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ASD general characteristics CORRECT ANSWERS: 1. impaired social communication 2. restricted repertoire of interests/behaviors 3. variability in cognitive profile, language ability, comorbid diagnoses, and eventual outcomes Describe ASD in general CORRECT ANSWERS: Neurological, lifelong, developmental disability characterized by excesses and deficits Prevalence of ASD CORRECT ANSWERS: 1 in 59 children More common in boys 4:1 prevalence of Autism in the US CORRECT ANSWERS: 1 in 68 per CDC (2016); 1 in 42 for boys and 1 in 189 for girls Founding Figure(s) in ABA -WATSON- CORRECT ANSWERS: father of Behaviorism Founding Figure(s) in ABA -Lovaas- CORRECT ANSWERS: Early Intensive Behavior Intervention (EIBI) Founding Figure(s) in ABA -Skinner - CORRECT ANSWERS: operant conditioning Founding Figure(s) in ABA -Thorndike- CORRECT ANSWERS: another father of behaviorism, law of effect Triad of Impairments CORRECT ANSWERS: social communication, social interaction, social imagination Social Communication impairment CORRECT ANSWERS: Impairments in ability to communicate with others socially. May ask repetitive questions or take what others say literally social interaction impairment CORRECT ANSWERS: Impairments in how an individual behaves when around others and how they build friendships. May observe child invading personal space, or inappropriately touching others. Social Imagination: impairment CORRECT ANSWERS: Impairments in the ability to engage in flexible thinking related to perspectives, interests, routines, and rules. What is Serial Thinking? CORRECT ANSWERS: The theory that individuals with ASD cannot process more than one piece of information at a time. Break down instructions into smaller steps for the client to complete joint attention CORRECT ANSWERS: Sharing attention between another person and an object Auditory Processing Disorder CORRECT ANSWERS: normal he