Happy Puppet Syndrome Research

Another social and communication disorder is Asperger syndrome, this is characterised by the following; the individual may have difficulties in social interactions, a restricted range of interests, repetitive behaviours and also they may have a delay in motor development. This may be shown in the individual 's clumsiness or uncoordinated movements, however, those with Asperger 's syndrome don’t have significant delays in both language and cognitive development. There are a number of different symptoms of Asperger 's yet it is unlikely that they would all be present in one person. Each

Throughout time, power has been present in many forms. Race, social class, and gender have played major roles in shaping decisions of mankind, and also changes how individuals are viewed by others. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird shows the theme of power throughout the story. During the book, Mayella Ewell is a prime example of how different powers affect someone. Mayella has power in regards to her race, but not social class or gender.

At this point we can begin to understand the limitations of body language, facial expression and gesture when language is not available. Although they allow for instant communication they cannot help a child to understand what is being seen or provide a way in which afterwards the child can communicate what she has seen. This means that children who only have the basic communication skills of body language, gesture and facial

Sam is an adopted child. Quite early on his adoptive parents had concerns about his speech and language. They noticed he uses very few single words and is very reluctant to communicate with anyone. Initially they thought he is feeling shy or taking time to adjust to new environment but Sam started having more tantrums. They were worried about his communication and ability to cope at nursery school. He was referred to the Speech and Language Therapy Service when he was two years old.

Two hundred and eighteen million dollars are spent on Autism each year, but for a Syndrome called Angelman Syndrome less than five hundred thousand dollars are spent. Louie is a young thirteen year old male from davidson county, he has Angelman Syndrome, also known as AS, or “Puppet children”. AS is a rare congenital disorder characterized by mental disability and a tendency toward jerky movement, caused by the absence of certain genes that are normally present on the copy of chromosome 15, inherited from the mother. Most kids with Angelman Syndrome don’t sleep well, but Louie sleeps all on his own for a decent amount of time. His parents have to have someone that sleeps at the house so that they can help out with Louie. She watches him twenty hours a week. Even though Louie has this disorder he is still doing many things just like children who don’t have the syndrome, Louie is a great kid!

In addition individuals with autism show deficits in understanding the emotional states of others which is seen in how they imitate and perceive facial expressions. Dapretto et al, (2006) studied MNS by investigating neural-activity during the imitation and observation of emotional facial expressions in high-functioning autistic children and found activity in the anterior component of the MNS was greater in controls then children with ASD. They found that typically developing children rely on right hemisphere mirror neuron mechanisms which is linked to the limbic system where meaning of the observed emotion is understood. Dapretto and colleagues suggested that since individuals with ASD displayed a dysfunction in their MNS they have to use alternate

Chapter 1 focuses on autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs) and other Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Described in 1943 by Dr. Leo Kanner, autism (also known as autistic disorder, childhood autism, or infantile disorder) is one of the PDDs along with Rett's disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD) referred to as Heller's syndrome, Asperger disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). Rett's is a rare genetic abnormality affecting brain development in girls. There are treatments available, but there is no known cure. Asperger disorder affects an individual's ability to socialize and communicate effectively. Individuals with Asperger disorder may be socially awkward and have a compulsive

There, I had the privilege of seeing an Early-Intervention Speech Therapist work with one of my students. She would sit on the floor and play games with him. Through these games, she was able to elicit verbalization from this child who normally grunted to communicate. Over a course of a year, I witnessed his communication skills enhance little-by-little with the assistance of this therapist. I had not realized how much he had improved until I saw him interacting with his friends at the dress-up center. This little boy who would once play alone on the floor was now requesting different objects and laughing with his friends. Recollecting his progress was phenomenal. Inspired by what I saw, I researched more about the field. While doing so, my mother disclosed to me that she and her father had an articulation disorder. Although my grandfather did not receive services, my mother received therapy in school, which she recalls as an unpleasant experience. Taking into account all that I witnessed and learned about the subject, I realized that I had found the middle ground between teacher and therapist that I had been searching for in Speech-Language Pathology.

Observing John, I noticed he didn’t talk much. An average two year old child speaks more than 50 words. Infant And Toddler Heath (2015) John seemed to always point at what he wanted. In class the teacher tried to get John to say some words. John banks used his emotions to express how he was feeling. Right now he is unable to convert his expression to speech. A child who has difficulty with verbal expression may be diagnosed with expressive language disorder. Expressive language disorder (2015) You can tell by his gestures if he was happy, sad, or mad. It wasn’t hard trying to figure out Johns’ needs.

With a very young child, they may not coo or babble during infancy, produce first words late and lack some sounds, only produce a few different consonant and vowel sounds, have difficulty combining sounds, avoid using difficult sounds by replacing or deleting them, and experience eating problems. In older children, common signs are that they can comprehend language much easier than they can produce it, struggle more with language production when anxious, are hard to understand, sound choppy and monotonous, seem to grope to produce certain sounds, and have difficulty imitating speech, though they are more fluid and clear with imitation than with spontaneous production. At any age, a child may portray delayed language development, issues with expressive language, fine motor impairments, hypersensitivity, hyposensitivity, and difficulty learning to write (“Childhood Apraxia,” 2011). Other reported possible symptoms of CAS include extended reliance on nonverbal communication and omission of consonant sounds in the initial and final positions of words (“Apraxia: Symptoms, Causes,” n.d.).

Angelman syndrome was first identified by Harry Angelman in 1965. It is a genetic disorder and Angelman noted the disease as a unique 'syndrome' by the presence of "several children in his practice as having "flat heads, jerky movements, protruding tongues, and bouts of laughter" (Stรถppler 2012: 1). Symptoms usually become notable from ages 6 to 12 months and about 1 in 12,000 to 20,000 people are affected. Although children with Angelman syndrome are prone to epileptic seizures from age two onward, their life expectancy is otherwise normal. Identifiers of Angelman syndrome include cognitive and developmental delays and problems with coordination of speech and movement (Stรถppler 2012:1). Children with Angelman syndrome are also often described as hyperactive. Children appear normal at birth but often begin to have feeding problems and do not meet expected developmental milestones.

Asperger’s disorder (AD) is a disruption in the formation of the child’s physical and or psychological development and recognizing these, the disorder was separated from Autism in 1944, to provide a basis for each child to get the proper care. All children with Asperger Disorder will show some traits in these three categories; impaired social skills, trouble communicating with others and a pattern of behavior, interest, and activities’ will be limited and recurring; they become obsessed with a single theme. Usually the child will have the normal communication skills in the beginning years. They will be using single words by age one. They just will not be using them in the normal way. When doctors are testing for this disorder, they are looking for specific behaviors or skills that are either present or absent. If the right services are available, Asperser’s children will show significant improvement in language

In the first video, I saw a toddler boy who engaged in repetitive hand flapping and head shaking. It was sometimes paired with body tensing and tippy-toeing. The function of the behavior seemed to be automatic-maintained. His stereotypy increased when he saw the shadow, which indicates that he is sensitive to movements. Both are described in DSM-V as "repetitive motor movements ... and hyper-reactivity to sensory input". He did not seem to have functional language repertoire. He, however, made nonfunctional sounds to express emotions, which can be labeled as vocal stereotypy. My parents gave him positive reinforcement for following single-step instruction such as twist, but I observed that such success happened by chance. His difficulty in

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