HCS2023 WEEK 3 reading

Question 1

what can children with a ASD have a misdiagnosis with

Answer 1

hearing loss
severe psychosocial deprivation
intellectual disability
Retts disorder
receptive-expressive language disorders
landau-kleffner
selective mutism and separation anxiety

Question 2

why is an ASD diagnosis important

Answer 2

academic, socialisation, fine/gross motor, SLC skills
IQ, learning, sensory hyper/posensitivity
future behaviour support, mental/emot healths

Question 3

name some abnormal physical behaviours in ASD

Answer 3

hand and finger flicking, mannerisms, rocking, toe walking, sniffing/licking objects, spinning, unusual vision gazes

Question 4

outline ASD characteristics in convo

Answer 4

problem switching topic, distress when interrupt, narrow focus, inflexible, perseveration

Question 5

name some characteristics of abnormal speech for ASD

Answer 5

repetition and echolalia, abnormally high, low, fast, slow, jerky, monotonous

Question 6

name some risk factors of ASD

Answer 6

sibling, parental history for sz or mental disorder, maternal age>40, low BW, premature, neonat, birth defect, male, capital city

Question 7

how may a ToM impairment be present in ASD

Answer 7

impact empathy and pretend play, sharing, social and emotional reciprocity, peer relatiosnships

Question 8

outline possible brain differences in ASD

Answer 8

increased cerebral volume, enlarged ventricle, difference empathy circuits (amygdala, ventromedial PFC, temporo-parietal junction, OFC, anterior cingulate)

Question 9

what are issues with using CBT in emotional disorders with a patient with language difficulties

Answer 9

requires high level receptive and expressive language skills, adequate reading so need to simplify any language, increase visuals, reduce level of reading required

Question 10

what do children with language difficulties also present as having

Answer 10

challenge behaviours, peer relationship difficulty, low self esteem and anxiety, many attending mental health clinic

Question 11

how many offenders are low language abilities

Answer 11

46-76%

Question 12

what can real world impacts of ADHD be

Answer 12

lower educational, occupational success
impacs social, family relationship
higher legal problems, poor mental health

Question 13

what kind of language difficulty might ADHD experience

Answer 13

pragmatic issues (high-rder language skill; linguistics = semantic, syntactic, social)
assume pragmatics byproducts of symptom, and hyperac causing difficulty in turn taking, topic mainten and manifests as poor listener