Chapter 13 - Disorders of Childhood

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focuses on the disorders of childhood within the context of life-span development

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developmental psychopathology

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Proposed chapters for childhood disorders for DSM 5

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Neurodevelopmental Disruptive, Impulse control and Conduct disorders

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mental retardation

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intellectual development disorder

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pervasive developmental disorders (autism, Asperger’s)

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Autism spectrum disorder

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Motor skills disorders

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motor disorders

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Feeding disorders of infancy or early childhood

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feeding and eating disorders

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conduct disorder oppositional defiant disorder

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disruptive, impulse control and conduct disorder

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selective mutism

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communication disorders

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Autism spectrum disorder

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autistic asperger’s childhood disintegratie pervasive developmental disorder

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Intellectual development disorder

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mental retardation

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disorders characterized by more outward-directed behaviors

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externalizing disorders

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disorders characterized by inward focused experiences and behaviors

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internalizing disorders

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DSM IV TR subtypes of ADHD

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predominantly inattentive type predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type combined type

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children whose problems are primarily those of poor attention

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Predominantly inattentive type

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children whose difficulties result primarily from hyperactive/impulsive behavior

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predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type

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environmental toxins ADHD

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preservatives and food coloring lead nicotine

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focus on behaviors that violate the basic rights of other s and violate societal norms

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conduct disorder

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the child does not meet the criteria for conduct disorder but exhibits behaviors such as losing temper, arguing with adults, refusing to comply with requests, deliberately doing things to annoy others, being angry, spiteful, touchy, vindictive

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oppositional defiant disorder

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Moffitt’s theorized courses of conduct problems

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life course persistent adolescence limited/ adolescent onset

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3 meetings to get to know assess and provide feedback to parents re: their kids and parenting practices

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Family checkup

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program in which parents are taught to modify their responses to their children so that prosocial behavior is consistently rewarded

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Parent management training

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treatment involving delivering intensive and comprehensive therapy services in the community

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multisystemic treatment

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characterized by constant worry that some harm will befall their parents or themselves when they are away from their parents

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separation anxiety disorder

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condition in which a person shows a problem in a specific area of skill that is not due to intellectual development disorder or deficient intellectual opportunities

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learning disability

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involves significant difficulty with word recognition, reading comprehension, written spelling

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dyslexia

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involves difficulty in producing or understanding numbers, quantities, or basic arithmetic operations

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dyscalculia

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Symptoms in depressed children and adults

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depressed mood inability to experience pleasure fatigue concentration problems suicidal ideation

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Different symptoms in depressed kids

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more guilt lower early morning wakefulness early morning depression loss of appetite weight loss

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4 symptoms of PTSD in children

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intrusions or reexperiencing avoiding trauma related situations negative changes in cognitions or mood hyperarousal

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parenting practice associated with childhood anxiety

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overprotectiveness

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psychological factors that predict anxiety in kids

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emotion regulation problems insecure attachment

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CBT for kids

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psychoeduc cog restructuring modeling skills training relapse prevention

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treatment used with kids between ages 7 and 13 focuses on confronting fears, developing new ways of thinking about fears, exposure to feared situations, practice and relapse prevention

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Coping Cat

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regions that are important for phonological awareness

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left temporal parietal occipital

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dyscalculia involves poor _______ memory

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semantic

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involves helping kids master the task of converting sounds to words

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phonics instruction

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organization whose mission is to promote progressive policies, sound research, effective practices and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities

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American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social and practical adaptive skills

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Intellectual disability

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program based on the person's strengths, weaknesses and amount of instruction needed

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Individualized educational program

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extra copy of chromosome 21

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trisomy 21 down syndrome

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mutation in fMR1 gene

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fragile X syndrome

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infant, born w/o obvious signs of difficulty, suffers from a deficiency of liver enzyme phenylalanin hydroxylase, interfering with myelination

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Phenylketonuria PKU

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enzyme needed to convert phenylalanine to tyrosine

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phenylalanine hydroxylase

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used to reduce inappropriate and self-injurious behavior intensive instruction by dividing the targeted behavior into smaller componenets

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applied behavior analysis

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teaches children to guide their problem solving efforts through speech

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self-instructional training

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deficits in social communication and interactions restricted, repetitive behavior patterns, interest or activities

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autism spectrum disorder

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interactions that require two people to pay attention to each other

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joint attention

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areas of the brain most often associated with identifying faces and emotion

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fusiform gyrus temporal lobes amygdala

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refers to a person's understanding that other people have desires, beliefs, intentions and emotions that may be different from one's own.

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theory of mind

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in which the child echoes

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echolalia

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in which kids refer to themselves in third person

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pronoun reversal

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intensive therapy for asd

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lovaas

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intervening in a key area may lead to changes in other areas

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pivotal response treatment

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involves correct comprehension and sufficient vocabulary use, but unclear speech and improper articulation

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speech sounds disorder

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disturbance in verbal fluency that is characterized by one or more of the following speech patters repetition, long pauses, substituting for difficult words

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childhood onset fluency disorder

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involves one or more vocal and multiple motor tics

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Tourette's disorder

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involves marked impairment in the development of motor coordination that is not explainable by intellectual developmental disorder or a disorder such as cerebral palsy

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developmental coordination disorder