Cady+Carter


 * Record of Assignments**
 * Name of Student:** Cady

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** Adolescence **

** W : What you want to know (curiosities/inquiry questions) **
1. **What are the causes of eating disorder in adolescent boys and girls? At what age are they most likely to begin?**

** Resource #1 **

 * Read:**
 * My resource was an interview with Demi Lovato on her struggles with anorexia and bulimia.


 * Respond:**
 * In this interview I learned that Demi started having body issues as early as 3 years old. She said "I looked down at my stomach and started rubbing it. Then I began to wonder if one day it would ever be flat." This completely shocked me. I never realized that someone as young as 3 could already be thinking about their body image. She also mentions that as a child she went to school with a lot of kids who were naturally thin, therefore she always thought that she was the bigger one of the group. She says that her eating disorder really started around 8 years old. She noticed herself cooking full pans of cookies and eating them all to her self. After continuing with "binge" eating and feeling guilty afterwards she would purge after meals (throw up). She says that there were some days where she would make herself throw up as many as 6 times a day. After starting that she wanted to lose weight faster so she began to starve herself. In the interview she said at one point she was only eating 2 meals a week. There was one particular thing she said that really helped answer my question about eating disorders. She explained that eating disorders can run through your family, and that if they do you are almost always bound to end up with one.


 * APA Citation:**
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 * Read:**
 * In this article a student from Eastern New Mexico University explains how the media and society play a role in pressuring adolescent males and females to be thin. She explains the different types of eating disorders, and treatment options for people who are struggling with these disorders.


 * Respond:**
 * A lot of what I read in this article I already knew. Such as, the different types of eating disorders and treatment options. Also she talks about the "Ideal" bodies that adolescents are having to look at through the media and society. The females "ideal" bodies are portrayed as tall and slender and the "ideal" attractive males are usually muscular. Our media and society are putting unrealistic images for adolescents to look at, which is leading to a pressure to have an "ideal" body. Eating disorders are becoming more serious in our society and there needs to be more awareness of this issue. There are two main types of eating disorders; anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. In anorexia it causes two main things; restricting and binge eating. Binge eating is where the patient struggling with the disorder starves themselves for a long period of time and then when they finally decide to eat, they over eat to the point to where it completely messes with their mind and causes them to want to get rid of the food someway or another, which is called purging. People with bulimia often binge uncontrollably, but purge the calories out of their bodies through vomiting, excessive exercise, laxatives and other ways. People with eating disorders often try to distance themselves from their family, friends, and society. They do this so they don't have to be put in the position where there may be food. Parents have a huge impact on their child's eating habits. Many people think do not take eating disorders seriously, although they should. They don't just have an effect on someones health but also on their mental well being. The most common way that someone with an eating disorder will get help is either through a treatment center that focuses on these issues or through major therapy.


 * APA Citation:**
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** Resource #3 **

 * Read:**
 * This article is to present the study of the differences in self-image of patients who are diagnosed with different types of eating disorders.


 * Respond:**
 * I think there was one very important sentence mentioned in the introduction, it states " Self-image can be regarded as an important element of personality, especially in the developmental age. It is a framework for personality that is such a group of features with which a person identifies oneself and considers his or her own." This sentence is important because growing up all a person wants is to be okay with themselves, and if you start out young not being okay with your self-image there is more of a possibility for an eating disorder to occur. In this article they describe that in a study that they did they found that people who struggled with eating disorders had a lower outlook on their self-image compared to people who did not have eating disorders, which I think for the most part is pretty obvious.


 * APA Citation:**
 * [insert APA citation]

** Resource #4 **

 * Read:**
 * [insert 1 paragraph summarizing what you read here]


 * Respond:**
 * [insert 1 paragraph response/reaction to what you read here]


 * APA Citation:**
 * [insert APA citation]

** 5. Sexuality Activity **
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I read an article about the National School Climate Survey. This survey is to see what the school experience is like for gay, besexual, and transgender students nationally. There are two methods that they used, 1.) outreach through national, regional, and local organizations that provide a service on behalf of LGBT and 2.) advertising the survey through facebook. The survey was targeted at 13-18 year olds with profiles indicating they were gay, bisexual, or transgender. Throughout this article it had many statistics over the topics that were in the survey, such as homophobic remarks in school, feeling unsafe because of their sexuality, missing classes because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable, and being harassed and assaulted. It also showed that LGBT students who had Gay-Straight Alliances or similar clubs, anti-bullying/harassment school policies and laws, and a supportive staff were more likely to hear less homophobic language, reported situations of assault or homophobic remarks, they were less likely to be victimized, they were less likely to feel unsafe, and had a greater sense of connectedness to their school community. As the years went by that these surveys were being taken, from 1999-2011, the percentages of LGBT students negative experiences have gone down, and are continuing to go down.
 * Describe your resource:**

http://glsen.org/sites/default/files/2011%20National%20School%20Climate%20Survey%20Executive%20Summary.pdf
 * Link to your specific resource:**

**Observation Site Information**
[you must confirm with site it is okay to observe with your location, then delete instructions in brackets]

** A. Site details: **

 * Name of site: Lindner Center of Hope
 * Link to site: []
 * Contact person:
 * [insert image of your site, preferably one with you observing but without other people in it]

__ ** B. Describe your setting ** __
[insert here- minimum of 2 paragraphs ]

__** C. Describe what you did at the site (free-write/journal formatting) **__
[insert here- minimum of 2 paragraphs]
 * __ 1st visit: __**

[insert here- minimum of 2 paragraphs]
 * __2nd visit:__**

[insert here- minimum of 2 paragraphs]
 * __3rd visit:__**

[insert here- minimum of 2 paragraphs]
 * __4th visit:__**

[insert here- minimum of 2 paragraphs]
 * __5th visit:__**

** Physical **
What did you notice about the physical differences between boys and girls (pp. 283-288)? [insert here]

What did you notice about the adolescent’s mood (p. 289)? [insert here]

What did you notice about the adolescent’s relationship with adults (p. 289)? [insert here]

What did you notice about the role of body image in adolescent behavior (p. 290)? [insert here]

What did you notice about peer relationships ( pp. 290-291)? [insert here]

What did you notice about eating habits (pp. 291-292)? [insert here]

What did you notice about issues around sex (sex education, sexual references, sexual activity, teen pregnancy, etc.) (pp. 293-299) [insert here]

What did you notice about substance use or substance related references (pp. 299-300)? [insert here]

** Physical Cognitive **
[insert text]

** Emotional **
[insert text]

** Social **
[insert text]

** Revisiting Your Curiosities **
[Answer your original questions as best as you can, given the course material and your observations. You must make at least 4 references to the text with page numbers.] [insert answer- minimum of 1 paragraph]
 * W : What you want to know (inquiry questions) **
 * 1. [insert your top/bolded inquiry question from above]**

[insert file]
 * 2. [insert title of PowerPoint or Poster]**

[insert summary of your creative presentations- minimum of 1 paragraph- and any support documents]
 * 3. Creative Presentations**

[insert answer here}
 * 4. What new questions emerge for you as a future teacher?**

Late Adulthood

Describe your Older Adult Project:
 * [insert description here, 2 paragraph minimum]

Describe your experience (2 paragraph minimum and make 4 references to the textbook):
 * [insert response here]

[Insert image- take an actual photo]