Early Childhood: Beginning School Flashcards
IQ score of 130 or higher are considered
gifted
substantially below-average intelligence (IQ score ≤ 70) and problems adapting to an environment that emerge before the age of 18
intellectual disability
what are the different kinds of adaptive problems
- conceptual skills
- social skills
- practical skills
risk factors of intellectual disability
- biomedical factors
- social factors
- behavioral factors
- educational factors
- genetic disorders
- malnutrition
- traumatic brain injury
Biomedical factors
- poverty
- poor parent-child relations
Social factors
- child neglect
- domestic violence
Behavioral factors
- poor parenting
- poor access to educational services
Educational factors
when a child with normal intelligence has difficulty mastering at least one academic subject
Learning Disabilities
- The most common learning disability
- Children have difficulty distinguishing sounds in written and oral language
Developmental dyslexia
- Can read sentences but lack an understanding of their meaning
- Seems to be the result of impaired oral language
Impaired reading comprehension
- Affects about 5-10% of young children
- Causal factors are currently being debated
Developmental dyscalculia
three major symptoms of ADHD
- hyperactivity
- inattention
- impulsivity
energetic, fidgety, unable to keep still
hyperactivity
failure to pay attention to current task
inattention
