Mental retardation/intellectual disabilities

post carries two assignments

write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.

Number each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see which question you are responding to.

1.This week you have been learning about mental retardation/intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and communication disorders. Choose two categories that are of the most interest to you. Describe two ways in which they differ from each other, and then explain a relationship or similarity that may exist between the two categories.

2.As the course text explains on page 257, the field of autism has gone from a “relatively unrecognized disability” to “one of widespread interest in education and society in general.” Based on your reading, describe the five conditions that are meant by the term “autism spectrum disorder.” Also, based on current knowledge, identify the common characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorder and explain the concept of the “spectrum” in terms of those characteristics.

3.Think back to what you learned about early intervention in Week 1 and what you have learned about each of the categories you studied this week. Choose one category and consider the potential influence of early intervention on this category. Then explain how quality early intervention could positively impact the possible outcomes for young children.

2: Children Consumerism

Order Description

Choose a research topic from the following list: Children and nature, children and popular culture; children and consumerism, and children and schooling. You then select a topic and one article in your topic folder. You will then search for an article yourself around the same topic to use as a comparison article on a research project in your critique. You are required to write the critical report in order to explore the similarities and differences between the paradigms informing the research studies, the way children are constructed in the study, their role and draw on the constructions of childhood – how are they being viewed? You will also compare the methodology used in each of the two research projects including a summary of the key design elements, research tools, forms of analysis and the way ethics is or isn’t discussed. This assessment relates specifically to Module 3 – Topics 7, 8 and 9. The assignment consists of a two-part submission: a Critical Research Report Proposal (Assessment 3a) and a final Critical Research Report ( Assessment 3b).

A template/proforma is provided for making a planning summary of the key areas that need to be addressed in the research report, this template/proforma is available on this page and must be used to complete the research report proposal for Assessment 3a. The proposal will help to map out the key elements of both of the two research articles that you have chosen for analysis.

see the sample report
Use western sydney university APA reference style

fill the Research Report Proposal Proforma

use those to important references
michael wyness childhood and society chapter 9
James, A. & James, A. (2012). Key concepts in childhood studies (2nd ed.), Sage Publishers: London.

Children Consumerism