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What is the name, acronym, and publication date of the assessment? This assessment is named the Childhood Autism Rating Scale-2 or CARS -2 with a publication date of 2010. 2 What is the age range for Childhood Autism Rating Scale-2 administration? This assessment has an interesting age range. It starts with a range of children age 2 and up. However, it goes on to say children both under and over the age of 6 should have an IQ of 79 or below. If this isn’t the case, they should have a…

Fragile X syndrome is a genetic condition resulting in different types of growth problems like learning disabilities, difficulty with memory, and thinking skills. Affected individuals usually have a late development of speech and language by age two. Children with fragile X may have anxiety and abnormal behavior such as fidgeting or impulsive actions. They may have ADD, which makes it harder to pay attention and focus on specific tasks. About a third of people with fragile X have traits of…

Autism is usually developed in early brain development in the mother’s womb. But the signs aren’t showed between the ages 2 and 3. “Studies also show that autism is four to five times more common among boys than girls” (Autism Speaks). There is no one cause of autism, just like there isn’t one type of autism. Scientists have found number mutations, and rare gene changes, associated with autism. But the biggest influences of autism are based off of risk genes and environmental factors in early…

Autism, it can come in a variety of ways. Autism can happen to anyone. It is caused from genetic complications or syndromes as well as inexorable infections to the brain which then develops to autism. Autism is a mental condition that makes it harder for people to speak or communicate, especially when learning a language or abstract concepts. Autism is a serious condition and it can increase your chances of dying prematurely. There are some things that shouldn’t be done that has to deal with…

Approximately 300, 000 persons in the United States have autism or display autistic behaviors and about one-third are under age 21. People with autism come from all socioeconomic classes and males are four times more likely to be affected by autism than females. People with autism can be expected to live a normal lifespan and should be treated the same as any other person or student. (Autism and the school nurse) Because students with autism suffer from difficulties in social interaction and…

Watching Autism: The Musical showed me how students with autism and other developmental disabilities interacted in a social setting such as creating a musical. More importantly, this film highlighted how parents cope with their child having developmental disabilities and the struggles they face. The director of the play adopted her son, Neal at twenty-three months and immediately knew he was different. Neal would scream and have tantrums. There came a point where Neal would not speak. She…

The results of this study relate to material we have been discussing in class because we have learned about face processing and perceptual narrowing. At 3 months, infants can discriminate between happy, surprise, and anger facial expressions whereas at 7 months the infants can also discriminate between facial expressions of fear, sadness, and interest. Perceptual narrowing comes into place because it describes that the more exposure the infant has to specific sensory information such as a…

Genes and biological processes are both involved in the development and the core features of autism. Research shows that genes play a significant role in autism. Researchers have discovered that several genes work together in the development autism. Some of the key genes have been identified for certain types of autism; however, more research is needed to determine the exact genes that trigger each type of autism. Our brains go through a process called synaptic pruning. This process eliminates…

Most children follow typical patterns of development from birth through adolescence, but people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) doesn’t follow that pattern. Classifications of these children sometimes can be identified early. The drop behind the development of their peers (ASD) becomes more clearer as a child. Milestones allows physicians to monitor an individual’s learning, behavior or actions, and development. People with autism can…

2 Abstract The impact of Applied Behavior Analysis techniques, used by teachers in the classroom, on children with autism has long been discussed and debated, with many proponents viewpoints strongly supported with evidence. The effectiveness of ABA is undeniable but it raises the question of the effectiveness of ABA techniques applied in the home environment by parents. There appears to be a large gap in information on this segment of the autism spectrum population. The objective of…