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This is the percentage of students identified for learning disability services (the largest group served) under IDEA.
What is 50%?
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These are the three characteristics of Learning Disabilities.
What are academic achievement, memory and metacognition, and behavioral and social characteristics.
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Difficulties with these two forms of memory lead to problems organizing/comparing information and recalling information quickly.
What is short and long term memory?
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These are examples of teratogens or chemicals/environmental aspects thought to cause birth defects.
What are drugs/medications, environmental chemicals, ionizing radiation, infections, and metabolic imbalance?
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Three possible causes of ADHD.
What are brain differences, genetics, and environmental toxins?
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This is defined as a disorder in one or more basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do math calculations.
What is Specific Learning Disability (SLD)?
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A severe reading disability impacting decodding, fluency, and comprehension.
What is Dyslexia?
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This is a social function that is affected by a learning disability. Problems with this can lead to poor interpersonal skills due to misinterpretation of body language, verbal cues, and social cues.
What is processing?
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These are the three forms of ADHD.
What are inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, and combined.
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Three types of treatment for ADHD. A combination of these is called multimodal.
What are medical, educational, and behavioral?
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This is the way that students were identified as having a Learning Disability before IDEA on 2004. In GA, there had to be a 20 point difference for initial evaluation and a 15 point difference for re-evaluations.
What is IQ Test/Achievement discrepancy?
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Difficulty with word finding. Characterized by overuse of words or reliance on more general words, like thing.
What is Dysnomia?
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These are three possible causes of LD.
What are central nervous system dysfunction, heredity, and the environment.
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Characterized by not sustaining attention, being disorganized, and becoming easily distracted.
What is inattentive ADHD?
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These are three kinds of medications used to treat the symptoms of ADHD.
What are stimulants, nonstimulants, and antidepressants ?
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This is how students are identified as having a Learning Disability after IDEA in 2004.
What is RTI?
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A learning disability in handwriting.
What is Dysgraphia?
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This can lead to behavioral problems for a student with a learning disability.
What is inconsistent performance?
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Characteristics are fidgeting, blurting out, and interrupting.
What is hyperactive-impulsive ADHD?
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Gender that ADHD is more prevalent in.
What are males?
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These are two aspects considered when determining if a student has a Learning Disability.
What are primary deficit in basic psychological processes that impacts progress toward benchmarks and standards; and a pattern of strength and weaknesses with underachievement in one or more areas.
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A learning disability in math.
What is Dyscalculia?
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This can occur after repeated unsuccessful attempts. The student may become passive and no longer feel that he has control over his learning.
What is learned helplessness?
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ADHD affects this area (not skill)
What is performance?
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The most common co-existing condition with ADHD.
What is EBD ?