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DSM-IV - ANSWERS✔✔has different categories with different disorders
(childhood disintergrative disorder, autistic disorder, asperger syndrome, rett
syndrome)
DSM-5 - ANSWERS✔✔Autism Spectrum Disorder and different levels of
severity.
When a child has been diagnosed with ASD professionals will determine level of
severity as well as involvement of two domains, whose are? -
ANSWERS✔✔Intellectual Disability and language
Characteristics of ASD
Communication and social - ANSWERS✔✔Hand leading
Difficulty with peer relationships
echolalia
fewer gaze shifts- difficulty with joint attention
less positive emotional affect
less frequent use of conventional gestures and communication strategies
Characteristics of ASD
Behavioral Differences - ANSWERS✔✔Hypersensitive to sensory input
narrow and rigid interest
Characteristics of ASD
Motor and Perceptual differences - ANSWERS✔✔Delayed motor development
walking on toes
Characteristics of ASD
Learning Differences - ANSWERS✔✔memory for symbolic information impaired
tasks that require rate memory may be intact
Difficulties with emphasizing (theory of mind)
, Prevalence of Autism - ANSWERS✔✔1 of 68 children in the US has ASD, more
in males than females
Co-occurrence with - ANSWERS✔✔intellectual disability and seizure disorder
Cause of ASD - ANSWERS✔✔thought to have multiple causes that include both
genetic and environmental factors. Research suggest that small gene mutations
occur increasing an embryos susceptibility to ASD
Things to consider in Assessment and Intervention -
ANSWERS✔✔Developmental issues
-Sensorimotor skills: likely to develop sensorimotor skills related to objects, have
difficulty with the sensorimotor skills linked to social interaction and awareness of
others.
-Joint visual attention: Children with ASD respond less often than their typically
developing peers, it is important to target joint attention visual attention. Waiting
and eliciting a verbal or nonverbal response from the child before providing the
item facilitates joint visual attention skills.
Family Involvement: Key intervention component, home intervention often train
parents to: implement behavior modification programs to reduce the child's
negative behaviors; involve the child in interactions to enhance the child's social-
emotional and communication behaviors, such as facilitating attending skills,
participation during interactions, and the ability to follow commands; facilitate the
child's independence, self-monitoring, goal-setting and self evaluation
Importance of Screening - ANSWERS✔✔Children with ASD often demonstrate a
broad range of deficits that vary in severity and frequency. You can obtain a full
picture of the child's hearing, oral motor skills and speech production including
intelligibility, prosody, volume and fluency.
What makes a good screening tool? - ANSWERS✔✔Has research to back it up,
and good sensitivity(how frequently an individual with disorder is identified) and
specificity(the extent to which an individual is correctly identified as such)
Difference between screening and diagnostic - ANSWERS✔✔Screening is seeing
if the child has it, diagnostic is determining on what level?
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