1. The name of the disorder that interested me was Pervasive Developmental Disorder or PDD. PDD is now has recently been classified as just Autism Spectrum Disorder.
2. PDD is any of several disorders of childhood that are characterized by significantly atypical behaviors and severe impairment in the ability to relate to others. Some characteristics include: Atypical or social behavior, uneven skill development, poor speech and comprehension skills, difficulty with transitions, deficits in nonverbal and verbal communication, high or low sensitivity to taste, sight, smell, sound, or touch, and repetitive behaviors.
a. The cause of PDD is unknown, but some researchers believe that there are underlying genetic defects that may be involved in …show more content…
The diagnosis of PDD requires team of doctors including a pediatrician, psychologist, speech and language pathologist and occupational therapist.
f. RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE- Children with PDD might have problems with processing and timing. A child that has PDD might not be able to process complex verbal directions or discussions, so the clinician or parent should use short instructions and give information in bits and pieces. The child might have a hard time processing commands, so the child should be given wait time to respond.
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE- Children with PDD already might have trouble with delayed speech, so visual support with children expressing themselves. Children with PDD might have trouble asking, Who? What? When? Where? questions. The child affected by PDD might have problems with echolalia. This can be difficult in conversations with others because the child repeats everything they hear. PDD may cause a child to have limited vocabulary and use wrong …show more content…
Some children will demonstrate made up words also known as neologism. Echolalia once again is brought up in the column in semantics. Children with mild PDD and possess spoken language may have large vocabularies and perform well on formal measures.
USE- Pragmatics might be the main deficit that children with PDD possess. Children might have problems with personal body space and having conversations with others. Nonverbal communication such as gestures and eye gaze might be cited. The child might have trouble with turn taking in conversation. They don’t understand the exchange of communication, so this might result in the child not let others speak. This list goes on and on with the deficit of pragmatics. This is the area where children tend to struggle the most.
3. Some intervention techniques for PDD might include the following. Special Education is use the structural purposes to meet the child’s individual needs. Behavior modification is practiced to promote positive behaviors in the child. Speech, physical, and/or occupational therapy are used to help the child with functional abilities for everyday life. Finally medication might be used depending on the severity of the disorder. Medication might be prescribe for anxiety, hyperactivity, and behavior that can result in injury. Most of the language areas that the techniques address is pragmatics. When seeing a speech therapist the areas
2. PDD is any of several disorders of childhood that are characterized by significantly atypical behaviors and severe impairment in the ability to relate to others. Some characteristics include: Atypical or social behavior, uneven skill development, poor speech and comprehension skills, difficulty with transitions, deficits in nonverbal and verbal communication, high or low sensitivity to taste, sight, smell, sound, or touch, and repetitive behaviors.
a. The cause of PDD is unknown, but some researchers believe that there are underlying genetic defects that may be involved in …show more content…
The diagnosis of PDD requires team of doctors including a pediatrician, psychologist, speech and language pathologist and occupational therapist.
f. RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE- Children with PDD might have problems with processing and timing. A child that has PDD might not be able to process complex verbal directions or discussions, so the clinician or parent should use short instructions and give information in bits and pieces. The child might have a hard time processing commands, so the child should be given wait time to respond.
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE- Children with PDD already might have trouble with delayed speech, so visual support with children expressing themselves. Children with PDD might have trouble asking, Who? What? When? Where? questions. The child affected by PDD might have problems with echolalia. This can be difficult in conversations with others because the child repeats everything they hear. PDD may cause a child to have limited vocabulary and use wrong …show more content…
Some children will demonstrate made up words also known as neologism. Echolalia once again is brought up in the column in semantics. Children with mild PDD and possess spoken language may have large vocabularies and perform well on formal measures.
USE- Pragmatics might be the main deficit that children with PDD possess. Children might have problems with personal body space and having conversations with others. Nonverbal communication such as gestures and eye gaze might be cited. The child might have trouble with turn taking in conversation. They don’t understand the exchange of communication, so this might result in the child not let others speak. This list goes on and on with the deficit of pragmatics. This is the area where children tend to struggle the most.
3. Some intervention techniques for PDD might include the following. Special Education is use the structural purposes to meet the child’s individual needs. Behavior modification is practiced to promote positive behaviors in the child. Speech, physical, and/or occupational therapy are used to help the child with functional abilities for everyday life. Finally medication might be used depending on the severity of the disorder. Medication might be prescribe for anxiety, hyperactivity, and behavior that can result in injury. Most of the language areas that the techniques address is pragmatics. When seeing a speech therapist the areas