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what are social behaviors like in a pt with MR?
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social behaviors are appropriate for a person of their developmental age
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if a pt has global delays in development, they likely have?
what is the IQ cutoff for this? |
MR
IQ<70 also Adaptive Behavior Skills <70 (more like taking care of yourself) |
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please list the level of severity for MR
Mild Moderate Severe Profound |
Mild: 50-55 to 70 (85%..most common, can usualli live semi-independently)
Moderate: 35-40 to 50-55 Severe: 20-25 to 35-40 Profound: below 20 to 25 (will normally have a multitude of other problems, sensory, motor, etc.) |
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with MR, as severity increases what happens to:
incidence? age of diagnosis? comorbidity? mortality? **** |
As severity increases incidence decreases
As severity increases age of diagnosis decreases As severity increases, comorbidity increases (especially sensory and motor impairments) As severity increases, mortality increases |
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what is the most common known cause of MR?
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unknown!
30-40% no clear etiology Heredity 5% Tay-Sachs disease, tuberous sclerosis, translocation Down’s syndrome, fragile X syndrome Early alterations of embryonic dev. – 30% Down’s syndrome/Trisomy 21 Toxins: alcohol, infections |
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what is Borderline Intellectual Functioning
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(IQ generally 71-84)
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what is an important way to give bad news of MR to a parent
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ask them at what age they think their child id operating on, often they are right and it makes it easier to bring this up and explain it later when you confirm the diagnosis
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what MUST you do to diagnose a learning disability? what will this show?
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Ability-Achievement Discrepancy Analysis
Compares IQ with Academics: A classic LD shows academic skills SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW IQ |
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5th grade girl with above average intelligence as measured by IQ of 116
Mathematic skills are fine but reading and spelling are problems for her Reading standard score = 82 Spelling standard score = 78 |
Reading and Writing learning disability
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Concepts of “encoding” and “decoding” with the phonetic code
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encoding=writing
decoding=reading |
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What is Rett's Disorder?
not on test |
in females
deceleration of head growth loss of fine motor skills that were previously intact |
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Abnormal development as opposed to global delay
Child’s behavior is not “normal” for any age Abnormalities in Socialization Communication Play |
Autistic Disorder
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you note a child who is only interested in cars and likes streotyped repetitive behaviors
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Autistic Disorder
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What is the difference btw autism and Asperger’s Disorder
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Abnormalities in
Socialization Communication Play for autism in aspegers there is no problem with communication |
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what 3 things are required for a diagnosis of adhd?
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Symptoms before age 7
Impairment in two or more settings Clinically sig impairment ins social, academic, or occupational functioning |
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how ca u separate Oppositional Defiant Disorder and adhd?
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if he wants to follow the rules and just keeps messing up=ADHD
trying to upset you and just likes to get in trouble= Oppositional Defiant Disorder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqOgnQyXp4 |
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Repetitive persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated.
aggressive conduct that causes or threatens harm property loss or damage deceitfulness or theft serious rule violations |
Conduct Disorder
hurting kids/animals stealing etc |
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just know that kids with OCD are normally very smart and have a need for control
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not sure how important this is
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