Special Needs in School Age Children and Intelligence: Nature and Nurture
Part #1:
Read ONE of the following articles:
How physicians assist kids with disabilities and their families: Roles, responsibilities and collaborative partnerships. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
UTILIZATION OF SCHOOL NURSES DURING THE EVALUATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. [PDF, file size 67 KB] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law: An Innovative Approach to Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. [PDF, file size 321 KB] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Next, answer the following questions:
What special issues or challenges were discussed in the article you read?
What aspects of development (physical, cognitive, social/personality) are impacted by the special needs you identified above? Provide examples.
Which theoretical approaches (psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, contextual, evolutionary) are evident in the article you read? Why (give at least one example for each approach you write about)?
What solutions can you identify for effectively meeting the needs identified above?
Part #2:
Mary Jo Bane and Christopher Jencks argue that if intelligence is inherited there is nothing the schools or anyone can do to improve a child’s chances in life. Below are five “myths” Bane and Jencks say are commonly accepted as true.
IQ tests are the best measure of human intelligence.
The poor are poor because they have low IQs. Those with high IQs end up in well-paid jobs.
Your IQ is overwhelmingly determined by your genetic endowment.
The main reason African American children and poor, white children have low IQ scores is that they have “bad” genes.
Improving the quality of the schools will go a long way toward wiping out the differences in IQ and school achievement and, therefore, in children’s life chances.
6. select two of five statements above. Do you agree or disagree? Respond in writing by sharing your own experiences, and then supporting each of your responses with evidence from a scholarly article published within the last 5 years. Use APA format to properly cite and reference the scholarly articles you use.
APA Format. Part 1 200 words. Part 2 300 words.
Include References.
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