Dyscalculia
Dyslexia
History of Learning Disabilities
The Facts
Causes of Learning Disabilities
100
Severe problems with mathematics
What is dyscalculia
100
How many processes does reading have?
What is 2?
100
First introduced the term learning disability
Who is Dr. Samuel Kirk?
100
A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which disorder may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations.
What is specific learning disability
100
Diet that claimed to be able to help with ADHD and a number of other childhood related disorders by the eliminating certain artificial coloring, flavoring, aspartame, and salicylates
What is Feingold diet
200
Difficulty retrieving arithmetic facts.
What is semantic memory
200
When do most children develop phonological awareness?
What is preschool
200
When trauma impacts the brain in a way that results in the loss of the ability to read
What is Alexia
200
How many criteria does Pennsylvania state law have for specific learning disabilities
What is 4
200
unusual smallness of the convolutions of the brain
What is Microgyria
300
How many types of dyscalculia are there?
What is 6?
300
Individual sounds of a language
What is phonemes
300
Old term for dyslexia
What is word blindness
300
Most populated category of exceptionality receiving special education services in our public schools today
What is specific learning disabilities
300
A group of birth defects caused by the abnormal migration of neurons in the developing brain and nervous system
What is Neuronal migration
400
An emotional based reaction to mathematics that causes individuals to experience high levels of anxiety when faced with math tests or math problems.
What is math anxiety
400
Examines letter and sound patterns across words
What is Analytic phonics
400
A small section of the left side of the brain that is responsible for speech, located in the inferior left frontal lobe
What is Broca's area
400
What age has the most students diagnosed with a learning disability
What is 14 years old
400
Alters the expression of genes that are important for long-term memory formation and for early brain development
What is Bisphenol A
500
Most popular theoretical frameworks for teaching mathematics to all children
What is CRA sequence
500
The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
What is orthography
500
First introduced idea of multisensory training
Who is Dr. Samuel Orton
500
What percentage of students with learning disabilities drop out of school
What is 35%
500
undamaged axons grow new nerve endings to reconnect neurons whose links were injured or severed.
What are undamaged axons
M
e
n
u