ABAT Study Guide| 130 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Autism Spectrum Disorder CORRECT ANSWERS: neurological, lifelong, developmental disability by excesses and deficits Characteristics of ASD CORRECT ANSWERS: Language deficits, Social interaction deficits, Cognitive delays, Sensory Sensitivity, Resistant to change, Perseveration, Stereotypical behaviors ASD triad of impairments CORRECT ANSWERS: Social Communication: difficulty communicating with others Social Interaction: difficulty building relationships and how one behaves; may have problem behavior Social Imagination: difficult with flexible thinking that may include perspectives, interests, routines, and roles Red flags used in early diagnosis CORRECT ANSWERS: Limited use of gestures, delayed speech, difficulty looking at people/ no eye contact, excessive interest in particular item Risk factors for ASD CORRECT ANSWERS: More common in boys: 1 in 42 1 in 189 girls 1 in 68 children pragmatic language CORRECT ANSWERS: social language used in daily interactions receptive language CORRECT ANSWERS: ability to comprehend speech Expressive Language CORRECT ANSWERS: ability to request, decide, ask, answer, and describe Sensory-Motor CORRECT ANSWERS: take in information about the world through our senses Social skills CORRECT ANSWERS: used to communicate & interact with each other both verbally & non-verbally Joint attention CORRECT ANSWERS: shared focus of two individuals Sterotypy CORRECT ANSWERS: persistent repetition of an act