD), Mental Retardation. Each disability can be different. Some can be more severe than others. they can come from different cultures and financial status. Even as a person grows older a disability can occur.
The chores should be age appropriate. As the children mature, the chores they receive can become more complicated. These chores should vary, in order to teach the children different skills and to maintain fairness, if a parent has more than one child. By accomplishing their tasks, children will gain self-confidence and responsibility. In addition, there are other advantages to giving chores to children. These include getting the children away from video games, computers, and television as well as giving them some physical activity, depending on the chore.
A person with a disability is a person whom is unable to do things due to their to physical or mental abilities. This involves movements and also the mental processes of that particular person. The National Serve Inclusion stated that an estimated 54 million people have a disability in the United States which is about every 1 in 5 people, and this number continues to increase because of unhealthy choices made by the mother during pregnancy, environmental factors, and the use of certain medications and vaccines. However, around 24.1 million of those people are either physically or mentally unable to act on their own because their disability is very severe. A person with a severe disability is defined as a person who is unable to perform one
Seeing the light in her eye as I assisted her and talked to her meant the world to me. Especially once she informed me her family did not come to see her often. One man asked me to read to him during his free time because he couldn’t read anymore due to poor vision. It broke my heart hearing him tell me how he used to be an English teacher and could no longer teach or read once he started to lose his vision. He thanked me many times for reading to him, I could tell it meant a lot to him. Every single patient I got the opportunity to meet amazed me with their life stories and experiences. It was truly a blessing to get to know them all even though it was only for a short period of time that I got the privilege of being with
I became part of another team of individuals who cared about helping people at their worst and most vulnerable times. I learned how to serve food to people without making them feel like less of a person and with respect and dignity. I learned to listen to their stories and experienced their appreciation. Working at the Inn made me realize just like in the medical field you see all sorts of individuals and their problems that need to be addressed in a manner that is most convenient to them. Nutrition and shelter is an important part of life and as a doctor I want to make sure that I will treat the needs of my patients with utmost care. Some people that came to the soup kitchen were reluctant for me to carry the food tray for their children. We had to carefully serve with food allergies or certain medical conditions like diabetes. We assisted the disabled individuals making sure they were comfortable as they ate and nobody stole their
Even though, as a child, I did not always want to lend a hand when it came time to do chores, I did the chores because I was told to and I knew they needed to be done. I now appreciate the lessons learned from the chores; they helped me to be become an adult who understands the importance of hard work. I more than likely would not be able to maintain the balance of managing a household, raising my children, going to school, and working a full time job if chores had not been a part of my childhood. Thusly, chores are beneficial for children; Chores promote physical activity, allow children to develop an effective work ethic that will transition with them into adulthood, and teach children the importance of independence and