Overview
Diagnosis and Tests
Management and Treatment
Symptoms and Causes
Types of Learning Disabilities
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What is a learning disability?

 A disability that affects the way your brain processes information.

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Who diagnoses a person for a learning disorder?

A Psychologist

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People with learning disabilities still do or do not need to attend school?

They do still need to attend school.

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Learning disabilities can often affect a persons what?

Self-esteem

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This learning disability makes reading, spelling, and language related tasks more difficult. 

What is Dyslexia?

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Specific learning disabilities involve consistent difficulty in what 3 subjects?

Reading, Writing, Math.

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How is a learning disability diagnosed?

Teachers in school may suspect it, and a list of assessments are preformed.

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What will a person receive if they qualify for special education services?

An Individualized Education Program (IEP)

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What is a main cause of a learning disorder? 

Genetic and environmental factors

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This learning disability affects how you understand number based information and mathematics.

What is Dyscalculia?

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Learning disabilities do or don’t affect intelligence? 

They do not affect a person’s intelligence.

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When a psychologist diagnoses a person for a learning disability, they may look at the person's ________ and _______.

Medical and family history, school reports.
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What are the 3 levels that educational interventions fall into?

 Accommodation, Modification, Remediation.

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Parents usually don’t know if their child has a learning disorder until what age?

 5 or older

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This learning disability makes turning your thoughts into words.

What is Dysgraphia?

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What is the most common learning disability and what percent of LD’s does it account for? 

Dyslexia, 80%

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What is one of the tests done to diagnose a learning disability?

A medical evaluation, an educational assessment and performance evaluation, a cognitive evaluation, or a psychological evaluation.

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What kind of help do people with learning disabilities need when learning?

 Different or additional help

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Some studies show that LDs affect ___ to ___ of children with psychiatric conditions.

20%, 70%

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This learning disability affects social abilities, math, coordination, and planning. Usually anything that involves speech.

What is a non-verbal learning disorder?

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Researchers estimate that ___ of people in the U.S. receive an LD diagnosis at some point in their lives. 

10%

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This test assesses how brain conditions may affect a person's behavior and cognitive skills.

What is a Neuropsychological Assessment?

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Who are 2 people that can help a person with a learning disability? 

Educators, educational remediation specialists, psychologists, special education services, and/or healthcare providers.

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Signs of learning disorders may include difficulties with what? (first bullet point from article)

Identifying letters, numbers, colors and/or math symbols.

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What is the difference between a learning disability and a learning disorder?

Learning disorder is the diagnostic term, though learning disability is the legal term.

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