when you should evaluate a child with a learning disability
What is 3rd grade?
100
test that measures things a child has already learned
What is an Achievement Test?
200
lobe that controls speech, body movement, executive functioning, behavior and judgment
What is the Frontal Lobe?
200
poor writing and expression
What is Dysgraphia?
200
hemisphere dealing with creativity
What is the Right Hemisphere?
200
before evaluating a child this is necessary
What is Parent Approval?
200
test that measures someone's ability
What is an IQ test?
300
lobe that controls vision and visual perception
What is the Occipital Lobe?
300
disability dealing with math and numbers
What is Dyscalculia?
300
basic unit of the nervous system
What is a Neuron?
300
when a child has more than 1 disorder
What is Comorbidity?
300
list of most commonly used words in tests
What is the Dolch List?
400
lobe that controls tactile sensation
What is the Parietal Lobe?
400
disability in the area of motor skill development
What is Dyspraxia?
400
two parts of the central nervous system
What is Brain and Spinal Cord?
400
Type of neurological dysfunction that occurs when a mother smokes cigarettes while pregnant
What is Prenatal Dysfunction?
400
a type of test that is designed to give a common measure of a student's performance and takes age and grade into consideration
What is Standardized Testing?
500
part of the brain involved in the coordination of motor movement
What is the Cerebellum?
500
percentage of school age population that has an SLD
What is 6-10%?
500
right hemisphere of the brain controls movement on the left side of the body and the left hemisphere of the brain controls movement on the right side of the body
What is Cross-Laterality?
500
prior to what year were school districts able to deny special education children
What is 1975?
500
test that compares an individual's score to a normative group of the same age or grade level