childhood and neurodevelopment disorders Flashcards
(48 cards)
assessment data
allergies, head to toe
data collection
medical history
mental status exam
also reflexes, groin knees, and feet
development assessment
language development, recognizing cues, responding, time out, socially in school
present illness
- angry
- outburst
- can socialize
- not wanting to be touches
- behaviors at school
- developmental things: pregn complications
General Interventions for Children and Adolescents
- Behavioral interventions: reward system, point system
- Play therapy: allows childrent o express themselves
- Bibliotherapy: literature to help with feelings
- Expressive arts therapy: allowing express through art
- Journaling
- Music therapy: good for developmental delays
- Family interventions
- Psychopharmacology: complementary treatment, not all meds
- Disruptive behavior management: least restrictive thing to do, quiet room, seclusions, and restraints
group therapy: younger children
uses play and ideas
group therapy: grade school children
combines play, learning skills, and talk
group therapy adolescents
identifying emotions, modifying responses, learning skills and talking, focusing largely on peer relationships and addressing specific problems
cognitive- behavioral therapy
Replacing negative, self-defeating thoughts with more realistic and accurate appraisals to improve functioning
neurodevelopment disorders
Communication disorders Motor disorders Specific learning disorder Intellectual developmental disorder ASD ADHD
speech disorders
Problems in making sounds
communication disorders
deficit in language skills acquisition that impairment in academic, achievement, socialization, or self worth
language disorders
types
- Difficulty understanding or in using words in context and appropriately
- May be evident by inability to follow directions
- Expressive language disorder
- Social communication disorder
- trouble with verbal and nonverbal means
- speech therapy work with him
receptive
difficulty understanding
expressive
difficulty finding right words
developmental coordinations disorder
- Impairments in motor skill development
- Coordination below the child’s developmental age
- say they dont want to do it if they realize they cant
sterotypic movement disorder
Repetitive, purposeless movements for 4 weeks or more
tic disorders
Sudden nonrhythmic and rapid motor movements or vocalizations
treatment:
- physical and occupational therapy
types of tic disorders
Tourette’s disorder
Persistent motor or vocal tic disorder
Provisional tic disorder
tourette’s disorder
multiple motor ticks for 1y can be brought on by stress
Persistent motor or vocal tic disorder
single/multiple motor tick for 1y
Provisional tic disorder
single/ multiple motor or vocal ticks
treating tic disorders
Behavioral techniques
Medications
Deep brain stimulation (DBS)
