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Minimum supervision by a BCBA -CORRECT ANSWER 1 hour/month
QASP will demonstrate -CORRECT ANSWER trustworthiness, honesty, fairness and
sincerity
Non-discrimination policy -CORRECT ANSWER The QABA Credentialing Board will not
discriminate against applicants, candidates or certificants on the basis of race, color,
gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion, age, marital status,
registered domestic partner status, disability, socioeconomic or ethnic background,
sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or national origin, or any other
characteristic protected by law.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) -CORRECT ANSWER A disorder characterized by
deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by
repetitive, ritualistic behavior.
ASD characteristics -CORRECT ANSWER Communication- Delay or lack of
development of language, diffiulty holding conversations, unusual or repetitive
language, play that is not appropriate for developmental level.
Social interaction- Difficutly using nonverbal behaviors to regulate social interaction,
failure to develop age appropriate peer relationships, little sharing of pleasure,
achievements or interests with others, lack of social or emotional reciprocity.
Restrictied/Repetitive activities- Interests are narrow in focus, overly intense and/or
unusual, unreasonalbe insistence on sameness and folowing familiar routines, repetitive
motor mannerisms, preoccupation with parts of objects.
ASD deficits -CORRECT ANSWER Social interaction, communication,
repetitive/restricitive beahviors
Triad of Impairments -CORRECT ANSWER Deficits in reciprocal social interaction
Deficits in communication
Restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests or activities.
joint attention -CORRECT ANSWER Joint Attention and Social Referencing. Joint
attention occurs when two people share interest in an object or event and there is
, understanding between the two people that they are both interested in the same object
or event.
Hyper/hyposensitive sensory input -CORRECT ANSWER Sometimes the senses of
autistic children are in 'hypo', so that they do not really see, hear or feel anything. To
stimulate their senses they might wave their hands around or rock forth and back or
make strange noises.
Hypersensitive is the exact opposite, some may get too much sensory input from any of
the senses.
Historical definitions of autism -CORRECT ANSWER 1908- word autism is used to
describe schizophrenic patients who were also withdrawn and self-absorbed.
Kanner (1943) described children who were highly intelligent but "displayed a powerful
desire for aloneness" and rigidity/insistence on sameness
Hans Asperger (1944) difficulty with social interaction
1967- refrigerator mothers were the cause of autism
1980-infantile autism listed in the DSM
1987-autism disorder in DSM
1991-federal government makes autism a sped category
1994-Asperger's syndrome added to DSM
2013- DSM-5 folds all subcategories of autism ASD with two categories 1) impaired
social communication and/or interaction. 2) restricted and/or repetitive beahviors
Co-Morbid conditions associated with autism -CORRECT ANSWER Mental retardation,
learning difficulties, ADD/ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, CD, Nonverbal learnning
disabilities
Asperger's Syndrome Definition -CORRECT ANSWER Developmentally appropriate
language, but differences (pragmatics, sentence structure, pronunciation, vocabulary)
Social deficits, Literal interperatation of langauge
Asperger's Syndrome (HFA) common characteristics -CORRECT ANSWER He's just
as smart as other folks, but he has more trouble with social skills. He also tends to have
an obsessive focus on one topic or perform the same behaviors again and again.
Diagnostic methods for ASD -CORRECT ANSWER Often involves a multidisciplinary
team (pediatrician, psychologist, SPL and OT). Criteria found in the DSM-5
Autism (word) History -CORRECT ANSWER The word "autism" comes from the Greek
word "autos," which means "self." It describes conditions in which a person is removed
from social interaction. In other words, he becomes an "isolated self."
Evidence based treatments for ASD -CORRECT ANSWER applied behavior analysis-
DTT, FCT, PRT, Antecedent based interventions
Early intervention, social skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, medication