Exam 54: Children With Challenges

Depression in youth is over-diagnosed by health professionals, who tend to overreact to symptoms that are really just a passing phase or a natural response to a stressful event.

__________ of children in the United States are clinically depressed.

Mental retardation is a distinctive feature of fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and fetal alcohol syndrome.

The least common learning disabilities involve language function and metacognitive abilities, such as memory and problem solving.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1975 (IDEA) includes a category of disability called "other health impaired," which addresses children with __________.

The prevalence of behavior and attention disorders is higher in girls and in upper socioeconomic groups.

__________ is a difference between the rate of development in two aspects of one area-for example, between expressive and receptive language in children who are deaf.

A __________ is a significant lag in meeting milestones; for example, motor delays may indicate cerebral palsy.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1975 (IDEA) allows children with disabilities to be educated in __________.

__________ is/are characterized by a discrepancy between ability as measured on intelligence tests and actual achievement.

__________ represents alterations in the typical developmental sequence in one or more of three areas: motor, cognitive, and neurobehavioral.