Learning Disabilities Test 2

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1. What is a learning disability?

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? A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or do math calculations, although the individual has at least an average intelligence.

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2. What is the basic process affected in a Learning Disability?

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Psychological process

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3. What type of intelligence does a person with a learning disability usually have?

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Average

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4. What can LD’S NOT come from:

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a. Are not due to environmental disadvantages
b. Are not due to MR or emotional disturbance
c. Cannot stem from primary sensory deficits (blind, hearing deficit, etc)

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What do LD's show

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a. Have difficulties with academic achievement and progress
b. Show uneven pattern of development (their physical, emotional, language, perceptions will come in but just not at the same time.

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6. What can LD be referred to as:

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a. MBD (minimum brain dysfunction)
b. Educational handicap
c. CPD (central processing dysfunction)
d. SID (Sensory integration dysfunction
e. Perceptual Motor Handicap
f. Dyslexia

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7. What are some of the related conditions idientified in the DSM-IVTR:

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a. Reading disorder
b. Mathematics disorder
c. Disorder of written expression
d. These can occur in isolation or in combination and must perform substantially below normal to have the disorder

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8. Is there a lot know about the cause of LD’s?

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no

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9. What percentage of the school pop has LD

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4-5%

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10. Which sex is more affected

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Boys (4-1)

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11. Do LD’s tend to run in families?

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yes

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12. There is a big gap between what they can do and what they do

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ok

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1. What characteristic can include: clumsiness, delay in fine or gross motor skill, Dyspraxia (problems planning a new task), and difficulty coordinating both sides of their body?

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Motor Function Delay/Disorder

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2. Which characteristic includes both hyperactivity and hypoactivity?

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Abnormal activity level

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3. Which abnormal activity level is characterized by the inability of the brain to attend for any length of time and short attention span and chemicals in their diet can also attribute?

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Hyperactivity

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4. What are the chemicals that affect Hyperactivity?

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a. Food coloring “Red”
b. Sugar
c. Milk “Gluten”

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5. Which abnormal activity level is characterized by low muscle tone, may be described as being slow and lethargic, poor posture and lack stability in joints, they feel insecure about moving around in their environment?

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Hypoactivity

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6. Which type of abnormal activity level tends to not play as much as other children and don’t participate in peer relations

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Hypoactivity

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7. Which chemicals in a diet can make hypoactivity to worsen?

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a. Gluten
b. Casein (a protein found in dairy products)

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8. How do Casein and gluten affect the body?

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IF not fully digested they leak into the body and behave like a morphine chemicals and react to the receptors of the brain tissue.

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9. What is the most common reaction for casein and gluten for a child:

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spacy and in a mental fog because they alter a person’s behavior, perceptions, and responses to their environment.

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10. What characteristic of LD is marked by short attention span, being in-attentive or over-attentive, restless or impulsive?

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Disorders of attention and concentration

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11. In a child with a normal nervous system, they can focus on a stimulus and put other things in the background.

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A child with LD can’t do what with their attention? Localize

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12. When are LD’s in children usually discovered?

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School Age

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13. Usually children have to fail before LD is discovered. Parents often believe school will calm students,

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but usually the opposite happens.

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14. What characteristic of LD is marked by displays of irritability, temper tantrums or psychosocial behavior?

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Psychosocial Problems

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15. What do problems with social skills stem from in children with LD based on psychosocial problems?

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Many of the children are sensitive, have poor self-esteem and poor self-concept problems.

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16. Common signs of children with psychosocial behavior problems

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a. Clowning around (used as a self defense mechanism to make fun of oneself before others do)
b. Overly excitable during play
c. Inappropriate or often excessive display of affection
d. Often obsess on one topic
e. Poor adjustment to environmental changes (can be as minor as problems adjusting to desk positioned in a different place)

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17. Common characteristics of this LD include

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: directionality problems, laterality problems, poor visual motor coordination, difficulty discriminating size, shape and color, and difficulty copying accurately from a model. Sensory Integrative and Perceptual Disorders

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18. This type of disorder includes problem in motor problems, problems perceiving left and right, before and after and creates problems matering one’s position in space.

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Directionality problems

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19. This type of disorder includes problems referring to hand dominance. Can be mixed dominance (UE-Left, LE-Right).

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Laterality

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20. Common characteristics of this type of LD, Problem with Speech & Communication include:

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a. Delay in speech acquisition
b. Articulation Problems
c. Sequencing sounds, words, or sentences
d. Difficulty shifting topics of conversation (because easily distracted may change topic if unable to keep up with the conversation)

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21. Common characteristics of this type of LD, Impairment of Cognitive Learning, include

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a. Abstract Reasoning
b. Concept Formation
c. Poor short and long term memory
d. Academics read, write spell, math.

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22. What is the most common problem area with Impairment of Cognitive Learning?

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Reading

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23. Where do most auditory difficulties with children with LD’s stem from?

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Perceptual and auditory memory. NOT from hearing acuity problems.

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24. Common characteristics of this type of LD, Auditory Difficulties, include

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a. Inability to remember oral directions
b. Cannot sound words out or blend sounds into words
c. Can’t block out background noise
d. Can’t remember the sequencing of sounds, words or numbers

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25. Is it best to recognize and treat a disability early on?

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Yes, the earlier an LD is recognized the more likely intervention will be effective.

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26. Which grade level has difficulty pronouncing words, reversing letters or transposing syllabus?

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k-5

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27. Which grade level has difficulty carrying out a sequence of directions?

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K-5

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28. Which grade does not hear fine motor differences in words?

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K-5

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29. Which grade level has problems stating thoughts in an organized way or describing math problems in words?

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K-5

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30. Which grade level confuses the order of letters in words or numbers in a math problem

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K-5

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31. Which grade level does not recognize words previously learned

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K-5

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32. Which grade level spells a word several different ways and doesn’t recognize the correct version?

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K-5

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33. Which grade level has difficulty remembering something they just read

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6-ADULT

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34. Which grade level has difficulty concentrationg when reading or writing

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6-ADULT

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35. Which grade level is unable to tell important information from unimportant details?

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6-ADULT

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36. Which grade level spells poorly?

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6-ADULT

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37. Which grade level has great difficulty with the mechanics of writing?

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6-ADULT

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38. Which grade level has problems taking notes or copying math problems accurately?

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6-ADULT

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39. Which grade level has difficulty organizing and completing written projects

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6-ADULT

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40. Are all symptoms of learning disabilities the same

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No, some are more common than others and they present themselves differently in different children and adults

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41. Will anyone have all of the symptoms?

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No, no one will ever have all of the symptoms

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42. Are some symptoms more common than others across the LD population?

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YES

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43. Do most people have more than one symptom.

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Yes, they usually have at least 2 to 3 symptoms

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44. Does the number of symptoms dictate the severity of the disease?

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No, it is important to consider if the behaviors are chronic and if they appear in clusters