nonverbal communication used for social interaction such as eye contact, hand gestures or facial expressions. a. Ask the parent how the child is doing in school and if there is any difficulty with learning or issues in school performance. B. In category B: There must be some sort of repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities as evidenced by at least 2 of the following: 1. Repetitive or stereotyped motor movements us of toys or objects such as lining up toys, turning over objects, echolalia or out of sync phrases. 2. Ritualistic routines of remaining and maintaining sameness and difficulty and improper response to changes in routine. a. Ask the parent if the child has routine and what those are? 3. Fixated
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The process for diagnosing ASD can take up to 13 months because it involves looking at the child’s habits and social behaviors for longer periods of time (Bridgemohan, 2016). Developmental screening and evaluation at the primary care level can also contribute to delays in diagnosis and initiation of treatment. The differential diagnosis of ASD include the following:
• Widespread cognitive impairment: Many individuals with ASD also have an intellectual disability (ID) or cognitive impairment. One way to differentiate between ASD and ID is that a person with cognitive impairment alone typically has intact social and communication skills. A child with ASD may or may not have cognitive impairment but will present with impaired social/communication abilities.
• Social (pragmatic) communication deficit: Children with ASD are typically unable to carry out back and forth conversations and have difficulty in group plays, taking turns and sequences of …show more content…
Again, depending on the severity of their ASD, children with ASD do not understand the concept of sharing have limited and lack of facial expression, gaze and imaginative play.
• Language-based learning disability: Children without ASD have difficulty or delayed in processing the language skills, but they can initiate and continue conversation inconstant to children with
The process for diagnosing ASD can take up to 13 months because it involves looking at the child’s habits and social behaviors for longer periods of time (Bridgemohan, 2016). Developmental screening and evaluation at the primary care level can also contribute to delays in diagnosis and initiation of treatment. The differential diagnosis of ASD include the following:
• Widespread cognitive impairment: Many individuals with ASD also have an intellectual disability (ID) or cognitive impairment. One way to differentiate between ASD and ID is that a person with cognitive impairment alone typically has intact social and communication skills. A child with ASD may or may not have cognitive impairment but will present with impaired social/communication abilities.
• Social (pragmatic) communication deficit: Children with ASD are typically unable to carry out back and forth conversations and have difficulty in group plays, taking turns and sequences of …show more content…
Again, depending on the severity of their ASD, children with ASD do not understand the concept of sharing have limited and lack of facial expression, gaze and imaginative play.
• Language-based learning disability: Children without ASD have difficulty or delayed in processing the language skills, but they can initiate and continue conversation inconstant to children with