Tuesday, October 30, 2007  diagnostic criteria: DSM-IV-TR (2000)
fr: american psychiatric association (2000). diagnostic criteria
from DSM-IV-TR, p. 54.  315.2 disorder of written expression  a.
writing skills, as measured by individually administered
standardized test (or functional assessments of writing skills),
are substantially below those expected given the person's
chronological age, measured intelligence, and age-appropriate
education.  b. the disturbance in criterion a significantly
interferes with academic achievement or activities of daily
living that require the composition of written texts (e.g.,
writing grammatically correct sentences and organized
paragraphs).  c. if a sensory deficit is present, the
difficulties in writing skills are in excess of those usually
associated with it.  coding note: if a general medical (e.g.,
neurological) condition or sensory deficit is present, code the
condition on axis iii.  1 comment:  z said...  i m a student of
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