PSYC 351_Week 4 diagnosing and labeling children

PSYC 351_Week 4 diagnosing and labeling children

As you read the chapters on childhood, you may notice that the process of diagnosing and labeling children is changing.  Both labels of autism and fetal alcohol syndrome have now been replaced with “autism spectrum disorders” and “fetal alcohol spectrum disorders”, respectively. Why have these changes occurred? What impact does labeling a child with a diagnosis have on that child? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Please post and respond to at least two of your classmates for full credit.