PSY 0515 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Fragile X Syndrome, Autism Spectrum
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Dsm-5: deficits in intellectual abilities, deficits in adaptive functioning, in comparison to a person"s age, gender and socio-culturally matched peers, onset during the developmental period. Diagnosing: clinical assessment, standardized testing, below 70 iq. Neurodevelopmental disorder that can cause significant social, communication, and behavioral challenges. Infantile: childhood, kanner"s, high functioning, atypical, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, childhood disintegrative disorder, asperger"s. Prevalence: 1 in 88 children, 4-5 times more common in boys. Deficits in verbal communication: complete lack of speech, language delays, poor comprehension of speech, echoed speech, stilted and overly literal language. Deficits in socio-emotional reciprocity: abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation, reduced sharing of interests, emotions or affect, failure to initiate or respond to social interactions. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships: difficulties adjusting behavior to various social contexts, difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in making friends, absence in interests in peers.
