Category Archives: Learning Disabilities
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 [...]
Post Tags: Behavior Modification, Dyscalculia, Dysgrafia, Dyslexia, Dysnomia, Executive Function, Hyperlexia, Insight Therapy, Non-Verbal Learning Disability, Primary Language Disability, Processing Disorder
Asperger’s Syndrome and One-to-one Therapeutic Tutoring
Post by Lynne Master on April 7th, 2011 in Learning Disabilities
Hans Asperger, an Austrian pediatrician, noticed that some of his patients diagnosed with autistic personality disorder had unusual characteristics, many of which affected both verbal and non-verbal communication related to social language. He organized the qualities he observed, and in 1944 published “Autistic Psychopathy” leading the way for Asperger’s syndrome(AS) to become recognized as a [...]
Post Tags: aspergers syndrome, autism, learning disability, special education, tutor
What You Should Know about Autism and Learning Disabilities
Post by Lynne Master on February 9th, 2011 in Learning Disabilities
I was shocked when my brother’s first child was born, and his wife refused to have him inoculated against measles-mumps-rubella. She was convinced, as were many parents, of the risk that the MMR vaccine caused autism in children. That unfounded fear was the result of a so-called study by Andrew Wakefield published in a British [...]
Post Tags: ASD, autism, learning disability, special education
The Learning Disabled College Student
Post by Lynne Master on December 16th, 2010 in Learning Disabilities
College students with learning disabilities have the high intelligence needed to complete advanced courses of study; they also have handicaps which require them to work harder than other students to achieve the same goals. A learning disability is a handicap which affects the manner in which individuals of normal or above average intelligence take in, [...]
Post Tags: college, graduation, learning disability, legal rights, Section 504, special education
Special Education Intervention on Behalf of a Learning Disabled Student
Post by Lynne Master on December 16th, 2010 in Learning Disabilities
Any time after November begins is ideal to assess children’s progress in school and take action in the areas that are not up to par. Children have had a few months to adjust to the personality, expectations, homework, test, and style of the teacher. The group dynamics and friendship bonds of the class are established. [...]
Post Tags: IDEA-1997, IEP, learning disability, Public Act 105-17, special education
