PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Developmental Disorder
16 Oct 2011
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Disorders revealed in a clinically significant way during a child"s developing years and are a concern to families and the educational system. Difficulties often persist into adulthood and are typically lifelong. Developmental psychopathology: study of how disorders arise and change with time, childhood is associated with significant developmental changes, disruption of early skills will likely disrupt development of later skills. Brain changes significantly for several years after birth, time when critical developments occur in social, emotional, cognitive and other important competency areas. Child develops one skill before acquiring the next. Any disruption in the development of early skills will disrupt the development of later skills: ex. Believed that those with autism suffer from disruption in early social development. Absence of early and meaningful social relationships has serious consequences; may have difficulty learning to communicate. Knowing what processes are disrupted will help to understand the disorder better, may lead to more appropriate intervention strategies. Echolalia: involves repeating the speech of others.
