SPCE 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Intellectual Disability, Perseveration, Autism Spectrum
20 Oct 2016
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Co(cid:373)pl(cid:455) with (cid:272)lassroo(cid:373) rules/follow the tea(cid:272)her"s dire(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. Unproven treatments for asd: facilitated communication. Little or no scientific evidence support the claims of improvement using facilitated communication: secretic therapy. Secretin is an amino acid hormone released within the proximal duodenum in response to gastric acid secretion. Intravenous infusions of purified secretin was provided to children with autism experiencing gastrointestinal problems. Studies found no significant difference on different measures of language, behavior, or autism symptom severity after treatment with secretin. Asperger syndrome: no longer a separate category but still used, characteristics. Clumsiness, difficulty with fine- and/or gross-motor activities. Superior rote memory, tendency to amass many related facts. Speech and language impairments in the areas of semantics, pragmatics, and prosody; pedantic, odd speech patterns; formal style of speaking. Perfectionist, frustrated when asked to submit work one feels is below standard. Difficulty developing and maintaining friendships: impaired social relationships. Deficits in joint attention: communication and language deficits.
