Yuting is now 54 years of age and continues to flourish. Her 3 children are at varying stages in their lives, and she and her husband are thankful for their wonderful family. Ron and Tom are proud grandparents who see Yuting and their grandchildren often. They all recently traveled together to China and stayed with friends of Yuting's.
* Are Yuting's children likely to have a learning disability in math? Why or why not? Are there steps that Yuting and her husband can take to prevent a learning disability in math?
* Describe the typical developmental milestones for middle adulthood.
Questions from group 7:
ReplyDelete1. Yuting seems to have accomplished just as much if not more than an individual with disabilities, does Yuting wish she could go back and discover her learning disability in math earlier? Does she feel more assistance at an early age would have made for a better outcome?
2. Yuting was adopted at a young age and does not know much about her mother or father, she does not know is either of them had ever struggled with topics in school like math. Does Yuting fear that her struggles in math may appear in her children?
Yuting will be facing a lot of difficult physical changes. Her eyes will lose their ability to accommodate which will directly affect her vision. In addition, her hearing will decrease for all frequencies. However, she will still have the highest deficit in the high frequencies. Her skin will also continue wrinkle and sag which will change her physical appearance. Her change in physical appearance could affect her emotionally as well. During this phase in life, Yuting will go through menopause. After menopause, she will notice an increase in loss of bone mass which leads to osteoporosis. This is something that she needs to be aware of as her body will be undergoing a lot of changes. Lastly, she may notice a change in her height, as the disks in the spinal column will collapse. Her height could decrease by as much as an inch.
ReplyDeleteCognitively, Yuting will be aware of the aging process and the changes that she is undergoing. However, it will become more difficult to comprehend certain facts as her processing speed of information will decline. It will take more time, practice, and experience to get new information into her long term memory. It will also become more difficult to retrieve information from long term memory. Despite all these changes, Yuting will excel when it comes to practical problem solving. If Yuting continues to work in an intellectually challenging environment, then she will not notice a substantial decay in her cognitive abilities.
Socially, Yuting will notice that her family will continue to increase in size as her children get married. They will now have to include in-laws in their family gatherings and activities which is not always an easy change to handle. This can be a very challenging phase in life as Yuting has to take care of her children and her parents. As her parents continue to age, Yuting will face a lot of emotional challenges. During this time, Yuting will want to change things in her life that she views as inadequate. Yuting will also notice that her children will be doing more for her than she can do for them. This will be a big adjustment, as Yuting will be used to providing for all of their needs. Sometimes it can be difficult to accept help from your children. By now, Yuting will have developed effective coping strategies that will help her deal with the changes that are happening in her life. She will also notice that her number of friends will decrease, but the quality of friendships will increase. Her friends will be the same age as her, and will be going through the same changes and challenges. As they continue to age, Yuting and her husband will notice a change in there parenting style. Sex differences regarding parenting will decrease and they will begin to comprise with each other on issues that they typically disagree on. Socially, this can be an exciting time as Yuting will get to become a grandparent. It can also be a fun time as Yuting will be eligible to retire. This will also be an adjustment as her daily life schedule will change. It can also be a challenging time as they realize they can't do as much as they used to.
Source
Milestones of Development (n.d). Retrieved from www.odessa.edu/dept/psyc/wells/2308/fall/milestones.pdf