34. Autism Spectrum Disorder Flashcards
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. Common symptoms include difficulty with communication, difficulty with social interactions, obsessive interests and repetitive behaviours
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DSM
the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association
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ICD
the foundation for the identification of health trends and statistics globally, and the international standard for reporting diseases and health conditions.
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Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
plays an important role in neuronal survival and growth, serves as a neurotransmitter modulator, and participates in neuronal plasticity, which is essential for learning and memory. It is widely expressed in the CNS, gut and other tissues.
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Purkinje cells
neurons in vertebrate animals located in the cerebellar cortex of the brain
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Theory of Mind
the ability to attribute mental states such as beliefs, intents, desires, emotions and knowledge, among others, to oneself and to others
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Discrete trial training
breakdown of complex skills by teaching each subskill in a series of highly-structured teaching trials, also known as early intensive behavioural intervention if delivered before 5 years of age
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Naturalistic interventions
embedding teaching into naturally occurring events e.g. play, mealtime, can address communicative functions and peer interactions
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Learning experiences
integration of ASD preschoolers with typically developing peers but with individualized curriculum to incorporate ASD’s idiosyncratic needs, promotion of social interactions and extensive parent training
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Early start Denver model
individualized interventions in consultation with caregiver, therapist, specialist and teaching occurs inside and outside family routines
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Construct validity
measure of how well the mechanism used to induce the disease phenotype reflects the currently understood disease etiology
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Face validity
measure of how well the model is able to replicate the disease phenotype
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Predictive validity
measure of how well an animal model can be used to predict unknown aspects of the disease
Definition
a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. Common symptoms include difficulty with communication, difficulty with social interactions, obsessive interests and repetitive behaviours
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Definition
the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association
DSM
Definition
the foundation for the identification of health trends and statistics globally, and the international standard for reporting diseases and health conditions.
ICD
Definition
plays an important role in neuronal survival and growth, serves as a neurotransmitter modulator, and participates in neuronal plasticity, which is essential for learning and memory. It is widely expressed in the CNS, gut and other tissues.
Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
Definition
neurons in vertebrate animals located in the cerebellar cortex of the brain
Purkinje cells
Definition
the ability to attribute mental states such as beliefs, intents, desires, emotions and knowledge, among others, to oneself and to others
Theory of Mind
Definition
breakdown of complex skills by teaching each subskill in a series of highly-structured teaching trials, also known as early intensive behavioural intervention if delivered before 5 years of age
Discrete trial training
Definition
embedding teaching into naturally occurring events e.g. play, mealtime, can address communicative functions and peer interactions
Naturalistic interventions
Definition
integration of ASD preschoolers with typically developing peers but with individualized curriculum to incorporate ASD’s idiosyncratic needs, promotion of social interactions and extensive parent training
Learning experiences
Definition
individualized interventions in consultation with caregiver, therapist, specialist and teaching occurs inside and outside family routines
Early start Denver model
Definition
measure of how well the mechanism used to induce the disease phenotype reflects the currently understood disease etiology
Construct validity
Definition
measure of how well the model is able to replicate the disease phenotype
Face validity
Definition
measure of how well an animal model can be used to predict unknown aspects of the disease
Predictive validity