Characteristics of a Learning Disability
True or False
Students with a Learning Disability may experience deficits in both their fine and their gross motor skills.
True
Difficulty with math, understanding time, and using money is related to what learning disability?
dyscalculia
This cute game helps children learn how to write the letters of the alphabet, numbers up to 20, and simple words. A friendly crab guides them as they trace the shape of a connect-the-dot letter or number on the screen. Kids are rewarded with a fun animation after a successful trace, but Mr. Crab will make them start over if they veer off course.
iWriteWords
Students with learning disabilities can benefit from large lessons being broken down into smaller sections, this is called the ___ technique.
Chunking
A tool that reads text to an individual
text to speech
Students with a Learning Development may experience problems maintaining ___ meaning, they are unable to remain focused, they have difficulty blocking out distractions, and are unable to divide their focus among two or more tasks.
attention
What disabilities include problems reading, writing, spelling, and speaking.
Dyslexia
This is an app that looks and feels like a game but is designed to help dyslexic kids and teens work on memory skills, phonics, and sequencing—all skills that dyslexic students typically struggle with.
Dyslexia Quest
A therapy designed to help children with sensory-processing problems (including possibly those with ASDs) cope with the difficulties they have processing sensory input. Therapy sessions are play-oriented and may include using equipment such as swings, trampolines, and slides.
Sensory Integration Therapy
tool that transcribe what you say
speech to text
Students with learning disabilities may experience both ___ and ___ difficulties.
auditory and visual
What disabilities present as difficulty with handwriting and organizing ideas.
Dysgraphia
This is a fun game that helps children build visual tracking and visual-motor skills.
Language intervention activities, articulation therapy, and oral-feeding/motor and swallow therapy are part of ___ ___.
Speech-Langauge Therapy
___ ___ tools can help a person plan, organize, and keep track of his calendar, schedule, task list, contact information, and miscellaneous notes. These tools allow him to manage, store, and retrieve such information with the help of special software and hand-held devices.
Assistive Tools
Students with learning disabilities may have strong ___ that they feel like they have little to no control over.
emotions
Difficulty interpreting visual information such as maps, charts, images, and symbols is a characteristic of what learning disability.
This app is an adorable way to explore pre-writing skills, cursive letter formation, and form print. In this app kids are encouraged to link sounds to letters, be creative through coloring and note writing, identify patterns, and so much more. This is a fantastic app for fine motor and literacy development.
hip, hop, hen: abc letter tracing
The child's school can and is legally required to provide the a student with a learning disability an ___ which will lay out the students best way to learn in school and any accommodations that are appropriate.
IEP
These programmable keyboards have special overlays that customize the appearance and function of a standard keyboard. Students who have LD or have trouble typing may benefit from customization that reduces input choices, groups keys by color/location, and adds graphics to aid comprehension.
Alternative Keyboards
students who have a learning disability may have poor ___ ___ and have an inability to keep and make friends
social skills
Problems with fine motor skills including hand-eye coordination, balance, and manual dexterity are characteristics of which learning disability.
Dyspraxia
This app is a curriculum-aligned, fantasy-based math game used by more than a million teachers, three million parents, and 50 million students around the world.
Prodigy
Research shows that therapies like music, art, dance can benefit children with learning disabilities.
Complimentary/Alternative Therapies
A system that transmits a speaker's voice directly to the user's ear. This may help the listener focus on what the speaker is saying. The unit consists of a wireless transmitter (with microphone) worn by the speaker and a receiver (with earphone) worn by the listener.
Personal FM Listening System