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Landau-Kleffner Syndrome | Language Problems | Learning Problems | Long Term Memory Disorder | Major Depressive Disorder | Mania | Memory Disorders | Mood Disorders | Neurodevelopmental Delay | Neurodevelopmental Retardation | Non Verbal Learning Disorder
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome - see Developmental Language Disorders (Communication)
Language Problems - See Developmental Language Disorders
Learning Problems - See Developmental Learning Disorders
Long Term Memory Disorder
The term used for a disorder where an individual has difficulty recalling information that has been learned weeks or months before and is of considerable importance to retrieve. See Validation Statement and Developmental Learning Problems.
Major Depressive Disorder
An acute and serious disorder where affect and mood are seriously altered. Children with the disorder demonstrate sadness or anger or both. Other symptoms include social withdrawal, disordered eating, sleeping, problem solving, loss of self-esteem, morbid and self-destructive ideation and the inability to enjoy life. If validated, Major Depressive Disorder should be regarded as a medical emergency. See Validation Statement, Affect and Mood Disorder and Adjustment Disorder.
Mania - See Juvenile Mania
Memory Disorders
The term used for a disorder where an individual has a problem with one or more types of memory. Memory is generally broken down into 3 categories:
| Short term memory Long term memory Working memory |
See Validation Statement.
Mood Disorders
A disorder often seen in children that is characterized by a serious degree of sadness or anger or both. Other symptoms that are often associated with Mood Disorder are problems with eating, sleeping, problem solving, loss of self-esteem and the inability to enjoy life.
The term Affect Disorder is often used interchangeably with the term Mood Disorder. Mood generally implies a state of melancholy while affect implies a more demonstrative pattern of behavior. A Mood Disorder can be very serious and holds a top priority for medical intervention because of a risk for suicide. Specific disorders of mood in the ABLE Inventory Series are Dysthymia, Major Depressive Disorder and Juvenile Mania. See Validation Statement, Dysthymia, Major Depressive Disorder, Juvenile Mania and Adjustment Disorder.
Neurodevelopmental Delay
The term used for an individual who is behind his/her peers in one or more skills associated with general intelligence and adaptive functioning. It is more severe than a moderate developmental deviation but is considered to be temporary with or without remedial intervention. Time constraints are variable but recovery is a must. The ABLE Report uses this term to signal those responsible for the individual that intervention is warranted if a problem is valid. See Validation Statement and Neurodevelopmental retardation.
Neurodevelopmental Retardation
The term used for an individual who is seriously lacking in skills associated with general intelligence and adaptive functioning. Remediation is more or less unattainable and strategies to compensate for the handicapping condition(s) are often required. There are degrees of Neurodevelopmental Retardation, the most common being in the Mild category. These individuals usually acquire skills at the sixth grade level and are able to enjoy an adequate social relationship but usually require the acquisition of vocational (job) skills for minimum self-support. Other designations for Neurodevelopmental Retardation are Moderate, Severe and Profound. Each successive designation places more limitations on an individual with the disorder. See Validation Statement, Rett's Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and Neurodevelopmental Delay.
Non Verbal Learning Disorder
The term used for a condition where an individual experiences substandard academic achievement as a result of some fairly specific learning deficiencies. Generally the affected individual is articulate but with flaws in Pragmatic Language. Problems with Mathematics, Developmental Written Language and Visual Motor Skills are common. Intelligence testing is often noted to be significantly higher in verbal scores (except for mathematics) than in performance scores. This type of learning disorder is sometimes seen in children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder. See Validation Statement, Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Asperger's Disorder and Pragmatic Language Disorder.
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