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Why do we use classification? - Answer---helps us organize items to better understand things --helps us determine if they qualify for services --beneficial in a school system (funding for those services) True/False Autism is human construct that we came up with based on a certain set of behaviors that we notice in these populations - Answer-True Autism was originally thought to be a behavioral manifestation of ______________ _______________ and ___________________; use to be studied...

ASD Final Exam Questions with Answers How well do children with ASD, as a group, regulate their emotions? - - -Sig more difficulty managing their emotions -> impairing function & leading to behavioral problems What appears is the primary contributor/correlate of dysregulation in children with ASD? - - Children w/ ASD engage in fewer beneficial strategies & strategies are less effective overall What is internalization of co-regulation? What does research suggest about how this process o...

PDD - Answer-pervasive developmental disorder PDD-NOS - Answer-pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified splinter skills - Answer-good skills in some areas but very poor in others Asperger's - Answer-ASD w/ spontaneous speech and no language delay before 3 y/o Average age for asperger's dx - Answer-8 y/o average age for autism dx for DSM-IV - Answer-5 y/o Changes to DSM-V - Answer-ASD, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder in own categories Ho...

Leo Kanner - Answer-1943 psychiatrist/physician; studied patients with a comorbidity of IQ less than 70 and showed intellectual disability early infantile autism - Answer-Leo Kanner coined this term of a rare condition with three very selective criteria, also known as "classic autism" during this time period Autistic aloneness; insistence on sameness; significant language problems - Answer-3 criteria of early infantile autism/classic autism (1943) Lorna Wing - Answer-Found that au...

DSM-IV - Answer-has different categories with different disorders (childhood disintegrative disorder, autistic disorder, asperger syndrome, rett syndrome) DSM-5 - Answer-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? - Answer-Intellectual Disability and language Characteristics of ASD Communication and social - Answer-Hand leading Diffi...

What were autistic children historically believed to be? - Answer--schizophrenic Who is Leo Kanner and what did he do for the history of ASD? - Answer-- described 11 cases of what he termed "early infantile autism" noting ways in which it is distinctive from psychosis/schizophrenia -certain aspects of his speculations proven incorrect: Normal IQ, lack of association with other medical conditions, poor parenting/education Hans Asperger - Answer-- 1944 proposed autistic pyschopathy, b...

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autism spectrum disorder: definition - Answer-- core symptoms include social communication difficulties and restricted, repetitive behaviors - symptoms evident before the age of 3 and typically persists in some form through the life course - variability in severity, course, and symptoms - total societal costs of caring for children with ASD in the US is between 11.5B and 60.9B; in addition to medical costs, intensive behavioral interventions for children with ASD $40-60k per year ASD: comm...

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