Author Question: The fact that children have a critical development period for language and social skills from about ... (Read 36 times)

Engineer · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

The fact that children have a critical development period for language and social skills from about 18 months to 3 years means that is critical in the treatment of ASD.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 2

What are the implications of the research finding that African-American children are 2.6 times less likely to be identified as having ASD?

What will be an ideal response?

joewallace · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 31, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: early intervention

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: Answers should address: African-American children are more likely to be mis- diagnosed as having a conduct disorder or attention disorder than are their white peers; this means the opportunity for early intervention that is so crucial is often missed