I. Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Question 1

• Characterized by deficits in general mental abilities
• The deficits result in impairments of adaptive functioning: Conceptual, Practical & Social
• Originates before the age of 18

Answer 1

Intellectual Disability

Question 2

Characterized by deficits in the development and use of language, speech, and social communication, respectively.

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Language disorder, speech sound disorder, social (pragmatic) communication disorder

Question 3

Characterized by disturbances of the normal

fluency and motor production of speech

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Childhood-onset fluency disorder (stuttering)

Question 4

Characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts deficits in social reciprocity, nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction, and skills in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

Question 5

Defined by impairing levels of inattention, disorganization, and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity.

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ADHD

Question 6

• Diagnosed when there are specific deficits in an individual’s ability to perceive or process
  information efficiently and accurately.
• Characterized by persistent and impairing difficulties with learning foundational academic skills in
  reading, writing, and/or math.

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Specific Learning Disorder

Question 7

• Deficits in the acquisition and execution of coordinated motor skills and is manifested by clumsiness and slowness or inaccuracy of performance of motor skills that cause interference with activities of daily living.

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Developmental coordination disorder

Question 8

Repetitive, seemingly driven, and apparently purposeless motor behaviors

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Stereotypic movement disorder

Question 9

Characterized by the presence of motor or vocal tics.

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Tic disorders

Question 10

• A group of disorders in which the development of the central nervous system is disturbed.
• Can include developmental brain dysfunction which can manifest as neuropsychiatric or impaired motor function, learning, language, or non-verbal communication.

Answer 10

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Childhood Disorders

Question 11

Intellectual Giftedness Classification:

130-144: _________

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Moderately Gifted

Question 12

Intellectual Giftedness Classification:

160-179: _________

Answer 12

Exceptionally Gifted

Question 13

Intellectual Giftedness Classification:

145-159: _________

Answer 13

Highly Gifted

Question 14

Intellectual Giftedness Classification:

180+: _________

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Profoundly Gifted

Question 15

When a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy, she risks giving birth to a child who will pay the price - in mental and physical deficiencies - for his or her entire life.

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Hidden Disability

Question 16

• individuals born with an extra 21st chromosome
• IQ is below 70
• overly friendly
• smile and laugh

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Trisomy 21 / Down Syndrome / Mongolism

Question 17

Domain of Neurodevelopmental disorder which is outward-directed. (e.g. aggressiveness, noncompliance, overractivity & impulsiveness)

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Externalizing Disorder

Question 18

Domain of Neurodevelopmental disorder which is inward-directed. (e.g. Depressed, Social withdrawal, anxiety)

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Internalizing Disorder

Question 19

Levels of Intellectual Disability:
IQ of 50-70
(Educable)

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Mild/Dull Normal

Question 20

Levels of Intellectual Disability:
IQ of 20-34
Generally has little understanding of written language or of concepts. Requires support of all activities of Daily living.

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Severe

Question 21

Levels of Intellectual Disability:
IQ of 35-49
Trainable in non academic areas but incapable of learning.

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Moderate

Question 22

Levels of Intellectual Disability:
IQ of less than 20
Requires pervasive services and supports.
Very limited understanding of symbolic communication is speech or gesture.

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Profound

Question 23

• a general term used to descrive a condition that occurs during the developmental period of child between birth and 18 years.
• usually defined by the child being diagnosed with having a lower intellectual functioning than what is perceived as ‘normal’.

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Global Developmental Delay

Question 24

Any disorder that affects an individual’s ability to comprehend, detect, or apply language and speech to engage in discourse effectively with others.

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Communication Disorder

Question 25

Difficulties in the acquisition and use of language due to the deficits in the comprehension or production of vocabulary, sentence structure and discourse.

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Language Disorder

Expressive and Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder

Question 26

Diagnosed when speech sound production is not what would be expected based on the child’s age and developmental stage.

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Speech Sound Disorder

Phonological Disorder

Question 27

Type of Speech Sound Error wherein a child may leave out sounds in words and sentences.
(e.g. I ree a boo = I read a book)

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Omissions

Question 28

Type of Speech Sound Error wherein a child may use an incorrect sound instead of the correct one.
(e.g. wook a the wittle wamb = look at the little lamb)

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Substitutions

Question 29

Type of Speech Sound Error wherein a child tries to make the right sound, but cannot produce it clearly.

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Distortion

Question 30

Disturbance of the normal fluency and time patterning of speech that is inappropriate for the individual’s age.

• later-onset causes are diagnosed as Adult-___________
• monosyllabic whole-word repetitions
• prolongation of Sounds.

Answer 30

Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder

Stuttering

Question 31

Characterized by a primary difficulty with pragmatics, or the social use of language and communication, as manifested by deficits in understanding and following social rules of verbal and nonverbal communication in naturalistic contexts, changing language according to needs of the listener or situation and following rules for conversation or story telling.

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Social (Pragmatic)Communication Disorder

Question 32

Individuals who score very low on IQ tests, while demonstrating exeptional skills or brilliance in specific areas, such as rapid calculation (hypercalculia), art, memory or musical ability.

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Autistic Savant

Savant Syndrome

Question 33

Focuses on results or achievement: a child, typically under the age of ten, who can perform at an adult professional level in a highly demanding culturally recognised field of endeavour.

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Prodigy