PDD-NOS

Home visits are a typical part of research studies especially when it involves the developmental stages of children. Recently, when entering a participant’s home and preparing to perform the Bayley’s Scales of Infant Development, it is obvious the participant (a thirty month old child) was not interested in the visitors whom just entered her home. However, it is apparent that the child is intrigued by the toys being unpacked and quickly zero-in’s on small red blocks (just big enough to fit…

can also include co-occurring conditions like bipolar disorder, depression, or epilepsy. Autism Spectrum Disorders include Asperger’s, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Rett’s Disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), and of course, Autism (Batshaw, 2012). Autism itself can range in severity from low functioning to…

verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction. It is usually evident before the age of three, and adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Autism is considered to be the most common form of the pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), which includes neurological disorders that affect a person’s capacity to communicate, understand language, play, and relate to others (Long & Robertson,…

been labeled by his school, mother, and by medical professionals as having several learning disabilities. Mike’s mother shared with me that Mike was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)—a level of autism. Also, Mike’s mother shared that Mike was currently on an Individualized Education Program (IEP) at school. In order to inform my own understanding of Mike, I conducted informal observations of Mike and his interactions with…

Throughout the years, scientists have been looking for cures and answers to dementia. Friederich H. Lewy discovered Lewy Body Dementia, being the second most common form of dementia right under Alzheimer’s disease. More than 1.3 Americans have been diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. Research on Lewy Body Dementia and new forms of medications have made progress since it was first discovered making it a little easier to cope with but still no promising cures. Lewy body is a severe yet relatively…

Teslacrypt (a.k.a. EccKrypt ) is a malicious program that encrypts users ' files without the knowledge or consent of the user. It falls into the sub-category of ransomware, a type of malware that encrypts the user 's files using AES encryption and forces them to pay a certain amount of money to decrypt the user 's information, essentially holding a person 's data as hostage. It first emerged around February 2015 along with its counterpart, Alphacrypt, which was released in April 2015, and it has…

Thesis Statement: “Electronic devices should not be allowed in classrooms because it can greatly influence a student’s ability to stay focused while in school (attention span  distractions), while also electronic devices in the classroom can greatly hinder a student’s ability to fully engage and properly interact with others, which can lead to other more serious and complex issues down the road (lack of participation  isolation  possible mental health issues). And finally, heavy technology…

In 1980, Professor E. Friedmann conducted a scientific experiment that proved that people who owned pets lived longer than people who do not own pets. This study became the main idea for AAT, in which animals can help people physically, socially and psychologically. Animal Assisted Therapy is the use of animals to positively impact and improve a patient’s thinking, emotional and social well being. AAT is used for any age group from infancy to elderly and can be as simple as owning an everyday…

Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory In Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory, the child an socail environment combine to mold cognitive development in culturally adaptive ways. According to Vygotsky, once children become capable of mental representation, especially through language, their ability to participate in social dialouges greatly expands. As adults interact with them while they work on challenging tasks, tasks within their zone of proximal development, children start to converse with…

Severity Ranking In addition to the removal PDD-NOS and the merging of the four disorders under one code another area of debate focuses on the addition of the severity rankings. The severity rankings were established to help to determine how much support one would need if diagnosed with a social communication or repetititive behavior impairment under the ASD diagnosis (Hazen, McDougle, & Volkmar, 2013). In particular, when looking at levels of impairment, the criterion states that an individual…