A term from the 1870s that describes children who could not read even though their eye sight was perfect.
What is word blindness.
100
Individual sounds of a language
What are phonemes.
100
Zero Reject is where no child shall be denied entrance into the public schools.
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
100
Specialized, interconnected nerve cells.
What is neurons
100
A neurobehavioral disorder of childhood that is characterized by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, impulsivity and/or hyperactivity.
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
200
When a trauma impacts the brain in a way that results in the loss of the ability to read.
What is Alexia.
200
The area of oral language that relates to the ability to think about the sounds in a word rather than just the meaning of the word.
What is phonological awareness.
200
Methods must be used and decisions must be made when a child is suspected of having an SLD a comprehensive evaluation must be conducted.
What is Non-discriminatory methods.
200
The thinking part of the brain which is broken into two halves, a right and left hemisphere.
What is the cerebrum.
200
Smoking and alcohol consumption significantly increase the likelihood of children developing ADHD
What is Teratogens
300
In 1895, a medical journal, this man described what world blindness was via a case of a 58 year old man who could no longer read when he awoke.
What is Ophthalmologist James Hinshelwood.
300
The inability to retrieve rapidly the spoken referent for visual stimuli.
What is Naming Speed Deficit.
300
Commissioned to identify students who needed education assistance and allowed the first IQ test to be born.
Who is Alfred Binet.
300
A group of birth defects caused by the abnormal migration of neurons in the developing brain and nervous system.
What is Neuronal Migration Disorders (NMDs)
300
Possible cause of ADHD. Statistics and studies indicate ADHD does run in families. A child with ADHD is four times more likely to have a relative who has been diagnosed with this disorder.
What is genetics
400
Orton proposed the teaching of blending letter sounds and the phonetic equivalent, while using kinesthetic functions.
What is multisensory training.
400
1. The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
2. The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.
3. A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
What is Orthography
400
The first intelligence test that became the basis for the intelligence tests still in use today.
What is Binet-Simon Scale.
400
Eliminates three groups of synthetic food additives and one class of synthetic sweeteners to help with ADHD and other childhood related disorders
What is Feingold Program Diet
400
Area of the brain that transfers motor, sensory and cognitive information between the brain hemisphere.
What is Corpus callosum
500
From 1960 to 1975, the term learning disabilities was first introduced.
What is Emergent Period.
500
Where specific orthographic images are stored in memory
What is Internal Lexicon
500
Broken down into Verbal Comprehension Index and Working Memory Index, consisting of Vocabulary and Arithmetic, etc.
What is Verbal IQ.
500
Due to this principle, safety and neurotoxicity studies are not required for the chemicals in the Feingold Diet.
What is "De Minimis" Principle.
500
1. Implement a behavior plan
2. Be consistent between home and school
3.Seating assignment
4. Longer or frequent Breaks
5. Record Assignments in an Organizer