Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Question 1

Difficulties in neurodevelopmental disorders are typically life long problems and often persist through what?

Answer 1

Adulthood

Question 2

The primary characteristics of this disorder include a pattern of inattention or of hyperactivity and impulsivity.

Answer 2

Attention-deficit or Hyperactivity Disorder

Question 3

Some people with ADHD display _ hyperactivity. Children with this disorder are often described as fidgety in school, unable to sit still for more than a few minutes.

Answer 3

Motor hyperactivity

Question 4

Acting apparently without thinking. This characteristic is a common complaint made about people with ADHD.

Answer 4

Impulsivity

Question 5

What are the 2 categories of symptoms of ADHD?

Answer 5

Problems of inattention
Hyperactivity and Impulsivity

Question 6

It is characterized by performance that is substantially below what would be expected given the person’s age, intelligence quotient (IQ), score and education. Diagnosis of this disorder requires that the person’s disability not be caused by a sensory difficulty or poor and absent instruction.

Answer 6

Specific Learning Disorder

Question 7

Specific Learning Disorder would be defined as a discrepancy of _ standard deviations between achievement and IQ.

Answer 7

More than 2

Question 8

Alternative approach used by many clinicians that involves identifying a child as having a Specific Learning Disorder when the response to a known effective intervention is significantly inferior to the performance by peers.

Answer 8

Response to Intervention

Question 9

A disorder that affects how one perceives and socializes with others. Its major characteristics include impairments in social communication and social interaction, restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities.

Answer 9

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Question 10

Autistic disorder, Asperger’s disorder and childhood disintegrative disorder are combined in DSM 5 under the umbrella term _.

Answer 10

Pervasive Developmental Disorder

Question 11

Rett Disorder is a genetic condition that affects mostly _, diagnosed as ASF with the qualifier “associated with Rett syndrome” or “associate with MeCP2” mutation and “not otherwise specified”.

Answer 11

Females

Question 12

The gene involved in Rett Syndrome.

Answer 12

MeCP2 mutation.

Question 13

A new disorder to DSM 5 that includes the difficulties in social communication seen in autism Spectrum Disorder but without the restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior.

Answer 13

Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder

Question 14

Certain individuals previously diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified may fall into what category?

Answer 14

Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder

Question 15

Impairments in Autism Spectrum are present in _.

Answer 15

Early childhood

Question 16

What are the 3 Levels of Severity for Autism and what does it mean?

Answer 16

Level 1- Requiring support
Level 2- Requiring substantial support
Level 3- Requiring very substantial support

Question 17

Difficulties with social communication and interaction of people with ASD are further defined by the inclusion of 3 aspects, which are?

Answer 17

Problems with social reciprocity
Nonverbal communications
Initiating and maintaining social relationships

Question 18

What’s the term for someone with ASD, repeating the speech of others?

Answer 18

Echolalia

Question 19

A disorder evident in childhood as significantly below average intellectual and adaptive functioning. They have difficulties with day to day activities to an extent that reflects both the severity of their cognitive deficits and the type and amount of assistance they receive.

Answer 19

Intellectual Development Disorder

Question 20

Difficulties of people with Intellectual Disability are shown in 3 domains, which are?

Answer 20

Conceptual
Social
Practical

Question 21

Previously used term for Intellectual Disability.

Answer 21

Mental retardation

Question 22

People with more severe forms of intellectual disability may never learn to use _ , requiring alternatives such as sign language or special communication devices.

Answer 22

Speech as a form of communication

Question 23

Intellectual Disability tends to be more _ and less amenable to _.

Answer 23

Chronic
Treatment

Question 24

Intellectual disability’s significant subaverage intellectual functioning, with a cut off score set by DSM 5 of approximately_.

Answer 24

70

Question 25

The characteristics below average intellectual and adaptive abilities for people with Intellectual disabilities must be evident before age _.

Answer 25

18

Question 26

A disturbance in speech fluency that includes a number of problems with speech, such as repeating syllables or words, prolonging certain sounds, making obvious pauses or substituting words to replace ones that are difficult to articulate.

Answer 26

Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder

Question 27

Limited speech in all situations. Expressive language is significantly below receptive language (what is understood); the latter is usually average.

Answer 27

Language Disorder

Question 28

Involuntary movements (tics) such as head twitching or vocalizations such as grants that often occur in rapid succession, come in suddenly and happen in idiosyncratic or stereotyped ways.

Answer 28

Tourette’s Disorder

Question 29

Vocal tics often include the involuntary repetition of _.

Answer 29

Obscenities