MUSC 2277 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Music Therapy, Prenatal Care, Encephalitis
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Sophia odiorne: the three components of the aaidd"s definition of intellectual disabilities include a measure of intelligence, presence of severe functional limitations in adaptive behavior, and age of onset. Intellectual disabilities can be divided into four categories according to severity of intellectual disability. List the four categories, and then discuss the differences among them. Genetic disorders, deprivation of oxygen, meningitis, encephalitis, maternal drug/alcohol abuse, etc: progress is being made in the prevention of intellectual disabilities. Name, then define, three categories of prevention discussed. Primary prevention (essentially tackling the cause of most intellectual disabilities at the root: prenatal care. Individuals with this level of disability are capable of learning concepts up to roughly the 6th grade level- beyond that level and they have a lot of difficulty keeping up. Without knowledge of basic social patterns or characteristics, an individual with id can develop low self-esteem and, due to a limited cognitive ability, may lose interest in interacting with other people.
