ASD Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (2024/ 2025 Update)

ASD Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (2024/ 2025 Update) What are the diagnostic criteria outlined by the DSM-5? 1. deficits in social communication (child must demonstrate all 3 characteristics) 2. Restricted, repetitive, patterns of behavior (child must demonstrate at least 2 characteristics T/F - a child must demonstrate deficits across contexts and they must be specific in order to show they are truly demonstrating the characteristic True What are the 3 subcategories of deficits in social communication? 1. Deficits in social emotional reciprocity 2. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behavior 3. Difficulty developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships What are the 4 subcategories of restricted, repetitive, patterns of behavior? 1. Stereotypy 2. Insistence on sameness 3. Restricted interest 4. Hyper/hyporeactivity to sensory input OR unusual sensory input Difficulty with back and forth describes what characteristic? Social emotional reciprocity Difficulty with maintaining, developing, and understanding relationships describes what characteristic? Social emotional reciprocity