Psy 250 Ch:12

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are skills that allow us to adapt and ope with life's basic demands

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functional abilities

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significantly subaverage intellectual functioning and deficits or impairment in at least two areas of life functioning

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mental retardation

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provides training and a job coach to help people succeed in meaningful jobs

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supported employment

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a free-standing workplace where workers perform task for other businesses, such as sending out large mailing, packing items or assembling products

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sheltered workshop

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a genetic form of mental retardation caused by the presence of three chromosomes rather than the usual two on the 21st pair

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Down syndrome

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a genetic disorder in which the body cannot break down the amino acid phenlyalanine; if untreated, leads to the development of mental retardation

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phenylketonuria

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the most commonly inherited cause of mental retardation; occurs when DNA series makes too many copies of itself and turns off a gene on the X chromosome. When the gene is turned off. cells do not make a neccessary protein , and witohut it "" occurs.

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fragile X syndrome

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leading known preventable environemental case of mental reatardation; results from drinking alcohol during pregnancy

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fetal alcohol syndrome

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mild mental retardation that is more common among children in lower socioeconomic classes and is considered reatardation due to psychological disadvatnage

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cultural-familial retardation

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conditions involving academic below expectations for age, years in school, and IQ

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learning disorders

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serious impairments in a child's reciporocal social interaction and communication, and the presence of stereotypical behavior, interests and activities

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pervasive developmental disorders

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a group of disorders consisting of autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, and pervasive dev. disorder not otherwise specified.

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autism spectrum disorders

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disorder characterized by qualatative impairment in social interactions and communication, and a pattern of restricted and stereotyped behaviors, interests, and activities

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autistic disorder

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qualatative impairment i n social interaction, restricted and stereotyped behaviors, interests, and activities, but no deficits in communication and at least average intellectual functioning

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Asperger's disorder

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a diagnosis assigned to children who have some but not all of the behaviors that characterize autistic disorder

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pervasive dev. disorder not otherwise specified

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a common childhood disorder characetrized by inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsitivity

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attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD)

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continuous and repeated pattern of violating the basic rights of others or breaking societal rules, including agreesion toward people or animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, and serious rule violations

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conduct disoder

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negative, hostile, or defiant behaviors that are less severe than those found in conduct disorder

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oppositional defiant disorder

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recurrent, compulsive consumption of nonutrive items

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pica

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regurgitating recently eaten food into the mouth, followed by either rechweing, reswallowing, or spitting out

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rumination disorder

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unwanted physical events that happen during sleep

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parasomnias

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a type of sleep disorder which the child suddenly sits up, screams, and cannot be consoled

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sleep terror disorder

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also known as somnambulism, this disorder consists of sitting up in bed with eyes open but "unseeing" and sometimes getting out of the bed and walking through the house

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sleepwalking disorder

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repeated episodes of long, frightening dreams that usually involve a physical threat to survival and produce vivid imagery

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nightmare disorder

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voiding of urine into one's clothes or bedding

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enuresis

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repeated elimination of feces on or into inapproriate places such as the floor or clothing by someone over 4 years of age.

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encopresis