Extra Blog Post: Temple Grandin inspired me

From my presentation I thought it was a great idea to mention Temple Grandin. She is the one who inspired my mentor and I to be more understandable to those children with autism. From her advice and experience, people have more respect and more patience towards these kids. They now know which methods best work and which don't depending on the severity of the child. I think that is very important. Mostly on helping us figure out what treatments best work for those that need help with cognitive skills. If you watch the trailer from her movie, you can tell she was misunderstood. Her parents and others saw her as "dumb" and shoved her around a lot. But she grew to become independent and very intelligent since the beginning but nobody cared enough to notice. It is such an emotional and uplifting movie. I think we all need to learn to have patience and respect others as we would like to be respected.

Lesson 2 Reflection

1. For my Lesson 2 Presentation, what I am most proud of is that I actually made eye contact with the audience and I did not stutter as much as I used to as compared to my first presentation. It is really hard for me to make eye contact with people when I am presenting because I blank out a lot so it was a challenge for me. Stuttering has always been a problem, even when I speak with friends, so it was surprising to me that I did not stutter as much as I would've expected.
2. a) I would give myself a low P      b) Because I did not know I had to bring a prop so therefore I did not bring it with me...
3. What worked well was my activity, it really made sense with my answer.
4. What didn't work was that I should have been more specific in my presentation naming all the articles that I mentioned mostly when I mentioned the story. I mean I did have my works cited but it was different than actually bringing in the articles. Next time I will bring my articles I am mentioning with me, and also bring props.
5. For my answer #2, it is most likely going to be Become Your Own Child's Expert.

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 hours check

1. I do my mentorship at Amar's children center.
2. Ariana Nasseri is my contact.
3. I have done 43 hours at my mentorship place.
4. Ariana helped me what therapy techniques to use on children with autism and I socialized and helped out with Sergio and the rest of the children and also helped out the teachers on any excess work.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1. Due to my cousins coming over from Colorado and spending time with my whole family during the holidays, I did not have much time to work on my senior project as much as I should've. And physically I could not volunteer since the day care was closed and my mentor was on vacation as well. Although I did go over all my research and read books as well.
2. The most important thing I learned from what I did was that it is good to overanalyze research and refresh your memory on specific facts essential to your component. I honestly forgot a lot of my information in such little time so it helped me a lot that I went over it. The source of what I learned was that autistic children deserve credit and respect just like any other kid. Most of them have high IQ's and are very good in writing sections.
3. If I were to do a 10 question interview with someone about my EQ it would be Temple Grandin because she was also an autistic child herself and she has plenty of books she has written of children with autism, therefore; very knowledgeable about the topic.

December Extra Blog Post

I can honestly say I have not done much to contribute for my project over the break since the kids at the day care I volunteer at are on break and I can not see Sergio outside of school. Although I have gone to the library and looked for books on children with autism. I will continue to do more of my research and I will be returning to the day care when the break is over.

An Autistic Child Named Sergio

These past few months that I have been going to the day care, I have learned a lot about Sergio and his behavior. Everyday is a long day for him; he is at school for 5 hours and it affects his mood. He has become more grumpy and quite violent. Two weeks ago, he bit his teachers and everything got out of control. I know he does not mean to harm anyone and he only gets that way temporarily. Overall, he is a very polite and playful child. It kind of upsets me although that the kids push him aside because he's strange sometimes and refuses to play with them. I think they should try and make him feel more involved and that being involved is good. I know sometimes my mentor gets frustrated and it is a very difficult job; but I admire her patience and acceptance. Sergio is such a bright child and he really tries; I know it is hard to deal with his attitude sometimes but I believe it will all be worth it. This early intervention he is getting will benefit him in the long run. I'm not saying it will cure his autism because there is no cure; but it will improve his social and cognitive skills. Sadly, I could not provide a picture of Sergio to post because quite frankly that is illegal if not approved by the administration.

Blog 10: EQ

1. I reviewed the rule of three for my Essential Question.

2. What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?
I personally believe that this essential question meets the rule of three standards. There could be various answers to the question which is good and it definitely is not just black and white.

    What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?
I believe this does not really meet the standards and I did not understand the question it was very confusing.

    How can an anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?
This essential question meets the rule of three because it is very specific and there can be a lot of information and different answers on this topic.

3. Draft EQ:

What is the best way to help an autistic child develop better social skills that will benefit them in the future?