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How to Administer the PDD Autism Screening Questionnaire
Research and learn the criteria that define autism. This should be done before the screening. The criteria for autism deal with impairment in three areas including social behavior, speech behavior and repetitive stereotype behavior. This is... Read More »
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what is the difference between pdd and autism?
Dear Marie, Autism is one type od Pervasive Developmental Disorder. In other words, PDD is a category of emotional disorders, and Autism is one particular type in this broad category. Autism is characterized by qualitative impairment in soc... Read More »
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What is the difference between autism and PDD?
The term "PDD" is widely used by professionals to refer to children with autism and related disorders; however, there is a great deal of disagreement and confusion among professionals concerning the PDD label. See similar questions... Read More »
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The pervasive developmental disorders, or autism spectrum disorders, range from a severe form, called autistic disorder, to a milder form, Asperger syndrome. If a child has symptoms of either of these disorders, but does not meet the specif...
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Hi Ana; The PDD-NOS label is used for individuals who do not meet the full criteria for autism as set forth in the Diagnostic and Statisical Manual-4th edition (DSM-IV, but who clearly demonstrate some of the criteria that is seen with thos...
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Hi Yolanda; Most researchers in the realm of autism are currently arguing about just this topic. Most, however, agree that AS, high functioning autism, and PDD-NOS are really the same thing. Personally, my experience would lead me to consid...
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Children that have difficulty with social skills, language, and behavior are said to have a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). Most children with problems in development have only one or two areas of disability. Children with PDD, howe...
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Clearly it is impossible to make a generalization about how any individual child will grow and progress. All children continue to develop, despite delays or the presence of deviant behaviors. Information that we have currently about the pro...
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Posted: March 24 2009 at 9:33am | IP Logged MrsGomez wrote: question for you all is it possible for melatonin to cause vomiting? Our son was on 2mg for a few days but felt it was too much so we dropped his dose to 1mg. The past two nights h...
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Source: http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31585&PN=1
ADHD is defined by inattentiveness (distractibility) with/without hyperactivity. Many ADHD kids also hyperfocus at times (it's common to find kids who are distractible when uninterested and hyperfocusing when interested) but hyperfocusing i...
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