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Date: March 4, 2019
Topic: Neuropsychology
Introduction:
Under the guidance of my mentor, Dr. Mark Barisa, and my teacher, Mr. Pirtle, I have decided
to do an Original Work project entailing of three main components. The first of these components is a
case study depicting different neuropsychological disorders, such as, but not limited to, schizophrenia
or autism spectrum disorders or even Tourette’s syndrome. This component involves me doing
research on various neuropsychological disorders and then writing a concise one-to-two page
description of the disorder in order for people, mainly those in my class and those who want to
understand the basics of different neuropsychological disorders, to get a better understanding of the
various types of neuropsychological disorders. The second part of my original work is a 10-video series
on 10 different neuropsychological disorders that I chose and then I make a lecture-type video in
where I am explaining the different disorders using a whiteboard to depict my illustrations. These
videos will then be uploaded on a platform that will be accessible by everyone in the world; the
platform will be Youtube. The last component of my project will be presenting my case study and the
topic of neuropsychology in a medical seminar that is being developed and hosted by Samyuktha
Kumar, a student in my ISM class. My work in the medical seminar is to present a topic relating to the
progression of human life and taking into consideration that the topic of neuropsychology can be
applied to various stages of human life, I will be presenting three times, one for childhood, one for
mid-age, and one for geriatrics, and I will be presenting on a certain disorder that occurs in those three
different stages of life and this component of my project entails me doing a lot of group coordination
and work with the rest of the members of the seminar and rehearsing for the seminar. Overall, my
mentor will be helping me with the research behind the case study paper and also the research for the
other components as well and I can go to him for any questions that I have regarding my original work
project. As to how this project will benefit the community and why am I doing it in the first place, the
answer lies in the sheer amount of information that will be presented. Through a Youtube channel
with a 10 video series will I be able to spread awareness about mental disorders on a global scale; this
being able to connect with all instead of just the local community. With the case study, I will be
gaining a better understanding of the different disorders that a brain can have and further deepen my
understanding of the field of neuropsychology itself. Not only that, but the case study can also help
with allowing others to understand more about different disorders in a concise manner. The medical
seminar can help to present my topic and the various disorders to the local community, therefore all
three of my components are important for the community in one way or another and they not only
help the community, but they help me as well in gaining a deeper understanding of my topic and why
it is essential to learn about.
Current Point in Progress:
I have my original product calendar here. Highlighted green is the things that I have
accomplished, the yellow is the things that I am in the process of completing, and the red is things that
I have either crossed out and deleted out of my original work project. The non-colored lines are the
things that I have yet to accomplish and the underlined lines are the things that I have changed to my
original product calendar. In the beginning of this process to do my original work product, I originally
had a fourth component, where I would conduct a middle school seminar to help further spread
mental awareness, but I quickly realized that I was not able to put much work into it and that I was
actually doing more work for my channel than my middle school seminar and that I wanted quality
work rather than quantity, so I decided to cut out that fourth component. Other than that, my
product calendar time dedication to each one of my components has changed and that had been
underlined with black in order to show the changes that I have made regarding the removal of the
fourth component of my original work product proposal. As to what I have done with each
component, I have worked on the Youtube channel by gathering the materials for it, including the
camera and whiteboard and the markers necessary and I have written the scripts regarding each
disorder. For my case study component, I have thoroughly researched the different disorders that I can
talk about for the and I have also researched how to write a case study. For the medical seminar, I have
researched a few disorders that I can talk about for children, adults, and the elderly and I am in the
process of collaborating with Samy and the other people associated with the medical seminar in order
to put together slides and rehearse for the medical seminar which is on April 19th.
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