BCAT Test
ASD: A1-A3: Social communication - >>must have deficits in ALL 3 sections
-A1: SOCIAL EMOTIONAL RECIPROCITY
>deficits in social emotional
... [Show More] reciprocity, reduced sharing interest, dont respond to
smiles
>no give and take
>sympt: abnorm socail approach, failure to have typical convo, reduc share of
emotions, lack of social interac initiation, poor social immitation
-A2: NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
>deficits in nonverbal commun behav used in social interac, poorly in verbal to non
verbal commun
>>>>may talk, but not have same facail expressions and body lang to show their emot
>eye contact form of nonverbal,,most pronounced deficit
-A3: DEVELOPING, MAINTATING, AND UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS
>narrow range of interests, makes diff to relate to others
>difficult to do dress up with joint atten
>use ppl as tools to get their needs met
>inapprop interest w/ kids
>lack of THEORY OF MIND (going in others shoes,perspective taking)
ASD: B1-B4: Stereotypes patterns of bx, interset, and activities - -at least 2 of 4
syptoms
-B1: STEREOTYPES/REPETITIVE MOVEMENTS, USE OF OBJECTS OR SPEECH
> repetitive speech
>motor movements: handflapping, touching items as walk past, ECHOLALIA (repeat
your words/what they are hearing)
B2: INSITENCE OF SAMENESS, INFLEXIBLE ADHERENCE TO ROUTINES, OR
RITUALIZED PATTERNS OF VERBAL/NONVERBAL BX
>Rigiditiy, rigid thinking, "overly rule bound", excessive resistance to change, ritualized
patterns of nonverbal and verbal behav, compulsions
B3: HIGHLY RESTRICTED, FIXATED INTERSTS
> many unusual perservative interests
> being overly perfectionistic, excessive focus on non-relavent or nonfunc parts of
objects, attachement to unusual inanimat obj, unusual fears
B4: HYPER/HYPOSENSORY INPUT
> atypical sensory behav
> hyposensitive:under sensitivity (low pain tol)
> hypersensitivity: being too sensitive about certain things (ex: high pain toler)
BCAT Test
ASD High functioning (level 1) - -requires support
-deff in social commun cause noticable impairment, diff initiating social interac, demon
clear ex of atypical/unsuccessful responses in social overtures of others
-Rituals and repetitive behav cause sigif interference w/ func in 1+ contexts; resists
attemps by thers to interrupt RRBs or to be rediected from fixations
Level 2: Midfunctioning - -Requires substantial support
-marked deficits in verbal/nonverbal social commun skills , soical impairment apparent
EVEN W/ SUPPORTS IN PLACE,
-RRBs appear frequently enough to be obvious to the casual observer and interfere w/
func in varity of contexts....
Level 3 Low Funcitoning: - -requires very substantial support
-Severe deficits in verbal/nonverbal social commun cause VERY SEVERE IMPAIR IN
FUNC, very limited social interac,
-RRBs markedly interfere w/ func in all spheres
-very diff to redirect form fixated interests [Show Less]