Describe three characteristics of adolescents with learning disabilities. Discuss how these characteristics affect high
school achievement.
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Adolescents with learning disabilities have both the normal problems of adolescence
and the problems of learning disabilities. All adolescents have conflicts between
independence and security, experience rapid physical changes from developing
sexuality, have conflicts between peer and family pressures, and are self-conscious. In
addition, adolescents with learning disabilities may be passive learners, have poor selfconcept,
inept social skills, attention deficits, and lack motivation. All of these problems
add to the learning problems experienced by students with learning disabilities in high
school.
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Jeannie Koch has been known to child protective services since she was 2 years old. Her
mother, Carmen, never married. Jeannie’s father lost touch with the family after his last incarceration for selling drugs. The case notes describe Jeannie’s mother as struggling with depression indicating that she was often “unavailable” due to recurring bouts of depression. During episodes of feeling “down,” Carmen would leave Jeannie in the care of various sitters or relatives. While there was no history of serious abuse or neglect, Jeannie’s mother was often not able to attend to her daughter’s needs. Carmen has just been hospitalized for a major depressive episode and this time around the caseworker was unable to locate relatives who could take care of Jeannie - now 4 years of age - for an extended period of time and so the youngster was placed in temporary foster care. Soon after placement, the foster mother reports, “She keeps to herself and hardly talks to any of us. I can hear that child sobbing when she is alone in her room. And when I ask Jeannie if she’s worried about her mother, she insists that her mom is on vacation and will be back soon.” Further, Jeannie seems unresponsive to any efforts to comfort her. What do you think is the appropriate diagnosis for Jeannie Koch?
a) Posttraumatic Stress disorder b) Acute stress disorder c) Reactive attachment disorder d) Disinhibited social engagement disorder
_______________ is the basic principle that cause and effect are intertwined
a. Interactionism b. Intolerance c. Pathology d. Medical model
What are the typical characteristics of effective, empowered teams?
What will be an ideal response?
In the context of evidence-based practice, the _____ focuses on the practices of the individual practitioner
A) ?process model B) ?system model C) ?service model D) ?product model