ASD

Question 1

Signs and symptoms of ASD?

Answer 1

lack of eye contact
no jar
no pretend play
specific interests/repetitive bx
poor pronoun use

Question 2

Assessment?

Answer 2

CELF- metalinguistic

Westby play scales pretend play at 24 months

Question 3

What would results show?

Answer 3

decreased desire to play together
decreased pretend play
theory of mind decreased

Question 4

Treatment?

Answer 4

Group language therapy
(pretend play, joint play, models from peers)
Social thinking (perspective taking, collaborative play, identify feelings of others)
PECS/VS

Question 5

Goals?

Answer 5

ID emotions of self/others
turn taking
requests
describe appropriate responses/behaviors given social story