Neurofibromatosis (NF) Type I

Multnomah County had a survey done for kindergarten teachers. The results suggested that 19.4% of their students were not headed toward literacy success, due to a lack of necessary language and pre-reading skills. There is a 90% probability of a child that is a poor reader in first grade, still being a poor reader three years later, in fourth grade (http://www.co.marion.or.us). As Early Childhood Educators, we must help our students.

Based on the assessments, the Developmental Assessment of Young Children (DAYC-2) and the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills Revised (ABLLS-R), administered by the ASIP team in August 2015, Robert’s results reveal deficits within all developmental domains (i.e. Cognition, Communication, Social-Emotional, Physical Development and Adaptive Behavior). Furthermore, the DAYC-2 revealed that Robert functioned at the age of 9-21 months on all developmental domains. The ABLLS-R’s results revealed

The FBN1 gene is responsible for providing instructions for the production of fibrillin-1, which is a protein that is secreted into the matrix of connective tissue (“FBN1,” 2015). Therefore, a mutation in this gene can cause the excessive production of fibrillin-1, and when fibrillin-1 binds to other proteins they form threads called microfibrils. Microfibrils contain a growth factor called transforming growth factor beta or TGF-β (“FBN1,” 2015), so when there is an increase of TGF-β, problems with the connective tissue throughout the body can occur (“What is Marfan Syndrome? | The Marfan Foundation,” n.d.), more of these problems will be elaborated upon further in the report. The genetic mutation in the FBN1 gene is usually hereditary, but it is possible for one to be the first in their family to have this genetic mutation. If one has this mutation

For my reflection paper, I chose to give my opinion on the NBB’s, short for “Neurological-Based Atypical Behaviors”. NBB is defined as a collection of deeds or the behavior of children that happen outside the usual boundaries of self control.

Research is continually being conducted everyday with this common disorder. Many parents main concerns is the use of medication to treat their child. Many doctors nowadays show the parents the current research of studies being done and their effectiveness as well as providing papers for families for their willingness to participate in ongoing studies to better help understand their childs disorder and the best way to treat it ( Görtz-dorten, Breuer, Hautmann, Rothenberger, Döpfner, 2011).

Lee, Portnoy, Hill, and Patton (2005) studied the psychological aspect of children with Noonan Syndrome. All of the assessments were conducted in the child’s most natural environment, which was their home setting. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children- Revised was used to test the children’s overall intelligence. This test is often used in many of these studies to obtain a type of baseline for each child. This is helpful, because then children from multiple studies can be compared as opposed to children from just one particular study. This is due to the fact that the

In this study, I will focus on a Year 2 child who I teach. He has a genetic condition called Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Certain health implications are often associated with NF1 such as learning difficulties, and the severity of the condition can vary considerably from person to person. The child has a school focused plan (SFP)

The main symptom of these disorders is tumors that form on the ends of nerves throughout the body. NF 1 is most commonly

The development of children can depend on many factors, one of the important ones being socioeconomic status (SES). SES can be defined as a multidimensional construct, including measures of social factors such as power, prestige and hierarchical social status, and economic resources (Hackman and Farah, 2009). Child development can be studied from multiple dimensions such as physical, mental, social, and emotional development among others. For the purposes of this study, I will be focusing on how socioeconomic status affects child cognitive development.

The Li- Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare disease that increases the risk of developing several types of cancer, mainly in kids, and young adults. Major causes of the syndrome are changes in the tumor suppressor gene. What that means is a protein that stops the cells from growing and dividing too rapidly or in an uncontrolled way. There are a lot of symptoms for this disease but just to name a few there are acute leukemia, neoplasm of the lungs, breast, colon, and the adrenal cortex. 90% of people get leukemia, breast, colon, and adrenal cortex cancer.

Connective tissue is made up of proteins. The protein that plays a role in Marfan syndrome is called fibrillin-1. Marfan syndrome is caused by a defect (or mutation) within the gene that tells the body how to make fibrillin-1. This mutation causes an increase in a protein called transforming growth factor beta, or TGF-β. The increase in TGF-β makes problems in connective tissues throughout the body, which in turn creates the features and medical problems associated with Marfan syndrome and some related

Neurofibromas are cells in the human body that can go crazy and turn into a tumor. People with neurofibromatosis have cells in them called neurofibromas. Neurofibromas are in people with the NF1 gene. This means that later these cells may go crazy and start to develop into tumors. You can get these tumors surgically removed. Later in this report I will give you more information about the neurofibroma such as the function and structure. I will also explain how neurofibromas damage the human nerves.

commendable. Nonetheless, in at least some problem cases, resort to genetic analyses may be especially contributory, specifically assessing mutations in or deletions (loss) of the NF1 locus on the long arm of human chromosome 174

have a greater risk of developing breast cancer or other cancers as such. Thus, the findings of this

When children experience early speech difficulties they tend to be at risk later on. By being susceptible to language skills early on allows the child (ren) to be more proficiency and react in a way that contributes to them being able to express themselves in a way that causes them to use a variety of different phonemes and at the same time mix and maneuver other language and literacy skills. Numerous studies have found that there is a strong link between language problems, reading and overall academic achievement (Konza, 2006, Snow Burns and Griffin, 1998, Justice and Ezell, 2000).