Learning Disabilities Slides Flashcards
What is a Learning Disability?
A Neurodevelopmental disorder. Specific learning difficulty in one area. There is a different between intellectual potential and academic performance. There is an impact on the ability to process information efficiently and accurately.
What are some causes for Learning Disabilities?
Disruption in fetal brain development, complications during pregnancy, and other genetic factors
What are some learning disability difficulties?
Input and access of information, integrating and making sense of information, output and communication of information, storing and retrieving information from memory, attending behaviors, sequencing information, spatial awareness, conceptual thinking, and perceptual motor skills
What are some common learning disabilities?
Auditory processing disorder, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyslexia, language processing disorder
What are some common learning disabilities?
Auditory processing disorder, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyslexia, language processing disorder
What are some difficulties that are evident in school settings?
There is an impact on the ability to complete work, challenges to read, write, and do math, speak or understand language, retain information, difficulty with social interactions
What are some difficulties that are evident in school settings?
There is an impact on the ability to complete work, challenges to read, write, and do math, speak or understand language, retain information, difficulty with social interactions
What are some considerations for Music Therapy?
Create an organized and structured environment, minimize distractions, multi sensory approach, strength based and provide reinforcement, clear directions in small steps, provide time to process information, role model behavior
What are some steps to take during Music Therapy?
Clearly define the task, present information in a logical sequence, and provide appropriate feedback/reinforcement
What are some steps to take during Music Therapy?
Clearly define the task, present information in a logical sequence, and provide appropriate feedback/reinforcement
What are some goals and music interventions that can benefit individuals with learning disabilities?
Behavioral control and attention span; listen to music, play instrument. Auditory skills: use different timbres, call and response. Visual Skills: music notation, tracking left to right. Academic learning: lyrics about letters, shapes, colors. Social Emotional Learning: choir and jam sessions, improvisation, song analysis. Music and Leisure skills: play instruments
What are the functions of music?
Music is a carrier of information, reinforcer, a background for learning, a physical structure for learning activity, and a reflection of skills or processes to be learned.
