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Proposed changes to autism and Asperger syndrome diagnostic criteria - | autism | Asper... - 0 views

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  • NAS welcomes the overall proposed approach to streamline diagnostic criteria and make them simpler, to develop dimensional measures of severity and recognise the range of full health problems someone is experiencing, as well as any other factors that impact on their diagnosis.
  • the proposed severity levels are not fit for purpose and potentially very unhelpful as they are currently drafted
  • need to be much more detail to make the severity levels appropriate and widely applicable.
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  • levels are not consistent with the diagnostic criteria.
  • Key areas, including sensory aspects, are not mentioned within the severity levels.
  • The minimum criteria for level 1 severity “Needs support” are considerably higher than the minimum criteria for a diagnosis
  • DSM is an American publication. Most diagnoses in the UK are based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), published by the World Health organisation, or other criteria, such as those developed by Professor Christopher Gillberg. 
  • Creating a direct link between a clinical decision over diagnosis and a recommendation for support could affect clinical impartiality. In the UK we are aware of situations where clinical professionals have felt under pressure from their employers to under-assess needs in order to ration limited resources.
  • linking of a clinical diagnosis to recommendations of support may create expectations for people on the autism spectrum that services will be provided when this will not always be the case (at least in the UK), due to high eligibility thresholds or because decisions about such support may be taken by professionals who have no relation to the diagnostic process. 
  • They recommend that sub-group names for particular autism spectrum disorders are kept in the new diagnostic criteria, including a description of Asperger syndrome, to make it very clear that this continues to be a part of the autism spectrum. 
  • APA propose creating a new diagnosis of social communication disorder. This would be given where someone exhibits the social communication and interaction aspects of an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, but does not show restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities. 
  • Dr Lorna Wing and Dr Judith Gould have submitted a paper to the American Psychiatric Association, jointly written with Professor Christopher Gillberg. This article has been published in the journal Research in Developmental Disabilities. It calls for a stronger focus on social imagination, diagnosis in infancy and adulthood, and on the possible under-diagnosis of girls and women with autism
  • The current ICD (ICD-10) is virtually the same as DSM. The next version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) is due to be published in 2015. They will consider the changes made to DSM-5, but their descriptions are often slightly different. For example, the diagnostic names in ICD-10 are different to those in DSM-4. 
  • Diagnoses should always be based on a clinical decision about whether someone has an impairment which has a disabling effect on their daily life. Diagnoses will be given where symptoms cause an impairment to everyday functioning.
  • Overall, we believe that the changes to the diagnostic criteria are helpful. They are clearer and simpler than the previous DSM-4 criteria. 
  • The diagnostic manuals are updated every so often to reflect the latest research. The last change to the DSM was in 2000, and before that in 1994.
  • How long have autism and Asperger syndrome been in the DSM? Autism was first included as a separate category in DSM-3 in 1980 when it was called 'infantile autism'. This was later changed to 'autistic disorder' in 1987. 'Asperger’s disorder' (syndrome) was added into the next version, DSM-4, in 1994.
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Special Education in Singapore - 0 views

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  • the development and current status of special education in Singapore
  • a brief history of special education services, organization of service delivery, integration, teacher training, and achievements
  • Highlighted within these topics are significant developments over the past decade that have influenced special education services.
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  • several challenges to improve the quality of special education services through integration opportunities, preservice teacher training, greater coordination among services, current educational and social initiatives and rhetoric, and societal vision.
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Ho 2014 Education for unity in Malaya : an evaluation of the education system of Malaya... - 0 views

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  • Education for unity in Malaya : an evaluation of the education system of Malaya with special reference to the need for unity in its plural society
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Political Development in Singapore, 1945-1955 - Kim Wah Yeo - Google Books - 0 views

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    militant singapore teachers' union???
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Mills 1843 A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, Being a Connected View of th... - 0 views

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    Mill, J.S., 1843. A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation, Volume 1 (Google eBook), John W. Parker. Available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=y4MEAAAAQAAJ&pgis=1 [Accessed December 15, 2014].
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12 Things You Should Know to be Computer/Tech Literate - 0 views

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  • Understanding Computer/Technology Hardware
  • Operating System Basics-
  • Effective & Efficient Web Browsing-
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  • Searching & Search Engines
  • File/Document Management
  • Using Productivity Tools
  • Spreadsheets & Databases
  • Word Processing
  • Copyright, Citing Sources and Plagiarism
  • Presentations
  • e-mail, Internet & Social Networking Etiquette and Safety
  • Finding, Choosing, Using and/or Developing Software Apps, Online Tools & Simulations
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Let's Call All Terrorists "Terrorists" - 0 views

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  • In the hours since the shooting, politicians and the media have universally condemned the gunmen as "terrorists" and called their actions "terrorism." And for good reason, too: the killing of unarmed civilians for apparently political or religious reasons is the classic definition of terrorism.
  • 2011 Norway attacks, where a white right-wing extremist and racist named Anders Breivik killed 77 people during a rampage through Oslo and a nearby summer camp.
  • If Breivik's name were "Omar" and he said that he acted in the name of Islam as opposed to "Europe" and Christianity, I doubt people like Michael Morell would forget who he is or what he did.
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  • But like other white perpetrators of mass political violence, from the guy who shot up a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin a few years ago to the guy who attacked a Kansas JCC this past April, Breivik gets a free pass from the media. He's a "mass shooter" or "mass murderer," not a "terrorist."
  • Are the guys who aimed loaded guns at federal officers at the Bundy ranch called "terrorists"? They are. Or the people who bombed the NAACP building yesterday in Colorado? Absolutely.
  • In our society, calling an act of violence "terrorism" is an extremely powerful statement. It says that that an action is so awful, so beyond what we consider acceptable human behavior, that we must do everything we can to prevent it from happening ever again.
  • when we refuse to call acts of violence that really are terrorism "terrorism," we're saying as a society that we don't need to take them as seriously as we would the acts of violence that we do call terrorism.
  • According to some estimates, right-wing terrorists have killed more Americans since 9/11 than Islamic terrorists have.
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Pelajaran bahasa daerah tetap ada - ANTARA News - 0 views

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  • Disela kunjungan dua hari di Jambi Mendikbud Nuh mengatakan bahwa mata pelajaran bahasa daerah tetap ada yakni di kolom kurikulum seni budaya dan prakarya. Bahasa daerah dan kelompok muatan lokal lainnya tetap terbuka untuk dimasukkan ke kurikulum. Mata pelajaran bahasa daerah, lanjut Nuh, tetap sejajar dengan mata pelajaran yang lain. Kemdikbud akan menyampaikannya ke publik setelah uji publik terumuskan. Diakui Nuh, masih banyak pihak yang belum mengetahui bahwa bahasa daerah tetap ada sehingga menimbulkan polemik di masyarakat.
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