Behavioral Management in the Developmentally Disabled

Running head : BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMETALLY DISABLED

Behavioral Management in the Developmentally Disabled

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Introduction

This will dwell on the behavioral management for the developmentally challenged individual . This seeks to provide a general understanding on how the on how clients with developmental disabilities are improve with regard to their conditions . Therefore , the following will be discussed

The process of Occupational Therapist in modifying behavioral development of disabled person

Techniques employed to assist the developmentally challenged individual

Way used by the Occupational Therapist to help a disabled individual write and

Identify the techniques and tools used by the Occupational Therapist in behavioral management for developmentally challenged individual

Moreover , this will focus in two developmental disabilities that exist today in the society . More specifically these are autism and dyslexia

Functions of Occupational Therapist

There are four functions of occupational therapists . First , they are ask to put into application the knowledge , skills and abilities they have acquired in their years of training in the academe for the benefit of enabling people to live normal lives and immerse themselves with the daily tasks ( A Definition of Occupational Therapy ' n .d . Second , is to assist , maintain , regain and enhance the independence of an individual who is ill , injured , disabled and psychologically impaired ( A Definition of Occupational Therapy ' n .d . Third , engage the relatives of the client and other people who are connected such as the caregiver ( A Definition of Occupational Therapy ' n .d . This can be achieved through comprehensive assessment and therapy with the goal of increasing the capacity of client to participate in daily activities ( A Definition of Occupational Therapy ' n .d . Lastly , to accordingly deal with the problems of the client by focusing on three things ability to accomplish , undertakings of the client and the environment where the undertakings are performed ( A Definition of Occupational Therapy ' n .d

Meaning of Autism

Autism , also classified as classical Autism is considered as the most prevalent condition amongst the family of Autism Spectrum Dis or better known as ASD (National Institute of Neurological Diss and Stroke [NINDS] , 2006 . One can discern Autism through the following symptoms : a ) impaired social interaction ' b ) problems with verbal and nonverbal communication ' and c ) unusual , repetitive , or severely limited activities and interests (NINDS , 2006

In addition to this , the cluster of Autism Spectrum Dis or ASD includes other conditions . These are - a ) Asperger syndrome ' b Rett syndrome ' c ) childhood disintegrative dis ' and d pervasive developmental dis not otherwise specified (usually referred to as PDD-NOS (NINDS , 2006 . Statistics shows that in every 1000 children three to six will be affected by autism (NINDS , 2006 Furthermore , Men are four times more prone or at risk of acquiring such behavioral dis like autism than women (NINDS , 2006

Meaning of Dyslexia

Dyslexia , pronounced as dis-lek-see-uh is a type of learning dis that some of the children encounter that impairs their ability to read and spell ( Dyslexia ' n .d .What may seem C-A-T...