Understanding Learning Disabilities
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Which of the following best describes a learning disability?

  • A lack of exposure to learning opportunities
  • A difference in the way a person's brain is 'wired' (correct)
  • A result of intellectual inferiority
  • A physical disability affecting the brain
  • What areas of academic skills are typically affected by learning disabilities?

  • Reading, writing, spelling, and math (correct)
  • Science and history
  • Music and drama
  • Physical education and art
  • What is the primary characteristic of a child with a learning disability?

  • Intellectual superiority in all academic areas
  • Significant educational discrepancies between intellectual potential and school performance (correct)
  • Inability to perform well in physical activities
  • High achievement in all academic subjects
  • During which time period did the term 'Learning Disability' become formally accepted?

    <p>Late 1950s and early 1960s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What organization started the 'Association for Children with Learning Disability (ACLD)' to provide services for all age groups?

    <p>An organization not mentioned in the text</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key implication for identifying characteristics of interventions for children with learning disabilities?

    <p>The necessity to identify characteristics of interventions/help early for better outcomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities?

    <p>Learning Disabilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT one of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken or written?

    <p>Intelligence Testing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is trained and experienced in assessing learning disabilities through cognitive assessment?

    <p>Educational Psychologists</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which area of life can be impacted by lifelong impairments due to learning disabilities?

    <p>Social Interaction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What must be done in diagnosing learning disabilities, according to the text?

    <p>Cognitive Assessment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is described by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) as a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in various abilities?

    <p>Learning Disabilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is presumed to be the cause of learning disabilities according to the text?

    <p>Central Nervous System Dysfunction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), what is defined as "a disorder in 1 or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written"?

    <p>'Specific Learning Disability'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is qualified to diagnose learning disabilities through cognitive assessment?

    <p>Clinical Neuropsychologists</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is described as being an umbrella term covering a range of neurologically based disorders in learning and various degrees of severity of such disorders?

    <p>'Learning Disabilities'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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