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chapter 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| schizophrenia | chronic and sever mental disorder that affect how a person thinks, feels, and behaves |
| echolalia | repitition of words or phrases |
| autism specturm disorders (ASD) | disability where symptoms fall on a continuum from relativly mild to severe |
| neuronal underconnectivity | disrupts the cells ability to communicate with each other |
| frontal lobes | largely responsible for executive funnctioning |
| occipital lobes | responsible for visual perceptual processing |
| autistic regression | child develops normally but loses some speech and socail skills |
| joint attention | occures when two individuals attend to an object with the purpose of sharing an interaction with each other |
| communicative intent | desire to communicate for social purposes |
| mute | they use no or almost no language |
| pragmatics | social use of language |
| hidden curriculum | do and donts of everyday living that most people learn naturally with little instruction from others |
| camoflaging | a person who has atypical behaviors attemo to conform to behvaiors exhibited by the larger society |
| stereotyped motor or verbal behaviors | repetative motor behaviors, spinning, flapping hands, rocking |
| synaesthesia | stimulation of one sensory or cognitive system result inthe stimulation of another sensory or cognitive system |
| executive functioning (EF) | higher when on the autisim spectrum, struggle with working memory, planning, and control or behavior inhibition |
| central coherence | natural inclinarion for most people to neinf order and meaning to information in their environment |
| theroy of mind (ToM) | persons ability to take the perspective of ther people |
| applied bahvior analysis (ABA) | structured apporach that focuses on teaching functional skills and continuois assessment of progress |
| functional behavior assessment (FBA)/positive behavior intervention and support (PBIS) | help reduce or eliminate bahaviors |
| pivotal responce treatment (PRT) | based on assumption that some skills are critical, or pivotal, for function in other areas |
| eraly intensice behaviorsal intervention (EIBI) | IDEAA allows for academic or behvaiorsal support or related series for the students in grades k-12 |
| person-centered planning | person with a disability in encouraged to make own decision as much as possible |
| community residential facilities | communities that offer support for people with autism |
| supported living | own homes ro apartments |
| supported competitive emplyment | work settings for people with autism |