Overview
What is a learning disability?
A disability that affects the way your brain processes information.
Who diagnoses a person for a learning disorder?
A Psychologist
People with learning disabilities still do or do not need to attend school?
They do still need to attend school.
Learning disabilities can often affect a persons what?
Self-esteem
This learning disability makes reading, spelling, and language related tasks more difficult.
What is Dyslexia?
Specific learning disabilities involve consistent difficulty in what 3 subjects?
Reading, Writing, Math.
How is a learning disability diagnosed?
Teachers in school may suspect it, and a list of assessments are preformed.
What will a person receive if they qualify for special education services?
An Individualized Education Program (IEP)
What is a main cause of a learning disorder?
Genetic and environmental factors
This learning disability affects how you understand number based information and mathematics.
What is Dyscalculia?
Learning disabilities do or don’t affect intelligence?
They do not affect a person’s intelligence.
When a psychologist diagnoses a person for a learning disability, they may look at the person's ________ and _______.
What are the 3 levels that educational interventions fall into?
Accommodation, Modification, Remediation.
Parents usually don’t know if their child has a learning disorder until what age?
5 or older
This learning disability makes turning your thoughts into words.
What is Dysgraphia?
What is the most common learning disability and what percent of LD’s does it account for?
Dyslexia, 80%
What is one of the tests done to diagnose a learning disability?
A medical evaluation, an educational assessment and performance evaluation, a cognitive evaluation, or a psychological evaluation.
What kind of help do people with learning disabilities need when learning?
Different or additional help
Some studies show that LDs affect ___ to ___ of children with psychiatric conditions.
20%, 70%
This learning disability affects social abilities, math, coordination, and planning. Usually anything that involves speech.
What is a non-verbal learning disorder?
Researchers estimate that ___ of people in the U.S. receive an LD diagnosis at some point in their lives.
10%
This test assesses how brain conditions may affect a person's behavior and cognitive skills.
What is a Neuropsychological Assessment?
Who are 2 people that can help a person with a learning disability?
Educators, educational remediation specialists, psychologists, special education services, and/or healthcare providers.
Signs of learning disorders may include difficulties with what? (first bullet point from article)
Identifying letters, numbers, colors and/or math symbols.
What is the difference between a learning disability and a learning disorder?
Learning disorder is the diagnostic term, though learning disability is the legal term.