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Learning
Disability
Learning Disability

Sometimes called a
       learning
 difference, learning
 disorder, or learning
      difficulty
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.
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.
Learning Disability
Some  forms of learning
 disability are incurable.
Can face unique
 challenges that are
 often pervasive
 throughout the
 lifespan.
Types of
Learning
Disabilities
Reading
               Disorder
                          Writin
Math                        g
Disabilities
                          Disorder


                      Disorders
        Nonverbal         of
       Learning       speaking
        Disability       and
                      listening
Reading Disorder
Most  common learning
 disability
Developmental
 Dyslexia is often used
 as a synonym for
 reading disability
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”
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.
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
Math Disability
 difficultyorganizing
  numbers, and understanding
  how problems are organized
  on the page.
 Dyscalculics are often
  referred to as having poor
  "number sense".
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.
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).
DIAGNOSIS
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.
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
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".)
Diagnosis
Recent research has
provided little evidence
that a discrepancy between
formally measured IQ and
achievement is a clear
indicator of LD.

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Sped 4 Learning Disability Definition and Types

  • 2. Learning Disability Sometimes called a learning difference, learning disorder, or learning difficulty
  • 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.
  • 7. Reading Disorder Writin Math g Disabilities Disorder Disorders Nonverbal of Learning speaking Disability and listening
  • 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".)
  • 19. Diagnosis Recent research has provided little evidence that a discrepancy between formally measured IQ and achievement is a clear indicator of LD.