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History
Famous People with Learning Disabilities
Etiology&Theories
Dyslexia
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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This person is considered the Father of Special Education.
Who is Dr. Samuel Kirk?
100
Producer of Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, etc...
Who is Walt Disney?
100
This type of science will help identify Learning Disabilities at a very early age, and help begin early treatment.
What is neuro-informatics?
100
Specific learning disability with a deficit in reading.
What is Dyslexia?
100
This is not considered a specific learning disability, but does affect between 3 and 10 percent of the school age population.
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
200
Back in the 1870s, this German neurologist defined the term Word Blindness.
Who is Adolf Kussamaul?
200
This person had a stuttering problem, and hated school and math. He later became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Who is Winston Churchill?
200
Lack of this vitamin during pregnant and breast-feeding may cause a learning disability.
What is vitamin C?
200
This percent of children identified with a reading problem in 3rd grade will continue to struggle in 9th grade.
What is 74 percent?
200
Age at which symptoms must persist at least 6 months in order for a child to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
What is the age of 7?
300
Dr. Kirk, Kussamaul, Dr. Berlin, Hinshelwood, and Dr. Morgan were part of a period known as...
What is European Foundations Period?
300
This person had dyslexia, poor grades, and did not care about any subjects except for science. He ended up inventing the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
300
This person developed the Feingold Diet which eliminates food additives and sweeteners.
Who is Dr. Benjamin Feingold?
300
What percent of students struggle with Phonological Awareness?
What is more than 20 percent?
300
Teratogens such as these significantly increases the chances of the child developing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
What is smoking and alcohol consumption?
400
In the United States, this parent organization for learning disabilities is the most largest and influential.
What is the Learning Disabilities Association of America?
400
This person is dyslexic, struggled in school, and heard the words "dumb" and "stupid" during her childhood years. She is now an Academy Award-winning actress.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
400
This type of exposure during pregnancy can impair language development, IQ, memory, and visual-spatial skills.
What is Mercury?
400
The inability to retrieve the spoken referent for visual stimuli is called...
What is Naming Speed Deficit?
400
This is the most widely used tool to assess a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
What is the Conner's Rating Scale?
500
PL 94-142 was passed in 1975 by Congress during this period.
What is the Solidification Period?
500
This person is dyslexic, struggled with math, and dropped out of college. He is now a famous movie director.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
500
A person who has a Neuronal Migration Disorders may have these symptoms.Name at least three of them.
What is seizures, mental retardation, difficulties with feeding, smaller than normal head, developmental delays, swelling in the extremities, failure to grow and thrive, and poor muscle tone and motor functions. (answers may vary)
500
Method that combines seeing, hearing, and speaking for simultaneous learning which can be taught at home to help your child learn to read.
What is the Neurological Impress Method?
500
Types of reinforcements that can be used in the classroom to help a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. List two of them.
What is Social, Natural and Direct, Token, Tangible, and Activity reinforcements. ( Answers may vary)