Exam 15: Neurocognitive Disorders

Three options of treatment have been presented to a nine-year-old boy recently diagnosed with ADHD: medication treatment (e.g., Ritalin) alone, intensive behavioural therapy alone, or a combination of the two.What would the research based on the Multimodal Treatment of ADHD study recommend?

What are the DSM-5 criteria for intellectual disability?

According to Statistics Canada (1996), of the population of children who were recorded has having some form of disability, approximately what percentage had a "learning disability"?

The risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder is approximately 0.0002 to 0.0005 percent for the general population.For parents who already have a child with autism spectrum disorder, what is their risk of having another child with autism spectrum disorder?

What convincing evidence is there that autism spectrum disorder involves some form of brain damage?

What is a specific learning disorder?

Jean is a 14-year-old girl with autism spectrum disorder who seems compelled to run around touching each door every time she comes home.Which characteristic of her autism will cause Jean to have a tantrum if she is prevented from touching each door?

Alex has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder combined presentation.He showed six different indicators of hyperactivity/impulsivity.What must he also have demonstrated for this diagnosis?

What is the most prevalent type of learning disorder?

It was once thought that "echolalia" was a sign of autism.What is the current belief about echolalia?

What is the incidence of children being born with Down syndrome to a mother at age 45?

Discuss the genetic and neurobiological causes of autism spectrum disorder.Explain the historical view that poor parenting causes autism and why that is now considered inaccurate.

Monty is a three-year-old boy who has recently been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.He appears completely unresponsive to his parents and shows no indication of any language development.Monty seems uninterested in communication of any kind, and he has rituals-such as lining up his toys and realigning them every few minutes.If interrupted, he becomes hysterical.Monty's IQ score was extremely low.Why can we expect his prognosis to be poor?

Caleb has the restricted pattern of behaviour observed in children with autism spectrum disorder.What does Caleb have trouble with?

Stephen has a round face; a broad, flat nose; small, downward-sloping folds of skin at the inside corners of his eyes; a protruding tongue; small, squarish hands; and unusually short arms and legs in relation to his body.He also suffers from heart and respiratory problems.What disorder does Stephen most likely have?

What is the current research position regarding the technology of gene therapy for intellectual disabilities?

Tiara is an adolescent with a learning disorder.Tiara may be particularly vulnerable to which of the following?

Explain the developmental pattern of change that can be set into motion by early deficits in one area influencing the acquisition of skills in another, using one illustrative disorder from the following: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, learning disorders, or autism spectrum disorder.Discuss the basic features of the disorder and how it can prevent the individual from developing in other important ways throughout his or her lifetime.

Four-year-old Ava has just been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.Her parents ask a specialist how likely it is that Ava will develop speech.What does the specialist tell them?

Rod and Todd are identical twins.Rod has a reading disorder, what is probability that Todd also has a reading disorder?