AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER EXAM
1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CORRECT 100%
Why do we use classification? - ANSWER--helps us organize items to better
understand things
--helps us determine if they qualify for services
--beneficial in a school system (funding for those services)
DSM-V: no longer ______________ - only ______________________; lack of
consistency in this disorder, so a spectrum is better because each child is different -
ANSWERAutism was entered
Aspergers, Autism
subcategories, autism spectrum disorder
Up until DSM-V, ASD was categorized as _________________ _____________
_________________ - ANSWERPervasive Development Disorder
What are the two symptoms of Autism according to the DSM-V? - ANSWERdeficits
in social communication/social interaction and restricted repetitive behaviors.
Why are parents told to speak to their children in one language? - ANSWER-people
consider it confusing to switch back/forth between languages
-idea that bilingual exposure is going to overload already impaired system
What is the impact on family social dynamics when a SLP, teacher, doctor etc. tells
the family to only speak to the child in one language?
(Hint: think of a SLP telling a Spanish-speaking family to only speak English to the
child) - ANSWER-social impairments
What's the difference between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Social Pragmatic
Disorder? - ANSWERSocial Pragmatic Disorders has no restrictive/repetitive
behaviors
Prevalence/Incidence: includes old and new cases (everyone that has the particular
diagnosis) - ANSWERPrevalence
Prevalence/Incidence: only the new cases developing at a given time -
ANSWERIncidence
1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CORRECT 100%
Why do we use classification? - ANSWER--helps us organize items to better
understand things
--helps us determine if they qualify for services
--beneficial in a school system (funding for those services)
DSM-V: no longer ______________ - only ______________________; lack of
consistency in this disorder, so a spectrum is better because each child is different -
ANSWERAutism was entered
Aspergers, Autism
subcategories, autism spectrum disorder
Up until DSM-V, ASD was categorized as _________________ _____________
_________________ - ANSWERPervasive Development Disorder
What are the two symptoms of Autism according to the DSM-V? - ANSWERdeficits
in social communication/social interaction and restricted repetitive behaviors.
Why are parents told to speak to their children in one language? - ANSWER-people
consider it confusing to switch back/forth between languages
-idea that bilingual exposure is going to overload already impaired system
What is the impact on family social dynamics when a SLP, teacher, doctor etc. tells
the family to only speak to the child in one language?
(Hint: think of a SLP telling a Spanish-speaking family to only speak English to the
child) - ANSWER-social impairments
What's the difference between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Social Pragmatic
Disorder? - ANSWERSocial Pragmatic Disorders has no restrictive/repetitive
behaviors
Prevalence/Incidence: includes old and new cases (everyone that has the particular
diagnosis) - ANSWERPrevalence
Prevalence/Incidence: only the new cases developing at a given time -
ANSWERIncidence
