Key Terms
A student’s response to instructional interventions that have been determined to be effective through scientifically based research is...
Response Intervention
Is hyperactivity commonly linked to children with learning disabilities?
Yes.
What is a condition in which one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language are deficient?
Learning disability
An agreement that if one party behaves in a certain way, the other will provide an award.
Behavioral Contract
What percentage of students with learning disabilities have reading difficulties?
90%
What severe type of learning disability impairs the ability to read
Dyslexia
The act of thinking knowing or processing information
Cognition
What is important for a college student who has a learning disability?
Having an attitude of resourcefulness and confidence in solving problems and having a great support network.
What type of assessment is when a persons performance is compared with the average of a larger group?
Norm-referenced assessment
A carefully designed comprehensive academic core to which a very large proportion of students with learning disabilities will respond to.
Three-Tiered Service Triangle
What symptoms show a physician that a child may have a learning disability?
Serious developmental delay or hyperactivity.
How many years may a student with learning disabilities find themselves behind their peers on academic achievement?
About 2-4 years.
What is it called when the district waits until the students fails before the student will qualify for special education services?
Severe Discrepancy
Name four psychological processes a specific learning disability may imperfect
listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations
A condition resulting in difficulties distinguishing the sounds of language
Auditory processing disorder