Author Question: You are observing a room full of children and are told that one of the children has a diagnosis of ... (Read 64 times)

anshika · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

You are observing a room full of children and are told that one of the children has a diagnosis of autism. You can MOST likely identify this child as the one who is engaged in which of the following behaviors?

a. talking nonstop and not paying attention to the teacher or the work assignment
b. playing with a handful of rocks, putting them into a container, and taking them out over and over
c. behaving aggressively, hitting other children, and taking their belongings away from them
d. laying on the floor sleeping quietly even though it is not nap time

Question 2

Research published by Garner et al. in 2008 on the effect of massage therapy on stress, anxiety and aggression in a young adult psychiatric inpatient unit, revealed that massage therapy:

a. effectively eliminates both migraine and nonmigraine headaches
b. increases a person's perception of pain and anxiety
c. triggers episodes of migraine headache
d. has immediate beneficial effects on anxiety-related measures.

bhavsar · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
The child who is behaving aggressively, hitting other children, and taking their belongings away from them is most likely the child with autism. The aggressive behavior of children with autism is related to their profound lack of interest in social interactions. Autistic children would not be talking nonstop and not paying attention to the teacher, which is more characteristic of a child with ADHD. A child with autism would more likely be playing with a spinning toy instead of a handful of rocks.

Answer to Question 2

D
Garner et al. in 2008 found that massage therapy had a positive effect on the treatment of stress, anxiety, and aggression in a young adult psychiatric inpatient unit. Data revealed that massage therapy had immediate beneficial effects on anxiety-related measures (anxiety, resting heart rate, and saliva cortisol levels). Findings also indicated that massage may be a useful deescalating tool for reducing stress and anxiety in hospitalized psychiatric patients.