The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, enacted in 1982, as well as, beforehand, federal and provincial human rights codes that were introduced in the 1960s and the 1970s has paved Canadian disability rights legislation to evolve through the lens of a human rights advocacy approach. The Canadian Human Rights Act and provincial human rights codes prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities. Conversely, the Equality Rights Section (section 15) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and…
Traditional Articulation Approach: Evidence Based Practice Lindsey Cusumano Harding University One of my clients for the fall 2015 semester is a 6 year 2 month old Caucasian male with an articulation impairment. He has no other concomitant disorder. He presents with the incorrect productions of /r/ at the syllable level, /l/ in the final position of words in sentences, and /θ/ in the initial position of words in conversation. He was previously diagnosed with a phonological disorder in…
research methods I used for this analysis are interviews. I conduct standardized, open-ended interviews with the similar open-ended questions this approach allowed me to facilitate faster interviews that can be more easily analyzed and compared. I interviewed ten respondents, all adults who have identified themselves as musicians and Rastafarians. Through the use of open-ended questions I was able to discover their musical preference in relation to race, class. In addition to discovering musical…
apply and use social justice practices in their professional careers. I really enjoyed reading about the CSJER education program, which was an education program that inspired students to take actions in working towards social justice as students, all through providing different direct service experiences. This particular part of the article made me reflect on the social justice work I have done throughout my educational and professional career. The article makes very valid points regarding what…
For example, writing a play about our summer romance does very little to achieve a concrete solution in real life, but when I thought about it in relation to writing him a letter, I realized that writing a play was a useful way to work through all my emotions in a low-stakes environment. I can play out conversations or arguments on paper (in a fantasy world), and then translate those into meaningful thoughts to convey to him later in our actual conversations. I did not expect to find many…
justice systems have changed and transformed over time. According to Reichel (2013) “Like all other social institutions, criminal justice changes over time” (p. 13). The three approaches are historical, political and descriptive. 1)The historical approach influences the individuals’ understanding and insight…
It is through focused, unbiased, and open-minded academic leadership that teaching will be capable of giving the required global skills to students and knowledge they will need in future globalized generations of children for whom many of the past cultural walls…
As Charles Dickens stated, “take nothing on it’s looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule .” Evidence proves certain beliefs or propositions to be valid or not. It is critical to rely on evidence on all occasion to settle an answer in accordance to the fact. But is it really necessary? Evidence may not necessarily be used to reach a conclusion in certain areas, for example in ethics it is based off of people’s principles and behaviors, and in arts, it is dependent on the…
Human Behaviour and Thought in Special Education Research” by Evelyn Jacob. In this paper the author Jacob discusses a number of approaches to research in special education that include two methods we are familiar with: positivist approach and a interpretivist approach (Jacob, 1990). In the beginning part of the article the author Jacob discusses the idea of outlining assumptions and goals of research before beginning (Jacob, 1990).). She explains that in order to pick a research design that…
Using the psychodynamic approach, Julie's OCD could be used to explain her apologetic behavior. This could because her Id impulses are most likely telling her to inappropriately look at people or judge the fact that she could be in danger of a kidnapping. In response the Ego will then try to counter the Id by preforming her long elaborate prayer. Based on the Behavioral approach, Julie must feel that the only way to prevent her fictitious situations…