Sensory integration

Dr. Jekyll overall prognosis is classified as a dissociative disorder, commonly characterized by the disruption in the normal integration of consciousness, identity, perception, motor control, emotion, and behavior (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p.291). Symptoms accompanying dissociative disorder can potentially disrupt all areas of psychological functioning. Usually, the cause of these disorders is found in the byproduct of trauma. For most, the active and receptive modes of the…

normal waking consciousness and include mystic perceptual and sensory experiences, such as medication, hypnosis, trance, and possession” (Shiraev & Levy, 2016, p.128) From the altered states of conscious stated above, I’ve personally experienced meditation as a form of achieving tranquility and a stress-free state. Shiraev and Levy explain that meditation is a “quiet and relaxed state of tranquility in which a person achieves an integration of thoughts, perceptions, and attitudes (2016, p.130).…

Assessment Over one hundred years ago, the first test of intelligence was developed by Simon Binet in order to identify children who were having difficulties learning (Colmar, Maxwell, & Miller, 2006). Intellectual disabilities are diagnosed by assessing two main areas: a person’s ability to gain the skills they need to live independently, and the brain’s ability to learn, think, solve, problems, and make sense of the world (also called IQ) (“Intellectual Disability”, 2011). As previously…

College Abstract Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID, is a mental illness in which an individual has suffered a traumatic event or series of events that is so horrific the mind has developed the ability to compartmentalize without integration of oneself from these memories, thus leading to the splitting of ones personality taking on the form of alternate/multiple identities. Among the various types of dissociative disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder is one of the most…

learning theory. Conceptually consistent is derived from the basic principles as well as precisely technological. CA program will be conceptually consistent with the field if it is described in detail using behavioral terminology and processes. Sensory integration and cranial sacral therapy are two therapies that other…

Personal knowledge and shared knowledge are two extremely different ways in which people obtain knowledge. Shared knowledge is defined as ‘a socio-cultural knowledge, broadly along the lines of a set of norms, values, signifiers and cultural mores’ and ‘personal knowledge comes from the local experience of an individual’ . From my own perspective I believe shared knowledge is obtained through collaborative work; knowing from others, and personal knowledge is obtained from a person’s own…

Blumberg, Colpe, Kogan, Pringle, Rice, and Zablotsky (2015), “Children diagnosed with ASD and ID had the highest current use of school-based social skills training and speech language therapy, and the highest current use of community-based sensory integration services, cognitive behavioral services, and speech language therapy” (page 5). Social skills training is as important to an ASD student as a student with the combined ASD and ID diagnosis. Social skill training will help students through…

Consciousness is the neural phenomenon of life. When life was born, life is with the consciousness. It is a sense of self and external sensory integration. The foundation is an individual with a sense of their own body awareness which is self-reflective awareness, recognized own approved know ability to exercise own recognition of the comprehensive ability. Because human consciousness arises function…

Impaired Participation in Activities A measure of one’s independence is their ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The term ADL refers to activities of daily self-care i.e. bathing, dressing, and eating. IADLS are not fundamental to healthy living but lend to a more independent livelihood. Those activities include shopping, working, and applying knowledge to use technology. Deficits with these skills can affect one’s…

Diagnostic Criteria The current diagnostic and statistical manual of mental health disorder (DSM)V which was updated in 2013, placed diagnostic criteria for disorders such as Autistic disorders, Asperger syndrome, Pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified into an umbrella which is now called ASD ("Autism Speaks," 2016; "CDC," 2016). Under the current DSMV, diagnostic criteria for ASD has five criterions A through E and the child must meet the requirements of each criterion to…