LECT: DIFFICULT BEHAVIOURS

Question 1

What is an intellectual development?

what are the chacterised by?

how are thery tested for?

if those tests arent available how are they diagnosed?

Answer 1

• A group of etiologically diverse conditions originating during the developmental period
• • Characterised by significantly below average intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour that are approximately two or more standard deviations below the mean
• • based on appropriately normed individually administered standardized tests
• • clinical judgement

Question 2

mild intelectual development

1. how far below the mean?
2. affect on language and acedemics?
3. ability to look after themselves?
4. outlook in terms of empoloyability and independant living?

Answer 2

• 0.1-2.3 percentile
• • difficulties with complex language concepts and academic skills
• • most master basic self care, domestic and practical activities
• • can usually achive relatively independant living and see employment but may need appropriate support

Question 3

moderate disorder of intellectual devleopment

how far below the mean?

affect on language and acedemics?

ability to look after themselves?

outlook in terms of empoloyability and independant living?

Answer 3

• 4 standard deviations belkow the mean (0.003-0.1 percentile)
• language and capacity for acquisition of academic skills generally limited to basic skills
• some may master basic sel-care, domestic and practical activities
• most require considerable and consistent support in order to achieve independant living and employment as adults

Question 4

severe disorder of intellectual devleopment

how far below the mean?

affect on language and acedemics?

ability to look after themselves

how are the severe disorders differentiated?

Answer 4

• 4 or more SDs below the mean (less than 0.003rd percentile)
• very limited language and capacity for acquisistion of academic skills
• may laso have motor impairments and typically require daily support in a supervised environment for adequate care but may have basic skills with intensive training
• differentiated exclusively based on adaptive behaviour differences bc existing standardized tests cannot reliably distinguish amongst other 0.003rd percentile individuals

Question 5

profound disorder of intellectual devleopment

how far below the mean?

affect on language and acedemics?

ability to look after themselves

how are the severe disorders differentiated?

Answer 5

• Approximately four of more standard deviations below the mean (approximately less than the 0.003rd percentile)
• Affected persons possess very limited communication abilities and capacity for acquisition of academic skills is restricted to basic concrete skills.
• They may also have co-occurring motor and sensory impairments and typically require daily support in a supervised environment for adequate care.
• Severe and profound disorders of intellectual development are differentiated exclusively on the basis of adaptive behaviour differences because existing standardized tests of intelligence cannot reliably or validly distinguish among individuals with intellectual functioning below the 0.03rd percentile

Question 6

autism spectrum disorder

1. definition
2. affect on behaviours
3. onset
4. cause impairment in which aspects of life
5. affects how many setting of their life
6. affect on intillectual and language abilities

Answer 6

1. Persistent deficits in the ability to initiate and to sustain reciprocal social interaction and social communication
2. Range of restricted, repetitive, and inflexible patterns of behaviour, interests or activities that are clearly atypical or excessive for the individual’s age and sociocultural context.
3. Onset during the developmental period, typically in early childhood, but symptoms may not become fully manifest until later, when social demands exceed limited capacities.
4. Deficits sufficiently severe to cause impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning
5. Pervasive feature of the individual’s functioning observable in all settings, although they may vary according to social, educational, or other context.
6. Exhibit a full range of intellectual functioning and language abilities.

Question 7

ADHD

1. pattern of inattention and or hyperactivity/ impulsivity over how long?
2. direct negtive impact on what kinds of functioning? (3)
3. evidence of significant inattention and or hyperactivity/ impulsivity symptoms prior to what age?

Answer 7

1. Persistent pattern (at least 6 months) of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity
2. Direct negative impact on academic, occupational, or social functioning.
3. Evidence of significant inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity symptoms prior to age 12, typically by typically early to mid-childhood, though some individuals may first come to clinical attention later.
4. Degree of symptoms outside the limits of normal variation expected for age and level of intellectual functioning