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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 559034" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>[h=2]Board Abbreviations/Acronyms[/h]<span style="color: #000000"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS OF DISORDERS</strong> </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Most Frequently Used Acronyms on the Board: </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>difficult child</strong> is your Difficult Child</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>easy child</strong> is (are) your Perfect Child(ren) </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>husband</strong> is your Dear Husband </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>wife</strong> is your Dear Wife </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>SO</strong> is your Significant Other </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>mother in law</strong> is your Mother-in-Law </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>father in law</strong> is your Father-in-law </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>brother in law</strong> is your Brother-in-law </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>sister in law</strong> is your Sister-in-law </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>DEX</strong> is a Dear EX </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>PP</strong> are Perfect Parents who make you nuts because they are always bragging about their wonderful lives, children. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>Warrior Mom</strong>- What most of us are.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>Warrior Dad</strong>- What the others of us are. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>HMJ</strong> Hot Mama Juice-given to us by Wildflowers son- Any liquid beverage that gets you through the day. Liquor is optional.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>Rhino skin</strong>- Stars gift to the board. It's a snappy and stylish little suit you wear to keep yourself from being thin skinned.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>Rattle Beads</strong> Light a candle, Say a prayer, Cross everything - The universal, non-denominational cry for positive thoughts.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>thank you</strong> is Thank You </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>in my opinion</strong> is In My Opinion </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>in my humble opinion</strong> is In My Humble Opinion </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>been there done that</strong> is Been There Done That </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>LOL</strong> is Laughing Out Loud </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>ROFL</strong> is Rolling On Floor Laughing </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>ROFLMAO</strong> is ROFL My A** Off </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>by the way</strong> is By The Way </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>NFM</strong> is No Further Message </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>O/T</strong> or <strong>Occupational Therapist (OT)</strong> is Off Topic (non-difficult child) </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>Residential Treatment Center (RTC)/Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)</strong> is Residential Treatment Center/Facility </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">* <strong>UP</strong> is used in a reply when a post has slipped down the page with few replies. By typing "up" in a reply, the post will go to the top of the page again. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>REGULARLY USED ABBREVIATION:</strong> </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>Department of Juvenile Justice</strong> - Department of Juvenile Justice</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>within normal limits</strong> -within normal limits </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>not otherwise specified</strong> -not otherwise specified </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>SD</strong> -school district </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>P-DR</strong> -psychiatrist(M.D) </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>rule out</strong> -rule out </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE COMMONLY SEEN DISORDERS</strong> </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">ADD/ADHD ~~ Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder: individuals who have short attention spans because of their inability to concentrate. These individuals also exhibit impulsive actions. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">AGORAPHOBIA-an internal anxiety condition that has become so intense that the suffering individual fears going anywhere or doing anything where these feelings of panic have repeatedly occurred before. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER-This disorder is characterized by a long-standing disregard of other people's rights, often crossing the line and violating those rights. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">ANXIETY ~~ fears that are persistent, overwhelming, and interfere with daily life. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">AS ~~ Asperger's Syndrome: is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by severe and sustaining impairment of social interaction, development of restricted and receptive patterns of behavior, interest or activities. These characteristics result in clinically significant impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">AUTISM ~~ difficulties in verbal & nonverbal communication, social interaction and leisure activities. The disorder makes it hard for them to communicate with others and relate to the outside world. In some cases aggressive or self-injurious behaviors may present. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Borderline (BPD) ~~ Borderline Personality Disorder: a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affect with marked impulsivity beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder (COBP) ~~ Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder (Manic/Depression): is a serious but treatable brain disorder characterized by extreme changes in mood, energy and behavior. Symptoms can present in early childhood, adolescence or adulthood. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">CD ~~ Conduct Disorder: a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">DAMP ~~ Deficits in Attention, Motor control and Perception: is differentiated from ADHD by deficits in motor control and perception. It is a narrower diagnosis than ADD. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">DEPRESSION ~~ involves body, mood and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself and the way one thinks about things. It is not the same as the passing blues. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">MAJOR DEPRESSION/CLINICAL DEPRESSION: combination of symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, study, eat, sleep and enjoy once pleasurable activities. Such disabling episodes may occur once or more commonly several times in a lifetime. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">DYSTHYMIA: long-term symptoms of depression that do not disable but prevent one from feeling good or functioning well. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">EXECUTIVE FUNCTION DISORDER~~ term used where an affected individual has a problem executing tasks that require order and preparation. That is a function that requires organizational abilities, timing, sequencing, diligence, and attention. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) ~~ Fetal Alcohol Effect/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: a known or strongly suspected history of maternal use of alcohol....any amount of alcohol is damaging. Characterized by premature birth, low birth weight (remaining small until puberty), distinctive pattern of facial abnormalities (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)) or not (Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)), some degree of brain damage. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">GID ~~ Gender Identity Disorder: a deviation from the normal pattern of exploring masculine and feminine behaviors. They develop an inflexible, compulsive, persistent and stereotypical pattern. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) ~~ Intermittent Explosive Disorder: characterized by episodes of failure to resist aggressive impulses resulting in serious assaults or destruction of property. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Learning Disability (LD) ~~ Learning Disabilities: people of generally average to above-average intelligence with-great discrepancies between their abilities and specific areas of difficulty, i.e., reasoning, speaking, writing, reading and math. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) ~~ NonVerbal Learning Disorder: reveals itself in impaired abilities to organize the visual-spacial field, adapt to new or novel situations and/or accurately read nonverbal signals. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ~~ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: excessive worries, doubts, beliefs or superstitions. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">ODD ~~ Oppositional Defiance Disorder: persistent disobedience and opposition to authority to figures such as parents, teachers or other adults. However, the basic rights of others are still respected and age-appropriate societal rules and behaviors are not violated. Characterized by negative, hostile and defiant behaviors, generally strongest in the home. Before puberty the disorder is more frequently found in males, after puberty the ratio equals out. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">PANDAS ~~ Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder: Associated with-Streptococcal infections...describes a subgroup of children who have either a tic disorder (such as Tourette's) or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and whose tics, obsessions and/or compulsions typically worsen dramatically following strep infections or children who have no prior history who suddenly explode in symptoms after a group A strep infection. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) ~~ Pervasive Developmental Disorder: usually evident by age three (3). In general, children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) have difficulty in talking, playing with other children, and relating to others, including family. Characterized by severe and pervasive impairment in several areas of development ~~ social interaction skills, communication skills, presence of stereotypical behaviors, interests and activities. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">PTSD ~~ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: enduring consequences of traumatic experiences. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) ~~ Reactive Attachment Disorder: the inability of a child to attach to a primary caregiver and go through the normal development that children go through in order to function in a relationship. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">SCHOOL PHOBIA~~ irrational, persistent fear of going to school...afflicts about 1% of all students at some point in there academic career. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">SCHIZOPHRENIA ~~ affects men and women in equal numbers. Is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech/thinking, catatonia and negative symptoms (social withdrawal, absence of emotion and expression, reduced energy, motivation and activity). </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER~~ Schizoaffective disorder is an illness in which there are both severe mood swings (mania and/or depression), and some of the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia. Most of the time mania or depression mix with psychotic symptoms, but there must be at least one two-week period in which there are only psychotic symptoms without any symptoms of mania or depression. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER-Medical research reveals seasonal affective disorder, the winter blues, and winter worsening are caused by the decreased exposure to sunlight. During the fall and winter months, less light passes through the eyes which inhibits the release of an important brain chemical, serotonin. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">SEPARATION ANXIETY~~ developmentally inappropriate and excessive anxiety concerning separation from home or from those with whom the individual is attached. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) ~~ Sensory Integration Disorder: the inability of the brain to correctly process information brought in by the brain. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">Tourette's Syndrome ~~ Tourette's Syndrome: neurological disorder characterized by tics ~~ involuntary rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000">by Suz</p><p></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 559034, member: 13542"] [h=2]Board Abbreviations/Acronyms[/h][COLOR=#000000][INDENT][B]ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS OF DISORDERS[/B] Most Frequently Used Acronyms on the Board: * [B]difficult child[/B] is your Difficult Child * [B]easy child[/B] is (are) your Perfect Child(ren) * [B]husband[/B] is your Dear Husband * [B]wife[/B] is your Dear Wife * [B]SO[/B] is your Significant Other * [B]mother in law[/B] is your Mother-in-Law * [B]father in law[/B] is your Father-in-law * [B]brother in law[/B] is your Brother-in-law * [B]sister in law[/B] is your Sister-in-law * [B]DEX[/B] is a Dear EX * [B]PP[/B] are Perfect Parents who make you nuts because they are always bragging about their wonderful lives, children. * [B]Warrior Mom[/B]- What most of us are. * [B]Warrior Dad[/B]- What the others of us are. * [B]HMJ[/B] Hot Mama Juice-given to us by Wildflowers son- Any liquid beverage that gets you through the day. Liquor is optional. * [B]Rhino skin[/B]- Stars gift to the board. It's a snappy and stylish little suit you wear to keep yourself from being thin skinned. * [B]Rattle Beads[/B] Light a candle, Say a prayer, Cross everything - The universal, non-denominational cry for positive thoughts. * [B]thank you[/B] is Thank You * [B]in my opinion[/B] is In My Opinion * [B]in my humble opinion[/B] is In My Humble Opinion * [B]been there done that[/B] is Been There Done That * [B]LOL[/B] is Laughing Out Loud * [B]ROFL[/B] is Rolling On Floor Laughing * [B]ROFLMAO[/B] is ROFL My A** Off * [B]by the way[/B] is By The Way * [B]NFM[/B] is No Further Message * [B]O/T[/B] or [B]Occupational Therapist (OT)[/B] is Off Topic (non-difficult child) * [B]Residential Treatment Center (RTC)/Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)[/B] is Residential Treatment Center/Facility * [B]UP[/B] is used in a reply when a post has slipped down the page with few replies. By typing "up" in a reply, the post will go to the top of the page again. [B]REGULARLY USED ABBREVIATION:[/B] [B]Department of Juvenile Justice[/B] - Department of Juvenile Justice [B]within normal limits[/B] -within normal limits [B]not otherwise specified[/B] -not otherwise specified [B]SD[/B] -school district [B]P-DR[/B] -psychiatrist(M.D) [B]rule out[/B] -rule out [B]ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE COMMONLY SEEN DISORDERS[/B] ADD/ADHD ~~ Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder: individuals who have short attention spans because of their inability to concentrate. These individuals also exhibit impulsive actions. AGORAPHOBIA-an internal anxiety condition that has become so intense that the suffering individual fears going anywhere or doing anything where these feelings of panic have repeatedly occurred before. ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER-This disorder is characterized by a long-standing disregard of other people's rights, often crossing the line and violating those rights. ANXIETY ~~ fears that are persistent, overwhelming, and interfere with daily life. AS ~~ Asperger's Syndrome: is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by severe and sustaining impairment of social interaction, development of restricted and receptive patterns of behavior, interest or activities. These characteristics result in clinically significant impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning. AUTISM ~~ difficulties in verbal & nonverbal communication, social interaction and leisure activities. The disorder makes it hard for them to communicate with others and relate to the outside world. In some cases aggressive or self-injurious behaviors may present. Borderline (BPD) ~~ Borderline Personality Disorder: a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affect with marked impulsivity beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder (COBP) ~~ Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder (Manic/Depression): is a serious but treatable brain disorder characterized by extreme changes in mood, energy and behavior. Symptoms can present in early childhood, adolescence or adulthood. CD ~~ Conduct Disorder: a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated. DAMP ~~ Deficits in Attention, Motor control and Perception: is differentiated from ADHD by deficits in motor control and perception. It is a narrower diagnosis than ADD. DEPRESSION ~~ involves body, mood and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself and the way one thinks about things. It is not the same as the passing blues. MAJOR DEPRESSION/CLINICAL DEPRESSION: combination of symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, study, eat, sleep and enjoy once pleasurable activities. Such disabling episodes may occur once or more commonly several times in a lifetime. DYSTHYMIA: long-term symptoms of depression that do not disable but prevent one from feeling good or functioning well. EXECUTIVE FUNCTION DISORDER~~ term used where an affected individual has a problem executing tasks that require order and preparation. That is a function that requires organizational abilities, timing, sequencing, diligence, and attention. Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) ~~ Fetal Alcohol Effect/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: a known or strongly suspected history of maternal use of alcohol....any amount of alcohol is damaging. Characterized by premature birth, low birth weight (remaining small until puberty), distinctive pattern of facial abnormalities (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)) or not (Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)), some degree of brain damage. GID ~~ Gender Identity Disorder: a deviation from the normal pattern of exploring masculine and feminine behaviors. They develop an inflexible, compulsive, persistent and stereotypical pattern. Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) ~~ Intermittent Explosive Disorder: characterized by episodes of failure to resist aggressive impulses resulting in serious assaults or destruction of property. Learning Disability (LD) ~~ Learning Disabilities: people of generally average to above-average intelligence with-great discrepancies between their abilities and specific areas of difficulty, i.e., reasoning, speaking, writing, reading and math. NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) ~~ NonVerbal Learning Disorder: reveals itself in impaired abilities to organize the visual-spacial field, adapt to new or novel situations and/or accurately read nonverbal signals. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ~~ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: excessive worries, doubts, beliefs or superstitions. ODD ~~ Oppositional Defiance Disorder: persistent disobedience and opposition to authority to figures such as parents, teachers or other adults. However, the basic rights of others are still respected and age-appropriate societal rules and behaviors are not violated. Characterized by negative, hostile and defiant behaviors, generally strongest in the home. Before puberty the disorder is more frequently found in males, after puberty the ratio equals out. PANDAS ~~ Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder: Associated with-Streptococcal infections...describes a subgroup of children who have either a tic disorder (such as Tourette's) or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and whose tics, obsessions and/or compulsions typically worsen dramatically following strep infections or children who have no prior history who suddenly explode in symptoms after a group A strep infection. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) ~~ Pervasive Developmental Disorder: usually evident by age three (3). In general, children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) have difficulty in talking, playing with other children, and relating to others, including family. Characterized by severe and pervasive impairment in several areas of development ~~ social interaction skills, communication skills, presence of stereotypical behaviors, interests and activities. PTSD ~~ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: enduring consequences of traumatic experiences. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) ~~ Reactive Attachment Disorder: the inability of a child to attach to a primary caregiver and go through the normal development that children go through in order to function in a relationship. SCHOOL PHOBIA~~ irrational, persistent fear of going to school...afflicts about 1% of all students at some point in there academic career. SCHIZOPHRENIA ~~ affects men and women in equal numbers. Is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech/thinking, catatonia and negative symptoms (social withdrawal, absence of emotion and expression, reduced energy, motivation and activity). SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER~~ Schizoaffective disorder is an illness in which there are both severe mood swings (mania and/or depression), and some of the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia. Most of the time mania or depression mix with psychotic symptoms, but there must be at least one two-week period in which there are only psychotic symptoms without any symptoms of mania or depression. SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER-Medical research reveals seasonal affective disorder, the winter blues, and winter worsening are caused by the decreased exposure to sunlight. During the fall and winter months, less light passes through the eyes which inhibits the release of an important brain chemical, serotonin. SEPARATION ANXIETY~~ developmentally inappropriate and excessive anxiety concerning separation from home or from those with whom the individual is attached. Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) ~~ Sensory Integration Disorder: the inability of the brain to correctly process information brought in by the brain. Tourette's Syndrome ~~ Tourette's Syndrome: neurological disorder characterized by tics ~~ involuntary rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way. by Suz[/INDENT] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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