SLD. Specific Learning Disibilities Flashcards
Basic psychological processes
- SEQUENCING
BPP. 5. Sequencing
- Cannot correctly sequence items along a dimension such as lightest to darkest, smallest to largest.
- Can’t follow directions in sequence.
- Can’t retell story in sequence
- Has a poor sense of time
Basic psychological processes
- AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION
Auditory discrimination
- Doesn’t pay attention to speech
- Unable to locate source of sound
- Difficulty assigning voices to people
- Doesn’t discriminate between similar speech sounds
- Can’t follow oral instructions
- Can’t do oral math problems
- Doesn’t spell phoenetically
8 Confuses meaning of similar words - Can’t blend or sequence words
- Requests things to be repeated
Basic psychological processes
- SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS
- Social perceptions
- Misinterprets behavior of peers.
- Misinterprets the meaning of gestures or facial expressions.
- Unable to size up social situations.
- Unable to make decisions.
- Lacks common sense.
Specific learning disabilities
- PSYCHO-MOTOR SKILLS , VISUAL-MOTOR INTEGRATION
- Phycho-motor skills, visual-motor integration
- Can’t copy from board
- Can’t copy or trace designs
- Appears clumsy.
- Can’t write or draw Between lines.
- Grips pencil awkwardly.
- Unable to align numbers or letters vertically or horizontally.
What EVALUATIONS are required for a SLD Diagnosis?
- Average or above average intelligence
- A psychological processing deficit
- A significant achievement discrepancy
- Failure to respond to research based intervention (RTI). 2004
Basic psychological processes
- HAPTIC DISCRIMINATION
- Haptic Discrimination
- Difficulty locating body parts.
- Lacks rhythm.
- Poor handwriting.
- Can’t manipulate Sizzors, utensils.
- Poor athlete ability.
- Poor motor responses.
SLD. SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY DEFINITION
SLD. A condition with one or more psychological processing deficits that makes it difficult to understand or use language -spoken or written - that manifests itself in the imperfect ability to THINK, LISTEN, SPEAK, READ, WRITE, SPELL or do MATH CALCULATIONS.
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Basic Psychological Processes
- CONCEPTUALIZATION/REASONING. (Thinking)
- CONCEPTUALIZATION/reasoning. (Thinking)
- Lacks Vocabulary
- Can’t follow directions
- Talks in incomplete sentences
- Can’t grasp the main idea of paragraphs
- Doesn’t recognize cause-effect relationships.
- Can’t draw conclusions or infer.
- Poor sense of time.
Basic psychological processes
- ATTENTION
- Attention
I. Can’t concentrate
- Shifts attention at inappropriate times
- Doesn’t finish work on time
- Unable to block out background noise or activity
- Daydreams
Basic psychological processes
- ORGANIZATION
- Organization
- Sloppy
- Attends to irrelevant details.
- Poor directional concepts.
- Loses things.
- Unable to “get ready” for a task.
- Careless.
- Jumps in before thinking.
BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- Memory. Long and short term
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MEMORY
- Makes excuses for things not remembered. EXCUSES
- Can’t recall facts about stories read or TV Programs. RECALL
- Can’t remember a sequence of letters or numbers. SEQUENCE
- Can’t remember where stopped if interrupted.
INTERRUPTED - Overly attentive to detail. DETAIL
- Unable to recall sight vocabulary SIGHT
- Can’t repeat letters, numbers, or sentences.
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Basic psychological processes
- VISUAL DISCRIMINATION
BPP. 3. Visual Discrimination
- Reverses, inverts, And confuses letters or sounds.
- Omits words and lines while reading.
- Disregards punctuation.
- Focuses attention on minor details
- Unable to trace designs
- Unable to catch a ball.
- Unable to match shapes and symbols
3 layman terms to describe LD
3 term describe LD
- Perceptual Disabilities
- Minimal brain distinction
- Dyslexia
3 criteria for LD ELIGIBILITY
3 criteria for LD ELIGIBILITY
- Intellectual ability act or above.
- Psych. Processing deficit
- Significant achievement discrepancy
- Failure to respond to research based intervention.
