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
act without considering consequences
impulsivity
Gross motor skill improvement can be seen in tasks like
running, jumping, throwing
Fine motor skill improvement is obvious in skills like
handwriting, playing musical instruments,
Boy’s tend to be quicker to develop their
gross motor skills
girls are quicker to develop their
fine motor skills.
