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Peds unit 8
Behavioral and Emotional conditions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dysgraphia | disorder involving writing problems |
| Dyslexia | disorder involving reading problems |
| Milieu therapy | physical and social environment provided for the child |
| Psychosomatic | body dysfunction that seem to have emotional and organic basis |
| Bibliotherapy | reading or telling stories in a situation similar to the child's |
| Acquired Immunity | immunity acquired from having a disease or vaccination |
| Incubation period | time b/w exposure and the onset of symptoms of the disease |
| Natural Immunity | inborn resistance to disease |
| Standard Immunity | test or measure intelligence |
| Autism | bio-neurological development disability that generally appears before the age of 3. |
| Behavior Modification | focuses on modifying specific behaviors by means of stimulus response conditioning |