PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Language Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum
1 Feb 2017
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Stimulants: ritalin (methylphenidate, 3% of us children on medication for adhd, 75% of adhd children respond to medication. Tricyclic anti-depressants: not first choice - side effects, safety, when stimulants fail, or stimulant side effects an issue. Psychological therapies: behavior modification, cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt) Deficient social interaction, communication: deficits in social-emotional reciprocity: Lack of reciprocal conversation reduced sharing of interests, emotions, affect failure to initiate or respond to social interactions: deficits in nonverbal communication: Deficient use and understanding of gestures lack of facial expression and nonverbal communication: deficits in developing, maintaining relationship. Difficulty sharing imaginative play, making friends total absence of interest in peers: restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior. Stereotyped, repetitive movements, speech, etc. lining up toys. Echolalia: repetition of what other people are saying. Fixated interests of unusual intensity of focus. Apparent indifference to pain, temperature, may even hurt themselves- insensitive to the pain they are giving themselves. Adverse response to specific sounds, textures, etc.
