4p27 Flashcards
midterm
Multifinality
- Various outcomes may stem from similar beginnings
- 1 experience, multiple disorders
Attachment Theory
- Process of establishing and maintaining an emotional bond with caregiver/sig.inds.
- P1: seeks soothing when alarm activates
- P2: no soothing = angry
- P3: no soothing = alarm suppressed
Secure Base (in SS)
- Responsive caregiver from which child can explore their environment
- Less likely to use secure base if Insecure Attachment
Conduct Disorder
Etiology
BIO: genetic/prenatal/birth, lead
PSYC: low arousal, impulsivity, poor decisions
SOC: deviant peers, neglect/abuse, parents, low SES, avoidance
Conduct Disorder
Treatment
- Narrative therapy (change ur story)
- Ind. & Fam. therapy
- Parental Management Training
- Problem Solving Skills Training
- Group Therapy NOT EFFECTIVE
Clinical Assessment
- ABC’s
- Observational
- Behavioural
- Psychological
- Academic
- FSIQ
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Diagnosis
Deficits in
- Social Interactions: low peer interaction, no soc/emo reciprocity
- Communciation: Delayed/Impaired language & communication
- R/R/F Behaviours: hyperfixation, routines, tics/fidgeting
Autism Sprectrum Disorder
Treatment
- Social and behavioural management techs.
- Medication (SSRI/AntiPsychs)
- Psychoeducation
- EAs/IEPs
- Respite/PSW
ADHD
Etiology
BIO: low birth weight, fetal alcohol/drugs, lead
PSYC: EmoDysreg, deficits in inhibitory control/reward pathways
SOC: attachement, impacted peer realationships
Specific Learning Disorder
Etiology
BIO: 60% heritability, LH (read+write), RH (math), info-processing deficites
PSYC: processing and integration of various forms of info.
SOC: socially isolated, emodysreg, poor adaptive ability
Specific Learning Disorder
Diagnosis
- Defecits in reading/writing/math (-2 SDs)
- Pres. of one may predict another (written rare alone, 10% overlap reading/math)
- Defecits in social functioning/difficulty with relationships
Intellectual Disability
Etiology
BIOLOGICAL
- Pre,Peri,Post
- Chromosome/Gene disorders, geriatric pregnancy, alcohol/drug, birth complications, maltreatment, social isolation, poverty
Intellectual Disability
Diagnosis
- Spectrum
- Sig. impairments in cognitive functioning
- Deficits in adaptive functioning (personal independence + responsibiltiy)
History
- Pre 1980’s children = Cages, “morally insane”
- John Locke = children raised with thought and care
- Itard = humane treatment in asylums
- Hollingsworth = result of emo/behave problems
- Mental Hygiene movement (DD) in 1918 (improve standard of care)
Psychoanalytic Theory
- Freud first to emph. early experiences
- Conflict = fixation/impaired development