Laura Donagheys Portfolio

Lagging Skills Difficulty empathizing with others, appreciating another person’s perspective or point of view. Difficulty persisting on challenging or tedious tasks. Difficulty considering a range of solutions to a problem. Difficulty expressing concerns, needs, or thoughts in words. Difficulty managing emotional response to frustration so as to think rationally. Sensory/motor difficulties. Chronic irritability and/or anxiety significantly impede capacity for problem- solving or heighten frustration. Difficulty taking into account situational factors that would suggest the need to adjust a plan of…

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Laura Donaghey Case Study 1 2nd Grade Miss English needs some help with her classroom. To me, I think the children are acting this way because they don’t know the rules and procedures of the classroom. They are acting out because they don’t have any control. Before it even gets to this point, I would take the time to get to know the children the first couple weeks of school. They need to have an idea of how the classroom…

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Above are two of the projects I completed for this class. The first one is a video prompting assignment I completed demonstrating my understanding of how to do a task analysis with a child. I demonstrated how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with an actor. I feel as though this showed my understanding of how to correctly complete a task analysis. This is relevant to my future career because whether I am a teacher or a health…

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Laura Donaghey’s Classroom Management Plan  Statement of Purpose Classroom Rules – Our classroom will foster positive interactions with safe and open communication between students and teachers alike. Rules Rule 1: Use kind words and actions. Rule 2: Listen quietly when others are speaking. Rule 3: Wait your turn to talk. Rule 4: Respect others feelings and ideas. Rule 5: Express your ideas clearly. Classroom Procedures Procedure 1: Take turns. Wait your turn. No interrupting others. No answering for others. Procedure…

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Link to Artifact: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TQUcrtSUunFd7VNebzyx4Yyn9uGxwnQ7Yo03ROojMvw/edit?usp=sharing The Instructional Strategy document we created as a class relates to stand 8 in the Maine Common Core Standards because in order to be an effective teacher we have to be able to reach all students needs. In order to do this, we have to know an array of different techniques that can help each and every student. In the document linked above, there are several different techniques that are written about different topics such as…

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Case Study Miss English needs some help with her classroom. To me, I think the children are acting this way because they don’t know the rules and procedures of the classroom. They are acting out because they don’t have any control. Before it even gets to this point, I would take the time to get to know the children the first couple weeks of school. They need to have an idea of how the classroom functions everyday and in order…

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Guided Response Questions 1 Priority Standards  We talked in class about the need to determine what the Priority Standards are per grade level. Why do we need to identify Priority Standards and what would be the outcome if we did not choose some standards as priority?  We need to identify priority standards because these are the standards that represent what the students need to be competent in by the end of the year the students have to show that they…

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This paper outlines how skin to skin contact effects the development of premature newborns.

This team project has taught me a lot. Not only did I gain knowledge about early skin to skin contact and the impact on a premature newborns development, but I learned how to collaborate with my team members in an effective way. As Nurses, we have to be able to work as a team and bounce ideas off each other. I am open to new ideas and new information and when working with others, it’s important to learn and grow…

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My understanding of the nurses contribution to ethical conduct of research and implementation of research findings has changed since completing the ethics assignments. I was aware of the importance of research and implementation of research findings but I am more clear on how to go about finding reliable research articles and evidence. Finding and providing evidence behind why you are doing something as a nurse is so important. How nurses have evolved in terms of research ethics is amazing. In…

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