Question | Answer |
In general, by what age are Pervasive Developmental Disorders evident? | By age 3 |
One of the best ways to help a person with Autism to understand what you are telling them is to: | Show them a picture and say the word at the same time |
This is a childhood neurodevelopmental disorder that happens in four stages affects females almost exclusively and leads to a loss of purposeful use the hands, loss of gait, seizures? | Rett's syndrome |
Diagnosing people with Dual Diagnosis started when? | the 1980’s |
Dual diagnosis is a term applied to: | Co-existence of the symptoms of both intellectual of developmental disabilities and mental health problems |
Anxiety disorders would include what? | Panic attack, agoraphobia, and obsessive-compulsive and post-traumatic stress disorder |
What medication would be used for ADHD? | Ritalin |
If you have someone more upset then usual what is one of the first things you should do? | Assess for illness or something physically wrong with them |
Why is psychotherapy sometimes not the best treatment for severe and profound developmentally disabled people? | Psychotherapy requires cognitive skills=insight |
Sometimes dual diagnosed patients are not correctly diagnosed because: | "Primary” diagnosis may focus on intellectual functioning, ignoring the psychiatric problem |
What is diagnostic overshadowing? | Which occurs when a diagnostician overlooks or minimizes the signs of psychiatric disturbance in a person with intellectual disabilities |
Why is stress a factor for people with mental health problems? | Because people with developmental disabilities have negative social conditions |
People with Autism seem to pull away when being hugged or touch sometimes is caused by: | Touch and tactile sensitivity |
What are three main ways of detecting Autism? | Impaired social interactions, communications, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior interest and activities. |
DRO | Differential reinforcement of other behavior |
DRA | Differential reinforcement of appropriate behavior |
DRI | Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior |
PDD involves what 5 disorders | Autism, Rett's, Asperger's, childhood disintegrative disorders, pervasive developmental disorder not other wise specified (PDDNOS) |
PDD have difficulty in: | talking, playing with other children, relating to others including family members. |
PDD is characterized by: | Social interaction, communication, and the presence of stereotyped behavior |
PDD can be cause by: | neurological abnormality, and nervous system problems. No specific cause known. |
Mild Mental Retardation | IQ 50-55 to 70 |
Moderate Mental Retardation | IQ 35-40 to 50-55 |
Severe Mental Retardation | IQ 20-25 to 35-40 |
Profound Mental Retardation | IQ 20-25 or below |