KRLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Intellectual Disability, Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Developmental Disability

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Kinesiology, Recreation, Leisure, and Sport
• Course: KRLS 207
• Professor: Dr. Nancy Spencer-Cavaliere

Document Summary

Intellectual impairment: neurodevelopmental disorder, general mental abilities that impact adaptive functioning with symptoms that begin in the. : funding, not just defining people by a # of score on a test. Adaptive functioning: conceptual, social, and practical skills - learned to function in everyday life, more importance is now given to these skills - play a significant role in diagnosis and in determining severity. Ex. of adaptive skills in assessment: conceptual skills - language, reading, writing, math, memory, social - empathy, social judgement, communication skills, practical - self management in areas of personal care, job responsibilities, work and school tasks. Developmental period: prenatal, perinatal, postnatal, occurs or shows up in developing years (before age 18?) Move away from 18 because the brain is still developing - funding: head injury past developmental period with similar signs and symptoms referred to as a brain injury.