Specific Learning Disabilities
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Receptive Language Disorder (Auditory Processing Disorder), Visual Processing Disorder, Dyspraxia (Developmental Motor Skill Disorder), Nonverbal Learning Disorder
Each of these specific learning disabilities is generally believed to be caused by an impairment in nervous system functioning.
| Dyslexia | A language-based reading disability. The individual has trouble understanding words, sentences, and/or paragraphs. |
| Dysgraphia | Difficulty forming letters correctly or within a defined space. Mirror writing is a severe form of this impairment. |
| Dysacusis | Impairment in understanding and deriving meaning from speech. |
| Dyskinesia | Clumsiness or poor coordination. |
| Dyscalculia | A mathematical disability in which a person has difficulty solving arithmetic problems and grasping math concepts. |
| Dyslogia | A linguistic disturbance characterized by faulty formation or expression of verbal ideas. |
| Dysphasia | An impairment in the ability to produce or comprehend language. It can affect either written or spoken language function. |
| Dysnomia | Difficulty in searching for and thinking of a word to express a thought or idea. |
| Dysrhythmia | Poor rhythm or the loss of ability to move with rhythm. |
| Auditory and Visual Processing Disorders | Sensory disabilities in which an individual has difficulty understanding language in these modalities despite normal hearing and vision. |
| Nonverbal Learning Disability | Well-developed verbal and auditory abilities accompanied by difficulties in coordination, visual-spatial organization, and social relationships. |
| Hyperlexia | Precocious reading ability with concurrent difficulties in communication and social skills. |
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Characteristics of and Strategies for Teaching Students with Mild Disabilities, by M. Henley & R.S. Ramsey & R.F. Algozzine, 2009 edition, p. 160.
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