Quiz 1 Flashcards
According to the CDC, how many children have as ASD?
1 in 44
Males are _____ more likely to be diagnosed with ASD than females.
4 times
Where does the CDC data come from?
11 states, children who are 8 years old only
rate in males
1 in 27
moderate ID, IQ of ___
35-40 to 50-55
APA definition - developmental disability
typically comes before age 3
IDEA definition: “adversely affects a child’s educational performance”
Has to impact their ability to access the general education curriculum (without assistance)
Just because a student has autism (i.e., are clinically diagnosed) doesn’t mean they are eligible for education services
When was PDD-NOS and Asperger Syndrome added to the DSM?
1994
Where do the PDD categories fall on the spectrum (prior to 2013)
Rett <- CDD <- Autism -> PDD-NOS -> Asperger’s
According to the DSM-5 an individual with autism:
- Must present in the early developmental periods (birth to 5/6 years old)
- Symptoms cause significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
- Not better explained by ID (can have ID along with autism, but that cannot be a better category/explanation than autism)
What is the new disorder introduced in the DSM-5?
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder
What was the term Bettelheim coined claiming that the cause of autism was cold parents, who did not show typical love and affection?
refrigerator mothers
In what year was the term “Asperger Syndrome” first used?
1981
“There is no single behavior that is always typical of autism and no behavior that would automatically exclude an individual child from a diagnosis of autism”
ASD is a spectrum; no two individuals with autism are the same
12 to 15 months: lack of or rare showing
showing = holding up objects, drawing your attention to something
rate in females
1 in 116
What is an average IQ?
85-115
Current IDEA definition of Autism
Autism means a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Other characteristics often associated with autism are engagement in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines, and unusual responses to sensory experiences.
Prior to 2013, how many Pervasive Developmental Disorder categories were in the DSM?
5
Who was said to be a psychotherapist but didn’t have any experience with education, children, families and worked in the family lumber business?
Bruno Bettelheim
Red flags at 9 to 12 months
-Decreased orienting to name
-Seems to hear environmental sounds better than human voice
-Decreased monitoring of other’s gaze
-Inability to follow a point
-Abnormalities in arousal to stimuli
-Infrequent babbling
15 to 18 months: examples of pretend play
phone, farm set, kitchen set
What kinds of implications do these statistics have for teachers? Communities? Society at large?
- overdiagnosing? insurance covers more services outside of school with a diagnosis
- teacher, in general, are going to have more students who are diagnosed with autism
- gen ed teachers who are under-education on special education
- money, cost –> more money you have, better services you are going to get
Roughly ____% of students with Autism have an ID
33%
What factors might contribute to comorbidity of autism and ID?
-fetal alchohol syndrome
-environment
mild ID, IQ of ___
50-55 to 70
severe ID, IQ of ___
20-25 to 30-40
profound ID, IQ of ___
below 20-25
When do you get DDS services?
IQ below 70
Since ASD if often co-morbid with other disabilities, how do you decide which is the primary diagnosis?
- could depend on coverage?
- student and team dependent