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A comment was left that states the article needs to be cleaned up. The Article begins about another topic or episode called World War Z The article’s link leads to the video unavailable. There are other references to various different episodes that confuse and frustrate. Another commenter mentioned the link debacle, and seemed frustrated as well.

Unit 5

The article is very critical about the possible dangers of technology. It is more or less a one sided rant about the potential dangers of technology. Domination, control, and exploitation is believed to be some of the possible outcomes expressed. Only ending up with a total threat to humanity being the worst scenario. The list of opposing technology that was given as examples were refrigerators, computers, and medication.

The contributor of this article named a hearty list of authors and professionals who shared similar ideas. It was stated that a few of the authors adopted a title that symbolized this “technophobic” idea called Neo-Luddites. This was considered as an opposing philosophy against the technology of today, and where it is headed. This group of professionals and authors seemed to believe that even simple technology, like tools, actually alter our lives. They seemed to fear the mass perception would eventually lead to the exaltation and veneration of the tool. Instead, they believe that tools should be looked upon as nothing more than helpful objects.

The article continues by citing more professionals and how extreme their idea of growing technology really spans. A few of the major events in American history that is believed to be some of the causes by technological flaws such as the global economic crisis, Chernobyl, and Fukushima. Another societal ill that technology creates, in their opinion, is poverty by the loss of jobs formally assigned to people but are taken over by the industries of robotics, automation, and software. Overall, the article gave contributions about technology and how it could potentially lead to human survival.

Final Paper

The Importance of Early Intervention Programs

The benefits of Early Intervention Programs are many and studies have shown that they have yielded a host of great outcomes for students. Whether a student performs at a sufficient level or displays developmental delays, early intervention offers unique opportunities to identify and remedy issues. These issues range from biological disabilities such as deafness, to emotional issues such as ADHD. The earlier these issues are identified, the earlier they can be catered to and adapted to. According to Karoly, Killburn, and Cannon (2005) of Rand Corporation in a research brief, explained the wide range of benefits early intervention provides, "Early childhood intervention programs have been shown to yield benefits in academic achievement, behavior, educational progression and attainment, delinquency and crime, and labor market success, among other domains."

Early Intervention also provides families the support and guidance needed to stabilize a developmentally challenged child for the educational long haul they will have to endure. " Early intervention services also have a significant impact on the parents and siblings of an exceptional infant or young child. The family of a young exceptional child often feels disappointment, social isolation, added stress, frustration, and helplessness. The compounded stress of the presence of an exceptional child may affect the family's well-being and interfere with the child's development. Families of handicapped children are found to experience increased instances of divorce and suicide, and the handicapped child is more likely to be abused than is a non-handicapped child." (Schulze 2016) Programs that engage parents as well as children end up with more realistic outcomes. It is parent's role to compliment what students learn outside of the classroom and add depth of experience when it comes applying what is learned overall. So working together with early intervention programs is to each parent's advantage.

If I were a teacher and I wanted to offer early intervention in my classroom, I would develop a method of evaluation to identify my student needs. Another way would be to partner with a trusted program provider and have them facilitate an evaluation. Once the observations and assessments were made I would follow through with processes that

would strengthen my students developmental weaknesses.

There seem to be two major early intervention programs with curriculum being used in real time. The first program, Dare to be You, seems to focus on parent education and supporting the family through doing home visits and providing services in other settings such as medical facilities. The second program, Oklahoma Pre-K, focused on providing services that are center-based preparing students for a school setting.

References

Karoly, Killburn, and Cannon (2005) Proven Benefits of Early Childhood

Interventions, RB-9145-PNC, Rand Corporation, Research Brief.

Schulze, (2016),

http://www3.uakron.edu/schulze/401/readings/EARLY_INTERVENTION.htm