Deck 8: Children Who Have Autism Spectrum Disorder

Question 1

Vaccines cause autism.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Briefly describe each of the three levels of autism.

Answer 2

Level one: mild, some difficulty with expressing and understanding emotions and social interactions. Single minded interests. Good general academic and language skills. Level two: moderate, impairments in language, may or may not be fully verbal, difficulty expressing thoughts and ideas, difficulty engaging in pretend play, stimming/stereotyped behaviors, academic delays. Level three: inability to initiate social interactions, little or no functional language, stimming/stereotyped behaviors, no shared interests with others, behavioral outbursts likely, no or little eye contact.

Question 3

What are two adaptations for children with autism that are considered best practice inclusive classrooms?

Answer 3

Visuals, careful arrangement of the environment, daily schedule, sensory activities, calming spaces and activities.

Question 4

List the seven senses related to sensory processing disorders.

Question 5

Describe joint attention.

Question 6

Who is Temple Grandin?

Question 7

What is theory of mind?

A) Ability to predict what someone will think.
B) The theory associated with practicing mindfulness and yoga.
C) An explanation of sensory processing theory.
D) An explanation of the reason that some people with autism are nonverbal but have average intelligence.
E) Ability to attribute mental states to others (to understand that others can think and have opinions and beliefs, and act upon the basis of those beliefs)

Question 8

An example of behavior of a sensory dysfunction would be…

A) covering ears when the doorbell rings.
B) flapping hands.
C) having a meltdown when one's food touches.
D) all of above.
E) none of the above.

Question 9

Which of the following are evidence-based autism interventions?

A) ABA, floortime, TEACCH
B) TEACCH, ABA, vitamin shots
C) ABA, TEACCH, gluten free, casein free diets

Question 10

Autism can reliably diagnosed in a child as early as…

A) 2 years
B) preschool.
C) infancy.
D) kindergarten.

Question 11

Autism can be diagnosed by whom?

A) A special education teacher, psychologist, speech therapist or doctor.
B) Doctors or psychologists.
C) The school case manager.
D) Occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychologists, and doctors.

Question 12

The prevalence of a disorder refers to...

A) its severity.
B) its prognosis.
C) the number of people who have it.
D) the rate at which the number of people who have it increases.

Question 13

The M-CHAT diagnoses autism.

Question 14

All children with autism have an intellectual delay.

Question 15

What are the two main components of autism?