| 自閉症診斷在短短30年間準確了70倍...有可能嗎? |
每逢假期都有不少私人組織利用發表調查的名義製造話題,剛過去的周末就有兩個機構"恐嚇"家長要為3/4歲前的小朋友作各種不必要的評估甚至訓練,否則就"錯失訓練機會"云云...
事實上屬於有問題要跟進的其實在整體人口比例上十分之少,無需為此嚇怕,只要在活動安排上不要太偏重了某方面的訓練,大部分所謂"問題行為"自會逐漸改善。
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"...Because reputable studies from the 1980s showed that the actual rate of autism was about two per 10,000 children, not 140 per 10,000. If those studies were wrong, and if the rate was the same then as it is now (as many scientists contend), that would mean that doctors, educators and statisticians are now 7,000 percent more proficient at diagnosing and counting autism than they were before."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/autism-rate-now-at-one-pe_b_256141.html
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| 孩子容易分心,經常坐不定,是否屬於專注力缺乏/過度活躍症? |
不同年齡的孩子能夠專注及安坐的時間亦會有所分別,一般情況下很難在短時間內診斷出孩子是否有上述情況。專業心理學家會透過多方面的觀察及資料搜集,再利用與孩子作個別測試得出的結果,向家長分析情況及作出協助小朋友加強專注減少活躍程度的建議。
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