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809779 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Design an assessment protocol to identify young children with ASD. Be sure it is comprehensive and descriptive and will lead to effective interventions.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Before Hannah can leave the house, she must turn all four gas burners on her stove on and off 24 times, each in sequence. She performs this ritual because she does not trust her memory and fears she can't be sure the burners are actually off without doing this. Hannah is demonstrating which cognitive characteristic of OCD?

a. probability bias c. morality bias
b. disconfirmatory bias d. confirmatory bias

jsm54321 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Interviews with parents (research has shown parents to be valid reporters of child's behavior)
Checklists and rating scales completed by various individuals in the child's life
Observations
Assessment should lead to unique interventions (each child is unique) based on strengths and challenges

Answer to Question 2

B