Wednesday and a mother just kissed her son goodbye as he walked into the classroom. The mother walks back to her car and proceeds to work. Her son has Down Syndrome, but attends a private school where special needs children have their own classroom. Her son Alex loves going to school to see his friends, like any child would. With having Down Syndrome, Alex has some rough days in the classroom. It’s 10:30am and Janice, Alex’s mother, receives a phone call. “Hi Janice, this is Mrs. Smith calling with
Middle Child Syndrome Have you ever wondered if your birth place, particularly that of a middle child, has any effect on your personality and conscience? Psychologists and many others have actually pondered the subject, and believe that there is a connection between your personality development and your niche in the family. Many people, myself included, have wondered why some siblings are treated differently than others. For instance, the eldest usually gets more responsibility and privileges,
Developmental Disorders. These include: Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Asperger's Disorder, and Rett's Syndrome (Volkmar, 2005). All these disorders occur in early childhood and are often not noticed by a parent or primary caregiver until it is noticed that the child is not achieving normal developmental milestones. Childhood Disintegrative Disorder is a severe condition in which a child will develop normally until age 3 or 4, then rapidly lose already learned skills such as communication skills
The Art of the Middle Child What if you had the opportunity to see something you had never seen before. Would you take a camera? Would you go? Would you give it a thought? This is what goes through the mind of a person like me. More specifically a middle child, they put way too much thought into things. I am Josh, and I am a middle child. I’ve said it once and one more time wont hurt, being a middle child was hard let me tell you about me. Wouldn’t it be funny if we were taught from the top down
My relationship with my sister has always been a forced one. From the beginning, she was handled much differently than I was. My parents had long-awaited a child, and difficulties arose that deemed natural conception an almost impossible route. The pregnancy that would lead to my birth had been aided by doctors. Halfway through my incubation period, my mom started bleeding, and my survival chance was miniscule, as they were told. Obviously, I survived, but the struggle left my parents scarred
Cinderella – was she a really good girl? In my experience, she might have suffered from what is known as ‘Good Child Syndrome’ as I did. When I was young, life was a kind of burden. My mother was a teacher and she had wanted me to be a good child as her daughter. She didn’t ask me a lot but I tried to do better than her expectations to gain her affection. I had tried to become the so-called ‘model child’. I had a ton of work to do. I had to get good grades in the school, take care of my younger brother and
The Dangers of Extreme Pampering We live in a generation where we expect less of our children, though they expect more from us (Pack). The term “Pampered Child Syndrome” is defined as indulging or catering to every whim of a child. This pampering has created an entire generation suffering from “The Entitlement Epidemic”, these children grow more impatient every day with their expectations of us as parents and the world around them (Reuss 1). Today, children expect parents to wait on them hand and
groundbreaking article "The Battered Child Syndrome" brought attention to the alarming rates of severe physical abuse suffered by children. This pivotal work by Dr. C. Henry Kempe and his colleagues sparked crucial awareness and action on this critical issue (Kempe, C.H., et al, 1962). Child abuse and neglect is a significant social, health, and economic issue
recent studies show, the order in which the child are born could make significant impacts on a person’s personality, self-esteem, and even ambition. Because parents cannot treat their children in the same way, every child goes through distinct conditions and eventually develops unique characteristics. Moreover, parents would have different experiences with each child depending on the child’s birth order; for example, parents would treat the first-born child with less experience and sometimes expectations
is to leave the creature completely; however, this has some negative effects, especially to the creature. Frankenstein leaving the creature makes the creature develop Abandoned Child Syndrome. According to the author of “Understanding the Physical and Psychological Impacts of Abandonment to a Child,” Abandoned Child Syndrome is “a type of psychological condition on children that stems from either an abusive household or loss (or absence) of one of both parents.” It can be said that Frankenstein is
Shaken Baby Syndrome Imagine yourself as a sweet, innocent, precious little baby. You are totally dependant upon adults to give you what you need and most importantly love. Your only means of communication is crying so you cry when you need to be fed, when you need your diaper changed, when you aren’t feeling so well, or when you just want some attention. You are crying and someone comes over to you. They pick you up, but instead of holding you and comforting you, talking affectionately to you,
When a child is diagnosed with deafness, many parents often wonder what the exact cause of the child’s deafness is. In recent studies (Arnos K. &., 2007) 50-60% of hearing loss (moderate to profound, congenital, or early-onset) have shown genetics to be a large factor. Non genetic factors (i.e. maternal infection, prematurity or postnatal infection) may cause 40-50% of the remaining hearing loss. About one-third of children with hereditary deafness have features that are part of a genetic syndrome
ETHNOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a distinct condition characterized by neurological impairments causing an altered pattern of growth and development with associated hyperphagia i.e. Over-eating. It is a genetic disorder in which seven genes on chromosome 15 are either deleted or unexpressed on the paternal chromosome. There are three known causes for Prader-Willi syndrome; a) Imprinting mutation b) UDP (Uniparental Disomy) c) Deletion.
The disorder that is called Cri du Chat Syndrome has known many names. These include, but are not limited to, CdCS, Crying Cat Syndrome, 5p-, 5p minus, amd 5p Deletion Syndrome. It can also be called Monosomy 5p and Lejeune Syndrome. The people that have this disorder show many symptoms, the most recognizable being an underdeveloped larynx, which results in infants producing a high-pitched cry which often sounds like, of all things, a cat. The French name is taken from this symptom; the term Cri
Reye Syndrome Reye Syndrome is an extremely rare, non-contagious disease thought to be triggered by aspirin use. The actual origin of the disease is unknown. Reye's Syndrome, occasionally called Reye-Jacobsen's Syndrome, is known to follow any viral infection. Two of the most common viral infections it precedes is influenza, “the flu”, and chicken pox. A now-familiar warning on bottles of aspirin, most notably Tylenol, is not to give Tylenol to a child who is recovering from the chicken pox, a
An Overview of the Rare Disease Known as Kabuki Syndrome As I look to graduate, I become increasingly aware that I have my entire life to look forward to. Even though I will have struggles throughout my life, I still have my well being to fall back on. When all else fails, I am and hopefully always will be self-assured that I am here, healthy and able to bring myself through the worst of circumstances. This realization and knowledge has presented itself in the most realistic way just within
Progeria, otherwise known as Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome is an extremely rare, genetic childhood disorder with a reported incidence of about one in a million. Hutchinson reported the syndrome in 1886 when he found the first patient with Progeria. In 1904 Gilford described a second case of Progeria, thus creating the term to reflect the syndrome’s senile features. There are only about a hundred reported cases since the disorder has been discovered over a century ago. Currently, there are about thirty
What are the symptoms? • Symptoms of Cri-du-chat include a high-pitched cry, small head size, widely-spaced eyes, weak muscle tone, low birth weight, and mental retardation. People who was this disease have a difficult time learning verbal skills. They use short sentences and basic words to express themselves. Other symptoms include delays in walking, scoliosis, and hyperactivity. The symptom of a high-pitched cry normally disappears at age two. What is Cri-du-chat? What causes it? • Cri-du-chat
Carly Thompson Prader-Willi Syndrome HSES 473: Clinical Fitness Evaluation Techniques Carly Thompson 4-29-2015 Abstract Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare and complex genetic disorder that typically causes low muscle tone, short stature, emotional and sexual immaturity, cognitive disabilities, behavioral issues, and chronic feeling of hunger. Due to its complexity, there are some areas of research that have not been thoroughly explored with this disorder. General PWS and background information
Cinderella Syndrome I think the time has come for someone to write “Cinderella: The Sequel.” How did we get here? In 1697, French writer Charles Perrault updated an age-old fairy tale about a young woman named Cinderella to appeal to his contemporaries, French nobility and bourgeoisie. So many of the early versions of the tale boasted a very resourceful young woman who played an active role in her destiny. Perrault, however wrote his Cinderella as a well-mannered, docile, selfless women who would