BCAT Exam Study Guide 2024 ALREADY VERIFIED

BCAT Exam Study Guide 2024 ALREADY VERIFIED Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity -abnormal social approach -failure of normal back-and-forth conversation -reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect -failure to initiate or respond to social interactions example of deficit of social-emotional reciprocity he teacher tells students to find a partner to work with on a math activity. As students move around the classroom pairing up, Michelle, a student with autism, stands in the middle of the classroom looking at the other students. For this assignment, Michelle may be having difficulty with initiating social interactions. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction verbal and nonverbal communication -abnormalities in eye contact and body language -deficits in understanding and use of gestures -lack of facial expressions -nonverbal communication -poorly integrated Examples of nonverbal communication shrugging shoulders when you don't know pointing at a picture in a book to show another person frowning when someone tells you sad news. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships behavior to suit various social contexts -difficulties adjusting -difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in making friends -absence of interest in peers stereotypes or repetitive motor movements, use of objects or speech lining up toys or flipping objects echolalia idiosyncratic phrases. idiosyncratic phrases simple motor stereotypes this is where the child uses a word or expression to refer to something which is unrelated or irrelevant echolalia repeating what has been said but not understanding why or what has been said. primary motor stereotypes back and forth. f lapping and waving of the arms, hand flapping, head nodding, rocking insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior -inflexible adherence to routines -ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior -extreme distress at small changes -difficulties with transitions -rigid thinking patterns -greeting rituals -need to take same route or eat same food everyday. highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus strong attachment to or preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or perseverative interests. perseverative behavior repetitive and continuous behavior hyper or hypoactivity to sensory input or unusual interests in sensory aspects of environment indifference to pain/temperature adverse response to specific sounds or textures excessive smelling touching of objects visual fascination with lights or movement. levels of severity across social communication and restricted repetitive behaviors restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities as manifested by at least 2 of the following: 1. stereotypes or repetitive movements, use of objects or speech 2. insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines or ritualized patterns of verbal non verbal behavior. 3. highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus. 4. Hyper-or hyporeactivity to sensory input or unsuual interests in sensory aspects of the environment. what is severity based on? social communication impairments, and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior. Level of Severity 3 "requiring very substantial support" -few intelligible words, rarely initiates interaction, extreme difficulty coping with change Level of Severity 2 "requiring substantial support" -simple sentences, interaction is limited to narrow special interests, odd nonverbal communication, inflexibility, difficulty coping with change. Level of Severity 1 "requiring support" -engages in full-sentence communication but reciprocal conversations with others fail, attempts to make friends are odd and typically unsuccessful, inflexibility, problems with organization and planning treatment dosage which is often referenced in treatment literature as "intensity" will vary with each individual and should reflect the goals of treatment, specific patient needs and response to treatment treatment dosage should be considered in two distinct categories treatment dosage: intensity intensity and duration is typically measured in terms of number of hours per week of direct