Essays Tagged: "Learning Disabilities"
Down Syndrome by Ali Oterrab, describes the definition of down syndrome, the causes and the symptoms.
person a total of 47 chromosomes rather than the normal 46. This disorder results in mild to severe learning disabilities and physical symptoms including a small skull, extra folds of skin under the e ... approaching that of people without Down syndrome.Although people with Down syndrome have a range of learning disabilities, physicians, educators, and parents now recognize that their achievements may ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Attention Deficit Hyperactivty Disorder
e are many factors that can cause these symptoms, such as emotional problems, middle ear infection, learning disabilities, and others. It is important to see a proper doctor first to diagnose if the c ... an be checked for social adjustment and mental health, and an I.Q. test to see if the patient has a learning disability. When the problem is discovered, the patient can receive the help that he/she ne ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
What is Attention Deficit Disorder? What are the causes? How is it Treated?
ological impairment that affects many children around the world. Once the symptoms of ADD, a common learning disorder, have been diagnosed, then an individualized process of on-going treatment can beg ... d with ADD, there is a ninety-nine percent chance the child will have it, too ("ADD with or without learning disabilities" n. pag.). Early theories suggested that ADD might be caused by serious head i ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Dyslexia.
th, which is primarilycharacterized by difficulty with language.Dyslexia is one of several distinct learning disabilities. It is a specificlanguage-based disorder of constitutional origin characterize ... methods of diagnosing dyslexia vary broadly, although mostexperts rule out other common sources of learning difficulty--such as lack ofintelligence, absence from school, hearing or vision problems, a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
The purpose of intelligence testing with children.
e of intelligence tests in children? They helpdoctors, teachers and psychologists diagnose numerous learningdifficulties such as cognitive deficits, learning disabilities,processing disorders, attenti ... ests help professionals build strategies bestsuited to help these children function and progress in learning. Anindividualized education plan (IEP) can be set into place to addressdysfunctions or disa ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Learners with Exceptionalities
e special education and there are many different types of learners with exceptionalities, including learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, mental retardation and gifted stude ... ional limitation that interferes with a person?s mental, physical or sensory abilities. (Slavin 1)A learning disability is a neurological disorder that affects the brain?s ability to receive, process, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Dylexia
e out of every five children in the United States. It is the most common and prevalent of all known learning disabilities. Dyslexia is "characterized by difficulties in single word decoding, usually r ... elling or coping with math. Dyslexia may be more common in boys than girls if there is a history of learning difficulties among one or more members of the family. There are two types of dyslexia and t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Special Needs Report: Dyslexia This report is about a special need of an elementary school child that one may encounter as a teacher. The special need discussed here is about dyslexia.
xia is a disorder that affects millions of people all over the world. It is one of several distinct learning disabilities that affect a person's ability to read. It is a specific language-based disord ... that a multi-sensory teaching method is the most successful approach for children with difficulties learning to read. This approach involves helping a student to learn using more than just one of his/ ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Adrenoleukodystrophy and Encephalitis Write a 3 page paper on the two diseases featured in the movies in Lorenzo's Oil and The Awakenings. Works Cited included.
y arises between the ages of four to ten. An ALD patient may lose sight and hearing. They will have learning disabilities, seizures, poor verbal communication, problems consuming food, weariness, and ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Fragile X
fragile'. The spectrum of Fragile X syndrome ranges from normal development to developmental delay, learning disabilities, mild to severe intellectual disability, autistic-like behaviour and attention ... belled as having pervasive developmental disorder, Asperger's syndrome, autistic spectrum disorder, learning disability or developmental delay.Differential DiagnosesDevelopmental delay of different ae ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is one of the several distinct learning disabilities. It is a specific language-based disorder of constitutional origin characteriz ... phonological training in Kindergarten and 1st grade, they will have significantly fewer problems in learning to read at grade level than do children who are not identified or helped until 3rd grade. F ... for sure what causes dyslexia, but they say there is a correlation between left-handedness and the learning disability in many families. It is estimated that 1 in 10 children is dyslexic. More males ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Communication Outline
skills2. learn all morphological components of language3. syntax skill are delayed not differentB. Learning Disabilities1. Difficult to diagnosis in preschool-aged children2. brains have difficulty i ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
re are many factors that can cause these symptoms such as emotional problems, middle ear infection, learning disabilities, and others. It is important to see a proper doctor first to diagnose if the c ... checked for social adjustment and mental health and given an I.Q. test to see if the patient has a learning disability. When the problem is discovered, the patient can receive the help that he/she ne ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Music Therapy: A Complementary Health Treatment Therapy
1999). Children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly with mental health needs, developmental and learning disabilities, Alzheimer's disease and other aging related conditions, substance abuse probl ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Working With Parents of Exceptional Students
e special education and there are many different types of learners with exceptionalities, including learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, mental retardation and gifted stude ... rent-teacher relationship. (1998). Retrieved Mar. 31, 2005, fromhttp://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/parent_teacher.shtml.Florida State Department. (1992, Oct ). Mediation in special education ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
The Effects of Mainstreaming on Learning Disabled Children
A wide range of research has been done on the effects of mainstreaming on learning disabled children. Although many studies have shown improvements and positive effects, none ... to implement mainstreaming programs. In this study, students, who had been diagnosed as moderately learning disabled, were selected to represent their respective grade level. Group 1 consisted of 15 ... of mainstreaming, but also hopes that these current findings will direct future research to detect learning disabilities as early as possible.For many years now, there has been an increase of interes ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Communication in Health Care
on non-verbal communication, as I reflect on my clinical placement with ten clients who have severe learning disabilities and complex needs i.e Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome and challenging behaviour ... rocess of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate and so inform learning about practice" (page 305). I will attempt to identify my strengths and weaknesses realised ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
'Patterns' A short documentary by Kirsten Sheridan.
ates to people around them. People with autism have difficulties with everyday social interactions, learning disabilities and difficulty in making sense of the world. Kirsten Sheridan found an interes ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Genetic Counseling
s or genetic disorders, those at risk for inherited conditions, and those with a history of cancer, learning disabilities, mental retardation, hearing or visual impairment. Women with a history of mul ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Recall of China
for adults. This paint can cause anemia or it can damage the brain and nervous system, resulting in learning disabilities. The risk of lead poisoning is greater for children since they are growing and ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues