Disorders and such Flashcards
- Significantly subaverage intellectual functioning- IQ 70 or below
- Onset before age 18
- Concurrent deficits or impairments in adaptive functioning
Intellectual disability
• Academic functioning substantially below that expected, given the child’s chronological age, measured intelligence, and age-appropriate behaviors
Learning disorders
- Reading Disorder: Reading achievement substantially below that expected
- Mathematics disorder: Mathematical ability substantially below that expected
- Disorder of Written Expression: Writing skills are substantially below those expected
The following are examples of ________.
- Autism
- Aspergers
- Rett’s Disorder
- PDD NOS
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
The following are examples of ________.
- Expressive
- Receptive
- Mixed Receptive-Expressive
- Phonological Disorder
- Stuttering
Language Disorders
a chronic condition marked by persistent inattention, hyperactivity, and sometimes impulsivity.
ADHD
a congenital disorder arising from a chromosome defect, causing intellectual impairment and physical abnormalities including short stature and a broad facial profile. It arises from a defect involving chromosome 21, usually an extra copy (trisomy-21).
Down Syndrome
characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive behavior, which covers a range of everyday social and practical skills. This disability originates before the age of 18.
ID
defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) based on type (motor or phonic) and duration of tics (sudden, rapid, nonrhythmic movements).
tic disorder
feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
Depression
a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Anxiety
any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits (such as anorexia nervosa).
eating disorders
also known as developmental dyspraxia or simply dyspraxia, is a chronic neurological disorder beginning in childhood. It is also known to affect planning of movements and co-ordination as a result of brain messages not being accurately transmitted to the body.
Developmental Coordination Disorder
is a mental disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence that presents itself through a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms are violated. These behaviors are often referred to as “antisocial behaviors.”
Conduct Disorder
is a childhood disorder that is defined by a pattern of hostile, disobedient, and defiant behaviors directed at adults or other authority figures. It is also characterized by children displaying angry and irritable moods, as well as argumentative and vindictive behaviors.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy or Early childhood
- Pica
- Rumination Disorder
- Feeding Disorder of Early Infancy or Early Childhood
involves the regular consumption of anything that isn’t a food or beverage.
pica
is an under-diagnosed chronic motility disorder characterized by effortless regurgitation of most meals following consumption, due to the involuntary contraction of the muscles around the abdomen.
Rumination Disorder
characterized by the failure of an infant or child under six years of age to eat enough food to gain weight … problems are common in infancy and childhood, Is estimated to occur in 1% to 3% of infants and children.
Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood
is a common neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple motor tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic. … It is defined as part of a spectrum of tic disorders, which includes provisional, transient and persistent (chronic) tics.
Tourettes
a habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the face.
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Elimination disorders include:
encopresis
enuresis
also known as paradoxical diarrhea, is voluntary or involuntary fecal soiling in children who have usually already been toilet trained. Children with this often leak stool into their undergarments.
encopresis
involuntary urination, especially by children at night.
enuresis
