Class Log: Psychology 346, Psychology of Exceptional Children, Spring 2008
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4-30-08: abuse

final in-class assignment: At the beginning of our course you were asked to write your opinion on this question:" What does it mean for a child to be 'exceptional'?" Has your view of exceptionality changed? How? or Why not?

4-28-08: giftedness

4-25-08: the gifted and talanted

4-23-08: legal & ethical issues with the exceptional

Rights & Duties

PP

4-21-08: multiple disabilities

4-18-08: blindness and vision impairments

4-16-08: deafness and hearing impairments

4-14-08: guest speaker: Mr. William McHie, Rehabilitation Counselor, Illinois Office of Rehabilitation Services (ORS)

4-11-08: eating disorders

4-7-08: other anxiety disorders; habit disorders

assignment for Friday

4-4-08: developmental fears and phobias; other anxiety disorders

4-2-08: conclude discussion of depression & suicide; anxiety

in class: What Are You Afraid Of? 2 points

assignment for Friday: poem & DIB article:

Read the poem by Anonymous and the article on deliberate self-harm by Hawton, Rodham, Evans & Weatherall (2002).

Write a one page review of both works. Do you know anything about DSH now that you didn't before? Which piece helped you understand more? Due Friday. 5 points

 

3-31-08: schedule for remaining five weeks of class

3-31 to 4-4 emotional disorders; turn in question for ch 9 on 3-31
4-7 to 4-11 behavioral disorders; turn in question for ch 15 on 4-7
4-14 to 4-18 hearing and vision; turn in questionfor ch 16 on 4-14
4-21 to 4-25 severe and multiple disabilities; turn in question for ch. 12 on 4-21
4-28 to 5-2 gifted and talented; turn in question for ch. 18 on 4-28

final 5-8-08 7:50 a.m.

3-28-08 Test #2

3-26-08: review; childhood onset schizophrenia

3-24-08: autism: savant behavior; Asperger's syndrome

3-21-08: autism--Lovaas movie

quiz on Monday; no question due this Monday

3-19-08: autism

3-17-08 conclude TBI; begin Autism

Test #2 will be Friday 3-2-08 and will cover LD, ADHD, TBI, and Autism

no question due this coming Monday (3-24-08)

3-7-08 TBI

3-5-08: conclude ADHD & begin TBI

What causes the most brain injuries in children?

child abuse
falls ***
automobile accidents
bicycle/blading/skate boarding accidents

What causes the most brain injuries in adolescents?

assaults
falls
automobile accidents ***
sports injuries

2-27-08: ADHD

ADHD Assignment, in class (2-27-08): Is ADHD a mental disorder?

3. Read (tonight or tomorrow) the handout with short articles by Stephen Hinshaw (1995) , "Impairment, pathology, and ADHD: Who has a mental disorder?" and Denis Donovan (2000), “An alternative approach to ADHD.”

4. On Friday bring to class a paragraph or two giving me your opinion of the articles by Hinshaw and by Donovan. Did they influence your opinion about whether ADHD should be thought of as a "mental disorder"? This is worth 3 points.

2-25-08 final notes on LD, begin ADHD

2-22-08: LD cont.

quiz ch. 7

2-20-08: LD continued

Accommodations

quiz on ch. 7 on Fri

2-18-08 Begin LD unit

turn in question for ch. 7

2-15-08: Test #1

2-13-08: langauge disorders

review

2-11-08 speech disorders

Review questions for unit 1 have been updated

2-8-08 conclude MR unit; begin Speech & Lang unit

You do not have to turn in question for LD chapter on Monday

Test #1 will be Friday, 2-15-08. The LD material will not be on Test #1. Test #1 will cover material through Speech and Langauge disorders, but not LD. The LD unit will be on Test #2.

2-6-08 intelligence testing

2-4-08 intelligence testing

turn in take home assignment from 1-30-08

take quiz #3

2-1-08 ISU closed due to weather

1-30-08 begin Mental Retardation unit

in class assignment: describe typical mentally retarded individual

take home assignment: two situations

take home assignment: read "Pillow Angel" article

1-28-08 conclude unit 2

1-23-08 begin unit 2: sources of behavior

turn in question for ch. 17

quiz ch 17 on Friday

1-18-08 conclude unit 1

quiz ch 1

1-16-08

1-14-08 introduction to class, review syllabus, begin Unit 1

In class assignment: What does it mean for a child to be "exceptional"?

Quiz this Friday, 1-18-07.