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Childhood Cognitive Disorders
Mental Retardation
Learning Disorders
Communication Disorders
Mental Retardation
REMINDER: Code MR on Axis II
Diagnostic Criteria for MR
impaired general intellectual functioning
impaired adaptive functioning
onset prior to age 18
Intellectual Functioning
approximately males
Course
life long (although adaptive functioning may improve)
shortened life span in profound MR
Etiology
2/3 known
Genetics
Prenatal
Perinatal
Acquired Medical Condition
Sociocultural Factors?
Treatment
family education
behavioral therapy
pharmacological
Learning Disorders
Reading Disorder
Mathematics Disorder
Disorder of Written Expression
Learning Disorder, NOS
Diagnostic Criteria
achievement below expected:
based on age and education AND
based on IQ
**2 SD discrepancy between IQ and achievement
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Title: Cognitive Disorders
Approximate Word Count: 398
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)
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