Identify which video you selected. Calculate the MLU of the child in the video using the guiding questions in the “Examining Vocabulary Development” document and the MLU normative chart

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Vocabulary Development

The beginnings of oral language develop from birth. However, during the preschool years, the child’s language growth makes great strides, and language acquisition is one of the young child’s most amazing accomplishments. Vocabulary increases rapidly from a few hundred words to several thousand during the preschool years. Oral language also develops from one or two word utterances to complex expressions of abstract thought. The development of verbal communication follows a predictable and somewhat erratic pattern. Language growth is influenced by family situations and by the society in which the child lives. Other variables also influence the young child’s speech and language, such as intelligence, sex, and overall health. Children with higher intelligence, from middle and upper socioeconomic background and who live in educationally stimulating environments, exhibit greater verbal skills than children from more impoverished environments (Reynolds & Ortony, 1980).

As a child matures, and the vocabulary size continues to grow, sentence length, called mean length of utterance (MLU) (Brown, 1973), also increases. The child uses grammatical rules more accurately, and more complex uses of the parts of speech emerge. The child’s language use also reflects the cognitive and social growth occurring at the same time. Another influence is the amount of verbal interaction the child has with his or her parent or caregiver, as the child responds to both the social and language experience and expertise of another person.

For this Assignment, you examine the expressive vocabulary of a preschooler to determine his/her language development.

To prepare:

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources, focusing on lexical and morphological language development in children.
  • Review the questions in the “Examining Vocabulary Development” document to familiarize yourself with the requirements of the Assignment. Then, analyze one of the Child Language Sample videos in the Learning Resources using the document.

The Assignment (2–3 pages): 

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you do the following:

  • Identify which video you selected. Calculate the MLU of the child in the video using the guiding questions in the “Examining Vocabulary Development” document and the MLU normative chart.
  • Explain how this data informs the language development of this child.
  • Based on what you have learned so far, how does this child’s vocabulary development correspond with normative development?

Be sure to support your explanations with specific references to the Learning Resources. Use proper APA format and 

 

Vocabulary Development

Language Development

Here’s the link to the video I chose for my research on vocabulary development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFguWOufFrs. The involved a conversation between an adult and a three-year-old baby. The former asks the questions to the child and receive the responses in the form of verbal. The ability of the kid to answer the questions correctly shows that he can interpret the issues and provide the most appropriate answer. Although he can recite what he has heard before like reciting the 26 alphabets, he does better when the aunt accompanies him in the song. He can tell the historical events including his age and even the next one that he will be turning after celebrating the next birthday.

The child can construct more complex, longer, and intellectual conversation. Unlike in the earlier stage where children pronounce a few words per utterance, the kid can contract a long sentence to answer the questions. The complex answers create a complex conversation that an adult can easily comprehend and engage. As well, they express their feeling together with an illustrative performance. For instance, when he is asked how the robots react, he illustrates how they move around from one place to another. Additionally, with the increase in the knowledge and learning ability, he can understand more complex questions than those in the ages below three. Also, he can create sentences by joining different words by joining words.

The correspondent with Normative Development

According to the normative development, children from the age of three months to three years undergo different learning processes. At the period of three months, their leaning is through the exploration of the visual world. Besides recognizing the difference between objects, they are as well able to smile and imitate what they see adults doing. Between four and six months, he starts identifying the family members, especially the mother (Datan & Ginsberg, 2013). They enjoy being in their hands and they can roll from back to stomach. Separation anxiety is experienced between seven and nine months. They can crawl, grab objects around them, and even distinguish the various voices they hear.

At the age of one, children start making steps, especially using furniture. They develop an interest in feeding themselves, throwing things around, and trying to maintain themselves in a sitting position (Gleason & Ratner, 2017). Besides, they develop language thus able to speak a few words together with an understanding of simple requests and commands. Activities such as running, eating with spoons, scribbling with crayons are developed when a kid is between one and two years. They can make a few sentences and even show the willingness to obey commands. The age of three fully attains language development. One can express emotions, sing songs, and engage in conversations with long sentences and paragraphs.

Child development in this child fully corresponds with the normative development. The kid in the question can construct substantial sentences to explain how the robot tends to react. Again, he can express his emotions to the person they are engaging in a conversation. Regarding the ability to sing, pronounces the alphabets in the form of a song both as an individual and in the company of the adult speaker. He also expresses excitement by jumping around while explaining his point.

References

Datan, N., & Ginsberg, L. H. (Eds.). (2013). Life-span developmental psychology: Normative life crises. Elsevier.

Gleason, J. B., & Ratner, N. B. (2017). The development of language (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFguWOufFrs; Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Delay; MLU= Total number of morphemes / Total number of utterances, MLU= 78/42, 1.8571.

The paper need the MLU data chart for video.

Examine the details of your plan: How feasible is it? What issues might arise that would interfere with your plan? Do you have alternatives?

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Life Plan Assignment

Throughout our lives, most of us experience several significant events, or “life events.” Educational pursuits, career aspirations, recreational interests, marital life, children and end-of-life preferences are common subjects. The emotion surrounding these events varies, but each should cause us to examine our future (and past) to ensure we’re making the best decisions possible for ourselves, our friends, and our families.

A life plan is a detailed description of your decisions, intentions, hopes and dreams. A detailed life plan is instructive for creating greater clarity regarding life priorities and next steps.

Assignment instructions:

Pick a topic of interest in human growth and development. This could be something that you worry about in the future (i.e., your father getting Alzheimer’s Disease) or something that happened in the past that you wish had been handled better (i.e., your best friend was bullied in the 6th grade and you didn’t know what to do at the time) or something you are concerned about now (i.e., your friend is bulimic.)

Ways to identify a topic:

  1. List your mental, emotional, spiritual, physical and/or material needs.
  2. Identify your strengths and talents.
  3. Consider your hopes and dreams.

Once you have a topic.

  1. Outline concrete goals for dealing with your topic that satisfy things you identified in 1-3 above.
  2. Find academic research that supports your goals.
  3. Examine the details of your plan: How feasible is it? What issues might arise that would interfere with your plan? Do you have alternatives?

Your plan must cite at least three academic articles that offer support to your plan.  Your paper should be at least 2 pages long, double-spaced and follow APA format.

Paper 02

 

Adolescence Written Assignment

Using the “Library Resources” tab on the vertical menu to the left, find a recent scholarly science paper relevant to Chapter 11 or 12 using the Marymount library databases.

Write a summary of the paper.

Your summary should include answers to the following questions.

What was the hypothesis?
What was the research method used?
What did the research data reveal?
What was the author’s conclusion?
What does this new data mean for science? Does it change the way we look at old ideas and/or theories?
Why is the information in the paper important to the world, you, and the class?
Requirements:

1) The science paper has to be from the year 2018.

2) Your paper summary needs to include a the title of the paper you are summarizing, and the authors’ names.

3) Your paper summary needs to be at least a half page double-spaced. (1/2 page, Double Spaced)

4) In-text citations and bibliography must be in APA format.

analyze a state, federal, or global social welfare policy that affects an at-risk, marginalized, oppressed, underrepresented, or over looked group population. Finally, consider the impact of social policy from the perspective of the group you selected.

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Sometimes, during heated discussions and debates about social policy, the underlying reasons for the policy go unnoticed. Advocates and policymakers may become so committed to their perspectives and to winning the debates that they lose focus on the larger context surrounding an issue. The purpose of policy is to improve the lives and well-being of individuals and groups in our society. As you assume the role of a social work policymaker, consider the importance of keeping the needs and experiences of vulnerable populations at the forefront of your mind in your advocacy efforts. This can help to assure effective policy practice.

For this Assignment, you will analyze a state, federal, or global social welfare policy that affects an at-risk, marginalized, oppressed, underrepresented, or over looked group population. Finally, consider the impact of social policy from the perspective of the group you selected.

By Day 7

Assignment (5-7 double-spaced pages, APA format). In addition to a minimum of eight scholarly references, which may include electronic government documents and reputable websites, your paper should include:

A description of the current policy approach for addressing the social issue you selected

A description of the current policy goals for addressing the social issue you selected

A description of the population the current policy approach covers

An explanation of the funding levels for the current policy approach and whether they are sufficient to address the issue

An explanation of how this policy may affect at-risk, marginalized, underrepresented, overlooked, or oppressed populations. Identify a specific at-risk population.

An analysis of whether or not the policy meets the needs of the population groups most affected by the policy.

Recommendations for alternative policies that would address the gaps identified in the policy. Please be specific in recommendations.

 

Required Readings

Acker, Gila M. (2010). How social workers cope with managed care. Administration in Social Work, 34(5), 405–422.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Retrieved November 14, 2013, from http://www.ahrq.gov

Concannon, L. (2009). Developing inclusive health and social care policies for older LGBT citizens. British Journal of Social Work, 39(3), 403–417.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

describe the stakeholders involved in the Medicaid and Medicare health care policy in your state, and explain the role of these stakeholders in policy development for this issue.

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There are many stakeholders involved in health care policy issues, and they represent a wide variety of interests and perspectives. The health care industry employs many people. Though all stakeholders may share the goal of optimum individual and societal health and well-being, it is important to note that stakeholders’ financial interests may influence decision making.

For this Discussion, review this week’s resources. Consider the impact of health care policy’s evolution on Medicaid and Medicare programs. Then, think about a specific Medicaid policy in your state that should be amended, and reflect on how you would amend it and why. Finally, research the stakeholders involved in Medicaid and Medicare health care policy in your state and consider the role of these stakeholders in policy development for this issue.

By Day 3

Post an explanation of how the evolution of health care policy has influenced programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. Then, describe a specific Medicaid policy in your state that should be amended, and explain how you would amend it and why. Finally, describe the stakeholders involved in the Medicaid and Medicare health care policy in your state, and explain the role of these stakeholders in policy development for this issue.

Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

 

Required Readings

Acker, Gila M. (2010). How social workers cope with managed care. Administration in Social Work, 34(5), 405–422.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Retrieved November 14, 2013, from http://www.ahrq.gov

Concannon, L. (2009). Developing inclusive health and social care policies for older LGBT citizens. British Journal of Social Work, 39(3), 403–417.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.