Learning Disabilities Terms and Definitions
Post by Lynne Master on September 9th, 2011 in Learning Disabilities
Sometimes parents see terms in an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), but no one bothers to explain what they mean. Other times a term is in the vocabulary for recognized symptoms, but people don’t know what it is. Here is a glossary of terms to give meaning to the words and to the symptoms.
Dyscalculia is a disorder of mathematics. It may affect concept formation, numation, calculation, or generalization of number concepts.
Dysgrafia is a disorder of penmanship. It may affect the ability to form letters or words in legible penmanship, or it may affect the ability to copy from one plane to another, such as copying from a text to paper, or a blackboard to a notebook.
Dyslexia is a language based learning disorder. It may affect decoding or comprehension of the written word. It may affect speaking, listening, writing, or spelling.
Dysnomia is a disorder of word retrieval. It may affect oral or written speech in the struggle to claim nouns.
Executive Function is a disorder of integration. It may affect forethought, planning, goal-directed actions, organization, execution of tasks, self-discipline, will power, persistence, or time management.
Hyperlexia is a disorder of advanced reading skills at a young age. It may affect comprehension, response to questions, echolalia, inappropriate behavior, eye contact, memory, and grammar.
Non-Verbal Learning Disability is a disorder of visual detail, relationships, and spatial organization. It may affect memory, language, attention, concept formation, comprehension, and reasoning. It is characterized by well developed receptive language and verbose speech output.
Primary Language Disability is a disorder of receptive and expressive language. It may affect spontaneous or demand language in oral or written expression.
Processing Disorder is a disorder of reception. It may be identified by slow speed for sorting and comprehending information; automatizing of information; lack of or failure to apply strategies; and distractibility.
Behavior Modification involves contracting for rewards and consequences for identified behaviors.
Insight Therapy allows the person to rethink the past with new information and knowledge about consequences and outcomes.
Post Tags: Behavior Modification, Dyscalculia, Dysgrafia, Dyslexia, Dysnomia, Executive Function, Hyperlexia, Insight Therapy, Non-Verbal Learning Disability, Primary Language Disability, Processing Disorder
