Practice-based professional learning

companies and organizations such as Autism Speaks. They never really understand what the term ABA means, and that is why it becomes categorized as a "special" treatment for individuals. ABA is method in which behavior is analyzed and then applied into a learning method to change current behaviors. This can be true with managing a classroom and teaching them that lights out means quiet time or that the class…

embraced by your peers and instructor. This scenario is possible. Instructors and other youth-serving professionals need strong communication skills in the class room in order to be effective educators. What can we do to make this situation better, some may ask? Youth- serving professionals need to better their communication skills with youths to fully capture their engagement and educate. Based on my experiences in this course and the assigned readings my current understanding of what it means…

Speech-Language Pathology is my passion. To me, there’s no better feeling than to know that I have influenced not only my client’s life but also the individuals surrounding them. I feel fulfilled as a professional who provide scaffolds to help my clients succeed with confidence. The major attributes that has help me achieve my passion have been hard work and commitment. These qualities rationalize why I wanted to become a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) in the first place. A dream that…

Video modeling is an evidence-based practice that teaches an individual through watching a video of the target behavior or skill. Video modeling is associated with the learning theory, which stated that individuals can learn through observation (McCoy & Hermansen, 2007). Through video modeling, the learner is able to “memorize, imitate, and generalize or adapt” (McCoy & Hermansen, 2007) the target behavior or skill being displayed. Research on video modeling as an intervention for individuals…

Knowing the importance of evidence based practice in the nursing profession; various guidelines has been established in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre with a systematic of review of the literature, critical clinical appraisals and expert opinion which provides the supporting evidence. One of such kind of guidelines was generated for the management of hypertension in CKD patients. Hypertension is one of the conditions for which guidelines generated by different organizations…

The author of Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure is Deborah Stipek and Patricia Byler. They published in 2004. They practice this measure in 127 kindergarten classrooms. Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure is to observe and assess a normal day in the classroom. (Stipek & Byler, 2004, 2005) are made using a three-column format along the following areas: (1) Child-Centered, (2) Teacher-Directed, and (3) Child Dominated. These three areas are evaluated along the following…

awareness and self-reflection of core social welfare competencies experienced while volunteering with the Healthy Living for Seniors Program (HLSP). The HLSP is a UnitingCare community day program for people over the age of 65 years thus the field of practice is “aged care” (Chenoweth & McAuliffe 2012, p. 141). The program is designed to support the health and wellbeing of their clients through a focus on social participation, independence and their quality of life (UnitingCare Ageing 2015).…

supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained. Theories are analytical tools for understanding, explaining, and making predictions about a given subject matter. There are theories in many and varied fields of study, including the arts and sciences. A theory is a group of related concepts that propose action that guide practice. A nursing theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships,…

importance of the knowledge of human rights by the health care provider and then examine the scenario and offer my thoughts and feelings in response to the scenario and link my learning from this task to the three dimensions, empathy, knowledge and reflection, of the IHP and how it will aid me in becoming an integrated health professional.…

need to be an island inside their school. As part of collaboration educators and other professionals must create and establish a time in their daily or weekly schedules to meet and discuss students with disabilities, sharing lesson plans, and strategies to allow everyone be build off of each other to help achieve IEP goals (Vakil, Welton, O’Conner, & Kline, 2008). As mentioned earlier, one of the best practices in the inclusive classroom is quality of the program. If an early childhood…