Assessment
of ASD
of ASD
What are the DSM-5 requirements?
DSM-5 requirements act as the new standard reference for healthcare professionals to use when diagnosing mental and behavioral conditions.
What is ABA?
A therapy technique based on principles of behavior and learning.
What is true of play in children with Down Syndrome?
Develop symbolic play before symbolic communication
Name three members of an interdisciplinary DIR team.
OT, SLP, parents/caregivers
Name a goal for social stories.
To share relevant information in the context of a challenging situation
An ASD diagnosis is considered to be medically reliable at what age?
2 years
What theory by B.F. Skinner influenced the principles of ABA therapy?
The theory of operant conditioning
Name a noted difference between boys and girls with ASD.
Girls tend to have better receptive joint attention skills than boys.
The ability to process and react to outward emotions of others, including realizing that intent of an individual is connected to their actions and language, falls under which individual difference?
Sensory-affective processing
Which of the following terms are NOT part of the theoretical basis behind social stories: theory of mind, operant conditioning, weak central coherence, schemata.
Operant conditioning
Name a reputable standardized assessment to utilize during ASD evaluation sessions.
Vineland-3
ABA is based on what model of disability?
The Medical Model
What is true of caregivers of children with DS during play?
Have a higher frequency and longer turns in the interaction
What do DIR and ABA NOT have in common?
They are not both approaches which are centered on changing behavior.
Name a myth about social stories.
Social Stories focus only on challenging situations.
What is an example of a repetitive, restricted pattern of behavior in children with ASD?
Echolalia
Who can create and implement ABA therapy treatment plans?
Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs)
What is true of play in children with ASD?
It tends to be less elaborate than play of neurotypical children.
Beyond genetic predisposition, what three factors did Greenspan and Wieder emphasize in the formation of the DIR Model in regard to development in children with ASD?
Environmental, Immunologic, Metabolic
Name a consideration that needs to be made when collaborating with cultural linguistic diverse families.
Consider social norms and expectations differ across different cultural backgrounds
Important to consider how families prioritize various developmental skills; focus on areas that the family is most concerned about
Ensure appropriate language and visual supports are used
___________________ is the primary team member responsible for monitoring developmental regression, seizures, and genetic disorders.
Neurologist
How are ABA and DTT different?
ABA is a scientifically evidenced approach to understanding behavior, while DTT is a technique based in ABA.
Play is a method of:
Maturing
During an interaction, a child engages with back-and-forth use of smiles and sounds for communication. What functional emotional developmental level (FEDL) does this correspond with?
3
What is the main difference between visual modeling and visual feedback?
Video feedback is when an instructor videotapes a child’s performances and reviews the footage with the child to evaluate their own behavior. Visual modeling is when an actor is filmed engaging in the target behavior appropriately followed by an opportunity for the target behavior.