The inability to distinguish the sounds in spoken words.
What is Dyslexia?
100
The specific learning disability category is relatively new. It was recognized by the federal government during this year.
What is 1969?
100
Age when reading typically begins.
What is age 6?
100
The presumed cause of specific learning disabilities.
What is central nervous system dysfunction?
100
This category of disability signifies low intelligence and is not the same as a specific learning disability.
What is mental retardation?
200
A specific learning diability in which those affected by it have difficulties with writing, spelling, and motor coordination.
What is Dysgraphia?
200
He coined the term 'learning disabilities' to describe children who have disorders in the development of speech, language, reading, and other communication skills.
Who is Samuel Kirk?
200
Dyslexia affects this percentage range of school age children.
What is about 2-8%?
200
Type of Neurological Dysfunction that occurs because of complications during birth.
What is Peri Natal?
200
This gender is affected more by specific learning disabilities.
What are boys?
300
A specific learning disability where those with it have difficulties in comprehending math.
What is Dyscalculia?
300
The year when major professional organizations united to form the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities.
What is 1978?
300
Those with dyslexia may have problems with word retrieval or rapid automatic naming otherwise known as this.
What is Automaticity?
300
Problems with these can impact attention, mood, learning, behavior, ect.
What are neurotransmitters?
300
Percent of the school age population with a specific learning disability.
What is 6-10%?
400
A learning disorder in which symbols and phrases appear to be reversed or transposed.
What is Strephosymbolia?
400
He found that brain injury causes a consistent set of symptoms by examining soldiers who received head wounds during World War I.
Who is Goldstein?
400
The relationship between speech sound and written symbol is known as this.
What is Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence?
400
Lobe of the brain responsible for executive functioning, judgement, behavior, speech, and body movement.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
400
A disorder that often occurs at the same time as a specific learning disability but is not the same thing.
What is ADHD?
500
A disorder of the brain and nervous system in which a person is unable to perform tasks or movements when asked even though they understood the request and are willing to perform it.
What is Apraxia?
500
He coined the term strephosymbolia to describe congenital word-blindness in children.
Who is Orton?
500
The percentage of dyslexics with strephosymbolia.
What is 5%?
500
Low levels of this neurotransmitter can impact our ability to grasp concept quickly and can reduce our visual memory in the occipital lobe.
What is Serotonin?
500
Percentage of students in special education with a specific learning disability.