PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Autism Spectrum, Enuresis, Intellectual Disability
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The decision-making process: begins with a clinical assessment use of systematic strategies to understand children with disturbances and their family and school environment. A flexible and ongoing hypothesis testing assesses nature of the problem, its causes, and the likely outcomes if the problem is treated as opposed to leaving it untreated: ethnic minority youth are at greater risk of misdiagnosis. Because of this cultural information is necessary as there are; Culture-bound syndromes culture specific recurring patterns that are very specific to the culture. You need to familiarize yourself with the culture in order to avoid misunderstandings. There are many things that may seem abnormal in one culture but no in another. One treatment may work better in one other culture than another. Developmental considerations: normative information: basic information about child development norms is crucial in understanding why a child may be referred to professionals.
