Developmental delay has played a major role in the life of Joshua Santana. I will elaborate on the child’s present level of academic achievement and functional performance and the academic interventions. I will touch upon the child’s characteristics and behaviors based upon the interviews and observations. Lastly, I will close my case study describing Lev Vygotsky and Albert Bandura's theories of child development.
Background
Christina Santana is a parent of 3 children that attend public school in the Bronx, NY. Her ethnic background is Ecuadorian from her father and Italian from her mother. She currently resides in the Bronx, NY and speaks predominantly English at home, but exposes her kids to Spanish during family events. Her ex-husband
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Grooming, Joshua opened his mouth to brush his teeth but does not do a thorough job. Joshua does not like when his hair is washed. Joshua does not nor allow like nor allow his nose to be wiped and would not blow his nose into a held tissue. During bath time, Joshua was able to turn the water on, obtain the soap and rub his hands together. Next, Joshua will assist with dressing. Joshua was able to put his arms and legs through the clothing, remove pants with elastic waist and unfasten his shoes. Unfortunately, Joshua would not inform Ms. Santana when he was wet or soiled. Lastly, Joshua would sometimes gag when he does not want to eat. Joshua is able to finger feed, use a spoon and fork, hold a bottle or sippy cup securely with one …show more content…
There were several times where I found Joshua wandering around the classroom. His ability to focus is very minimal. Joshua would walk over to the fire station area or the sink to play with the water. Ms. Johnson has to call him multiple times before Joshua would acknowledge her. She would express to Joshua the consequences he would receive if he did not sit back down. Immediately, Joshua returns to his seat, but with a toy in his hand, which was removed causing a mini tantrum.
Joshua is a sweet yet reserved child who appears to be quiet in nature. He would avoid peers that are aggressive and requires encouragement and verbal support and praise to actively participate in large group activities such as gym and music/ movements. During gym, he refused to participate in the activity called “Helping Hero’s.” The students would have to run to the opposite end and save a stuff animal and run back. When it was Joshua’s turn, he required a level of encouragement in order to participate. In addition, he barely initiates peer or adult interactions unless he is encouraged to do so as
Alvarez was born in New York and then moved to the Dominican Republic shortly after she was born . Later in 1960 , she immigrated back to New York and received her education in boarding schools . She has spent a majority of her life in the United States , and considers herself to be an American , yet she likes to bridge the two worlds of Latina and American culture . Most of her stories have hints of her Dominican roots but she show’s her experiences with human insight . Even though her
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Carlos Augusto Alves Santana aka Carlos Santana was born July 20 1947 in Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico with a father of musical arts. When at the age of five he took up the violin which then developed his interested in music. Years later after his family moved to Tijuana it was then he began to play with the guitar, the instrument that would lead to his greatness. He was fascinated and surpassed his guitar heroes; they were John Lee Hooker, T. Bone Walker, and B.B. King. In 1961 Santana moved from Mexico to San Francisco, United States. In 1965 he graduated from Mission High school to then supported his family by getting a job as a dishwasher. He loved the San Francisco music scene, so to be able see his favorite artists he would sneak into Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium, like artists such as Muddy Waters & The Grateful Dead and Various musicians who sang jazz rock or the blues. Before 1970 Tom Frazier wanted to come up with a band with Tom playing the guitar, Santana playing the guitar & vocals, Mike Carabello playing the Percussion, Rod Harper playing the Drums, Gus Rodriguez playing bass guitar and a Settle native Gregg Rolie playing the organ & also doing vocals and they formed the "Santana's Blues Band." Later on the band became known as "Santana" with Santana, Rolie, David Brown on Bass, Bob Livingston on Drums and Marcus Malone on the Percussion. There has been curiousity on how the band picks up the Latin influence. Neither Santana or Rolie had an sympathy for the style. It has been known that Santana & Rolie hang out at the San Francisco Aquatic Park with conga players where they would get together and play music. At that time in his life he was being exposed to all kinds of music in San Francisco. In the Bay Area Gabor Szabo became one of Santana's Favorites, having a Latin Percussion to the band girls would dance to the beat of his music. Santana found out that the audience enjoyed the Latin Percussion and it was a key element in his music.
Alexandra Salas: It is important to understand challenging children’s lagging skills because if we don’t we won’t understand which skills the child needs to learn. But if we do, we will be better prepared to handle situations in which his challenging behaviors are most likely to occur. When we realize that the lagging skills contribute to challenging behaviors don’t always come naturally to all kids we have made a big breakthrough because most adults think that all children are created equal with the same social, emotional, and behavioral functioning. One very important thing to keep in mind is that challenging behavior occurs when life demands skills that a child lacks and when we see things from this perspective we no longer view lagging
He preferred people over objects and was able to focus his eyes on me and study my face as well as with others. He began to show more intense interest in his “These infants were usually happy and cheerful, tented to adjust well to new situations, and followed regular routines for eating, sleeping and toileting,” (Chess & Thomas,1986; Thomas Chess, & Birch, 1968). Referring to Kieran’s report, he readily adapted to the new people and situations in the pediatrician’s office making eye contact, smiling and vocalized to them quite a bit. Based on his behavior raising him through the Virtual Child, it was noted again that he smiles and interacts with nearly everyone and was able to
Unconscious aspects of the human psyche are very common now a days. Young and older adults are mostly the one that do things and have unconscious ways. This is called Psychoanalysis, people could be cured by making conscious their unconscious thoughts and motivations, thus gaining “insight”. In Fahrenheit 451, my goal is to explain and break down the human psyche. Understand that Freud believes and ways to control the unconscious minds are still in effect. Aiming for the psychoanalysis, to releases emotions, that’s make unconscious conscious.
Democratic Representative Ruben Hinojosa of the 15th Congressional District was first elected in 1993 and is currently serving his ninth term in the 113th Congress (Hinojosa, Biography, 2014). Hinojosa is considered to be a supporter for the underprivileged and has distinguished himself as a strong campaigner for the Hispanic minority, education, housing and economic development (Hinojosa, Biography, 2014).
Gross motor development is the review of the child’s capability to move in a consistent man...
... would be the amount of worth and credence he puts into his academic success, which could subsequently help with a scholarship for his education. And finally, his chronosystem was affected during his teenage years when his dad lost his job. As a family we were forced to cut back on spending which is the only way Joshua was affected. If Joshua had been 40 years old and lost his job, the stress to him would have been unsurmountable compared to his dad losing his job when he was just 16-years old. Historically, if women were never allowed to have the job opportunities as they do today our family would have been a one income family, substantially reducing our ability have Joshua in extra-curricular activities like baseball and the music he loves so much. Without these outlets Joshua may not have succeeded academically nor would he have had access to outside resources.
The United States faces serious problems that effective early education can help alleviate, most notable high rates of school failure, dropout, crime, and delinquency, as well as far too many youth who are not well prepared for the workforce. From 35 – 45 percent of American children are poorly prepared to succeed in school at kindergarten entry (Barnett & Frede, 2010, p. 22). Children begin learning the day they are born and brain development is vital in their early years. Children gain most of their initial pre-academic skills up to age six; during these crucial years of development it is said that the majority of a child’s brain is developed. So with this said, the area of focus for this research project is to describe the effects of the Early Learning
...stically present the three overarching perspectives that guide today's researchers and practitioners of developmental psychology, David Bjorklund and Carlos Hern? CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT: AN IINTEGRATED APPROACH shows how the major perspectives on human development must be integrated? Rather than presented as contrasting and sometimes contradictory ways of looking at development? In order to meaningfully understand infants, children, and adolescents as well as how they develop.
The school also offered developmental assessments that Seth and I take advantage of. The teacher found that Jeffrey was doing well with the peer group. He had even made several little friends. He also showed age-appropriate understanding of phonological awareness and the teacher recommends we continue reading and writing activities to help him prepare for literacy activities in kindergarten. He had no difficulty in adapting to “practice” kindergarten activities and was generally cooperative, avoided getting distracted, and stayed on task. He performed in the average range on tests of vocabulary and the ability to retell a story. He showed advanced ability to count, use numbers, understand quantitative relationships and classify objects. Jeffrey was fairly interested in the art projects that the teachers and students participated in and enjoyed the pre-math activities. Seth and I also completed another parenting questionnaire. We ranked in the top 15% in terms of affection and warmth and slightly above average in terms of discipline and
My Philosophy about Child Development Works Cited Missing A child's development affects how they learn. All children don't fit the norms of development but not all children should be looked down on because of this. The development of the body and mind leads to the development of skills a child learns in life. Teachers need to help the child expand their skills and the knowledge to do the skills well. "Virtually everything a young child does is affected if physical development is delayed" (Charlesworth, 2000).
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Children develop at their own rate and children of the same age will not necessarily develop the same knowledge and skills. The Early Years – Development Matters document informs practitioners of children’s development from birth to 60+ months. This document is for practitioners to understand the age and stage of development and will help to identify a child whose development is delayed.