Module 11: ASD

Formulaic

____ language is the sequence of words or other meaning elements that is stored and retrieved whole from memory at the time of use.

May include a number of different productive behaviors.

Neologism

____ is when a new word or words are coined

Echolalia

____ is to repeat others' words or sentences.

Individuals with ASD might repeat the words of familiar people (parents, teachers), or they might repeat sentences from their favorite video.

idiosyncratic

___ responses are the conventional words or phrases that are used with unconventional meanings

Autism Spectrum

(ASD)

____ ____ Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by repetitive, ritualistic behavior.

Spectrum

A ____ disorder can vary in terms of severity

Genetic

The cause of ASD is unknown, but it is thought to have a ____ basis

1. social

2. communicative

3. repetitive

4. restrictive

core features of ASD

1. ____ impairment, hint: peers

2. ____ impairment, hint: talk

3. ____ behaviors, hint: over and over

4. highly ____ behaviors, hint: only a certain way

1. social

2. behaviors, interests, activities

List 2 Prototypical core features of ASD

1. Ongoing problems in the areas of __1___ communication and interactions
2. A restricted range in combonation of repetitive patterns of __2__, __3__, and __4__

1. reciprocity

2. nonverbal

3. developmental

List the core features of Social communication deficits with ASD

1. _____, I punch you, you punch me back

2. _____ communication

3. developing/maintaining relationships appropriate to _____ level.

1. social

2. initiate, respond

3. One-sided

4. background

5. (his/her) name

List the core features of the deficits in Social Reciprocity (ASD)

1. Unusual ____ style
2. Does not ____ or ____ in conversations
3. ___-___ conversations
4. Does not clarify or give ____ information
5. Failure to respond to ____

1. eye contact

2. facial

3. speaker

4. prosody

5. gestures

List the core features of the deficits in nonverbal communication (ASD)

1. Poor ___ ___
2. Reduced ____ expressions
3. Turns away from ____
4. Abnormal ___ and/or volume
5. Impairments in the use and understanding of body language and ____

1. friends

2. perspective

3. peers

List the core features of the deficits in developing and maintaining relationships (ASD)

1. Difficulties making age-appropriate ____
2. Does not take another's _____
3. Lack of interest in ____

1. body

2. routines

3. fixated

4. sensory

Restricted range and repetitive use of behavioral patterns, interests, and activities w/ASD

1. repetitive or stereotyped ____ movements
2. rigid adherence to ____
3. _____ interests
4. atypical responses to ____ input

1. flicking

2. swaying

3. spinning

4. posture

5. Repetitive

List of repetitive or stereotyped body movements (ASD)

1. Finger ____

2. body ____ or rocking

3. ___, hint: going around and around
4. Abnormal body ____
5. ____ play with objects, such as lining up toys

1. daily

2. Verbal

3. perseverative

4. change

5. transitions

6. rule-bound

List of rigid adherence to routines (ASD)

1. Specific sequences to ____ routines
2. ____ rituals, hint: voice
3. ____ and/or fixated interest, hint: the urger to babble on about what had happened
4. Resistant to ____, hint: doing something out of order
5. Difficulty with daily ____, hint: going from one subject to another
6. Rigid ___-___ behavior, hint: follows these to the letter

1. numbers, letters

2. Perfectionistic

3. topic

4. fears

List of fixated and/or perseverative interests (ASD)

1. Narrow range of interests such as preoccupation with new symbols, ___, or ___
2. ___, hint: must be exact
3. Abnormal ___ of interest
4. Unusual ___

1. lights

2. sounds

3. smells

4. textures

5. movement

6. pain

Atypical responses to sensory input for ASD Hyper- or hypo-sensitivity to:

1. ___, eyes

2. ___, ears

3. ___, nose

4. ___, touch

5. ___, throw

6. ___, ouch

interactive

Immediate vs. delayed echolalia
Echolalia can serve a range of ____ communicative functions (turn-taking, self-regulation, requests, rehearsals, assertions, and affirmative answers).

1. 4, 18

2. stimuli

3. verbal, nonverbal

4. echolalia

List of assessment concerns for ASD

1. Diagnosis at ____ years when child can respond to stimuli; red flags become apparent at ____ months
2. May lack the ability to attend to ____
3. May have no consistent _____ or ____ means of responding
4. Responses may be contaminated by ____ or idiosyncratic responses

1. Intellectual

2. Motor

3. Sensory

4. Hearing

5. Seizures

6. Developmental

List of Co-morbid disorders with ASD

1. ____ Disabilities (ID)
2. ____ behavioral deficits
3. ____ processing deficits
4. ____ loss
5. ____, jerking body
6. ____ disorders, such as language impairment, ADHD, learning disabilities

1. eye, joint, responding

2. environmental

3. point, show

4. vocal, emotional, gestures

Prelinguistic Communicative Features of ASD

1. deficits in smiling, pointing, ____ gaze, ____ attention, or ____ to people

2. may show little interest or prefer to listen to ____ sounds

3. rarely ____ to or ____ objects to others

4. deficits in synchronizing ____ patterns w/caregivers, sharing ____ expressions w/adults, and responding to parents w/ ____ and vocalization

Theory, Mind

____ of _____ is people's ideas about their own and others' mental states, feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and the behaviors these might predict.

understand, relate

Lack of Theory of Mind among ASD individual consists of the apparent inability to engage in meta-representational thinking.

They do not ___ or ___ to the thought processes of people with whom they interact.

mood, desires, intentions

Because of the lack of theory of mind among ASD individuals, they have problems reading the ___, ___, and ___ of social partners.