Autistic Observation

Part I: The legal considerations would be to inform the participants that there would be no harm or risk to the participants. Since the participants are adolescents the researcher needs to obtain a secure informed consent from the parent or guardian before they participate. The researcher’s ethics are to provide full disclosure to the participants. The researcher should be open and honest to the participants regarding the study. The researcher’s ethical consideration is to protect the privacy of each participant. This can be accomplished by ensuring confidentiality and by having the data stored securely. Also, the researcher should

For the Autism Clinic observation, I went on March 9, 2016 at 3:00 PM. I observed the child named Ryden. I was observing the child and the professionals working with the children, and the environment from the pool area.

1) explain why it is important to recognise that each individual on the autistic spectrum has their own individual abilities, needs, strengths, preferences and interests

In accordance to the ethical guidelines written by The British Education Research Association (BERA, 2011), the names of the children and school, where used, have been changed in order to maintain confidentiality and anonymity. KU 1.2/KU 1.5

There are several types of methods that can be used for qualitative research. They include ethnographic, case study, phenomenological, ground theory, and critical study. The following will detail what the methods are and how they could be used in a classroom at Stephen Decatur Middle School. The research question being utilized for each example scenario is “will the use of audio books increase engagement for seventh grade special education students during independent reading sessions?”

The author proposes to evaluate the “effects of delivering academic instruction through an iPad versus traditional materials (paper, pencil and flashcards) on the occurrence of challenging and academic engagement behavior for children with ASD (autism spectrum disorder)” (2013, p. 510).

Autism is a disorder that has to do with developmental issues that lead to communication and interaction impairments.Fifty years ago people would be clueless as to how to help people with Autism, fortunately medical technology has improved greatly since then and we are much more successful at understanding and treating Autism. Although a cure has not been found for Autism yet scientists are still working 24/7 to make this happen. In the meanwhile, it would greatly benefit us all to have some essential information about it so that if one ever does come to meet a person with Autism he or she can be respectful and helpful. Autism Spectrum Disorders are difficult to live with and around but with proper knowledge of the neurological disorder life can be made easier for everyone.

It is estimated that one in every sixty eight children will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (CDC, 2014). In schools around the country these students are struggling in their classroom environment due to deficits in three areas; communication skills, social skills, and repetitive behaviors or interest (Marder & Fraser, 2012). Implementing the use of technology in the classroom like iPad, iPod, android tablets, e-readers, and computers is beneficial to students with autism spectrum disorder. It can increase communication skills, can help make their classroom experience more pleasant, and it gives them the best chance at success.

I wanted to research the differences between typical brains and people with autism spectrum disorder brains. I wanted to research this topic because I learned a lot of symptoms of autism but I was clueless about what it was doing to the brain. This topic relates to both books, The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin, and The Teenage Brain by Frances Jensen. My topic related to these topics because in Temple Grandin's book it talked about the strengths and weaknesses of people with autism and how to counteract those weaknesses and make them into strengths. In Frances Jensen´s book, it talked about how the brain worked, how information was sent between synapses from different parts of the brain to communicate what was happening. Although autism

Passive consent was gained from the parents of the research participants (Hinduja, Young, & Daniels, 2013). However, there was no mention as to how the researchers gained access to the schools. Gaining access to the school sites could be granted by asking the school district and individual school administrators for approval. The researchers did follow ethical standards by obtaining informed consent from parents

During Geoffrey Chaucer’s career, society was changing and the rigid division of people into three traditional social categories called estates had begun to break down. The First Estate included those who fight, or aristocrats and knights; the Second Estate included those who pray or the members of the clergy and monastic orders; the Third Estate included those who work, or peasants and merchants. Women were part of these social categories, but they also had their own estates: virgins, wives, and widows. This system allowed for little social mobility, despite an individual’s relative wealth or education. The traditional estates of the Middle Ages are disrupted by use of satire in “The General Prologue,” of Chaucer’s, The Canterbury Tales.

It is important that when Observing and recording you of selecting the appropriate method to suit desired aim of the observation it. We do observations to help look at the different areas of development i.e. physical, intellectual, emotional, and social.

Cody is an eight-year-old boy diagnosed with autism. Cody tends to perseverant on things that are dangerous. He often verbalizes “glass is dangerous, it cuts your eye, call 211, go to the hospital.” Cody also tends to stare off into space and is socially inappropriate.

Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment towards others because of their membership or background which were very prevalent acts in the early and middle 1900's. In the novel To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, depicts not only revealing prejudice, but in examining the nature of prejudice, how it works, and its consequences. Harper Lee accomplishes this by dramatising the main character (the protagonist), Scouts transition from a vulnerable child to a mature adult by seeing the horrors of prejudice through eyes innocent to experience which ultimately help her to become a better person through numerous learning opportunities presented in the novel. Initially, she has never seen or experienced prejudice, she assumes that all people are good by nature and tolerant of others. It is not until the protagonist sees and learns things from a more realistic perspective that she is able to confront evil such as prejudice, and incorporate it into their understanding of Maycomb. Scout loses her innocence to experience when she recognizes prejudice through the people living in Maycomb which she learns is wrong. Throughout the novel, Scout is exposed to different forms of prejudice by society such as racism, classism, and sexism.

Leech (1966:25) posits, “Most advertising language comes under the broader heading of “loaded language” that is aimed to change the will, opinions or attitude of its audience…” Cook (in Okeke 2006:13) says advertising as a part of communication. In his book The Discourse of Advertising, Cook argues that communication has to do with text, content, interaction and persuasion and advertising performs all these functions. Leech (1966:74) agrees with this opinion when he asserts that any aspect of language use is an aspect of discourse. He describes the style of discourse in the language of advertising as being either “colloquial-formal; casual – ceremonial; personal-impersonal; or simple - complex, depending on the particular audience and the audience sought to reach”.