LPC Exam
Mental Retardation - Answer A. IQ of 70 or below
B. Concurrent deficits or impairments in at least 2 of the following areas:
communication, self-care, home living, social/interpersonal skills, use of community
resources, self-direction, functional academic skills, work, leisure, health, safety
C. Onset before age 18
Reading Disorder - Answer A. Reading achievement, as measured by individually
administered standardized test of reading accuracy or comprehension, is substantially
below that expected given the person's chronological age, measured intelligence, and
age appropriate education.
B. Disturbance in A significantly interferes with academic achievement or ADLs that
require reading skills
C. If sensory deficit present, difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with it
Mathematics Disorder - Answer A. Mathematical ability, as measured by individually
administered standardized tests of reading accuracy or comprehension, is substantially
below that expected given the person's chronological age, measured intelligence, and
age appropriate education.
B. Disturbance in A significantly interferes with academic achievement or ADLs that
require mathematical skills
C. If sensory deficit present, difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with it
Disorder of Written Expression - Answer A. Writing skills substantially below expected
for chronological age, measured intelligence and age appropriate education
B. disturbance significantly interferes with academic achievement of ADL's requiring
composition of written texts
C. If sensory deficit present, difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with it
Learning Disorder NOS - Answer Disorder s that do not meet criteria in any specific
learning disorder. Might include problems in all three areas that together significantly
interfere with academic achievement even though performance on tests measuring
each individual skill is not substantially below what is expected for person's agew,
measured intelligence, and age-appropriate education
Developmental Coordination Disorder - Answer Performance on daily activities that
require coordination are below expectation for age/intelligence level. Need to rule out
general medical condition/mental retardation
Expressive Language Disorder - Answer A. The scores obtained from standardized
individually administered measures of development are substantially below those
obtained from measures of both nonverbal intellectual capacity and receptive language
development. the disturbance may be manifest clinically by symptoms that include a
,markedly limited vocabulary, making errors in tense, or having difficulty recalling words,
or producing sentences with developmentally appropriate length or complexity
B. Difficutlies interfere with academic or occupational achievement or with social
communication
C. Criteria not met for Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Dx or Pervasive
Developmental Disorder
Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder - Answer the scores obtained from
standardized individually administered measures of both receptive and expressive
language development are substantially below those obtained from measures of
nonverbal intellectual capacity. symptoms include difficulty understanding words,
sentences, or specific types of words, such as spatial terms
Phonolgical Disorder - Answer Failure to use developmentally expected speech sounds
that are appropriate for age and dialect (errors in sound production, use, representation,
or organization such as sustitutions of one sound for another)
Stuttering - Answer Disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech
(inappropriate for the individual's age), characterized by frequent occurrences of one or
more of the following: sound and syllable repetitions; sound prolongations; interjections;
broken words; audible or silent locking; circumlocutions (word substitutions); words
pronounced with an excess of physical tension; momsyllabic whole-word repetitions
Autistic Disorder - Answer Developmental disorder characterized by qualitative
impairments in social interaction, qualitative impairments in communication, and
restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, intersts, and activities. Delays
or abnormal functioning in at least one of the following areas (social interaction,
language as used in social communication, or symbolic or imaginative play) prior to age
3
Rett's Disorder - Answer Apparently normal prenatal and perinatal development,
psychomotor development through first 5 months after birth, normal head circumference
at birth-
onset of following from 5 months to 4 years (deceleration of head growth, loss of
previously acquired hand skills and hand movements, loss of social engagement, poorly
coordinated trunk and gait movements, impaired expressive and receptive language
development with severe psychomotor retardation - only reported in females
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder - Answer Onset 2-10 yrs of age
Skills acquired are completely lost in 2 of the following 6 areas: language skills;
receptive language skills; social skills and self-care skills; control over bowel and
bladder; play skills; motor skills
Lack of normal function also occurs in 2 of the 3 areas: social interaction;
communication; restrictive,repetitive, and stereotyped behavior and interest pattern
, Asperger's Disorder - Answer Severe and sustained impairment in social interaction and
the development of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior,interests,activities.
Disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other
areas of functioning. No clinically significant delays in language acquisition although
more subtle aspects of social communication may be affected. During first 3 years of
life, there are no clinically significant delays in cognitive development (express normal
curiosity about environment, have age-appropriate learning skills and adaptive
behaviors other than social interaction).
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Answer Symptoms must have persisted for at
least 6 months
Persistent pattern of inattention and /or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequently
displayed and more severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable
level of development. Some symptoms have to have been present before age 7. Some
impairment from the symptoms must be present in at least two settings (home, school,
work). There must be clear evidence of interference with developmentally appropriate
social, academic, or occupational functioning.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder NOS - Answer 1.Meet criteria for ADHD,
Predominately inattentive type but whose age at onset is 7 years or after
2. Clinically significant impairment who present with inattention but whose symptom
pattern does not meet full criteria for disorder but have a behavioral pattern marked by
sluggishness, daydreaming, and hypoactivity
Conduct Disorder - Answer a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the
basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated, as
manifested by the presence of three or more of the following criteria in the past 12
months, with at least one criterion present in the past 6 months (agression to people or
animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, serious violation of rules)
these disturbances in behavior causes significant impairment in social, academic, or
occupational functioning
Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Answer Pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant
behavior lasting at least 6 months, during which 4 or more of the following are present:
often loses temper, often aruges with adults, refuses to comply with request or rules,
deliberately tries to annoy others, blames others for his or her mistakes or
misbehaviors, touchy or easily annoyed, angry and resentful, and spiteful or vidictive.
Disruptive Behavior Disorder NOS - Answer Disorders that do not meet criteria for
Conduct Disorder or Oppositional Defiant Disorder but in which there is clinically
significant impairment.
Pica - Answer persistent eating of nonnutritive substances for a period of at least one
month; inappropriate to the developmental level; not part of a culturally sanctioned
practice.
Mental Retardation - Answer A. IQ of 70 or below
B. Concurrent deficits or impairments in at least 2 of the following areas:
communication, self-care, home living, social/interpersonal skills, use of community
resources, self-direction, functional academic skills, work, leisure, health, safety
C. Onset before age 18
Reading Disorder - Answer A. Reading achievement, as measured by individually
administered standardized test of reading accuracy or comprehension, is substantially
below that expected given the person's chronological age, measured intelligence, and
age appropriate education.
B. Disturbance in A significantly interferes with academic achievement or ADLs that
require reading skills
C. If sensory deficit present, difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with it
Mathematics Disorder - Answer A. Mathematical ability, as measured by individually
administered standardized tests of reading accuracy or comprehension, is substantially
below that expected given the person's chronological age, measured intelligence, and
age appropriate education.
B. Disturbance in A significantly interferes with academic achievement or ADLs that
require mathematical skills
C. If sensory deficit present, difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with it
Disorder of Written Expression - Answer A. Writing skills substantially below expected
for chronological age, measured intelligence and age appropriate education
B. disturbance significantly interferes with academic achievement of ADL's requiring
composition of written texts
C. If sensory deficit present, difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with it
Learning Disorder NOS - Answer Disorder s that do not meet criteria in any specific
learning disorder. Might include problems in all three areas that together significantly
interfere with academic achievement even though performance on tests measuring
each individual skill is not substantially below what is expected for person's agew,
measured intelligence, and age-appropriate education
Developmental Coordination Disorder - Answer Performance on daily activities that
require coordination are below expectation for age/intelligence level. Need to rule out
general medical condition/mental retardation
Expressive Language Disorder - Answer A. The scores obtained from standardized
individually administered measures of development are substantially below those
obtained from measures of both nonverbal intellectual capacity and receptive language
development. the disturbance may be manifest clinically by symptoms that include a
,markedly limited vocabulary, making errors in tense, or having difficulty recalling words,
or producing sentences with developmentally appropriate length or complexity
B. Difficutlies interfere with academic or occupational achievement or with social
communication
C. Criteria not met for Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Dx or Pervasive
Developmental Disorder
Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder - Answer the scores obtained from
standardized individually administered measures of both receptive and expressive
language development are substantially below those obtained from measures of
nonverbal intellectual capacity. symptoms include difficulty understanding words,
sentences, or specific types of words, such as spatial terms
Phonolgical Disorder - Answer Failure to use developmentally expected speech sounds
that are appropriate for age and dialect (errors in sound production, use, representation,
or organization such as sustitutions of one sound for another)
Stuttering - Answer Disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech
(inappropriate for the individual's age), characterized by frequent occurrences of one or
more of the following: sound and syllable repetitions; sound prolongations; interjections;
broken words; audible or silent locking; circumlocutions (word substitutions); words
pronounced with an excess of physical tension; momsyllabic whole-word repetitions
Autistic Disorder - Answer Developmental disorder characterized by qualitative
impairments in social interaction, qualitative impairments in communication, and
restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, intersts, and activities. Delays
or abnormal functioning in at least one of the following areas (social interaction,
language as used in social communication, or symbolic or imaginative play) prior to age
3
Rett's Disorder - Answer Apparently normal prenatal and perinatal development,
psychomotor development through first 5 months after birth, normal head circumference
at birth-
onset of following from 5 months to 4 years (deceleration of head growth, loss of
previously acquired hand skills and hand movements, loss of social engagement, poorly
coordinated trunk and gait movements, impaired expressive and receptive language
development with severe psychomotor retardation - only reported in females
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder - Answer Onset 2-10 yrs of age
Skills acquired are completely lost in 2 of the following 6 areas: language skills;
receptive language skills; social skills and self-care skills; control over bowel and
bladder; play skills; motor skills
Lack of normal function also occurs in 2 of the 3 areas: social interaction;
communication; restrictive,repetitive, and stereotyped behavior and interest pattern
, Asperger's Disorder - Answer Severe and sustained impairment in social interaction and
the development of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior,interests,activities.
Disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other
areas of functioning. No clinically significant delays in language acquisition although
more subtle aspects of social communication may be affected. During first 3 years of
life, there are no clinically significant delays in cognitive development (express normal
curiosity about environment, have age-appropriate learning skills and adaptive
behaviors other than social interaction).
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Answer Symptoms must have persisted for at
least 6 months
Persistent pattern of inattention and /or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequently
displayed and more severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable
level of development. Some symptoms have to have been present before age 7. Some
impairment from the symptoms must be present in at least two settings (home, school,
work). There must be clear evidence of interference with developmentally appropriate
social, academic, or occupational functioning.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder NOS - Answer 1.Meet criteria for ADHD,
Predominately inattentive type but whose age at onset is 7 years or after
2. Clinically significant impairment who present with inattention but whose symptom
pattern does not meet full criteria for disorder but have a behavioral pattern marked by
sluggishness, daydreaming, and hypoactivity
Conduct Disorder - Answer a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the
basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated, as
manifested by the presence of three or more of the following criteria in the past 12
months, with at least one criterion present in the past 6 months (agression to people or
animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, serious violation of rules)
these disturbances in behavior causes significant impairment in social, academic, or
occupational functioning
Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Answer Pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant
behavior lasting at least 6 months, during which 4 or more of the following are present:
often loses temper, often aruges with adults, refuses to comply with request or rules,
deliberately tries to annoy others, blames others for his or her mistakes or
misbehaviors, touchy or easily annoyed, angry and resentful, and spiteful or vidictive.
Disruptive Behavior Disorder NOS - Answer Disorders that do not meet criteria for
Conduct Disorder or Oppositional Defiant Disorder but in which there is clinically
significant impairment.
Pica - Answer persistent eating of nonnutritive substances for a period of at least one
month; inappropriate to the developmental level; not part of a culturally sanctioned
practice.
