definitions

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A. Define the following terms:Biomedical FactorsAnencephalyHydrocephalusLanguage DelayLanguage DisorderPhonologySyntaxMorphologySemanticsReceptive Language DisordersExpressive Language DisordersAphasiaB. Read the three questions below… Identify (list) the features, characteristics, and reasons requested as follows:Identify (list) six Essential Features of the federal definition for Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (EBD)Identify (list) five General Characteristics of children and youth with EBDIdentify 9List) three reasons why Classification Systems are important to professionals who identify, treat, and educate individuals with EBD

6-1 Discussion: Leadership and Goal Setting

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In this module, you explore the importance of goal setting as an essential attribute of leadership. Effective leaders are skilled communicators, negotiators, and strategists who apply authentic approaches to achieve their social impact goals. Through their inspiration and motivation, leaders are social change agents who can allocate and optimize their resources in ways that promote collaboration, teamwork, and goal attainment.First, title your post “Leadership and Goal Setting.”For your initial post, you will define and reflect on the factors that promote leadership and goal setting. Your post should address the following:In your own words, define leadership and describe its relevance to social change agency.What aspects of your personality or lived experience inspire the leader in you?As a leader of a team working to achieve a goal in your workplace, group, or community, describe how you would promote communication, collaboration, and motivation.Describe which aspect of emotional intelligence you believe best supports your ability to be an effective leader and why.Describe how leadership and goal setting connect to one of the following programmatic themes:Self-careSocial justiceEmotional intelligenceCareer connectionsEthics

Applying Major Issues in Development to Practice

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This first week, you will establish a base of knowledge regarding lifespan development. The major issues in development are as follows:Nature and nurture.Critical periods and plasticity.Continuity and discontinuity.Universality and specificity.Qualitative and quantitative change.Activity and passivity.Using the Capella library, locate a scholarly resource (journal article or book chapter) that is specific to one of the major issues in development. (See the second study in Unit 1, Development Issues Article Search, for helpful links to these topics.) Clearly describe both sides of the controversy. Evaluate the credibility of the resource, using an appropriate combination of these possible methods:Credibility of author or publisher.Relevancy to the field.Accuracy of information.Support of conclusions.Assessment for researcher bias.Timeliness or current relevancy.Use of scholarly references.Detailed and clear information.Correct description of data analysis.Other methods (explain).ReferenceAllen, D. B., & Allen, D. W. (1996). 2+2 equals better performance: Alternative performance appraisal with feedback and encouragement. Unpublished manuscript, University of Denver, Colorado; Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.