The term learning disability was introduced by this University of Arizona professor.
Who is Dr. Samuel Kirk.
100
ADHD contains this number of subtypes.
What is 3.
100
These are individual sounds of language.
What is a phoneme.
100
SLD stands for this.
What is Specific Learning Disabilities.
100
This doctor is credited with identifying Dyscalculia in 1974.
What is Dr. Ladislav Kosc.
200
This most recent period of learning disabilities history sees nearly 3 million students labeled as learning disabled.
What is the Turbulent Period.
200
Toys and awards are examples of this type of reinforcer.
What is tangible.
200
This type of phonics breaks down letter and sound patterns across words.
What is analytic phonics.
200
This class action lawsuit, by a family from Carlisle, PA, was brought against the PA Department of Education in 1994 because their 5 year old daughter was not receiving a Free and Appropriate Public Education.
What is Gaskin vs. PDE.
200
Dyscalculia is a disorder concerning this major discipline of academics.
What is mathematics.
300
This disability was first introduced in the 1880's by German physician Rudolph Berlin. It was described as a difficulty in interpreting written and printed symbols.
What is dyslexia.
300
This part of the brain, that divides the cerebrum into the left and right hemispheres, is sometimes smaller in children with ADHD.
What is Corpus Callosum.
300
If you were processing language, you would be using this part of the brain.
What is Broca's area.
300
This term refers that all students, regardless of handicap condition or severity, will be in a regular education classroom full time.
What is full inclusion.
300
In the CRA sequence framework, the "A" represents this concept.
What is Abstract.
400
The federal government included learning disabilities on its agenda during this period of learning disabilities.
What is the Emergent period.
400
The medical community, in 1968, referred to this term as ADHD.
What is hyperkinetic reaction to childhood.
400
This disorder, proposed by Dr. Samuel Orton and once called "Word Blindness", has symbols, phrases, words and letters appearing to be reversed in reading.
What is strephosymbolia.
400
This portion of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires federally mandated funds be used toward regular education for handicapped students.
What is Section 504.
400
This term refers to problem solving strategies that people use.
What is Heuristics.
500
If one had issue in comprehending words, they may have affected this brain area located in the left temporal lobe.
What is Wernicke's area.
500
If a student displays 6 symptoms of inattentive type and 6 symptoms of hyperactive type, they will be considered as having this subtype of ADHD.
What is ADHD, combined type.
500
You would be instituting this teaching strategy if you the teacher were having dialogue with the students regarding portions of text.
What is reciprocal.
500
A learning disabled student is placed in 9th grade English class with his regular education peers. However, he has learning support classes for the rest of his courses. This term would be used to describe the school's efforts to have him attend this regular education class.
What is mainstreaming.
500
As student A is experiencing anxiety towards a math concept and anxiety turns into a sense of fear, student A is dealing potentially with this.