Essays and Research Papers on Special Populations & Conditions

This 2 page paper provides an overview of the use of comprehensive assessments for addressing the needs of children with ADHD and other learning problems. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the current literature relating to speech and language therapy and the use for children with autism. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing the difficulties of measuring language proficiency. Several states have language-mastery requirements that public schools must achieve, and now the federal government has added a similar requirement for other states in the form of the No Child Left Behind program. As always, measurement of language proficiency can be difficult. ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the approaches for teaching English through social interaction strategies. This paper recognizes the value of the social element to language learning. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the methods for succeeding in the teaching of difficult students. This paper helps to determine the best approaches. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 19 page paper discusses the factors that influence second language acquisition, emphasizing the role of motivation. The introduction provides an overview of first and second language acquisition and discusses the age controversy and Krashen's theory of second language acquisition. Contextual factors are discussed, including language status and language distance along with comments about Gardner's ...

10 pages in length. Attaining academic achievement in today's ever-stringent and ever-changing society is a challenge at best; at its worst, it represents the struggle between success and failure, both in an economic and personal sense. Students are forever faced with a shifting landscape of technological, scholastic and social requirements; that certain portions ...

This 2 page paper provides an overview of study objects regarding the study of the issue of testing bias. This paper outlines a set of objectives for an ethical inquiry. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper reports on What Kids Need by Rima Shore, offers practical applications for childcare directors and those who provide care for children. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 12 page overview of the ethical dilemmas and issues which can arise involving adult educators and their students. The author contends that establishing a code of ethics for the profession is the best means of addressing or circumventing these issues and dilemmas. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page paper presenting 10 potential action research questions. Topics include gang influence; school psychologists’ influence; cultural sensitivity training; Aggression Replacement Training; and replacing zero tolerance policies with permission for administrators to use discretion in dealing with threatening situations or students. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

After a brief discussion of influences, this paper looks at modern architecture in Southern California (post-1945), and includes works by Frank Gehry, Pierre Koenig's Stahl House, Louis I. Kahn's Salk Institute, and Arata Isozaki's MOCA. Bibliography lists 5 sources. JVsoCali.rtf

A 4 page paper that reports the key steps in the applied behavior analysis approach to behavior management. Examples are used to illustrate the positive outcomes of this approach. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

What it takes to be a database administrator is in this paper, which explores both the generalist and the expert categories of being a DBA. Bibliography lists 4 sources. jvDBAdm.rtf

A 4 page paper. Some of the teaching strategies discussed in five journal articles are reported. These strategies address enhancing student attention, increasing motivation, teaching social interaction skills, and the potential of technology. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 26 page paper that begins with a definition of literacy, the three types of literacy assessed and scoring processes. National and international literacy rates are then reported along with the negative effects of illiteracy. The paper then changes to report the history of the New York Public Library, which provides services in Manhattan, the ...

An 11 page paper discussing the current state of web conferencing, particularly as it applies to distance education. As can be seen from the small sampling provided here, there are many web conferencing applications available. Most are better suited than others to specific kinds of uses; organizations’ choices can be based on the ...

An 8 page paper providing rationale for methods and models chosen for use in an education initiative of health care workers in an urban hospital. Nurses are the primary learners; the topic is patient education in diabetes management. The paper discusses learning theory and practice models to be used in the program. ...

A 3 page paper that presents an action research plan focusing on the use of graphic organizers for instructing ESL students. The research is to take place in a regular education 5th grade classroom. Headings include: topic, research questions, participants, intervention and data collection. Justification for the study is provided under the heading of topic. ...

An 8 page paper. Homework may be one of the standard practices in American education but it poses significant challenges for students diagnosed with ADHD, their parents and their teachers. This essay discusses the issue of homework, its intended purposes and how it fails to achieve its purposes with ADHD students. The writer also ...

A 4 page paper containing the text of a 13-slide PowerPoint presentation. Vision screening is not currently practiced in public schools. There is evidence that treatment of amblyopia becomes more difficult with age and that the most effective ages for treatment occur during preschool years. Clearly, it is not possible to treat ...

This 8 page paper compares and contrasts autism and ADHD. The disorders are looked at independently and symptoms are explained in detail. Remedies for inclusion and classroom curricula are examined. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

4 pages in length. The writer discusses the ever-growing need to restructure standard curricula in order to accommodate the special needs requirements of learning-disabled college students. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page overview of the needs presented by retirement-aged workers who, for one reason or another, remain in the work force. The author emphasizes that older workers are more of an asset than a liability and that by effectively structuring their training programs employers can take advantage of a valuable resource. Bibliography ...

A 14 page paper which examines whether or not parental involvement plays a significant role in a child’s success at school. Bibliography lists 8 sources.