Describe the functions of physical activity in middle childhood. Discuss both positive and negative influences on levels of physical activity among children, including the benefits of participating in active play and team sports
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Physical activity may enhance bone mineralization, social competency, learning, and may help regulate weight. Influences include gender, obesity, parental activity, SES, and opportunity. Participation encourages self-discipline, and time and effort commitments. Feelings of competency, self-worth, self-esteem, and enjoyment, skill-building, cooperation, perspective-taking and making new friends may also be included.
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a. Have staff stop doing what they have been doing b. Identify a set of procedures that make problem behaviors irrelevant, inefficient, and ineffective c. Changing the function that the behaviors serve d. All of the above
If a child is angry with their parents, but takes out her anger by kicking the family dog, she is engaging in which defense mechanism?
a. reaction formation b. displacement c. projection d. regression
What might result if a student with multiple-severe disabilities was given access to assistive technology (AT)?
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Compare and contrast self-efficacy, self-worth, and self-determination theories.
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