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Intellectual developmental disorder OSCE — diagnosis counselling and care planning
OSCE on explaining IDD criteria, opening supports, outlining aetiological evaluation and safety-netting.
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Prompt
Station A is a 6-year-old with school failure and adaptive skill gaps. Station B is counselling after confirming intellectual developmental disorder and planning evaluation and supports.
Station objectives
- Elicit adaptive and developmental history that can support an IDD formulation. [5]
- Explain that IDD needs intellectual and adaptive criteria, not IQ alone. [5]
- Start supports without waiting for every genetic result. [1] [16]
- Outline first-line aetiological testing including microarray. [2] [3]
- Use clear, non-stigmatising language and safety-net regression or acute change. [1]
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- [1]Moeschler JB Comprehensive evaluation of the child with intellectual disability or global developmental delays. Pediatrics, 2014.PMID 25157020
- [2]Miller DT Consensus statement: chromosomal microarray is a first-tier clinical diagnostic test for individuals with developmental disabilities or congenital anomalies. American journal of human genetics, 2010.PMID 20466091
- [3]Manickam K Exome and genome sequencing for pediatric patients with congenital anomalies or intellectual disability: an evidence-based clinical guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). Genetics in medicine, 2021.PMID 34211152
- [5]Tassé MJ The Relation Between Intellectual Functioning and Adaptive Behavior in the Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability. Intellectual and developmental disabilities, 2016.PMID 27893317
- [16]Council on Children with Disabilities and Medical Home Implementation Project Advisory Committee Patient- and family-centered care coordination: a framework for integrating care for children and youth across multiple systems. Pediatrics, 2014.PMID 24777209
- [19]Boylen S Impact of professional interpreters on outcomes for hospitalized children from migrant and refugee families with limited English proficiency: a systematic review. JBI evidence synthesis, 2020.PMID 32813387