Thursday, January 31, 2008

Thesis Statement

Autism affects children’s behavior and academics, to increase the awareness of Autism and gain knowledge of this disability by raising money for the research study to increase more support groups to treat autistic children.

Friday, January 25, 2008

January 25, 2008

I have finished my 10 key terms. I have also finshed my Interview Questions that I have made for the teacher at Shaler School District special needs class. I am about to start my notes.

Interview Questions

1.) How long have you been working in the special education field?
2.) What kind of unfamiliar behavior do you notice?
3.) What percentage of your children is Autistic?
4.) Are there differences between the sexes of the children in your class within there learning abilities?
5.) Do you work with special needs because it is a job or a passion?
6.) Is there a difference within working with parent that has special needs children than other parents?
7.) How is the patient’s level with the children?
8.) Do you ever get frustrated when teaching a special needs class?
9.) How do the children interact with other students?
10.) Do the special needs children get to communicate with others whom aren’t in their class?

Thursday, January 24, 2008

10 Key Tems Vocab

10- Terms Vocabulary

http://www.autism-pdd.net/introduce.htm
http://www.kylestreehouse.org/autism_symptoms.cfm

Asperger's Syndrome - A child with asperger's disorder has the same common problems as children with autism however they don't have language development problems of a autistic child.

Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- and not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) - This child has autism but doesn't meet the criteria for high functioning autism.

High-Functioning Autism
- This child has autism but has normal learning and cognitive and learning skills. Language development is difficult initially but they become proficient eventually.

Neurological Disorder- study of nervous system

Therapeutic- used in treating disease

Psychoanalysis- Method of understanding mental life

Schizophrenia- psychiatric disorder with symptoms of withdrawal into self

Autistic Spectrum Disorder- Is a disorder that includes symptoms falling in the areas of communication, socialization, and imagination/restricted interests. Most notable is the impairment in communication and social interaction, a far-reaching challenge which impacts daily activities and relationships at home, school, and work.

Ambivalence- conflict of ideas or attitudes

Autism- a disturbance in psychological development in which use of language, reaction to stimuli, interpretation of the world, and the formation of relationships are not fully established and follow unusual patterns

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

January 9, 2008

I have been working on getting more facts about my topic. I had also been working on my 10 term vocabulary words and i had done my essential questions.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

1/3/08

I had did my Action plan paper and i had created my Blog. I had also done my rough draft and timeline.