Describe ways in which parent factors are important to consider ...

[LCritchfi]

Describe ways in which parent factors are important to consider during the emergence, assessment/diagnosis, and treatment of ASDs.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Wanda is obsessed with thinking about washing her hands and cannot stop these intrusive thoughts. This demonstrates which cognitive characteristic of OCD?
 
  a. control c. exaggerated estimates
  b. probability bias d. lack of confidence bias

[morganmarie791]

Answer to Question 1

 Emergence  parent input is critical to understanding developmental course of behaviors/symptoms; parents are viewed as valid reporters
 Assessment/diagnosis  parents/families are best resource child has and best reporter of child's behaviors
 Treatment  parents/families are best resource and advocates for child in short-term and long-term; must be partners in interventions as they should be generalized across settings

Answer to Question 2

A