1. Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

• Onset in the developmental period.

• Although developmental psychology has expanded to include the lifespan, neurodevelopmental disorders refer to disorders that typically manifest in the early developmental stages, often before grade school.

• Can range from impairments of personal, social, academic, or occupational functioning – deficits vary from very specific limitations of learning or control of executive functions to global impairments of social skills or intelligence.

• Neurodevelopmental disorders frequently co-occur.

• The clinical presentation includes symptoms of the excess as well as deficits and delays in achieving expected milestones.

A.Deficits in intellectual functions

B.Deficits in adaptive functioning that result in failure to meet developmental and sociocultural standards for personal independence and social responsibility. Without ongoing support, adaptive deficits limit functioning in one or more activities of daily life.

C. onset of intellectual and adaptive deficits during the developmental period.

• Intellectual Disability

• Global Developmental Delay

• Unspecified Intellectual Disability

A federal statute in the United States (Public Law 111 -256, Rosa’s Law) replaces the term _______________________ with intellectual disability, and research journals use the term intellectual disability. Thus, intellectual disability is the term in common use by medical, educational, and other professions and by the lay public and advocacy groups.

• mental retardation

• mental rotation

___________________ involves competence in (i) memory (ii) language (iii) reading (iv) writing (v) math reasoning (vi) problem-solving (vii) judgment

• Conceptual domain

• Social Domain

• Practical domain

___________________ involves (i) awareness of others feeling (ii) others' thoughts (iii) empathy (iv) interpersonal communication skills (Iv) friendship ability (vi) social judgment.

• Conceptual domain

• Social Domain

• Practical domain

___________________ involves (i) learning & self-management across life (ii) personal care (iii) job responsibilities (iv) money management (v)recreation (vi)work organization

• Conceptual domain

• Social Domain

• Practical domain

This diagnosis is reserved for individuals under the age of 5 years when the clinical severity level cannot be reliably assessed during early childhood.

This category is diagnosed when an individual fails to meet expected developmental milestones in several areas of intellectual functioning and applies to individuals who are unable to undergo systematic assessments of intellectual functioning, including children who are too young to participate in standardized testing.

This category requires reassessment after a period of time.

• Intellectual Disability

• Global Developmental Delay

• Unspecified Intellectual Disability

This category is reserved for individuals over the age of 5 years when the assessment of the degree of intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) by means of locally available procedures is rendered difficult or impossible because of associated sensory or physical impairments, such as in blindness or prelingual deafness; locomotor disability; or presence of severe problem behaviors or co-occurring mental disorder.

This category should only be used in exceptional circumstances and requires reassessment after a period of time.

• Intellectual Disability

• Global Developmental Delay

• Unspecified Intellectual Disability

_______________________ is the expressive production of sounds and includes an individual's articulation, fluency, voice, and resonance quality.

• Speech

• Language

• Communication

______________________ includes the form, function, and use of a conventional system of symbols (i.e., spoken words, sign language, written words, pictures) in a rule-governed manner for communication.

• Speech

• Language

• Communication