Developmental Delay (A RETARD)

Question 1

1) significant sub-average IQ
2) significant limitations in adaptive skills
3) onset prior to age 18 y/o
- whose definition

Answer 1

DSM, this is the old term

Question 2

1) significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior w/ onset prior to 18
2) expands definition to more real life settings/situations; community environment/peers/culture-and support needed in these contexts
- whose definition

Answer 2

AAIDD, encourages new term

Question 3

Global developmental delay definition how old is the person

Answer 3

children under the age of 5

Question 4

Need at least two deficits in these sub scales: motor, speech, cognition, personal-social, daily living skills.
whose definition

Answer 4

global developmental delay

-note this disorder does not predict later intellectual disability

Question 5

where do we see the highest intelluctual disabilties

Answer 5

highest in school age and male populations

Question 6

what causes accounts for the most cases of kids being retarded

Answer 6

prenatal causes (70%)
-genetic, TORCH, Toxin/teratrogens, hypothyroidism (congenital)

Question 7

what are some perinatal causes (4-5%)

Answer 7

prematurity, hypoxia, infections (GROUP B strep), trauma (instrument delivery, precipitous delivery), intracranial hemorrhage

Question 8

what are some postnatal causes (1-5%)

Answer 8

accidental or non-accident trauma, CNS hemorrhage, near drowning, malnutrition

Question 9

can multiple births be risk factor for a retard

Answer 9

yes

Question 10

can low birth weight be a risk factor for a retard

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

when are the most severely affected kids are recognized prior to what

Answer 11

2 years

Question 12

**w/out hearing impairment, what is the herald sign and most predictive indicator of future inelligence

Answer 12

language delay

Question 13

what co-morbidities are extremely important in early life

Answer 13

vision and hearing impairments

Question 14

what are some mental disorders associated with intellectual disability

Answer 14

autism, ADD/ADHD, eating disorders (rumination or pica), depression, tic, self-stim behavior, self-injurious

Question 15

birth to 8 years, available in multiple languages, only about two minutes to administer. Screening test PEDS, ASQ, BINS, DDST-II?

Answer 15

Parents evaluation of development status (PEDS)

-this is a parental report screen

Question 16

Screen 4 months to 5 years, several languages, takes 15 to 20 minutes. Screening test PEDS, ASQ, BINS, DDST-II?

Answer 16

Ages and stages questionnaires (ASQ)

-this is a parental report screen

Question 17

3-25 months of age, assesses: neuro process, neuro development skills, and cognition. Screening test PEDS, ASQ, BINS, DDST-II?

Answer 17

Bayley infant neurodevelopment screener (BINS)

-this is a direct elicitation screen - relay on direct observation or elicitation of skill

Question 18

10 to 20 minutes to admister, results indicate risk category, 0 to 6 years. Screening test PEDS, ASQ, BINS, DDST-II?

Answer 18

Denver developmental screening Test-II (DDST-II)

-this is a direct elicitation screen - relay on direct observation or elicitation of skill

Question 19

Behaviors (inattention, oppositional, anxiety, OCD, social problems, psychosomatic and autism)

Answer 19

Conners rating scale-revised LONG form

-this is a behavioral screen

Question 20

ADD/ADHD what behavioral screen

Answer 20

Conners rating scale-revised SHORT form

Question 21

16 to 30 months. what behaivoral screen

Answer 21

Modified checklist for Autism in toddlers

Question 22

what should you let the lab know when doing a chromosomal anaylsis

Answer 22

what the specific condition you think it is..like fragile X bc he has big ol testes