2. RETT’S SYNDROME
• A condition of unknown
cause, reported only in girls.
• It is characterized by apparently normal
or near-normal early development
which is followed by partial or complete
loss of acquired hand skills & of
speech, together with deceleration in
head growth, usually with an onset
between 7 & 24 months of age.
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3. ASPERGER’S SYNDROME
• The condition is characterized by severe
& sustained abnormalities of social
behavior similar to those of childhood
autism with stereotyped & repetitive
activities & motor mannerisms such as
hand & finger-twisting or whole body
movements.
• It differs from autism in that there is no
general delay or retardation of cognitive
development or language.
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4. SIBLING RIVALRY DISORDER
• Sibling rivalry/jealousy may be shown
by marked competition with siblings for
the attention & affection of
parents, associated with unusual
pattern of negative feelings.
• Onset is during the months following
the birth of the younger sibling.
• In extreme cases there is over-
hostility, physical trauma towards &
undermining of the sibling, regression
with loss of previously acquired skills
(such as bowel & bladder control) & a
tendency to babyish behavior.
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5. ELECTIVE MUTISM
• This condition is characterized by a
marked, emotionally determined
selectivity in speaking such that the
child demonstrates his language
competence in some situations, but
fails to speak in other situation.
• Most typically the child speaks at
home or with close friends, & is mute
at school or with strangers.
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6. NON-ORGANIC ENCOPRESIS
• It is repeated voluntary or
involuntary passage of
feces, usually of normal or near
normal consistency, in places not
appropriate for that purpose in
the individual’s socio-cultural
settings.
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7. PICA
• Pica of infancy & childhood is
characterized by eating non-
nutritive substances (soil, paint
chipping, paper, etc).
• Treatment consist of common
sense precautions to keep the
child away from abnormal items
of diet.
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8. STUTTERING (STAMMERING)
• It refers to frequent hesitation or
pauses in speech characterized by
frequent repetitions or
prolongation of sounds or
syllables or words, disrupting
rhythmic flow of speech.
• The usual treatment is speech
therapy.
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