Term used by IDEA instead of intellectual disability. It is defined as IQ below 70, deficits in adaptive behavior (conceptual, social, and practical skills), and having an affect on educational performance.
What is MR?
100
Relying on situational or external cues to guide behavior
What is outerdirectedness?
100
Microcephaly, hydrocephaly, and cerabral palsy (non progressive condition impairing control of movement; caused by abnormal brain development or damage to the brain)
What are prenatal causes of ID ?
100
A condition that affects all areas of development
What is PDD?
100
Savant
A person with autism who has extraordinary abilities.
200
These are the variances in intellectual disability.
What are mild, moderate, severe, and profound.
200
Three challenges in social/behavioral areas for students with MID.
What are low self esteem, difficulty problem solving, and difficulty with interpersonal relationships?
200
Premature birth, anoxia, head/brain trauma
What are perinatal causes of ID ?
200
Echolalia, literal understanding of language, difficulty reciprocating communication, and delayed communication
What are aspects of language development in people with Autism?
200
Possible causes of Autism.
What are vaccinations, diet, and genetics.
300
This area is affected when people have a hard time applying prior knowledge to new situations.
What is generalization?
300
The most common chromosome linked cause of ID. This is a prenatal cause due to trisomy 21 (pair of chromosomes not separating). People with this have hypotonia. This intellectual disability is usually mild or moderate.
What is Down Syndrome?
300
Encephalitis, Meningitis, measles, lead poisoning, seizures, and abuse and neglect
What are postnatal causes?
300
Self stimulating, repeated behaviors like waving hands or flipping channels.
What is stimming?
300
In GA, impact on these three areas is required for Autism
What are developmental rates and sequences, social interaction and participation, and communication ?
400
Students with intellectual disabilities have more difficulty with this form of memory than than the other.
What is short term?
400
The most common preventable cause of ID.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
400
A developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction and affects educational performance. A child is usually diagnosed before age 3. People with this disability may resist schedule changes and engage in repetitive actions.
What is Autism?
400
Behavioral characteristics present in people with Autism and Aspergers.
What are aggression, avoidance, and self injury ?
400
Evaluation must include assessment of these.
What are intelligence, adaptive behavior, communication, academic achievement, behavior, and developmental history ?
500
Not recognizing the consequences of one's actions; seeing events as outside of one's control
What is external locus of control?
500
The most common inheritable cause of ID. It is caused by a change or mutation in x chromosome. It has a close relationship with autism. It can be mild or moderate.
What is fragile X?
500
This condition affects behavior and social interaction, not intellectual ability. People may have trouble being empathetic towards others and reading social cues. They usually have one or more subjects in which they develop a passionate interest and can talk at length about.
Asperger's
500
Tip to maintain predictability for student
What are notifying students of schedule changes
500
Intellectual development of people with Autism and Aspergers