Infant, Childhood, and Adolescent Disorders

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Infant, Childhood, and Adolescent Disorders

• SW 593
• Assessment Diagnosis

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Mental Retardation

• Mild IQ score between 55-70
• Moderate IQ score between 35-40 to 50-55
• Severe IQ score between 20-25 to 35-40
• Profound IQ score below 20-25
• This is an Axis II diagnosis due the chronic,
  long-term nature of the problem

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Learning Disorders

• Distinguished by below average cognitive or
  academic functioning when compared to a persons
  intellectual capacity
• A discrepancy of two standard deviations is
  necessary to meet this classification.

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Motor Skills Disorders

• Distinguished by problems with physical or
  perceptual coordination.
• This disorder is not diagnosed if the childs
  problems are due to a medical condition or are
  not significantly greater than those motor
  functioning problems normally found in children
  with mental retardation.

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Communication Disorders

• Distinguished by problems in the area of language
  or speech development.
• Five diagnoses are included in this general
  category
• Expressive language
• Mixed receptive expressive language
• Phonological disorder
• Stuttering
• Communication disorder NOS

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Pervasive Development Disorders

• Distinguished by serious problems with an array
  of social and developmental delays and
  disabilities.
• Children have severe impairment is social
  functioning and communication as well as severely
  restricted behaviors, interests, and activities.
• Neurological dysfunction is present in all of
  these disorders.

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Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior
Disorders

• Distinguished by problems with attention and
  behavioral conduct.
• Frequently diagnosed in school-age children.
• ADHD is composed of two major symptom categories
• Inattention
• Hyperactivity/impulsivity

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Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior
Disorders

• A child may be diagnosed with either of these
  syndromes or with both of them.
• Children with ADHD begin to show symptoms of the
  disorder before the age of 7.
• Oppositional Defiant disorder will display at
  least four disruptive, negative, and defiant
  behaviors for at least 6 months.
• A child with ODD does not engage in unlawful
  behaviors.

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Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior
Disorders

• Conduct disorder children do participate in
  activities that violate social norms and may
  constitute illegal and criminal behaviors.
• Four broad categories
• Aggression to people or animals
• Destruction of property
• Deceitfulness or theft
• Serious violations of rules
• These behaviors are repetitive and form a pattern
  that significantly impairs social or academic
  functioning.

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Feeding and Eating Disorders

• Distinguished by problems with the process of
  eating and retaining food or eating inappropriate
  food.
• Pica
• Rumination disorder
• Feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood

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Elimination Disorders

• Distinguished by problems with bowel or bladder
  control.
• Encopresis is diagnosed in children 4 years of
  age or older.
• Enuresis is marked by repeated urination in bed
  or clothing at least twice a week for at least 3
  months.

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Tic Disorders

• Distinguished by irresistible movements and/or
  vocal sounds.
• Tourettes syndrome is identified by having both
  motor and vocal tics.

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Other disorders

• Separation anxiety disorder
• Selective mutism
• Reactive attachment
• Stereotypic movement
• Disorder of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence
  NOS