ID, adaptive skills, memory

Question 1

Intelligence Testing

Answer 1

controversies regarding IQ testing - ethnic or racial biases
most assessments asses verbal or visual learners

Question 2

Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligences

Answer 2

Linguistic - “word smart”
Logical/mathematical - “number/reasoning smart”
Spatial - “picture smart”
Bodily-kinesthetic - “body smart”
Musical - “music smart”
interpersonal - “people smart”
intrapersonal - “self-smart”
Naturalist - “nature smart”

Question 3

Adaptive behavior

Answer 3

• assessments that include interviews of the parents, tests, and/or observations of pt to see if that individual is able to perform age-appropriate skills independently
• conceptual skills: communication and applying academics
• social skills: social skills and self-direction
• practical/selfcare skills: home, living, appropriate use of resources in community, health and safety, leisure
  Motor: fine and gross motor skills
• Assessment findings based on a body of evidence that reflects the child’s social, linguistic, and cultural background

Question 4

Intellectual Disability

Answer 4

measured by:
1. individually administered IQ test with score 70 and below
+
2. deficits in adaptive fx compared to chronological age and sociocultural background

-onset of sx need to occur before 18 years
-often co-morbid with other disorders

Question 5

ID causes

Answer 5

can be:
-genetics (down syndrome, fragile x)
-acquired (extremely low birth weight/premature; exposure to alcohol/drug, drug toxins, TBI, infections, stroke, anoxia)
-idiopathic (unknown cause)

Question 6

ID prevalence

Answer 6

generally between 1-3% (bell curve indicates 2.5% <70)

Question 7

ID levels

Answer 7

Mild: 55-70 (85%)
Moderate: 35-55 (10%)
Severe: 20-35 (3-4%)
Profound: <20 (1-2%)

Question 8

Neuropsych battery for ID

Answer 8

GIA: Bayley, Mullen, Wechsler, Stanford-Binet, DAS, KABC
adaptive fx: ABAS, Vineland

Question 9

ID consideration

Answer 9

How to share results
School considerations
Clinical considerations:
- culture
- language
- medical issues (meds/physical impairment)
- symptom validity/effort
- scattered scores
- behavior

Question 10

Memory Process

Answer 10

-initially info is processed through the prefrontal cortex
-then through repetition, practice, time, information is processed through:
-left hippocampus
-right hippocampus
the hippocampus and other limbic system areas compare and combine the present experience with past experience = memory consolidation occurs

Question 11

Tests of memory

Answer 11

WRAML
WMS
Rey-O
CLVLT
NEPSY