The Elizabeth Smart Case featured Brian David Mitchell, who entered a claim of "incompetence to stand trial." The main charge was kidnapping and transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in sexual activity. The following is a summary of both the case and trial, plus its impact on the criminal justice system and the accused's use or mis-use of the claim of "incompetence to stand trial".…
Deanna's T score on Aggression is 70. A clinically significant score in this area indicates that Deanna's teacher reports that she displays a high number of aggressive behaviors and may be reported as being argumentative, defiant, and/or threatening to others. Deanna's mother rated her in the At-Risk range in the area of Aggression. Mrs. Massa rated Deanna Clinically Significant in the areas of Atypicality and Functional Communication. Deanna's teacher rated At-Risk both of these areas. A Clinically Significant score in the area of Atypicality indicates that the rater feel that engages in behaviors that are considered strange or odd and she at times seems disconnected from her surroundings. A Clinically Significant score in the area of Functional Communication that Deanna…
Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia The most common frontotemporal disorder, behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), involves changes in personality, behavior, and judgment. People with this dementia can act strangely around other people, resulting in embarrassing social situations. Often, they don’t know or care that their behavior is unusual and don’t show any consideration for the feelings of others. Over time, language and/or movement problems may occur, and the person needs more care and supervision.…
It is important for a teacher to be on the lookout for the above-mentioned signs and symptoms to identify at risk students. If a student is showing any of these signs, it is important for a teacher to take the appropriate steps to intervention. This usually would start with informing the principal of the situation. From there, it may be to contact the student’s parents if the situation is drug or suicide related. In child abuse cases, contacting social services would be important. It is important not to let these symptoms go unnoticed because the result could be fatal.…
The clinical team concluded the observation and disclosed the A-B-C narrative collected with his mother, as well as some of the behaviors observed. The duration of this observation was approximately one hour and 55…
A 6-s partial-interval recording system was used to measure the occurrence of mild and severe behaviors. Mild behavior was defined as tantrums and task refusal. Severe behavior was defined as any attempt to engage in self- injury, aggression, or property destruction. Interobserver agreement was assessed across 37% of sessions and averaged 97% (range, 90% to…
Ms. Brown is a 32 year old female who presented to the ED with suicidal ideation with a plan, homicidal ideation with a plan, and recent psychosis. At the time of the assessment Ms. Brown endorse suicidal ideation with a plan to inject multiple unknown substances in her arm in a attempt to "kill" herself. She also reports a plan to kill her mother and step-father by shooting them with a 380, she planned on getting from a friend. Ms. Brown reports rational conflict as stressor contributing to her distress. She expressed feelings of anger, irritability, isolation, and hopelessness. Ms. Brown reports recent auditory hallucination of two female voices, which she has named Kayla and Sara. Ms. Brown reports no current symptoms of psychosis. Ms.…
Cynthia has become withdrawn, displays shifts in her mood with the inability to sleep, low energy, changes in her eating habits, and a pessimistic attitude towards life.…
Signs and symptoms: There may be a change in behaviour, will have different sleeping patterns, confusion, change in weight and what they like and dislike.…
1. Explain different types of bullying and the potential effects on children and young people…
| Signs and symptoms – Distraught, agitated, withdrawn, scared, aggressive, individual is not his/her normal self……
Will gaze at faces and will copy facial movements. They respond to faces and voices of familiar people around them, they are still shy around strangers but enjoy affection from their careers. They enjoy being held, cuddled and tickled by adults. They will start to talk using babble noises. “Temper tantrums” may have started. They start to become more demanding and assertive and can express rage at being told ‘no’, they have no idea of sharing and a strong sense of ‘mine’.…
Stage 3:Localized response- the person is awake more often and able to be alert for several minutes at a time. Begins to have specific responses to stimulation such as blinking at bright lights, turning away from sounds or following people with his eyes, more active moving away from pain, usually responds better to family and friends than to people she doesn’t know. Stage 4:Consused-Agitated- this stage does not usually last long and is a good sign for further recovery. The person is trying to communicate five basic things- thirst or hunger, discomfort, tiredness or overstimulation, confusion about where they are located or what is happening. There is much confusion, disorientation and disorganization. Response is shown by agitation or aggression, very restless and may behave strangely, may scream or cry out for no apparent reason, may hit bite or kick may say things that don’t make sense or are offensive. This is probably the most difficult stage for a parent to go through. Stage 5: Confused-Inappropriate- the child is more aware of her surroundings. she is able to maintain attention for 10-15 minutes at a time. Easily distracted and…
She is oriented x3, alert, cooperative. Good short term, long term, and intermediate memory. No aphasia. Normal fund of knowledge. Normal attention and concentration.…
anxiousness and nervousness incessant talking extreme moodiness and irritability purposeless, repetitious behavior, such as picking at skin or pulling out hair sleep disturbances false sense of confidence and power; aggressive or violent behavior…
