PSY 334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Information Processing, Physical Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
8 Dec 2016
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Half the year, adoptive grandparents live in same home: home set up to minimize interaction. Speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy services: speech has more to do w/ pragmatic. Diagnoses: asd, oppositional defiant disorder (odd, anxiety disordder nos (anxiety nos) Described as shy, few social connections outside of family, difficul expressing himself verbally but could make his needs known. Prev. treatment (tx) plan: being compliant w/ rules of session (voice modulation, calm body, make him aware of goals reinforcing w/ books toys and rewards when he met rules, relaxation skills, dosage of fluoxetine. Aggressive behav not oppositional but expression to high lvls of anxiety/ distress related to asd. Try to make them flexible in the way they think and behave. Administered modified cy-bocs (children"s yale-brown obsessive compulsive scale) Difficulty thinking quickly and responding spontaneously and appropriately: emotional, sensory. Certain sensory stimuli they want to seek out at different times: ppl w/ autism interpret things more visually.
