4 Flashcards
A developmental disorder defined BEHAVIORLY
Autism
Which DD is this?
1) Impaired social communication and social interaction.
2) Repetitive patterns of behaviors
Autism
- Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity.
- Deficits in non-verbal communicative behaviors.
- Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships.
Autism
- Stereotypes or repetitive motor movements.
- Insistence on sameness or inflexible adherence to routines.
- Highly restricted, fixated interest.
- Hyperreactivity to sensory input.
- Unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment.
Autism
- Deficiencies in symbolic thinking.
- 70% have ID (usu. mild).
- Seizure disorders (30%).
- Sensorimotor deficiencies.
- Echolalia
- Inability to think sympbolically.
- Self-injurious behavior (SIB)
Autism
Echolalia definition.
Repeat what others around you are saying.
How to diagnose Autism
No definitive diagnostic test.
Parents, interested siblings, spouses, caregivers, surrogates, state appointees.
Third parties
Info about special needs patients comes from whom?
Third party
T/F:
Patients with developmental disabilities are at risk for hydrocephalus and have shunts to remove excessive spinal fluid from the ventricles of the brain.
True
Patients with shunts may require this.
Antibiotic prophylaxis
Constant craving for and infestion of non-food materiala.
Pica
People most at risk for Pica
1) Ppl with ID’s
2) Pregnant women
Common forms are head banging, self-scratching, and biting.
Self injurious behavior (SIB)
T/F:
Drooling, aspiration, and swallowing difficulties are common in patients with special needs.
True
