Key Indicators Diagnostic Test Most Important

Features

Intellectual Disability -Bipolar disorder -Test the persons IQ -Not inherited

-Impulse control -Test their ability to -In adult life can be
disorder function and perform independent
-Major everyday life activities -Difficulties with
neurocognitive memory recall
disorder

Developmental -Problems paying -Developmental -Begin before baby is

Disabilities attention screening born
-Difficulties with -Thought to be
reading and/or caused by genetics,
writing parental health and
-Difficulties behavior during
remembering pregnancy

Learning Disability -Difficulty with -response to -Identified when child

concepts related to intervention begins school
time -Difficulty reading is
-Trouble following most common
directions
-Poor coordination

Emotional/Behavioral -inability to maintain Mental emotional Talk therapy

Disorders relationships health screening

Autism Spectrum -Protodeclarative Observation from Any therapy

Disorder pointing doctor
-pretend play
-gaze monitoring

Communication -hearing loss intellectual disability high academic

Disorders -Speech Spoken language achievement
-language assessment Language and
communication
proficiency

Hearing Loss or -constant ringing in audiometer test ; Hearing aids

Deafness the auricle canal prevents various
-Inability to hear words to determine
normal everyday or hearing ability
household sounds
-trouble combating
background noise
-understanding
technology and other
media
Low Vision or Difficulty reading, or Sight tests Surgery, glasses
Blindness seeing

Attention Deficit Interrupting when Interviewing parents Stimulant medication

Hyperactivity other people people
Disorder (ADHD) are talking