01:830:346 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Intellectual Disability, Eugenics, Dsm-5
31 Oct 2018
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Evolutionary degeneracy theory - children born with id represented a regressive form of humanity. Sir francis galton headed the eugenics movements. Eugenics - the science that deals with all the influences that improve the inborn qualities of a race. Wechsler intelligence scale for children v (wisc-v)- provides an intelligence quotient iq score based on the results of subtests designed to assess various cognitive domains. Intellectual disability is a disorder with onset during the developmental period that includes both intellectual and adaptive functioning deficits in conceptual, social, and practical domains. According to dsm-5, to have an intellectual disability: A child must have an iq of 70 or below. Child must exhibit concurrent deficits or impairments in adaptive functioning according to the american association on intellectual and. All symptoms must be present before the age of 18. Intermittent - support on an (cid:824)as needed(cid:825) basis, such as following loss of a job, or during a medical crisis.
