Intellectual Disability
This is a learning difference that makes reading difficult.
What is dyslexia?
This is the elimination of possible etiological factors to explain a pupil's difficulty in working.
What is the exclusionary clause?
This is when the child blurts out answers, and has difficulty waiting in line for his or her turn.
What is impulsivity?
This is a chronic condition characterized by behaviors that significantly differ from age norms and community standards to such a degree that educational performance is adversely affected.
What are emotional or behavioral disorders?
This is a developmental disorder characterized by abnormal or impaired development in social interaction and communication and a markedly restricted repertoire of activity and interests.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
People have trouble working with numbers & understanding concepts like "bigger" and "smaller" with this specific learning disability.
What is dyscalculia?
Illicit drugs, smoking, & use of alcohol are all this specific kind of cause to learning disabilities.
What is prenatal?
This is what ADHD stands for.
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
This is a reaction against the deficit-oriented model common in traditional assessment approaches.
What is strength-based assessment?
This association periodically updates the diagnostic and statistical manual (DSM) that defines mental disorders and general medical conditions.
What is the American Psychiatric Association (APA)?
An issue that involves difficulty with the physical act of writing; kids may also find it hard to organize and express their thoughts in written form.
What is dysgraphia?
This is a disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity.
What is ADHD?
This is a specific term for medication that can help individuals with ADHD.
What are psychostimulants?
This skill involves proactive interventions such as maximizing student engagement time, scheduling appropriately, and showing students how to prioritize their time.
What is time management?
A pervasive developmental disorder with severe and sustained impairments in social interaction and the development of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and activities; causes clinically significant impairments in other important areas of functioning.
What is Asperger Syndrome?
This specific learning disability affects motor skills; it also makes it hard to do physical tasks and activities.
What is developmental coordination disorder?
This is when the ability one has to evaluate & monitor one's own performance.
What is metacognition?
ADHD exists with other conditions; this is when 2 conditions happen at the same time.
What is comorbidity?
These are tools used for helping students recall facts and relationships; these also are extremely effective in promoting academic achievement among students with disabilities, including those with emotional or behavioral disorders.
What are mnemonic strategies?
This is a device that can be programmed to produce speech.
What is Voice Output Communication Aid (VOCA)?
Known to be the largest category of disabilities; they make up almost 40% of identified students.
What is prevalence?
This is Tier 1 in the Response-to-Intervention Model; preventative instruction in general education classroom ...65%-75% of students.
What is Primary Intervention?
Smoking, drug abuse, and lead poisoning are all complications that cause these kind of factors.
What is environmental?
Externalizing and Internalizing are 2 types of this kind of disorder.
What are Emotional or Behavioral Disorders?
These are treatment strategies and interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorders that lack empirical support.
What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)?