Autism Spectrum Disorder Bc - Spk

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What are the 2 core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder?

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Persistent deficits in social communication and interaction.

Restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, and activities.

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What do children with autism spectrum disorder typically not conform to?

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The expected level of reciprocal social skills and spontaneous non-verbal social directions.

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What 2 indicators in infants and babies might suggest autism spectrum disorder?

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Social smiling and anticipatory posture for being picked up by caretaker.

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How might the social development of children with autism spectrum disorder be characterised?

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Atypical, but not absent, attachment behaviour.

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And my children with autism spectrum disorder relate to parents and attachment figures?

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Without a great deal of differentiation from strangers and they may not react strongly to being left with a stranger.

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How might routine impact on a child with autism spectrum disorder?

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They often react strongly to changes in routine or disruptions to routine.

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What cognitive ability differences might you see in children with autism spectrum disorder?

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High levels of ability in visuospatial tasks than in verbal reasoning.

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A particular aspect of social interactions do autism spectrum disorder children struggle with?

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Theory of mind and inferring the feelings and emotional state of those around them.

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What physical characteristics might be evident autism spectrum disorder?

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Generally no specific physical signs, however they do exhibit high rates of minor physical anomalies.

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How might handedness indicate autism spectrum disorder in children?

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Greater number of children with autism spectrum disorder do not show early handedness and lateralisation and remain ambidextrous at a time when cerebral dominance is established in most children..

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How might language development and use inform a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder?

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While not a core criteria problems in language development and use often occur in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

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How might a child's babbling inform a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder?

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Often autistic sport children will vocalise noises such as clicks, screeches or nonsense syllables - rather than attempt to communicate.

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How might an autistic child's attempts to understand and express communication differ from a normal child?

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Most children will generally have better receptive language skills and expressive ones, however children with autism may express more than they understand.

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How might voice quality and rhythm form a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder?

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Many children with autistic spectrum disorder is peculiar voice quality and rhythm andmabout 50% never develop useful speech.

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what types of behaviours may be produced by everyday situations in which autistic children are expected to transition from one activity to another or remain still in the desire to run around?

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Irritability and aggression including self-injurious behaviours and severe temper tantrums.

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What indicators in mood and affect might inform a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder?

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Instability and rapid mood changes, sometimes without obvious reason. Sometimes a child cannot express the thoughts related to the affect which makes it difficult to address the issue.

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What patterns of attention and activity are typical of autism spectrum disorder?

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Hyperactivity and inattention are both common is our short attention span poor ability to focus.

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Whilst about 30% of children with autism spectrum disorder are intellectually disabled what else might characterise an autistic child's abilities?

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Skills such as the ability to read well, reciting well from rote memory, and musical abilities.

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How might sleep patterns inform a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder?

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Insomnia is common in children with autistic spectrum disorder.

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Criterion A for autistic spectrum disorder includes 3 deficits, what are they?

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Criterion A consists of persistent deficits in social communication and interaction including;

Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity.

Deficits in non-verbal communication behaviours including eye contact, body language and facial expressions.

Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships; including trouble adjusting behaviour to suit context and making friends.

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Criterion B for autism spectrum disorder consists of what?

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Restricted or repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities.

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What are the 4 symptoms included in criterion B for autism spectrum disorder?

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Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements use of objects or speech.

Insistence on sameness and inflexible adherence to routines.

Highly restricted or fixated interests.

Hyper or hypoactivity in relation to sensory input.

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Criterion C relates to what for autism spectrum disorder?

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Age of onset, specifically it must've been in the early developmental period.

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Criterion D relates to what?

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is the clinical significance criterion.

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What are the specifiers for autism spectrum disorder?

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With or without accompanying intellectual impairment.

With or without accompanying language impairment.

Associated with a known medical or genetic condition.

Associated with another neurodevelopmental or behavioural disorder.

With catatonia.

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What are the severity specifiers determined by autism spectrum disorder?

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Impairment in social communication for both criterion A and B.

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If an individual has marked deficits in social communication, but the symptoms do not otherwise meet the criteria for autism spectrum disorder, what should one consider?

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Social (pragmatic) communication disorder

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How does age of onset differ between autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia?

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Autism usually begins in the early developmental period whereas schizophrenia is rarely under 5 years of age.

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What is a difference in sex ratio between autism spectrum disorder in childhood onset schizophrenia?

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4 to 1 male to female for autism, 1.67 to 1 male to female for schizophrenia.

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What behavioural characteristics are present in children with schizophrenia but not present in autism spectrum disorder?

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Hallucinations and delusions, as well as thought disorders.

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How might the functioning of children with autism and child onset schizophrenia be different?

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Autism typically includes impairment from early childhood, whereas schizophrenia sees a deterioration in functioning with symptom onset.

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How might the intellectual abilities of children with autism and childhood onset schizophrenia differ?

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Autistic children are more likely to be intellectually impaired where as schizophrenic children are normally within the normal range.