CLINICAL REPORT Name: Joseph Patrick Date of Birth: 6/20/04 Chronological Age: 7 Grade: 2nd Date of Evaluation: December 14‚ 2011 Referral Question: Does the child meet criteria for Autism or ADHD‚ and based on testing results‚ are there recommendations for school and home that can help the child? Relevant Developmental History Medical History Joey was born prematurely at 28 weeks gestation‚ weighing only 3 pounds‚ 4 ounces. During her pregnancy‚ his mother experienced bleeding
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brain injury‚ minimal brain dysfunction‚ dyslexia‚ and developmental aphasia. Disorders Not Included- Specific learning disability does not include learning problems that are primarily the result of visual‚ hearing‚ or motor disabilities‚ of mental retardation‚ of emotional disturbance‚ or of environmental‚ cultural‚ or economic disadvantage. (McGraw Hill) The seven commonly known learning disabilities are: 1. Dyslexia (reading-based or print-based) Dyslexia is a reading-based learning disability
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special education strategies. In this essay‚ I am going to suggest some educational skills and strategies for managing and teaching students with dyslexia in Mathematics lessons. Dyslexia Dyslexia is a common type of specific learning difficulty. For Chinese speakers in Hong Kong‚ there is around 10% of the population who has dyslexia. Students with dyslexia may have disorders in language‚ memory or thinking. They may be intelligent and do well in other areas but have difficulties in reading‚ spelling
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numeracy SUMMARY REPORT John Bynner and Samantha Parsons Contents 4 Introduction 7 Why don’t more adults go on courses? 11 Who has poor skills? 16 What happens to adults whose skills change over time? 20 How does dyslexia relate to problems with literacy and numeracy? 25 From generation to generation 29 What does this mean for policy and research? 33 Tables: literacy and numeracy levels 3
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disability is a neurological disorder. Dyslexia is the most common cause of language incapacity. Persons with dyslexia have difficulties with accurate and/ or fluent word recognition‚ poor spelling‚ mirror printing‚ reverse letters‚ phonics and decoding abilities. Due to this they would not be able to comprehend what is being taught. According to the Dyslexia Association five to ten percent (5-10%) of all school – age children in Trinidad and Tobago have dyslexia. Another cause of illiteracy is short
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Child One of my primary focuses was to find out how different literatures dealt with Dyslexia and how best to support the child. Dyslexia can be described from a number of different perspectives as we see in Ball et al (2007) who explain that it can be “how one learns (Cognition)‚ what parts of the brain are involved (neurology)‚ what genes are involved (genetics) and behaviour (p14). Their book entitled ‘Dyslexia: An Irish perspective’ is very relevant to my research as it gives a great insight into
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MODULE 2: RESEARCH ARTICLE CRITIQUE Vandana G. Kotapally Grand Canyon University: SPE 557 04/25/2012 Abstract Causes of dyslexia or reading disabilities have been hotly debated by researchers and educators. Knowledge regarding the causes of reading disabilities is important as they define the strategies that will used to help students with dyslexia learn. Dyslexia is caused by differences in the information processing patterns of learning disability students. Language and phonological skills
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that every child is special; it also leads you to think the pressure building upon young generation by their so called parents‚ relatives‚ teachers and all. It is a one heart touching movie. The movie deals with a boy suffering from dyslexic or dyslexia. As a dyslexic child‚ the boy has difficulties in reading‚ writing and understanding letters‚ words and sentences. His world is filling with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colors & shapes that are just not important in the world of
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Hertfordshire Adult and Family Learning Serviceg What is good practice? • • • • • When resources are produced‚ consideration is taken to represent the diverse range of learners who access provision A variety of teaching methods are used following an assessment of different learning styles Assessment is fair and does not discriminate against any learner Language used by the tutor is non-discriminatory and appropriate Discussion and comments within the learning environment are managed to ensure
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The word ‘dyslexia’ comes from the Greek ‘dys-‘meaning difficulty with‚ and ‘-lexia’‚ meaning words or language. The discovery of Dyslexia which is a learning difficulty comes from the Greek word meaning “poor with words‚” “poor reading‚” or “a disturbance of the ability to read.” Dyslexia is characterized by difficulty with learning to read fluently and with accurate comprehension despite normal intelligence. This includes difficulty with phonological
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