Neurocognitive disorders are characterized in children by a clinically significant deviation in normal cognitive development, some of the children get neurological disorders through their genes by parents or could be through gene mutations and this affects the development of the brain and the nervous system of the child.
· Discuss intellectual disability and communication disorders in children and adolescents.
· Define how you would progress with a comprehensive assessment of a child suspected of having any of this disorder.
· Support your statements with a minimum of 2 scholarly articles.
Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis and include peer-reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.
Peer Response
Instructions:
Please read and respond to at least two of your peers’ initial postings. You may want to consider the following questions in your responses to your peers:
· Compare and contrast your initial posting with those of your peers.
· How are they similar or how are they different?
· What information can you add that would help support the responses of your peers?
· Ask your peers a question for clarification about their post.
· What most interests you about their responses?