Autism Interventions Exam () | Questions & Answers (100% Verified)

Autism Interventions Exam () | Questions & Answers (100% Verified) Autism Interventions Exam () | Questions & Answers (100% Verified) 3 main questions when assessing an infant 9-18 months - ANSWER - 1. Are intentional communication skills present? 2. Are they gestural, vocal, or verbal? 3. What kinds of communicative functions are being expressed? Some people with ASD (20%) *never* acquire functional spoken language, but may use _________ - ANSWER - AAC ASD semantics - ANSWER - Labeling nouns is a strength *Comprehension and answering questions is more difficult* ASD Syntax - ANSWER - Language may or may not onset later, and developmental progression is more scattered ASD Pragmatic Development - ANSWER - Deficits are shown across the spectrum ASD difficulties - ANSWER - - May be considered a disorder of complex information processing - Difficulty with integrating information - Difficulty with flexible thinking ASD has an absence of inherent automatic and implicit processes that guide early learning. These include: - ANSWER - - No preference for human speech and human faces - No attention to intonation/prosody to intonation/prosody to focus and help with detection of word boundaries - Selective attention based on salience of information - Formation of categories or concepts Complex information processing and ASD - ANSWER - - Large amounts of information are difficult to process - Information of multiple types that must integrated is difficult - Information without an easily discernible structure is difficult Challenging conditions to process information - ANSWER - - Time constraints - Simultaneous processing demands - Stress/anxiety Cognitive profiles of ASD - ANSWER - An individual with ASD can have exceptional learning abilities in some areas, but *significant difficulties in others*