Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

Bariatric Clinic, for a psychological evaluation as a prerequisite for surgery. TEST ADMINISTERED: Personal History Check List, Overeating Questionnaire, Symptom Checklist 90- Revised (SCL-90-R), Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI), Verbal I.Q, Forer Sentence Completion, Beck Depression Inventory and Clinical Interview. BEHAVIOR OBSERVATION: Mr. Douglas Hamilton was a well-dressed, 65-year-old, married Caucasian male who presented for…

patient may be able to answer the questions. Although there are no distinct patterns in the results of the MMPI-II in DID patients, there are several scales that are commonly elevated (Brand et al., 2006). Typically, in DID patients the F scale and 8 of the Schizophrenic scale were elevated, which correlate with dissociation and trauma. In addition, the scales correlated with significant childhood trauma tend to be elevated in DID patients (Brand et al., 2006). Clinicians must pay close…

Before considering the benefits in breastfeeding, perhaps there are other factors that determines mothers’ decision to breastfeed their children. Giugliani et al., (1994) examines the relationship between mothers’ decisions in breastfeeding as well as the backing from health experts. The researchers take into account surrounding influences like social and economic factors. A cross-sectional comparison between 100 breastfeeding mothers to 100 non-breastfeeding mothers showed that a father figure…

their experiment by having them perform a facial-emotion matching task and a shape-matching task before an fMRI scan. A functional MRI machine measures blood flow to specific regions of the brain, and was used because a PET scan cannot be used with children under eighteen years of age. The facial-emotion matching task involved “a target face located at the top of the screen and 2 probe faces located at the bottom of the screen…participants were asked to match the target face with one of the two…

We will then randomly assign infants to each independent group. Parents/guardian with children in the neutral group, which is teaching infants, American Sign Language will be given a Deluxe Baby Sign Language Kit that will assist participants to sign. The Deluxe Baby Sign Language Kit would consist of baby flash cards that would show words…

authoritative decisions I’ve made, in terms of discipline and control, showed to be effective. He is academically strong and his achievements are above average compared to other children. He is also cooperative, enthusiastic and emotionally stable. This paper will focus on his verbal, logical-mathematical and spatial intelligence as well as…

Children with Complex Diseases: Anoxic Injuries at Birth Anoxic injuries can happen at any point in the gestational or birthing process. Some of the effects resolve shortly after birth with appropriate intervention, some have lifelong consequences, and some ultimately result in death. An anoxic brain injury occurs when the fetus or baby is deprived of oxygen for a host of different reasons. The extent of damage depends on many factors, as well as the prognosis. Manifestations…

Along with Steinert, Batten and Gibb were the first to report on what is now known as DM1. Batten and Gribb describe two cases of what they termed myotonia atrophica. Patient 1 was a 37-year-old male while patient 2 is a 56-year-old male. In both cases, the authors note wasting of the sterno mastoids, vastus internus and forearm muscles. Both showed a weakness of the orbicularis paperbarum and stiffness in the jaws and tongues as well as initiation of walking. There was lack of or sluggish…

My experience with My Virtual Life was enjoyable as it gave me a taste of how being a parent would be. After doing the questionnaire, My Virtual Life assigned me a baby boy who I ended up naming him after me, Usman Jr. I tried to provide a soothing environment, and added the latest baby toys such as rattles, and toys so that he would be more active and curious about his environment. While raising Usman Jr. I tried not to be overly attached nor try to ignore his cries. For instance, when he would…

Jack is a third grade boy, who loves army, Minecraft, and running around in circles, but what may not be obvious is that Jack has a disability. Jack suffers from a mild intellectual disability (MID), which means that he struggles with limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviors (Turnbull, Turnbull, Wehmeyer, & Shogren, 2016). The mild aspect of Jack’s intellectual disability, although not as severe or profound as in some cases, is still a significant deficit in his life and…