Sentences with phrase «other social impairments»

She is also the Director of the UCLA PEERS Clinic, which is an outpatient hospital - based clinic providing parent - assisted social skills training for adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other social impairments.

Not exact matches

(Per Social Security Administration data, 28 percent of final medical denials in 2013 were because the impairment was considered «not severe,» and another 31 percent because the applicant was still considered able to do other kinds of work.)

A comprehensive evaluation by a mental health professional (e.g., a psychologist, psychiatrist, or clinical social worker) is important for confirming the presence of selective mutism (SM) and identifying other conditions that might contribute to impairments in functioning.

The medications excel at quelling hallucinations and delusions, yet largely fail to address schizophrenia's debilitating cognitive and social impairments, while increasing risk for movement disorders, weight gain, and other metabolic and cardiovascular side effects.

It measures one area of social impairment: a person's ability to perceive other people's mental states as communicated by their eyes.

ASD patients show a triad of impairments: impaired social interaction with others, impaired verbal and nonverbal communication, and impaired play and imaginative activities.

Older people with HIV are more likely to experience mental health and neurocognitive impairments than other people of the same age, as well as more social isolation.

Seven of the 34 had some impairment in «non verbal social interactions» which the researchers decided, somewhat arbitrarily, was due to other factors such as anxiety or depression.

Other research studies have reported a decline in social networks in people with Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and previous literature has shown psychological well - being in older age to be associated with reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia.

«This lack of synchronization with frontal regions in ASD — an impairment in brain connectivity — may lead to symptoms of the disorder that involve processes that require brain coordination between frontal and other areas, such as language processing and social interaction,» Just explained.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) will use a five - step process to evaluate the claim, asking whether the claimant worked during the disability period, whether he or she suffered a severe impairment, whether the impairment met or equaled the requirements of a listed impairment, whether the worker could return to past work or perform relevant work, and whether he or she could find other work in the national economy.

Reasonable fees, other than fees referred to in any of paragraphs 1 to 10, that are charged by a member of a health profession or a social worker for conducting an assessment or examination and preparing a report if the assessment or examination is reasonably required in connection with a benefit that is claimed or in connection with the preparation of a treatment plan, disability certificate, assessment of attendant care needs or application for the determination of a catastrophic impairment, and,

These «other impairments» included difficulties with «major life activities of interacting with others, reproducing, and social and occupational functioning.»

The DAC concluded Pastore had a class 4 or «marked impairment» in terms of her daily living and gave her an overall assessment of class 3 («moderate impairment») when considering the assessments in the other three categories: social functioning; concentration, persistence and pace; and deterioration or decompensation in work or work - like settings.

Developed Individual Educational Plans (IEP) designed to promote academic achievement and social - emotional development through specially designed instruction for students with disabilities including, but not limited to, Specific Learning Disability (SLD), Intellectual Disability (ID), Emotional Disturbance (ED), Other Health Impairment (OHI), Multiple Disabilities (MD), and Autism.

Diagnosis of schizophreniform disorder at 26 years of age required a self report of ≥ 1 hallucination symptoms plus 2 other symptoms (delusions, disorganised speech, catatonic behaviour, or negative symptoms) and ≥ 1 social or occupational impairments in 3 areas (long term unemployment, poor money management, not in a relationship, paranoia, social isolation, or poor grooming).

Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by a number of impairments including a lack of social empathy, a lack of understanding of others» thoughts and facial expressions, a delayed or complete absence of communication skills, difficulty with imagination, and difficulty with social interaction.

As a result, they tend to spend more time onlooking (watching other children without joining) and hovering on the edge of social groups.8, 11 There is some evidence to suggest that young depressive children also experience social impairment.12 For example, children who display greater depressive symptoms are more likely to be rejected by peers.10 Moreover, deficits in social skills (e.g., social participation, leadership) and peer victimization predict depressive symptoms in childhood.13, 14 There is also substantial longitudinal evidence linking social withdrawal in childhood with the later development of more significant internalizing problems.15, 16,17 For example, Katz and colleagues18 followed over 700 children from early childhood to young adulthood and described a pathway linking social withdrawal at age 5 years — to social difficulties with peers at age 15 years — to diagnoses of depression at age 20 years.

Typical presenting problems include concerns about attention / ADHD, learning, trauma / PTSD, depression, anxiety, memory, disruptive behavior, hyperactivity, social interactions / Autism, dementia, neurobehavioral disorders, traumatic brain injury, and cognitive impairments among others.

Typical presenting problems include concerns about attention / ADHD, hyperactivity, trauma / PTSD, depression, anxiety, disruptive behavior, social interactions / Autism, life stress, and cognitive impairments among others.

The symptoms must cause significant psychological distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV), conduct disorder is present when a child or adolescent (1) repetitively violates the rights of others or violates age - appropriate social norms and rules, and (2) this pattern of behavior causes significant impairment in social, academic, or occupational functioning.

Population Served: WCLC is a separate public school special education facility which provides services in grades 1 - 12 for 63 students experiencing social and emotional problems — mental health disorders, autism, and other health impairments.

The SDQ also contains four questions about chronicity, distress, social impairment, and possible burden to others.

During the prenatal and infant periods, families have been identified on the basis of socioeconomic risk (parental education, income, age8, 11) and / or other family (e.g. maternal depression) or child (e.g. prematurity and low birth weight12) risks; whereas with preschoolers a greater emphasis has been placed on the presence of child disruptive behaviour, delays in language / cognitive impairment and / or more pervasive developmental delays.6 With an increased emphasis on families from lower socioeconomic strata, who typically face multiple types of adversity (e.g. low parental educational attainment and work skills, poor housing, low social support, dangerous neighbourhoods), many parenting programs have incorporated components that provide support for parents» self - care (e.g. depression, birth - control planning), marital functioning and / or economic self - sufficiency (e.g. improving educational, occupational and housing resources).8, 13,14 This trend to broaden the scope of «parenting» programs mirrors recent findings on early predictors of low - income children's social and emotional skills.

While children completed measures of emotional, cognitive, and social development, their primary caregivers (92 % biological mothers, 3 % biological fathers, and 5 % adoptive / foster parents or grandparents) were interviewed separately about their preschoolers» psychiatric symptoms using the PAPA and about their developmental skills and impairments using a variety of other measures.

Results supported the hypothesized indirect pathway whereby social anxiety was associated with impairment in same - sex friendships; functioning in same - sex friendships was associated with functioning in other - sex friendships, which was associated, in turn, with functioning in romantic relationships.