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The children of her little league softball team were devastated by the loss of their coach. She had been coaching them for a while and the parents of that team took their children out of school that day.
The employees across Gaylord Brewery were given a day off to celebrate the life of their highly respected boss. A beer can dedicated to the life of Stevie was put on shelves to commemorate her life.
Most of her friends had already died but her best friend in hospices passed away due to the news of her friend passing away.
Her wife could not handle the loss and was given a referral to attend therapy sessions.

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Stevie's wife will have a difficult time after her death, legally and emotionally. According to Richardson (2018), American Natives often suffer from racial misclassification on medical documents, meaning Stevie's birth and death certificates have a chance of being inaccurate which can cause problems in the future and are costly to fix.

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In death there can be many challenges due to legal issues. Cultural influences can present hurdles in that cross cultured families may have vastly different ideas. Decisions regarding the process of handling of the body, the cause of death, influence of the family on the proceedings, the grief / mourning process and who will oversee the arrangements.

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She accepted retirement proudly and continued to work.

Being a 77 y.o. woman, she volunteered her free time along with her wife at local softball tournaments and at many other organizations, bringing more purpose to stay active in her life.

Through her connections at distillery and through softball participations, many lifelong friends stayed by her side.

Being in right state of mind, she is able to state her needs and desires, thus, avoiding neglect.

She donated her Social Security money to charities in her town.

Due to her not having any major health issues, she lives comfortably and aging healthy.

Thanks to her spiritual friends, Stevie embraced there is soul for her.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Born Stevie T Gaylord on March 24th, 2023 was a wife, a friend, and an icon. Without having any children, Stevie became an inspiration to the many people who supported her softball career and distillery business. Unfortunately, she passed away on May 17th, 2100 from an internal brain bleed from a softball to the head while delivering the first pitch of the game. Both sports fans and beer fans mourn the loss of a legend. Even with her immense knee and back pain, that never stopped her from screaming at a softball game on TV with her very own Gaylord beer in hand.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie dies at age 77 from a traumatic brain injury. According to Richardson (2021), American Indians are reported to experience higher rates of mortality than the general population for health conditions, as well as a life expectancy that is 5.5 years less than the that of the broader U.S. population.

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Stevie thrives to keep up with cognitive stability. The change of hobbies and constant memory stimulating exercises allowed her brain to keep the going.

The speed of information processing increased as expected with age, thus presenting slow cognitive decline.

She still drives a car with confidence.

Being a business owner allows to have creative and new challenges at work, thus, keeping the fluid intelligence alive.

Stevie is an expert in beer, and going to conferences allows her to share her expertise and learn something new.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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At 67, Stevie has accomplished many things, including a flourishing distillery business, with her products sold in stores across the country. She has decided to go into a happy retirement alongside her wife, handing off her business to a trusted long-term employee. Physically, Stevie has a weak right shoulder and struggles with lifting. She has aches in places she didn't know could ache. Her memory has made a slight decline, but nothing too severe. Stevie looks forward to spending the rest of her life in relative peace with all the loved ones she's accumulated over the years.

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Stevie is 65+ and her mobility has decreased. She is experiencing joint pain in her groin, shoulders, and knees but that does not stop her from going on a morning jog once a week.
Her inability to do manual labor at the distillery has forced her to retire. Since retirement, she has had plenty of time to sleep, she sleeps for 4 hours.
Telomeres in her DNA have run out, causing her cells to stop replication.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie is all over the place with her thoughts, as her life has progressed she wonders how many wrong turns she has made. She asks herself, should I have just listened to my  grandfather and just stayed on the reservation and  lived the traditional life that we are taught ? Did I make the wrong decision to go and do my own thing? Am I  wrong for loving a woman?
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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at the age of 45 - 64 yr, Stevie remains healthy as she ends her sports career. Very few injuries during her career have resulted in minor pain.
Ending her softball career has given her more time for her marriage. They often take part in physical activity, healthy meal planning, and yoga.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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At 41, Stevie finished her softball career at college with moderate success and has already started her first distillery. Initially, Stevie struggled to get her business off the ground, sacrificing relationships with friends to focus on her success. However, after several years, Stevie's distillery is majorly profitable, and she is lucky enough to have kept a few good people in her life, including her current wife. Stevie coaches little league softball in her free time.

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The primary mental abilities peaked on the edge of young and middle adulthood, helping Stevie with her business operations.

Her IQ results stay unchanged

Crystallized intelligence took over even before middle adulthood

Stevie is at stage 6-7 of reflective judgment scale and shows true reflective judgment, understanding that people construct knowledge using evidence and argument after careful analysis of the problem or situation.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie began to come into her self, and gain confidence in who she is and where she wants to go. Her sexuality is her business. (Kalil & Cavanaugh 2018).

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At the age of 20 - 30, her height has not changed but her swing has improved to 90mph pitch. She is able to perform target drills with accuracy.
Her healthy daily routine has improved to a strict 50-minute workout routine to strengthen her swing. Her softball career has introduced her to her first softball crush. She has a preference for same sex

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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The Stevie's prefrontal cortex, a part of the brain involved in high-level thinking, is not fully developed 25.

Young adults think differently, particularly in their ability to take different points of view, mom's support allows Steevie to explore other sexual partners.

Because Stevie prefers women as sexual partners, coming out made her stress and anxiety levels lower.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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At 21, Stevie is at Appalachian State University for Fermentation Sciences BS) and Business Administration (MBA). Stevie gained an interest in wine distillery from her mom, who used wine-tasting culture to bond with Stevie. Currently, Stevie has scholarships from Cherokee Nation and Appalachian State for softball. She has recently come out as a lesbian with mixed responses. Despite her busy life, Stevie has a much easier time making friends than in high school and even has her eyes on a potential girlfriend.

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As Stevie grows, she continues to make new friends, meet lots of new people, and thrive in the world of collegiate sports. So, in the softball world (college), Stevie becomes kind of a demi - God  so to speak. For Stevie, in that a lot of the stressors she has had concerning her maternal grandfather are relieved, or at least buried for the moment
when she's on the field. (Zuback, 2020).

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Stevie is beginning to have serious disagreements with her maternal grandparents, namely her grandfather who is a staunch believer in the Cherokee way. Stevie wants to explore and be exposed to regular public school, and life outside the reservation.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie is a gifted child, who is normally able to adapt to most any situation. However, she is somewhat struggling with being pulled in two vastly different directions at this point in her development. When she is at home with her maternal grand parents, everything is 100 percent Cherokee teaching. When she talks to her mother periodically, she is reminded there is more to her life, and heritage.
Because Stevie is biracial, she becomes a picked-on child at her school. However, because of her openness and willingness to help, she has children who support her.
Family relationship become more complicated towards late middle childhood: grandfather is strict about following Indian heritage; thus, Stevie has fearful attitude towards her strict grandfather. Stevie's mother has secure connection with her and teaches Stevie more about outside world.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie's formal operational stage:

Begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems

Begins to think more about moral, philosophical, ethical, social, and political issues that require theoretical and abstract reasoning

Begins to use deductive logic, or reasoning from a general principle to specific information

Her information processing has increased.

Stevie is good at telling weaknesses of an argument.

Analytic/logic thinking might have worsened the relationship between grandfather and Stevie.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie becomes less egocentric and begins to think about how other people might think and feel. Her happy episodes promote helping other kids. Stevie begins to understand that her thoughts are unique.

Steve's concrete operational thinking stage:

Begin to think logically about concrete events

Begin to understand the concept of conservation; that the amount of liquid in a short, wide cup is equal to that in a tall, skinny glass, for example

Thinking becomes more logical and organized, but still very concrete

Begin using inductive logic, or reasoning from specific information to a general principle.

Stevie uses her numerous intelligences to her advantage, especially at school. Repeated IQ tests show average 128 points.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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At the age of 10- 19, she is 5'5 and has increased amounts of physical activity and her hand-eye coordination skills have increased.
Her pitching skills have gotten her an opportunity at high school softball.
She skates on the weekends with friends and gathers a team of her friends and they play softball.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie is now 15 years old. She has begun high school in a different city and is struggling to acclimate. She has made it largely through her pubertal development without difficulty. Stevie is challenged with navigating not only a new school environment but a new home environment with her mother. In addition, Stevie has begun to explore her personal identity. She is now a formal-operational thinker. Stevie has the ability to understand abstract concepts and think beyond what is physically available.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie is now seven years old. She has entered grade school and is performing well. Stevie is now a concrete-operational thinker and can understand the world on a tangible level. She has no illnesses or special needs impeding her progress. Her relationship with her grandparents is strong, and Stevie is starting to see more of her mother as she finishes her formal education.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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At the age of 6-9, Stevie is 4'5 and has the ability to run faster and jump higher.
Her coordination has improved by tying her shoes and brushing her teeth regularly.
She rides her bicycle through the reservation with her friends.
She participates in softball camps during the summer and she's the star pitcher.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie has developed theory of mind; she understands the concept of false-belief, realizing that people different from her have different knowledge and understanding of the environment.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie has entered Erickson's third psychosocial stage, initiative vs. guilt. She has realized she is capable of doing things herself and is learning to take initiative and try new things, like dressing herself and playing with new friends. Stevie will need guidance in this time, but harsh criticism will cause her to retreat and feel shame, harming her social development.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Early childhood: 4 - 5 yr

Stevie receives on average 12 -13 hours of sleep every day

Her language has improved, and she can recognize 156 pictures

With her mother being in college, Stevie's grandmother and father have been increasing her vocabulary in her native tongue, she receives her English from her mother

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie is now four years old. She is now 3'4", and weighs 33 pounds. She has a strong, secure attachment to her grandparents. She prefers to play with other girls her age as opposed to boys. She runs, climbs, throws, and jumps with ease. She has no problems eating with a small spoon or fork and can fasten the buttons on her coats and pants.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie is 8 months old. She is just beginning to explore her environment independently by creeping and standing with support. She has developed stranger wariness in reaction to new faces. Stevie can babble but has yet to speak her first words.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Infant: According to Piaget scale, Stevie in sensorimotor period, where she touches stuff around and makes connections. Stevie develops ability to learn physical and motor aspects of the body quite quickly.

Toddler: Stevie enters preoperational period around 2 years of age.
Due to being with grandma and grandpa, she had access to enough toys and development instruments. With these opportunities she got better at language. Stevie exceeded at assimilation and accommodation.

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Infant stage: 2 months - 1yr
Expressing basic emotions such as joy, anger, and sadness
Doubled in size at 8 months
Crawling with chin up at 2 months
Picking various objects up at 1 year

Toddler stage: 2 -3 yr
2 year-old Stevie is expressing complex emotions such as guilt, empathy, and shyness
37 inches tall at the age of two
Walking and running with other kids
Using tools with a sense of purpose

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie quickly develops a strong bond with her maternal God Mother, as this is who cares for her on a daily basis. Also her maternal God Father is part of the tribe tribunal, which makes him especially true to his heritage which he is adamant about passing along. This begins to become a problem in that Stevie's mom wants her child's father to be fully aware of both sides of her family.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Stevie is three years old and almost ready to start preschool. She can walk on her own and is learning to speak in full sentences. She has a secure attachment to her grandparents but does not see much of her mother.
(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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Kail, R. V., & Cavanaugh, J. C. (2018). Human development : A life-span view (8th ed.). Cengage Learning.

Richardson, G. A. (2021). Sidebar: Impact of racial misclassification of health data on American Indians in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 82(6), 399–400. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.82.6.399

Zoubak, E. (2020). Infant and early childhood mental health in American Indian and Alaskan Native communities: Considerations for early childhood partners and funders. Zero to three, 40 (5). 66-72.

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Height: 17 inches (43.2 cm)
Weight: 5lb 2oz (2.36 kg)

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APGAR score measures five vital signs to determine a newborn baby’s physical well-being.

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APGAR score measures five vital signs to determine a newborn baby’s physical well-being.

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1 minute:
Appearance 2
Pulse 1
Grimace 1
Activity 1
respiration 2
Total APGAR is 7

5 minutes:
Appearance 2
Pulse 2
Grimace 2
Activity 1
respiration 2
Total APGAR is 9

(Kail & Cavanaugh, 2018)

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North Carolina, Cherokee

This is a place where the mother's family lives.
Annual income of mother's family is 60.000, mother relies on her family support.

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Brad
Born in Petersburg, Virginia
Caucasian
Truck driver
High school education

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College student on a scholarship
No other children
Met the father at Appalachian State University, but he left shortly after
Single mother
Her family lives in Cherokee, North Carolina

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Female
Stevie Gaylord
Mixed race Caucasian / native American
24th March 2023