Introduction
The story of Elizabeth J Bruno is continually being written. The ups in life make her stronger and the downs in her life make her work harder. Every struggle and trial in her life makes her become the person she is today. The purpose of this paper is to discuss Elizabeth’s development from birth to now, her twenty sixth year of life. This paper will identify developmental challenges such as epilepsy and learning disabilities, the early years of her life and spiritual development throughout the years.
Pregnancy through Infancy Karen, Elizabeth’s mother, delivered her on March 1, 1989, one day after her due date. The pregnancy was Elizabeth was healthy and normal. Karen gained only the normal amount of weight and was on a healthy …show more content…
After this seizure, Elizabeth was taken to get many tests done to determine the cause and was diagnosed with Epilepsy. She was told that epilepsy can cause learning disabilities and saw that was true from her struggles with her studies in middle, high school and college. In middle school and high school, Elizabeth was in inclusion classes and got extra time on all tests. This led to a lack of self esteem because of all the hard work Elizabeth put into her studies and not seeing the results. According to Baker, Baker and Jacoby (2013), people with epilepsy also tend to have psychiatric disorders such as depression and poor self-concept. (p.126) Also, Baker, Baker and Jacoby stated that children with epilepsy have a very high chance of having learning disabilities. This could be because of the brain damage from epilepsy or as a result of medications taken for Epilepsy. …show more content…
Elizabeth’s development was very healthy and normal. She had two parents who showed unconditional love daily by tending to her needs as an infant, continuing to show stability and trust, both through actions and words, and verbally saying, “I love you”, daily. When this trust is shown and proven, it helps to demonstrate what a healthy relationship is for the child to model as they get older.
Although Elizabeth progressed academically faster than the average child, her problems with school and learning started after her first seizure in fourth grade. After this, she was starting to show the indicators of a learning disability. Elizabeth was tested and given special accommodations for school starting in fourth grade and throughout the rest of school. With this decline in academics came a decline in self-esteem. According to Lawrence ( ), our self-esteem can be determined how much value is placed on the activity. (p.6) In Elizabeth’s case, the entire reason for school is to learn, be tested on what we learn, and be able to go onto the next grade. Since Elizabeth was not doing well academically and there was a lot of value placed on the doing well academically, her self-esteem
The story of Elizabeth J Bruno is continually being written. The ups in life make her stronger and the downs in her life make her work harder. Every struggle and trial in her life makes her become the person she is today. The purpose of this paper is to discuss Elizabeth’s development from birth to now, her twenty sixth year of life. This paper will identify developmental challenges such as epilepsy and learning disabilities, the early years of her life and spiritual development throughout the years.
Pregnancy through Infancy Karen, Elizabeth’s mother, delivered her on March 1, 1989, one day after her due date. The pregnancy was Elizabeth was healthy and normal. Karen gained only the normal amount of weight and was on a healthy …show more content…
After this seizure, Elizabeth was taken to get many tests done to determine the cause and was diagnosed with Epilepsy. She was told that epilepsy can cause learning disabilities and saw that was true from her struggles with her studies in middle, high school and college. In middle school and high school, Elizabeth was in inclusion classes and got extra time on all tests. This led to a lack of self esteem because of all the hard work Elizabeth put into her studies and not seeing the results. According to Baker, Baker and Jacoby (2013), people with epilepsy also tend to have psychiatric disorders such as depression and poor self-concept. (p.126) Also, Baker, Baker and Jacoby stated that children with epilepsy have a very high chance of having learning disabilities. This could be because of the brain damage from epilepsy or as a result of medications taken for Epilepsy. …show more content…
Elizabeth’s development was very healthy and normal. She had two parents who showed unconditional love daily by tending to her needs as an infant, continuing to show stability and trust, both through actions and words, and verbally saying, “I love you”, daily. When this trust is shown and proven, it helps to demonstrate what a healthy relationship is for the child to model as they get older.
Although Elizabeth progressed academically faster than the average child, her problems with school and learning started after her first seizure in fourth grade. After this, she was starting to show the indicators of a learning disability. Elizabeth was tested and given special accommodations for school starting in fourth grade and throughout the rest of school. With this decline in academics came a decline in self-esteem. According to Lawrence ( ), our self-esteem can be determined how much value is placed on the activity. (p.6) In Elizabeth’s case, the entire reason for school is to learn, be tested on what we learn, and be able to go onto the next grade. Since Elizabeth was not doing well academically and there was a lot of value placed on the doing well academically, her self-esteem