Neurocognitive Disorders
What is the primary difference between neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders?
What is Onset? (e.g., early life vs. later in life)
What is the plan created for students with learning disabilities to outline their specific educational needs and accomodations?
What is an IEP? (Individualized Education Plan)
The contrast to neurotypicality.
What is neurodiversity?
The type of neural impairment found in ADHD.
What is executive dysfunction?
Early negative childhood experiences that have links to mental and physical health problems in the future.
What are ACES? (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
The diagnostic term for cognitive impairment that is greater than normal aging but does not meet criteria for dementia.
What is Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
The learning disorder that primarily affects reading skills.
What is dyslexia?
The previous diagnostic term now under Autism Spectrum Disorder, used to describe conditions such as "high functioning Autism".
What is Asperger's Syndrome?
The minimum number of symptoms of inattention required for a diagnosis of ADHD in children?
What is six?
Symptoms which are sudden, with fluctuating levels of consciousness and impairment, confusion, disorientation, and agitation.
What is delirium?
The neurodegenerative disorder characterized by both cognitive decline and motor symptoms like tremors
What is Parkinson's Disease?
The learning disability that primarily affects the person's ability to do mathematical calculations.
What is dyscalculia
Repetitive movements used to self-sooth.
What is stimming?
The three primary symptom categories of ADHD
What are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity?
The ability for the brain to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections, especially in response to injury or damage, but also during early development.
What is neuroplasticity?
The behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia that include aggression, wandering, and hallucinations.
What are neuropsychiatric symptoms?
The learning disorder that impairs handwriting, spelling, and ability to express ideas in written form.
What is dysgraphia?
The two core areas of impairment required for a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
What are social communication deficits and restricted/repetitive behaviors?
The type of ADHD presentation associated with fidgeting, tapping, squirming.
What is hyperactive-impulsive type.
This can often mimic ADHD and lead to similar executive dysfunction symptoms.
The most common neurocognitive disorder, accounting for 60-80% of cases.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
The co-existing disorder that often is comorbid with learning disabilities, involves trouble with attention and managing impulsivity.
What is ADHD?
Mimicking social norms, suppressing stimming, and hiding sensory sensitivities or emotional responses.
What is masking?
The ability to become intensely engrossed in activities or tasks of great interest.
What is Hyperfocus?
This neurodegenerative disease is associated with abnormal prions and is related to "mad cow" disease.
What is Creutzfelt-Jakob disease?