SPED Test 2 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 3 factors to be considered when deciding if a child might have a learning disability?
A
- exclusion
- academic problems
- whats the discrepancy of the child’s achievement and age
2
Q
What are the 10 most common characteristics of students with Learning Disabilities?
A
- hyperactivity
- perceptual motor skills
- emotional lability
- general coordination
- disorders of attention (perseveration)
- disorders of memory
- impulsivity
- specific academic problems
- disorders of speech and language
- perform differently form day to day
3
Q
What LDs is associated with literature?
A
dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia
4
Q
What is dyslexia?
A
the sever difficulty in learning to read, particularly as it relates to phonological awareness, decoding, fluent reading, and spelling
5
Q
What is dysgraphia?
A
the severe difficulty in learning to write, including handwriting.
6
Q
What is dyscalculia?
A
severe difficulty in learning mathematical concepts and computation
