Vision: The Visual System, the Eye, and Color VisionIn the human visual system, the eye receives physical stimuli in the form of light and sends those stimuli as electrical signals to the brain, which interprets the signals as images. LEARNING OBJECTIVESSummarize the process by which visual information is communicated to the brain KEY TAKEAWAYSKey PointsHuman...Read More

Cognitive Approaches to Learning Latent LearningLatent learning occurs without any obvious conditioning or reinforcement of a behavior, illustrating a cognitive component to learning. LEARNING OBJECTIVESDiscuss latent learning in humans KEY TAKEAWAYSKey PointsPrior to the theory of latent learning, behaviorists believed that learning could only occur through conditioning —associating a stimulus with a specific response. Latent...Read More

Deciding if a child has ADHD is a process with several steps. This page gives you an overview of how ADHD is diagnosed. There is no single test to diagnose ADHD, and many other problems, like sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, and certain types of learning disabilities, can have similar symptoms. If you are concerned about...Read More

Signs and Symptoms It is normal for children to have trouble focusing and behaving at one time or another. However, children with ADHD do not just grow out of these behaviors. The symptoms continue, can be severe, and can cause difficulty at school, at home, or with friends. A child with ADHD might: daydream a...Read More

What is disability? A disability is any condition of the body or mind (impairment) that makes it more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities (activity limitation) and interact with the world around them (participation restrictions). There are many types of disabilities, such as those that affect a person’s: VisionMovementThinkingRememberingLearningCommunicatingHearingMental healthSocial...Read More

Your odds of becoming disabled before you retire are about 1 in 3. And some of the causes of disability might surprise you. Some conditions that cause people to miss work include:  Arthritis Back pain Heart disease Cancer Depression Diabetes Here’s a closer look at some of the most common disabling conditions — and some tips on how to protect...Read More

Behavior modification is a complex term that has different meanings for different professionals. For some, it refers to techniques that are coercive or intended to create pain. CPI strongly opposes treatment modalities that adversely affect a person’s Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security℠ and does not teach behavior modification. Rather, we teach safe, noninvasive, and nonharmful behavior...Read More

How did you learn right from wrong, and what influenced you to form these behaviors? In this lesson, we will explore how factors in our environment work together to determine how we behave. What Is Behavior Modification? Do you remember being punished as a child? Why do you think your parents did that? Despite what...Read More

For a long time, I set my alarm on my cell phone, then put it on my nightstand when I went to sleep each night. Without fail, the alarm would sound in the morning and I’d either hit snooze repeatedly or pick up my phone and spend the next half hour scrolling through Twitter and...Read More

INTRODUCTION Amendments to Regulation 298, “Operation of Schools – General”, made under the Education Act, came into force on May 20, 2010. The revised Regulation 298 includes the requirements for school boards1 regarding applications for Temporary Letters of Approval. These requirements were previously set out in Ontario Regulation 184/97, “Teachers Qualifications”, made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996....Read More