General
What group of people have the highest prevalence for IDD?
What is males (5x more likely) and what is lower socioeconomic populations
What is the most common genetic cause of IDD?
What is chromosomal abnormalities
Why have many neuropsychological assessments been criticized?
What is normative/inadequate data, lack of validity and/or reliability reporting and scaling issues
Define ABA.
What is the concern in this case?
What is _____
What two types of functioning are significantly functionally impaired in individuals with IDD?
What is intellectual functioning and adaptive functioning
How do genetic disorders occur?
What is mutations in proteins (explains the cellular mechanism of IDD)
What is the WISC-IV?
An intellectual ability test (Wechsler Intelligence Scale)
Can you treat IDD with pharmacological methods?
What is not necessarily but they can treat common symptoms (aggression, mood changes, etc)
What is FASD?
What is fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)
What percent of IDD individuals are functioning in the mild and moderate range?
What is 85% (mild) and 10% (moderate)
What is currently the most common inherited form of IDD?
What is FXS
What are the three neuropsychology assessment considerations?
What is
1) assessment approach
2) psychometric test properties
3) examiner and examinee characteristics
Is CBT effective in the context of IDD treatment?
What is yes! (self-instruction and self-monitoring of behavior)
Could person centered planning be used in this case? If so, how?
What is yes!
How does diagnosis rate of behavioral and mental health disorders differ between the general population and the IDD population?
What is 3-4 times more likely, or more likely to be diagnosed
What is Karyotyping?
What is a test that looks for unusual changes in chromosomes
Explain why neuropsychological assessment follows an integrative approach.
What is consideration of a child's abilities and and identification of skills
What is the overall goal of treatment for individuals with IDD?
What is increase functional abilities (whole environment approach)
How would you think about this case from a social perspective? Clinical perspective? Cognitive perspective?
What is ______
What would constitute an individual being categorized in the severe/profound range?
What is extensive support and supervision across environments (could also be vision and/or hearing deficits and trouble with communication and/or motor skills)
Name 1 way from two of the three periods (prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal) that IDD can be acquired.
What is
What is Dravet’s syndrome?
What is frequent prolonged seizures, IDD, and/or ASD
Evidence based interventions for individuals with IDD should utilize a _______ approach.
What is ecological (considering overall environment)
What is a Endocrinologist?
What is an individual who studies conditions related to your hormones (can help treat diabetes, some cancers, etc)