Ch32: Children and Adolescents Flashcards
Intellectual Development Disorder
disorder with onset during the developmental period that includes both intellectual and adaptive functioning deficits in conceptual, social, and practical domains
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
heterogenous group of neurodevelopmental syndromes characterized by a wide range of communication impairments and restricted repetitive behaviors
Applied Behavior Analysis
Pivotal Response Treatment
Hyperactivity
Excessive psychomotor activity that may be purposeful or aimless, accompanied by physical movements and verbal utterances that are usually more rapid than normal
Impulsivity
The trait of acting without reflection and without thought to the consequences of the behavior; an abrupt inclination to act (and the inability to resist acting) on certain behavioral urges.
Attentive Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Tourette’s Disorder
The presence of multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics may appear simultaneously or at different periods during the illness.
Tics
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
A frequent and persistent pattern of angry mood and defiant behavior occurs more frequently than is usually observed in individuals of comparable age and developmental level and interferes with social, educational, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Negativism
An attitude of persistent resistance and contradictory behavior toward others.
Conduct Disorder (CD)
A repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated.
Temperament
Personality characteristics that define an individual’s mood and behavioral tendencies.
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached.
General therapeutic Approached
Behavior therapy
Family therapy
Group therapy
Psychopharmacological
Downs Syndrome
Dyslexia
Fragile X Syndrome
