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    PDD-NOS (Pervasive Development Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified) Case Study of a Child with PDD-NOS Consuelo (Connie) Natal Concordia College PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified) is a diagnosis given to individuals experiencing difficulty in the areas of social interaction and communication, and their symptoms do not meet all the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder. There are studies that classify individuals diagnosed with PDD-NOS into three subgroups as provided on www.enwikipedia.com. The three subgroups of PDD-NOS are: a high functioning group, a group, and the biggest group. A high functioning group includes 25% of individuals diagnosed with PDD-NOS. The symptoms of individuals…

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    The DSM-5 Controversy

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    specific disorder or disease. Where specificity refers to finding out how many people do not have the specific disorder to disease. In the case of changing from the DSM-IV to the DSM-5; there was an underlying fear of lacking in the area of sensitivity as it pertains to clinical testing. Unfortunately there has been a decrease in sensitivity, however there has been a great increase in specificity. This shows to be beneficial. There was a study presented within 2012 before the DSM-5 came out in…

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    Around the same time that Kanner was working with his patients, Dr. Hans Asperger was having similar results with patients who were higher functioning but exhibiting similar symptoms. This disorder was later called Asperger's syndrome. The Second World War delayed his findings becoming well known, as did a wait of nearly fifty years to translate his conclusions into English. I was not until the late 1990s that his work was incorporated into the ongoing research into autism. When you put these…

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    In the past, the DSM has classified Asperger’s Syndrome as its own condition. However, the newest edition, the DSM-5, has grouped Asperger’s Syndrome into a new category called Autism Spectrum Disorder. This lumps Asperger’s into a group with other previously singular diagnoses such as Autism and PDD-NOS. This has been a large source of controversy during the new release of the DSM-5. Though these disorders have previously been separate, Asperger’s does have enough reason to be grouped with…

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    aggressive behavior at inappropriate occasions. Children affected with autism have difficulty in communicating. Whilst some autistic children experience a delay in babbling and speaking, others start communicating at the expected age before eventually losing their communicative skills. Nonverbals are taught to use sign language and gestures to communicate their wants and needs to caretakers. Autistics can also be distinguished by unusually repetitive behaviors. The monotonous behaviors include…

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    Mental disorders have being existed for hundreds of years, recognizing the different characteristics in many of these disorders take a collaboration of study and therapy. In order to understand the mental state of a person with a mental disorder it takes many different types of techniques o give the appropriate diagnose. Some mental disorders has many similar patterns and characteristically that can be misdiagnose is not treated properly. Asperger disorder is indeed one of the mental disorders…

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    interviews of mothers and children involved in the study. The author Hwang discusses about, “reflecting on the total score based on the children’s results, researchers determined that anxiety was the main issue” (Hwang, et al, 2015, p. 7). By analyzing the data after mindfulness training the statistics reflect that parent stress and quality time for the family has improved over the training period. The subjects include mothers and their child with behavior problems. “The mothers included in…

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    Occasionally associated with intellectual disability, language impairment or epilepsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) includes eight different but related types of disorders (American Psychiatric Association [APA], n.d.). Symptoms that manifest in patients are usually varying in aspects and seriousness, resulting in different levels of impacts in their social life and academic development. This essay demonstrates the writer’s understanding of ASD, with an emphasis on adolescents, and some common…

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    diagnosing autism spectrum disorder is from lack of social contact. Avoiding eye contact and struggling to make conversation with people is common. People diagnosed with the disorder are usually recognized by repetitive behavior and if it is intervened, screaming and fits will quickly follow. A person diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome has milder symptoms than someone who is autistic. With Asperger’s, social and language delays are not common and they usually just struggle with uncommon behavior.…

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    Family Centered Care

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    The Centers for Disease and Control reported that the global prevalence for Autism Spectrum Disorder has increased by 78% since 2002, with one in every sixty-eight children being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). A diagnosis of ASD includes several lifelong neurodevelopment disorders. These include Autistic Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), Asperger’s Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder,…

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