This doctor was the person to introduce the term learning disability in 1963
Who is Dr. Samuel Kirk?
100
This form of learning disability impacts handwriting
What is dysgraphia?
100
Contains primary visual cortex
What is occipital lobe?
100
This is the area of oral language that relates to the ability to think about the sounds in a word
What is phonological awareness?
200
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Act?
200
Dyslexia was called this back in the 1870s
What is word blindness?
200
This form of learning disability impacts a students ability to do math concepts
What is dyscalculia?
200
Allows a person to recognize future consequences resulting from current actions
What is frontal lobe?
200
You will eliminate food additives and some sweeteners in this diet
What is Feingold Diet?
300
RTI
What is response to intervention?
300
This small area on the left side of the frontal lobe is named after it's finder
What is Broca's area?
300
This form of learning disability impacts motor coordination
What is dyspraxia?
300
Plays significant role in language production
What is Broca's area?
300
ADHD is suspected to be a neuro-transmitter imbalance or defects in these
What are neural connections?
400
FAS
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
400
Dr. Samuel Orton coined this term which in Greek means turning of words
What is stephosymbolia?
400
In this disorder students have difficulty processing and remembering language related tasks
What is central auditory processing disorder?
400
This area is involved in understanding of written and spoken language. Also it's important to understanding jokes.
What is Wernicke's area?
400
After an injury or disease, this will allow your brain to compensate
What is neuroplasticity?
500
NACHC
What is National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children?
500
This doctor was Dr. Orton's assistant and introduced the notion of discrepancy between actual achievement and expected achievement
Who is Dr. Monroe?
500
Students have difficulty understand spoken language in these learning disorders
What is aphasia or dysphasia?
500
Deals with the ability to process hearing sounds
What is auditory cortex?
500
This is the percentage of students that are in tier 2 in Pennsylvania's three tiered system. The students received more progress monitoring and more intensive small group intervention