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| Diagnostic Criteria : Learning Disorders |
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- use an individually based achievement test.
- compare their scores to the average for their chronological age, IQ and educational level
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| Diagnostic Criteria: ADHD |
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- 6 or more symptoms of inattention for 6 or more months to a degree that is maladaptive (bad) and inconsistent with developmental level.
- 6 or more symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity for 6 or more months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level.
- present before age 7
- clinically significant impairment in two or more settings.???
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- A pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant behavior lasting at least 6 months, including at least four of the following symptoms:
- often loses temper
- often argues with adults
- often actively defies or refuses to comply
- often deliberately annoys others
- often blames others for own mistakes
- Is “touchy” or easily annoyed
- often angry or resentful
- often spiteful or vindictive
- results in clinically significant impairment.
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| Diagnostic Criteria: Conduct Disorder |
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- a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major societal norms are violated with the presence of at least three of the following in the past 12 months:
- Aggression to people and animals
- Destruction of property
- Deceitfulness or theft
- Serious violation of rules
- Causes clinically significant impairment in functioning
- Subtypes: Childhood Onset; Adolescent Onset??
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| Diagnostic Criteria : Pediatric Bipolar Disorder |
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- A diagnosis of bipolar I disorder requires that an individual have had at least on manic episode or mixed episode. May have also an episode of depression. May have recurrences of either the mania or depression
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- A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, lasting at least 1 week.
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| During this a Manic Episode, at least three (four if irritable) of the following “maniac symptoms” have persisted |
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- Grandiosity (inflated self esteem)
- Decreased need for sleep
- Increased or pressured speech
- Flight of ideas/ racing thoughts
- Distractibility
- Increase in goal-directed behavior or psychomotor agitation
- Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences
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- Criteria are met for both a manic episode nearly every day for a 1-weel period.
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| Hypomanic Episode (Bipolar II) |
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| Distinct period of persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood lasting throughout at least 4 days plus 3-4 symptoms of mania |
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- Combined Type: A & B
- Predominately Inattentive Type: A but not B
- Predominately Hyperactive
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- Cognitive deficits
- executive functions (barklsy)
- applying intelligence
- Medical and Physical concerns
- sleep disturbance
- applying intelligence
- Family Problems
- negative interactions, parental conflict
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Comorbid Disorders: Learning Disorders
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- Learning Disabilities
- Anxiety
- Depression
- ADHD
- Behavioral Problems
- Social Problems
- Mood Disorders (book)
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| Cormorbid Disorders: ADHD |
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- Learning Disorders (reading, spelling, math)
- Speech and language Impairments
- Disruptive Behavior Disorder (ODD, CD)
- Anxiety Disorders
- Depression and Bipolar
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| Assessment: Learning Disorders |
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- Developmental History
- Cognitive Testing
- Achievement Testing
- Language Testing
- Unstructured Behavioral Observation
- Behavior Checklist
- Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
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| Defining Characteristics: Learning Disorder |
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- Difficult with phonological processing, using the sound structure of a language to process written material. Deficits involve:
- Awareness
- Decoding
- Encoding (usually spelling)
- Rely on rote memorization of words with out proper phonemic analysis.
- Common errors include reversals (ex. List to Lsit) transpositions (ex. pat to bat), inversions (w looks like an upside down m), and omissions. what is the difference between transpostions and inversions ?? and example for omissions.
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| Differential Diagnosis: Learning Disorder |
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- Mental Retardation
- Language/Communication Disorders
- Vision/Hearing Loss
- Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Environmental Deprivations- from one learning style to another (ex. American Kindergarten vs. British Kindergarten)
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| By the Numbers: Learning Disorders |
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- Gender differences
- 3:1 (male to female) in clinical sample
- 1.5:1 (M:F) in the general population. Women are less likely to get diagnosed because they are less likely to act out in class to be considered for a diagnosis.
- Culture differences
- different rates in different countries
- possibly due to diagnostic across countries and differences in phonemic structure of different languages.
- Developmental Course
increase IQ, increase mother’s reading ability, and decrease initial severity are related to better outcome |
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- Heterogeneous Group of problems
- Characterized by intense and persistent feelings of fear and anxiety
- These feelings:
- Are extreme
- Interfere with daily functioning
- Cannot be dispelled through usual means
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- Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses or images that are experiences, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress
- The thoughts are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems
- The person attempts to ignore/suppress the thoughts
- The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts are a product of his or her own mind
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- Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be applied rigidly.
- The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts are either not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to prevent or are clearly excessive
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