Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Research Project – Childhood Autism Spe

Childhood Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Research Project – Childhood
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that has a DSM V diagnosis (DSM V manual).
Research disorder using professional journal articles. Describe the following:
1) A thorough description of Childhood
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and how it affects children and/or adolescents.
Give the diagnostic criteria for the disorder (DSM V manual).
2) Any disorders which co-occur with Childhood
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) you researched, and how that complicates
diagnoses as well as behavioral presentations and symptoms.
3) How Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorder
(ASD)is treated. Be thorough with treatments and their effectiveness.
4) Prognosis: if a child is
diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), how likely is it that the
disorder will improve over time? If not, what will the disorder look like into
adulthood or later in life?
5) Find a case study of Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (this is usually in research articles but it can be a
person you know) and tell their story of living with the disorder and how it
has impacted their life.
Each answer to each question
should be thorough. Each page will be double-spaced and 12-point font.
Provide references used to answer the
questions on a separate page, labeled “References”. Cite the references by
using APA format as you are writing the answers as well as for the Reference
page.
No plagiarism!