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    children with ASD have a hard time playing with other children, sharing or making friends. They do not respond to many non-verbal forms of communication, forming and sustaining friendships, seeking to share with other people and difficulties with social and emotional responsiveness. • Stuck doing repetitive tasks and showing patterns in behavior and activities (DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria). Children with autism need strict routines because if they do not, they tend to become emotional and restless. They also have strong attachment to certain objects, making them less flexible to change. Certain sensory stimuli like sounds, tastes, textures, and smells can upset children with ASD. • Impaired speech and repeating phrases over and over, called echolalia. ASD children might only talk about topics that are interesting to them. Some key aspects of an ASD diagnosis is that children must show symptoms in the early developmental period, although you may not be able to tell if a child has ASD until they get to school or begin to socialize with other children. Also, the ASD diagnosis is so broad that it can be made more specific by identifying the presence of intellectual or language impairment (McPartland, 2012). Children with ASD may also be given a severity level for their diagnosis, ranging from 1 (requiring support) to 3 (requiring very substantial support) (DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria). Knowing these specifications can help parents and teachers understand ASD students better and…

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    What do you know about Tourette Syndrome? What is your gender? Female Male What grade are you in? Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Do you know what Tourette’s is? Yes No Sort of Tourette’s is a condition of the… Circulatory system Nervous system Respiratory system Skeletal system Tourette’s causes people to... Pass out Have irregular heart beats Make sudden movements or sounds Have migraines People with Tourette’s... Have a hard time breathing Have panic attacks Have tics All of the above Which…

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    moved it. However, if the child answers that they believe the brother will look for the coloring book in the basket, the test giver will be able to know that the child’s theory of mind is developing. Those with Autism are also more likely to suffer from Social Anxiety (Social Anxiety in ASD). Once again, children tend to repeat phrases which is not considered “normal” by many people. This is called Echolalia. Echolalia comes in two forms: delayed and immediate (Friendship Circle).…

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    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.…

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    It is a motor syndrome having prevalence of 10% in psychiatric patients. Falka et al., (2015) stated that catatonia was first described by Karl Kahlbaum in 1970 and according to him it is different from schizophrenia. But in 1971 Emil Kraeplin narrated it as subtype of schizophrenia. According to DSMV 2013 catatonia type of schizophrenia can be diagnosed by presence of three or more symptoms from the following: catalepsy including waxy flexibility, stupor, agitation, extreme negativism or…

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    Public schools can be a living nightmare for students on the autism spectrum. Almost daily at the school that I attended from kindergarten through my sophomore year of high school the kids would laugh at me behind my back because I didn’t understand what they meant by various figurative things. I occasionally will think back on different situations and realize that even their jokes that I didn’t understand at the time were also ways of them making fun of me in front of my face. One part of…

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    100). This placed him in the low range.DaNorrian does not seek out peers to engage. He will at times place himself near a group of peers, but tends to talk more to himself. With adults, DaNorrian will seek out adults if he needs help getting his lunch or working the computer. If staff engages him,establich eye contact, he will respond with one or two word responses. DaNorrina has been observed to be non-compliant, stand in a corner and not respond to directives/prompts at times up to 20…

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    noting the narrator he couldn't look at him, does infer that Bartleby still has some blame or disgrace left (Melville, 105). Bartleby likewise displays numerous characteristics of catatonic schizophrenia, this illness is described by echolalia, motion stability, and mutism (DSM—IV, 288-289). However Bartleby is by all account not the only character to show these characteristics as a number of alternate characters including the storyteller start to show side effects of echolalia which is the…

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    Student One Kaitlyn is a female student who is 10 years old. She is from a military divided home and lives with her dad, stepmom, and 2 stepsisters. Kaitlyn is a vibrant young lady that enjoys being in school, she works very hard and her favorite reinforcer is praise. She is diagnosed with Mental retardation and has had seizures in her past. She currently has a stent in her neck. Kaitlyn performs at a first-grade math level. PLEP: Kaitlyn has been introduced to word problems but has not been…

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    “People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) demonstrate characteristics of impaired social interaction and communication abilities. These clients are unable to initiate conversations and fail to understand or observe nonverbal behaviors. Another identifier for someone with ASD is their use of repetitive and restrictive behaviors. A client with ASD will repeat the question being asked rather than answer it. The client will parrot or repeat one word or phrase that is spoken to them, also known as…

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