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Prepare for exams with this comprehensive Developmental Disabilities Study Guide designed for students studying healthcare, nursing, psychology, education, social work, and disability studies. This resource includes important concepts, key terms, review notes, and exam-focused material covering intellectual and developmental disabilities, support strategies, assessment concepts, communication, care approaches, and disability-related topics.

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Developmental disability is a All of the above
severe and chronic disability that
A. Is attributable to a mental or
physical impairment or
combination thereof
B. Manifests before age 22
C. Is indefinite
D. Results in substantial functional
limitations in at least 3 of the major
life areas
E. All of the above

,developmental disabilities



What are the major life areas used Self care
to determine developmental Receptive and expressive language
disability Learning
Mobility
Self-direction
Capacity for independent living
Economic self-sufficiency
Reflects the persons need for supports and
services that are individually planned and
coordinated


IQ is a factor of diagnosing a <70
developmental disability. What
score indicates a DD?

,developmental disabilities




Multiple disabilities may subsume Sensory
_______ as well as intellectual
function deficits


True or False False- dual dx is possible
Development and adaptive
abilities are distinguished from
psychiatric conditions, and dual dx
is not possible.

, developmental disabilities



What umbrella term is often used Special health care needs
to describe youth with multiple
disabilities?


What diagnosis is "a group of Cerebral palsy
disorders of the development of
movement and posture causing
activity limitation, that are
attributed to non-progressive
disturbances that occurred in the
developing fetal or infant brain"
A. Spina Bifida
B. Down syndrome
C. Cerebral palsy
D. Stroke

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