Types

[Heather]

* Mental retardation
* Learning disabilities
* Communication disorders
* Autism
* Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
* Conduct disorder
* Oppositional defiant disorder

[A.]

I did not know what Conduct Disorder is. I looked it up.

Once I saw a boy throwing a cat up into a tree. I guess it's a good example of Conduct Disorder.

but why it's listed under Developmental Disorder?

Does it go away while aging?

[A.]

How Mental Retardation is different from Learning Disabilities?

Also, are the above mentioned disorders presented as isolated cases or as combined symptoms?

[Heather]

I think it is listed as a Developmental disorder because it is first exhibited in children. It can develop into something worse as they age. I found this information on the net

"Treatments for conduct disorder are designed to decrease or eliminate as many identified problem behaviors as possible in the short-term and also to work towards the long-term goal of preventing children's behavioral problems from worsening over time (for instance, into a full blown adult Antisocial Personality Disorder)."

From this explanation, I gather that the 'conduct disorder' does go away with time, but it can also worsen into an adult disorder.

[Heather]

"Mental retardation refers to substantial limitations in present functioning. It is characterized by significantly subaverage intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with related limitations in two or more of the following applicable adaptive skill areas: communication, self-care, home living, social skills, community use, self-direction, health and safety, functional academics, leisure, and work. Mental retardation manifests before age 18" (American Association on Mental Retardation, 1992).

I think Mental Retardation can include learning disabilities, but not all learning disabilities represent mental retardation. Is that what you understand?

[A.]

I think Mental Retardation can include learning disabilities, but not all learning disabilities represent mental retardation. Is that what you understand?


Yes, that what I thought.

Last year, I took a computer class and I think I developed Learning Disability because i could not absorb or remember everything I learned in that class. I felt my brain had a hole from where all the information leaked!

[Heather]

LOL That's funny, Amal. I feel that way about a lot of things I'm supposed to learn!

[A.]

Heather wrote: "LOL That's funny, Amal. I feel that way about a lot of things I'm supposed to learn!"

:)

my husband has a different theory....he thinks that I think too much and that displaces my memory storage...who knows may be it's true!

[Marcelle]

psychological problems cab be cause for learning disabilities..

[Heather]

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) Test
asper/Goldberg Adult ADD/ADHD Screening Quiz
By Larry Jasper & Ivan Goldberg

http://psychcentral.com/addquiz.htm