FRHD 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Psychoeducation, Functional Programming, Traumatic Brain Injury

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2110
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Executive functions = ability to regulate one"s behavior through working memory, inner speech, control of emotions and arousal levels, analysis and communication of problems. Central coherence= inclination to bring meaning to stimuli by conceptualizing it as a whole: bring meaning. Theory of mind = ability to take another"s perspective, infer another"s feelings . Maladaptive behavior: aggressive, self-stimulating (or coping) Behavior management build skills, very structured. Social- development approach-build relationship, child leads, unstructured: building trust with the person who has autism. Sever: emotional disturbance, autism, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy/ deafness, deaf-blindness. Abnormal behaviors - e. g. fail to respond to social stimuli, self mutilation, absence of verbal control, may be physiologically fragile. Severe & profound- function intellectually within the lowest 1% of age-group, or delays 2-3 standard deviations in 2 or more areas of development. Multiple disabilities independent and interdependent deficits often in 2 or more areas of functioning. E. g. , 1/5 expected to have impaired hearing.