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| Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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| A neurological disorder that effects a person's communication, social, and behavior skills. |
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| considered a high-functioning form of autism |
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| Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) |
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| the evaluation and modiication of a child's environment to improve behavior |
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| Types of Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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* Autism
* Asperger's Syndrome
* PPerasive Developmental Disorder |
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| Skills or behaviors that most children can say or do by a certain age (crawling, walking, talking, etc.) |
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| Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-considered to be one of the best tools for diagnosing ASD |
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Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised
tool used to diagnosis and assess severity of autism |
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| Dianostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - lists the clinical criteria for diagnosing autism |
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| developmental milestone by six to nine months -- the repetition of consonant-vowel combinations like "da da" |
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| nonverbal behavior used to express emotions or exchange information without the use of words |
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| repeating others (words, phrases, or sounds) |
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| when a child uses objects for their appropriate or usual purpose |
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| language with private meaning that only makes sense to those using it |
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| Repetitive Motor Mannerisms |
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| stereotyped or repetitive movements of the body (handflapping, finger twisting, wringing hands, etc.) |
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| Terms for Repetitive Motor Mannerisms |
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* self-stmulating behaviors
* stimming |
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| one causes self-inflicted bodily harm (head banging, hitting the face, biting, etc.) |
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| Restricted Patterns of Interest |
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| a limited range of interests that are intense in focus;one becomes obsessed with a single topic |
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| specific and seemingly meaningless behaviors that one performs repeatedly (turning lights on and off) |
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| an abnormal or excessive repetition of an action carried out in he same way over time |
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| deliberate repetitive behaviors that follow specific rules, such as counting, checking or cleaning. |
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