PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Autism Spectrum, Speech Sound Disorder, Communication Disorder
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Outline: quick review, unanswered questions, lecture & discussion part 1: communication disorder, break, lecture & discussion part 2: specific learning disorders + case discussion, write down + submit any unanswered questions, optional discussion on clinical psych careers. Some evidence for underconnectivity: treatments for asd focus on minimizing core symptoms, increasing independence. Social skills intervention: applied behaviour analysis (aba, medication, cognitive-behavioral approaches, childhood-onset schiz. Schiz = neg + pos symptoms --> symptoms in 2 domains: rare, estimated prevalence 14/100,000 before age 15, developmental considerations, distinguish symptoms from imagination, diff symptoms presentation in children than adults. In children, hallucinations > delusions: may cause less distress/disorganization in children. Unanswered questions from last week: minimum age for treatment for asd, 18-30 month, 48 children in randomized trial. Stimulant medications, such as adhd, tend to begin to work within hours. Neurodevelopmental disorders: neurodevelopmental disorders, onset in developmental period, may manifest early in dev (e. g. , before school age, often co-occur.
