Giftedness

Multiple sclerosis causes several physical and cognitive impairments. It is predominantly diagnosed in adults and extremely rare in children and adolescents. There is a lack of information about cognitive function of multiple sclerosis in children and adolescents. So by developing an effective brief neuropsychological battery for children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis. It could be useful to evaluate children and adolescents with cognitive impairment due to the multiple sclerosis. In…

the psyche can be broken down as conscious ego, personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. According to Jung, conscious ego is the center of the field of consciousness of an individual as it embodies clear sense of themself, their own giftedness and their own importance. This part of mind links the inner and outer world together, while relating people to…

a) Chapter 13 talks about children with disabilities and how to identify them. There are many identification for student with disabilities such as; impairment, handicap and disability. These terms are being used to identify the type of disability that students have. There are also different types of disabilities such as; intellectual, learning, emotional or behavioral, communication, hearing impairments, visual impairments, physical and health impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, and…

E.D. Applewhite Case Study Morgan Taylor Western Kentucky University The subject of this case study is E.D. Applewhite, a 12-year-old girl who resides on her family farm in rural North Carolina. Her home is named Wit’s End, and is located at the end of their road. She lives there with her father, mother, aunt and uncle, two brothers, and her grandfather. Although E.D. has a rather large family with diverse talents and gifts, she still feels as though she does not fit in with her extremely…

this class. At the beginning of this course, I was aware that we, as educators, need to be conscious of different cultures, but another aspect of teaching is to reach out to students that have different learning capabilities. When we learned about giftedness as well as the multiple intelligences that students have, it opened my eye to just how diverse of teacher I want and need to be for my students. With TPE 15, I “will understand when and how to collaborate with others, especially curriculum…

1. While the two terms may sound very similar, modification and accommodation, they are for different purposes. Modification changes what students are learning and what they are expected to learn. Accommodations change how a student learns the material. The students who have IEPs or a 504 plan are usually those who will get an accommodations or modifications; but ESL students and get them as well. Accommodations can be for any student as well. For accommodations a teacher can include listening…

The uniqueness of a child (or any person)includes the individual nature of temperament, intelligences, brain dominance, giftedness, and learning styles. If these unique traits of a child do not "match" the unique traits of a parent, then there may not be "goodness to fit" and power struggles and miscommunication may result. When a parent is able to better understand these unique…

intelligences. The goals of this assessment is to strengthen professional decision making when studying the child’s fluid reasoning, working memory, and processing speed. It also measures the child’s memory, adaptive behaviors, emotional intellection, and giftedness (Wechsler, 2003). The test structure is placed into a primary interpretive structure of four…

moral options. Michael Sandel: In the case of Sandel, the most appropriate framework within which we can interpret his work is virtue ethics. Sandel proposes that genetic enhancement is wrong because it represents the triumph of willfulness over giftedness (Sandel 127) and the loss of the virtue traits of humility, responsibility and solidarity…

Carl Hiaasen’s novel treats his audience to a story of a young man who stands up to a major corporation in order to preserve the homes of burrowing owls in his area. Roy Eberhardt, the main character, is characterized by many of the traits of gifted learners. Integral to the plot of the story are his intense focus on things that intrigue him, a curious nature, his excellent memory and ability to pick up on nuances-particularly with people, and a deep concern with injustices. Further, Roy…