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December 5th, 2013, 30th Class:
- habit disorders
- elimination disorders
- eating disorders
- Test #3: Tuesday 12-10-13 1 p.m.
- Language and Learning Disability, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum and Schizophrenia, Disorders of Basic Physical Functions
| MC | short answer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LD & Language | 9 | 2 | |
| Intellectual | 10 | 2 | |
| Autism & Schizophrenia | 9 | 2 | |
| Basic Physical Functions | 8 | ||
| general | 4 | ||
| 72 pt.s | 34 pt.s | 106 |
December 3, 2013, 29th Class:
- autism spectrum disorders
- Lovaas “Behavioral Treatment of Autistic Children”
- Assignment for Thursday: Review you statement of what makes a child’s behavior abnormal from our first class. Is you opionion the same? Has it changed? How? Either way, write up a comparison for Thurday and turn in. 5 pt.s
November 21, 2013, 28th Class
November 19, 2013, 27th Class:
- intellectual assessment
- 12 year old child, valid FSIQ of 55, could this child:
- talk: 100% of us thought so
- read 1st grade reader: 62% of us thought so (last year 80%)
- do simple addition and subtraction: 65% thought so (last year 69%)
- make purchases at convenience store: 45% thought so (last year 42%)
- dress appropriate for weather: 75% thought so (last year 84%)
- autism spectrum disorders
November 14, 2013, 26th Class:
November 12, 2013, 25th Class:
November 7, 2013, 24th Class:
- Learning Disabilities
- assignment: LD: attitudes, expectations, feelings
November 5, 2013, 23rd Class:
- ADHD conclude
- Learning Disabilities
October 31, 2013, 22nd Class
- ADHD
- assignment for Tuesday 11-5-13: read the short pieces by Dr. Donovan and Dr. Hinshaw. Both wish to influence how you think about ADHD. 1) summarize in one sentence for each article, the main idea promoted by each author: two articles, two sentences. 2) What does it appear to you that Dr. Donovan and Dr. Hinshaw would agree about? 3) What, if anything, might Dr. Donovan and Dr. Hinshaw disagree about (or, What might you imagine one saying the you woulnd’t have any idea what the other thinks on that subject?). 4) consider that both these articles are over a dcade old, do they seem relevant to your class or should I have sent them off to recycling? 10 points.
October 29, 2013, 21st Class:
- test #2
October 24, 2013, 20th Class:
- ADHD
- Test # 2 on Tuesday 29th
- effects of changing diagnostic criteria
October 22, 2013, 19th Class:
October 17th, 18th Class:
- conduct disorders conclude
- substance use disorders
October 15th, 17th Class:
October 10th, 16th Class:
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DSM 5): severe recurrent temper outbursts; persisent irritable mood; classified as a depressive disorder in DSM 5
October 8, 15th Class:
- suicide, conclude
- mood disorders: bipolar
October 3, 14th Class:
October 1, 13th Class:
Sept 26, 12th Class:
Sept 24, 11th Class:
- test #1
Sept 19, 10th Class:
- conclude unit 4: treatment of child and adolescent psychopathology
review for Test #1
Sept 17th, 9th Class:
- assessment and treatment
- changes from DSM-IV to DSM-IV
- categories were regrouped: pervasive developmental disorder diagnoses were collapsed into an Autistic Spectrum Disorder category
- a few new diagnoses were added: Pragmatic Language Disorder, Disruptive Mood Disregulation Disorder
- some diagnostic criteria were altered: ADHD onset moved from prior to 7 to prior to 12
- the multiaxial system was deleated
- effects of changing diagnostic criteria
- unit 4: treatment of child and adolescent psychopathology
- review questions
Sept 12th, 8th Class:
- unit 3: research in child and adolescent psychopathology
Sept 10th, 7th Class:
- unit 3: research in child and adolescent psychopathology
- Assignment for Tuesday (9-17-13): find three studies of child psychopathology, one reflecting observation/description, one reflecting correlation/identifying relationships, one reflecting experimentation. Photocopy the abstract and reference (first page) of the three articles; label “observation”, “correlation”, “experiment”; staple together and put your name on: turn in 9-17-13. Value: 6 pt.s
Sept 5th, 6th Class:
September 3rd, 5th Class:
August 29th, 4th Class:
August 27, 3rd Class:
- August 22, 2nd Class:
- unit 1
- turn in: 1) question for ch. 1, 2) 5 things you want to learn in our class
- question for ch. 2 due on Tuesday
August 20, 1st Class:
- organization, unit 1
Syllabus
“90% of life is showing up” (anonymous bumper sticker)
- class assignment: What makes a child’s behavior “abnormal?”
- Assignment for Thursday: Bring me a question for ch. 1
- Assignment for Thursday: Bring me a list of 5 things you would like to learn in this class this semester.
- assisgnments to be brought to class (as opposed to assignments in class) should be typed/machine printed
There will be a quiz on Thursday over ch. 1