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Autism Exam 1 Questions and
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developmental disability - ✔✔a group of conditions due to an impairment in one or more of the
following areas: physical abilities, learning, language, behavior
developmental delay - ✔✔the condition of a child being less developed mentally or physically than is
normal for its age
developmental milestones - ✔✔motor skills, sensory and thinking skills, language and social skills, social
and emotional development, physical development, mental and cognitive development
Developmental Screening Tool: Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI) - ✔✔play based, social skills,
motor skills, language. early childhood instrument based on the concepts of developmental milestones.
As a child develops, he or she typically attains critical skills and behaviors sequentially from simple to
complex. BDI helps measure a child's progress along this developmental continuum by both global
domains and discrete skill sets.
Developmental Screening Tool: Bayley Scales of Early Infant and toddler development - ✔✔done by
pediatrician
Developmental Screening Tool: Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) -
✔✔elementary school. It provides sub-test and composite scores that represent intellectual functioning in
verbal and performance cognitive domains, as well as providing a composite score that represents a
child's general intellectual ability (i.e., Full Scale IQ).
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Types of developmental disabilities- Autism Spectrum Disorder - ✔✔Autism, Asperger syndrome,
Pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD NOS)
Intellectual Disabilities - ✔✔Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, fragile x syndrome, angelmen
syndrome, charge syndrome
Autism's First Child - ✔✔Donald. Characteristics: does not lie. social awkwardness. literal.
Important skills taught to person with autism: social skills so they can be able to function in society.
Donald does in adult life as his daily routine: golfs, sits with people, drives
The Spectrum Disorders for Autism - ✔✔Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive developmental
disorder-not otherwise specified. (PDD-NOS)
IDEA definition of Autism - ✔✔impacting education performance
repetitive activity
trouble with environmental changes
sensory problems
not classified if have emotional condition as well
common to have autism and another disorder
NJ Admin Code of Autism - ✔✔Assessment from certified Speech-language specialist, IQ test, and
neurological assessment to be classified
Characteristics of Asperger Syndrome - ✔✔Behavioral characteristics aligned with problems developing
social skills
Restricted and unusual obsessive interests
Take things literally
Author. Emily Charlene, ©2025 All Rights Reserved.
Autism Exam 1 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
developmental disability - ✔✔a group of conditions due to an impairment in one or more of the
following areas: physical abilities, learning, language, behavior
developmental delay - ✔✔the condition of a child being less developed mentally or physically than is
normal for its age
developmental milestones - ✔✔motor skills, sensory and thinking skills, language and social skills, social
and emotional development, physical development, mental and cognitive development
Developmental Screening Tool: Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI) - ✔✔play based, social skills,
motor skills, language. early childhood instrument based on the concepts of developmental milestones.
As a child develops, he or she typically attains critical skills and behaviors sequentially from simple to
complex. BDI helps measure a child's progress along this developmental continuum by both global
domains and discrete skill sets.
Developmental Screening Tool: Bayley Scales of Early Infant and toddler development - ✔✔done by
pediatrician
Developmental Screening Tool: Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) -
✔✔elementary school. It provides sub-test and composite scores that represent intellectual functioning in
verbal and performance cognitive domains, as well as providing a composite score that represents a
child's general intellectual ability (i.e., Full Scale IQ).
Author. Emily Charlene, ©2025 All Rights Reserved.
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Types of developmental disabilities- Autism Spectrum Disorder - ✔✔Autism, Asperger syndrome,
Pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD NOS)
Intellectual Disabilities - ✔✔Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, fragile x syndrome, angelmen
syndrome, charge syndrome
Autism's First Child - ✔✔Donald. Characteristics: does not lie. social awkwardness. literal.
Important skills taught to person with autism: social skills so they can be able to function in society.
Donald does in adult life as his daily routine: golfs, sits with people, drives
The Spectrum Disorders for Autism - ✔✔Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive developmental
disorder-not otherwise specified. (PDD-NOS)
IDEA definition of Autism - ✔✔impacting education performance
repetitive activity
trouble with environmental changes
sensory problems
not classified if have emotional condition as well
common to have autism and another disorder
NJ Admin Code of Autism - ✔✔Assessment from certified Speech-language specialist, IQ test, and
neurological assessment to be classified
Characteristics of Asperger Syndrome - ✔✔Behavioral characteristics aligned with problems developing
social skills
Restricted and unusual obsessive interests
Take things literally
Author. Emily Charlene, ©2025 All Rights Reserved.
