PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nonverbal Communication, Traumatic Brain Injury, Preterm Birth
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Child(cid:396)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ith a d sho(cid:449) (cid:862)u(cid:374)de(cid:396)(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ti(cid:448)it(cid:455)(cid:863) a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374) (cid:396)egio(cid:374)s: treatments for asd focus on minimizing core symptoms, increasing independence, social skills intervention, applied behaviour analysis (aba, medication, cognitive-behavioural approaches. Quick review: childhood-onset schizophrenia: schizophrenia = negative + positive symptoms, rare: estimated prevalence 14/100,000 before age 15, developmental considerations, distinguish symptoms from imagination, different symptom presentation in children than adults. In children, hallucinations > delusions: may cause less distress/disorganization in children. Applied behaviour analysis (aba: positive reinforcement, teaching and explaining, modeling (video or demonstration, punishment used only in special circumstances must be applied only after careful consideration, requires special training and oversight. Delusions: thinking disturbances that involve misrepresentations of reality. Hallucinations: perceptual experiences of things that are not real. Self-neglect: need for further research with children & adolescents. Neurodevelopmental disorders: onset in developmental period, may manifest early in development (e. g. , before school age) Impairments in personal, social, academic, or occupational functioning (specific or global: often co-occur.
