ABAT EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Autism - Answers -Children who were highly intelligent but displayed "a powerful desire
for aloneness" and "an obsessive insistence on persistent sameness
Triad of impairments ASD - Answers -Social, communication and restrictive/repetitive
behavior
Aspergers General Info - Answers -Named after Hans Asperger
- individuals with similar deficits in social
interaction but with stronger language
skills
- Milder form of autism- Known as "Little Professors" due to
excess knowledge in 1 subject
Leo Kanner coins term "Autism" - Answers -1943
Hans Asperger identifies "Asperger's" - Answers -1944
"Infantile Autism" is replaced by " Autistic Disorder" - Answers -1987
Asperger's Syndrome is added to DSM- 4 - Answers -1994
2013 - Answers -Combines subcategories of autism into one, called "Autism Spectrum
Disorder". Asperger'sSyndrome is no longer separate.
The 5 disorders that make up ASD - Answers -Autistic Disorder - also known as
"Classical Autism"
Asperger's Syndrome
Pervasive Developmental Disorder:
otherwise known as PDD-NOS
Rett's Syndrome
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder:
also referred to as CDD
Causes of ASD - Answers -- There is NO single cause of ASD
- Complex relationship between
genetic predisposition and environmental factors
Comorbidity - Answers -Children with ASD may also have other medical or psychiatric
conditions
Some common conditions that might be diagnosed with children with ASD are: -
Answers -● Anxiety
● ADHD
● Bipolar disorder
, ● Clinical depression
● Down syndrome
● Fragile X syndrome
● Gastrointestinal Symptoms
● Intellectual disability and developmental delays
● Motor difficulties
● OCD
● Seizures and epilepsy
● Tourette Syndrome
● Tuberous Sclerosis
Individual Education Plan (IEP) - Answers -- A written legal document that is tailored to
a public school child who qualifies for special education.
- Describes how the student learns, how the student best demonstrates that learning
and what teachers and service providers will do to help the student learn more
effectively
- Intended to help children reach educational goals more easily than they otherwise
would
Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) - Answers -An assessment instrument
designed for teachers to observe, document, and reflect on learning, development and
progress of children birth-12 years of age, who are enrolled in early care and education
programs and before and after school programs.
The four goals of DRDP - Answers -Children are personally and social competent
Children are effective learners
Children show physical and motor competence
Children are safe and healthy
Functional Performance Assessment (FBA) - Answers -Used as part of Applied
Behavior Analysis (ABA), is designed to help healthcare professionals uncover the
function of behavior which then guides the development and selection of appropriate
treatment.
What does a FBA do? - Answers -- Enables a hypothesis about relations between the
environment and the problem behavior
- Gathers information about the function of the behavior
- Identifies reinforcers that maintain the behavior and uses this information as a
basis for intervention efforts
- Fosters proactive, positive autism interventions
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) - Answers -Applied behavior analysis is the science
in which the principles of the analysis of behavior are applied systematically to improve
socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables
responsible for behavior change.
Autism - Answers -Children who were highly intelligent but displayed "a powerful desire
for aloneness" and "an obsessive insistence on persistent sameness
Triad of impairments ASD - Answers -Social, communication and restrictive/repetitive
behavior
Aspergers General Info - Answers -Named after Hans Asperger
- individuals with similar deficits in social
interaction but with stronger language
skills
- Milder form of autism- Known as "Little Professors" due to
excess knowledge in 1 subject
Leo Kanner coins term "Autism" - Answers -1943
Hans Asperger identifies "Asperger's" - Answers -1944
"Infantile Autism" is replaced by " Autistic Disorder" - Answers -1987
Asperger's Syndrome is added to DSM- 4 - Answers -1994
2013 - Answers -Combines subcategories of autism into one, called "Autism Spectrum
Disorder". Asperger'sSyndrome is no longer separate.
The 5 disorders that make up ASD - Answers -Autistic Disorder - also known as
"Classical Autism"
Asperger's Syndrome
Pervasive Developmental Disorder:
otherwise known as PDD-NOS
Rett's Syndrome
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder:
also referred to as CDD
Causes of ASD - Answers -- There is NO single cause of ASD
- Complex relationship between
genetic predisposition and environmental factors
Comorbidity - Answers -Children with ASD may also have other medical or psychiatric
conditions
Some common conditions that might be diagnosed with children with ASD are: -
Answers -● Anxiety
● ADHD
● Bipolar disorder
, ● Clinical depression
● Down syndrome
● Fragile X syndrome
● Gastrointestinal Symptoms
● Intellectual disability and developmental delays
● Motor difficulties
● OCD
● Seizures and epilepsy
● Tourette Syndrome
● Tuberous Sclerosis
Individual Education Plan (IEP) - Answers -- A written legal document that is tailored to
a public school child who qualifies for special education.
- Describes how the student learns, how the student best demonstrates that learning
and what teachers and service providers will do to help the student learn more
effectively
- Intended to help children reach educational goals more easily than they otherwise
would
Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) - Answers -An assessment instrument
designed for teachers to observe, document, and reflect on learning, development and
progress of children birth-12 years of age, who are enrolled in early care and education
programs and before and after school programs.
The four goals of DRDP - Answers -Children are personally and social competent
Children are effective learners
Children show physical and motor competence
Children are safe and healthy
Functional Performance Assessment (FBA) - Answers -Used as part of Applied
Behavior Analysis (ABA), is designed to help healthcare professionals uncover the
function of behavior which then guides the development and selection of appropriate
treatment.
What does a FBA do? - Answers -- Enables a hypothesis about relations between the
environment and the problem behavior
- Gathers information about the function of the behavior
- Identifies reinforcers that maintain the behavior and uses this information as a
basis for intervention efforts
- Fosters proactive, positive autism interventions
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) - Answers -Applied behavior analysis is the science
in which the principles of the analysis of behavior are applied systematically to improve
socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables
responsible for behavior change.
