PSYC 3230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Projective Test, Personality Test, Activities Of Daily Living
4 Apr 2016
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Current trends in conceptualization, assessment, & diagnosis of developmental disabilities. Disease is inherent to individual and cannot be changed. Early treatment for seizure disorders was called trephining (no anaesthetic, drill hole. Institutionalization is a solution to unmanageable people into head in order to release evil spirits ) Later treatment of epilepsy was cortical stimulation. Movement away from medical to biopsychosocial model. Recognizes importance of contextual factors to promote person"s ability to participate in society to their potential. Adaptive factors are crucial to the development of those with disabilities. Conceptual models are influenced by increasing knowledge about disabilities. Person-centered approaches: accommodating the child into the program. Direct funding to families rather than through companies. Families can decide how they want to use the money. Many professionals involved: psychologists, family physician, medical specialists, etc. Taxonomy: systematic distinguishing, ordering, naming of types within a subject field. These types may represent different disorders, or subtypes of disorders within a category (learning disability, adhd, etc. )
