PSY340H5 Chapter Notes -Language Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Derealization
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1) individuals must have significantly subaverage intellectual functioning determined by formal intelligence testing or clinical judgment, score of 70 or below to meet first criteria (2std below average iq score of 100: concurrent deficits or impairments in adaptive functioning which refers to the ability to perform activities, must show significant limitations in at least two areas of adaptive behavior such as communication self care, social or interpersonal skills or functional academic or work skills, childs below average iq and adaptive abilities must be evident before age 18 because it is a development disorder, shows mental deficiencies are not causee by adult onset degenerative diseases. Impairments in sensorimotor functioning, able to learn only rudiments of communication skills, require intensive training to learn basic eating, grooming, toileting and dressing behaviors. Live in supervised group homes, optimal development may occur in highly structured environment and constant aid.
