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Name that SLD
Side-effects Include...
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Name that Brain Part
What's that Statistic?
100
This SLD causes problems with mathematics.
What is dyscalculia?
100
This side effect of childhood onset schizophrenia causes children to see things that are not really there.
What are hallucinations?
100
Children who experience severe fits of rage and other acts of aggression toward people and animals before age 10 may be diagnosed with this disorder.
What is childhood onset conduct disorder?
100
This neurotransmitter is involved in sensory perception and mood control.
What is Serotonin?
100
Roughly this many school-aged children have a SLD.
What is 6-10%?
200
This SLD causes an inefficiency in reading.
What is dyslexia?
200
Externalizing behaviors of this disorder include stealing, aggressive sexual behavior, and fighting.
What is and Emotional and Behavioral disorder?
200
Unruly behaviors must persist for this time period before being diagnosed with conduct disorder.
What is 6 months?
200
This neurotransmitter controls arousal and mood.
What is Norepinephrine?
200
Approximately this many people are receiving special education for a SLD.
What is 2.5 million people?
300
Sometimes synonimus with dyslexia, this subset SLD causes the "flip-flopping" of letters and numbers.
What is strephosymbolia?
300
A child experiencing difficulty learning to speak may have this disorder.
What is dyslexia?
300
Low levels of this neurotransmitter will impact our ability to grasp concepts quickly.
What is Serotonin?
300
This percentage of students with SLD graduate from high school.
What is 64%?
400
Having the same symptoms as childhood onset CD, this disorder is not diagnosed until after the patient is ten years old.
What is adolescent onset Conduct Disorder?
400
Problems with this area of the brain can influence learning, attention, behavior, and mood.
What are the neurotransmitters?
400
If your child has conduct disorder they may experience this side effect(an "unwanted sleepover").
What is running away?
400
This neurotransmitter is involved in reward or reinforcement, in problems in cognition, and in diseases such as Parkinson's disease.
What is Dopamine?
400
This percentage of students with SLD enroll in a 4 year college after high school.
What is 10%?
500
This disorder often presents with a large number of imaginary friends, as well as social withdrawal, and lack of interest.
What is Childhood Onset Schizophrenia?
500
A person with this disorder will experience extreme mood changes often for periods of a few months.
What is bipolar disorder?
500
This area of the brain which controls impulse and judgement is atypical in a person with conduct disorder.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
500
Inconsistent levels of this neurotransmitter impact our ability to attend to a task.
What is Dopamine?
500
More than half of students with SLD perform at this level.
What is three grade levels behind or more?