Dual Diagnosis and Challenging Behavior Flashcards
Child with DD may face which types of problems
mental and physical that’s personal to their disability symptoms
Developmental Disorders can alter what in other disorders?
symptomatic presentation which makes accurate diagnosis more difficult
When comorbidites and dual diagnoses are not recognized, children can fail in which settings doing what?
education, social, unmanagability at home
showing aggression and self injury
What happens to long term effects if disability is identified and managed early
They are minimized
Why do kids self injury
sensory seeking, attention seeking, feeling hurt/sick
There is a high prevalence of what health problems and what in what type of disorder?
Mental Health Problems, Behavior Disorders, ID
Within __ and ___ Health & ___ Disorders dual diagnosis, there is greater difficulty in what
ID, Mental, Behavioral, Greater difficulites in assessment, evalution, and treatment interventions
Why is it hard to assess IDD difficulties
Tools rely on communication and concept understanding
Treatment/interventions (talk therapy (communication, too abstract))
mental health and behavior disorder undermine the person’s ___
quality of life
Difficulty in evaluation and treatment leads to
greater frustration and stress in caretakers
Despite the difficulties, mental health and what kind of disorder should be what?
behavior, diagnosed and receive specific treatment
What is hard about mental disorder vs psychiatric disorder vs challenging behaviors
There can be unofficial comorbid diagnosis
What’s included in prevalence rates
Some rates include ADHD and ASD as comorbidities for ID/DD
Challenging behavior definition
Any repeated pattern of behavior that interferes with learning or engagement in pro social interactions with peers and adults
Behaviors that are not responsive to the use of developmentally appropriate guidance procedures (typical treatment doesn’t work)
Impacts daily functioning
Examples of challenging behavior
Prolonged tantrums, physical and verbal aggression, disruptive vocal and motor behavior, screaming, sterotypy, property destruction, self-injury, noncompliance, withdrawal
Why growth hormones is a problem to family of PWS
Make the kid stronger a problem if they’re aggressive
The definition for behavior disorders includes
Product of mental health disorder and physical conditions
behavior phenotype
non adaptive behaviors
Examples of behavioral problems
Self injury, manipulation, destructive behavior, aggressiveness, shouting, oppositional attitude, sterotypy, cries, explicit sexual
What is stereotypy
Repetitive behaviors that don’t impact child in the moment