3. Learning Disability
Is a classification including
several disorders in which a
person has difficulty learning in
a typical manner, usually caused
by an unknown factor or
factors.
The unknown factor is the
disorder that affects
the brain's ability to receive
and process information.
4. Learning Disability
This disorder can make it
problematic for a person to learn as
quickly or in the same way as
someone who is not affected by a
learning disability.
People with a learning disability have
trouble performing specific types of
skills or completing tasks if left to
figure things out by themselves or
if taught in conventional ways.
5. Learning Disability
Some forms of learning
disability are incurable.
Can face unique
challenges that are
often pervasive
throughout the
lifespan.
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8. Reading Disorder
Most common learning
disability
Developmental
Dyslexia is often used
as a synonym for
reading disability
9. Reading Disorder
A reading disability can affect any
part of the reading process, including
difficulty with accurate or fluent
word recognition, or both, word
decoding, reading rate, prosody (oral
reading with expression), and reading
comprehension
“Dyslexia” – this learning disability
used to be known as “word blindness”
10. Writing Disorder
Speech and language disorders can
also be called Dysphasia/Aphasia
Impaired written language ability
may include impairments in
handwriting, spelling, organization
of ideas, and composition.
“Dysgraphia" term for all disorders
of written expression.
11. Math Disability
Dyscalculia, a math
disability can cause such
difficulties as learning
math concepts (such as
quantity, place value, and
time),
Difficulty memorizing
math facts
12. Math Disability
difficultyorganizing
numbers, and understanding
how problems are organized
on the page.
Dyscalculics are often
referred to as having poor
"number sense".
13. Nonverbal Learning
Disability
manifest in motor clumsiness, poor
visual-spatial skills, problematic social
relationships, difficulty with math, and
poor organizational skills.
These individuals often have specific
strengths in the verbal domains,
including early speech, large
vocabulary, early reading and spelling
skills, excellent rote-memory and
auditory retention, and eloquent self-
expression.
14. Disorders of speaking and
listening
Difficulties that often co-
occur with learning
disabilities include difficulty
with memory, social skills
and executive functions
(such as organizational skills
and time management).
16. Diagnosis
often identified by school
psychologists, clinical
psychologists, and neuropsycholog
ists through a combination
of intelligence testing, academic
achievement testing, classroom
performance, and social
interaction and aptitude.
17. Diagnosis
Other areas of assessment may
include
perception, cognition, memory,
attention, and language
abilities. The resulting
information is used to
determine whether a child's
academic performance is
commensurate with his or her
18. Diagnosis
If
a child's cognitive ability is much
higher than his or her academic
performance, the student is often
diagnosed with a learning disability.
The DSM-IV and many school
systems and government programs
diagnose learning disabilities in this
way (DSM-IV uses the term
"disorder" rather than "disability".)