Chapter 6

Question 1

lack of social-emotional-reprocity

Answer 1

joint social attention: failing to look where a person is pointing, not wanting to share something with someone, failing to serve and return

Question 1

Marked impairemnt in nonverbal behaviors used for social interactions

Answer 1

1. impaired gestures - eyecontact
2. body posture - not facing when talking
3. warmth - lack of expression

Question 2

Deficits in developing, maintaining and understanding age-appropriate relationhships

Answer 2

• isolating themselves from relaitonships
• does not have play with other children
• solitary play

Question 3

Stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms, speech, or use of objects

Answer 3

1. repeating certain phrases (echolalia)
2. self-stimulatory behaviors (spinning, rocking, flapping arms)

Question 4

Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of behavior

Answer 4

1. same food everyday, same route everyday
2. has to have all doors close in house

Question 5

Highly restrictive, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus

Answer 5

unusual interests: interest in the batteries in toy car rather than car

Question 6

Hyper- or hypo reactivity to sensory inputs or unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment

Answer 6

1. lights too bright, noises too loud
2. holding gazes at lights or objects

Question 7

What are some cultural differences in how families perceive ASD

Answer 7

the Maori word for autism is “takiwatangg” meaning “in their own time and space”

Question 8

discrete trial training

Answer 8

Present stimulus and require a specific response

Question 9

Incidental learning

Answer 9

Creating teaching moments in naturally accuring oppurtunities

Question 10

strategy used to address abruptive behaviors

Answer 10

operant principles

Question 11

operant speach training

Answer 11

joint attention, symbolic play, engagement and self-regulation skills

Question 12

TEACCH early intervention

Answer 12

• early and intensive
• low student-teacher ratio and highly structured
• generalization and ongoing assessment

Question 13

JASPER method

Answer 13

Sharing social exchange, joint attention, engagement and self-regulation skills, symbolic play