LESSON 1: PART 4 - DOWN SYNDROME, MENTAL RETARDATION AND AUTISM (copy)

Mild MR

Encompasses the largest number of children with MR almost 90%

Mild MR

Shows delayed language development as toddlers & weakness in the acquisition of pre-academic writing skills

Mild MR

If mild handicaps: independent in ADL & achieve independence in adulthood

Moderate MR

Have slower rate of developmental attainment

Moderate MR

Higher incidence of neurological & physical disabilities

Moderate MR

Are frequently in special classes and are taught primarily of self-care and practical daily living skills

Moderate MR

Needs supervision, Vocationally they function primarily in sheltered workshops or protected employment

Severe MR

Develop some functional language skills but no formal academic skills

Severe MR

Require intensive programming to master independence in ADL

Severe MR

Learn minimal self – care and simple conversational skills

Profoundly retarded children/MR

Have limited language ability and limited potential for acquiring self-care skills

Profoundly retarded children/MR

very high association with severe motor handicaps

Profoundly retarded children/MR

requires total supervision language development is generally minimal

• Special Education (SPED)

• Intelligence tests

• Bayley Scales of Infant Development

• Woodcock-Johnson Scales

• Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS)

MENTAL RETARDATION Tests used

Intelligence tests

to measure their learning abilities and intellectual functioning

• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

• Wechsler Intelligence Scales

• Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence

• Kaufmann Assessment Battery for Children

Intelligence tests

Bayley Scales of Infant Development

used for infants used to assess motor, language, and problem-solving skills.

Autism

is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication & behavioral challenges

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)

Autism AKA

Autism

AKA AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD):

Autism

A lifelong developments disability appearing during the first 3 years of life, usually presenting with deficits in communication

4:1

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) - M:F ratio?

• Asperger's syndrome

• Autistic disorder

• Childhood disintegrative disorder

• Pervasive developmental disorder

SEVERAL CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ASD

Asperger's syndrome

don't have a problem with language; in fact, they tend to score in the average or above-average range on intelligence tests, but they have significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and a narrow scope of interests

Autistic disorder

it refers to more recently described as "mindblindedness“;  is a neurological and developmental disorder seen in a child with of problems with social interactions, communication, and play in children younger than 3 years; appears to live in their own world, showing little interest in others and a lack of social awareness

Heller's syndrome

Childhood disintegrative disorder – aka

Childhood disintegrative disorder

aka Heller's syndrome

Childhood disintegrative disorder

a rare condition characterized by late onset of developmental delays—or severe and sudden reversals—in language, social function, and motor skills

atypical autism

Pervasive developmental disorder AKA

Pervasive developmental disorder

or atypical autism

Pervasive developmental disorder

a child has some autistic behavior, like delays in social and communications skills, but doesn’t fit into another category.