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What are the three categories of ASD?
- asperger syndrome
- autism
- pervasive developmental disorder
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What is another way of writing pervasive developmental disorder?
PDD-NOS
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What does ASD stand for?
autism spectrum disorder
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What are some characteristics of Asperger sydrome?
- problems with social skills
- restricted or unusual interests
- interpret language literally
- difficulty understanding/sommunicating emotions
- no delay in language development
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What percentage of children with Austim are non-verbal?
about 50%
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What is the term for th repition of words they have heard?
echolalia
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What percentage of people with autism who have intellectual disabilities?
75%
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what is the term for repetitive patterns of bahavior such as the flapping of hands?
stereotypies
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What are some characteristics of autism?
- echolalia
- don't initiate social interactions
- live in their own world
- delay in language
- stereotypies
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What qualifies for someone to have pervasive developmental disorder?
when people do not exhibit all 3 characteristics of ASD or they are very mild
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What are three limited areas of development for someone with ASD?
- communication, verbal or non-verbal
- social interaction
- repetitive behaviors or interests
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What are 2 characteristics that seriously inhibit a person with ASD's ability to communicate?
- inability to understand other people's perspectives or predict their behavior
- inability to understand complex emotions
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What is one strength for a person with ASD?
they typically become experts in their special interest behavior
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WHat is the prevalence of ASD in America?
1 in 150 children
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What are some theories for why the prevalence of ASD is so much greater now than it was just 20 years ago?
- more awareness
- better diagnosis
- vaccines?
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What is the most agreed upon cause of autism?
a neurobiological disorder with a genetic basis
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What 2 disorders used to be part of ASD?
- Rett syndrome
- Childhood Disintergrative Disorder (CDD)
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What are some characteristics of Rett syndrome?
- only occurs in girls
- repeared handwriting
- lack of muscle control
- develop normally till it reverses
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What are some characteristics of Childhood Disintegratice Disorder?
- develop normally till 5-6 then begin to regress
- lose already acqured language and social skills
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Who discovered Autism?
Leo Kanner
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who discovered Aspergers?
Viennese psychiatrist Hans Asperger
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What was the original believed cause of ASD?
bad parenting
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Who came up with the idea that behavioral based teaching could produce mearsureable improvements in language and intellect?
Ivar Lovass
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Who is a famous women with autism who has really shed light on the disorder?
Grandin
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What grandparents founded autism speaks to determine better causes, treatments, and understanding?
Bob and Suzanne Wright
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What are 3 different things that are focused on during and assessment?
- maintaining a developmental perspective
- including information from multiple sources and contexts
- conduct multidisciplinary assessments
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What is the term for when someone looks at an object then at a person and then the person also looks at the object?
joint attention
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What are some key elements to a successful program for someone with ASD?
- low staff to student ratio
- interventions to promote language and communication
- routine schedules
- parent involvement and support
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What does TEACCH stand for?
treatment and education of autistic an dcommunication handicapped children
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What is the philosophy of TEACCH?
- students are missing skills that they can compensate for through visual supports and structure but cannot learn
- parents are cotherapists
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What does YAP stand for?
young autism program
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What is the goal of YAP?
- teach students one skill at a time
- evaluated in home-based rather than school-based settings
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What are some examples of Technology that assist people with ASD?
- AAC devices
- high tech- computers that allows non-verbals to communicate
- low tech- video modeling
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What does ACC stand for?
augmentative and alternative communication
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what percent of individuals with autism have seizures?
40%
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What is the key differnce between those with Aspergers and autism?
- there is not language delay
- may even have an extensive vocab
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according to Indiana's Department of Education how many students are receiving services under the autism spectrum diagnosis?
1 out of 101
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How many more times likely are boys to have autism than girls?
4 times more likely
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According to the speaker what is the best way to communicate with someone who has autism?
- tell it as positive as possible
- as little words as possible
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what is the idea that people may not understand that other people have thoughts, wishes, or desires
theory of mind
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What are people with autism's strengths?
- processing visual information
- rote memory
- rules, routines, procedures
- trivial knowledge about an interest area
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What is a practice that uses strategies that are scientifically proven to work and are ensured across age groups and abilities?
evidence based practices
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What are some typical antecedents for a behavior issue?
- frustration
- understimulation
- overstimulation
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