ASDs
Learning Disabilities
Intellectual Disabilities
Genetic Testing
Wild Card
100
Our text (and research) has found that 90% of this disorder may be at least partially due to this factor
What is genetics?
100
This is the ability to understand that speech is made up of discrete sound and then ability to analyze and manipulate sound syllables.
What is phonological awareness
100
Practical, conceptual, and social skills are all part of this construct that is critical in diagnosing intellectual disabilities.
What is adaptive behavior
100
List 2 pros and 2 cons to the human genome initiative
What is Pros: can help eliminate preventable diseases and find cures for various illness; genetic engineering for crops and food sources; Cons: “designer children”; eventual elimination of certain characteristics?; GMO intolerance = super strains; biological weapons?
100
Over half of students with this diagnosis who drop out of school are eventually arrested
What are learning disabilities
200
This is often referred to as the "gold standard" in autism treatment
What is applied behavioral analysis (ABA)
200
The high rates of comorbidity of ADHD, more externalized behaviors, and cultural biases may be why this demographic may be diagnosed with LDs than their counterparts
What is boys are diagnosed more than girls
200
List at least 2 differences between a sheltered workshop and supported employment
What is (1) Sheltered workshops are typically more segregated than supported employment from the general population (2) Sheltered workshop employment is "noncompetitive" whereas supportive employment is, thus the wage difference (3) sheltered workshops typically have repetitive tasks and supported employment have a wider variety of employment options...others
200
Which process involves introducing genes into the body in an attempt to alter the DNA and make the body produce new proteins to increase its efficiency?
What is gene therapy
200
This strategy works by acknowledging the positive aspects of having a learning disability rather than only the negative aspects
What is reframing?
300
The "triad of impairments" consists of deficits in what three main factors?
What is communication, social skills, repetitive behaviors/restricted interests
300
Journaling and rebuses may be two interventions used for which type of learning disability?
What is dysgraphia (writing LD)
300
Individuals with this diagnosis have "elfin" like features, star-shaped pupils, and intellectual disabilities.
What is William's Syndrome
300
These are two things that genetic testing does NOT do
What is (1) Guarantee that you will have a certain disorder (2) Tell you when a disorder may develop (3) Predict the severity of the disorder (4) Inform you of the course of the disease (5) Tell you how effective treatment may be for you if you have a disorder
300
This is pattern of submissiveness developing when individuals repeatedly discover their actions are of no consequence and that outcomes are beyond their control
What is learned helplessness
400
Name at least 3 comorbid medical issues often experienced by someone with an ASD
What is seizures, GI issues, sleep issues, sensory issues
400
Individuals with LDs and giftedness typically fall into these three groups
What is "the underachiever", "the slow kid", and "the normal learner"
400
These three categories make up the "known causes" of intellectual disability that we discussed in class
What is prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal
400
List 3 ways rehabilitation counselors could be involved in genetic counseling
What is (1)education, (2) support, (3) advocacy, (4) technical adviser
400
Name two characteristics of ASDs observed in meeting Jonathon
What is social impairment (difficulty with eye contact); communication differences; sensory differences; difficulties with theory of mind
500
Educational, Behavioral, Psychopharmocological, and CAM/subsidary treatments were all discussed for individuals with ASDs. Given an example an intervention that would fall into each of these categories.
Educational: TEACCH, token reward system, social skills, communication skills Behavioral: ABA (and all of it's smaller components) Meds: seizures, aggression, depression or anxiety, sleep issues CAMS: Chelation therapy, sensory integration therapy, diet changes
500
List at least 3 important interventions for LDs that do not directly target academic skills.
What are social skills training, vocational training, medication, and counseling
500
Deficits in an enzyme that converts phenylalanine to tyrosine and can cause severe intellectual disabilities in this disorder
What is PKU?
500
This woman's genes were used without her family's permission after her death to create hundreds of drugs and treatment methods
Who is Henrietta Lacks
500
List at least 4 possible reasons for the increase in ASDs in recent years
What is: Changes in diagnostic criteria Increased awareness Changes in research practices More comprehensive assessment measures Awareness of cormorbidity issues of ASDs with other psychiatric disorders and MR More specialized services available Possible true increase
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