Specific Learning Disorder

Question 1

what is the diagnostic criteria for Specific Learning Disorder?

Answer 1

Criterion A: Difficulties learning and using academic skills, as indicated by the presence of at least one of the following symptoms that have persisted for at least 6 months, despite the provision of interventions that target those difficulties

Criterion B: The affected academic skills are substantially and quantifiably below those expected
for the individual’s chronological age

Criterion C: The learning difficulties begin during school-age years but may not become fully manifest until the demands for those affected academic skills exceed the individual’s limited capacities (e.g., timed tests, writing lengthy reports, or excessively heavy academic loads)

Question 2

what are the specifiers for specific learning disorder

Answer 2

1. With impairment in reading: (Dyslexia)
   Word reading accuracy
   Reading rate or fluency
   Reading comprehension
2. With impairment in Written expression:
   Spelling accuracy
   Grammar and punctuation accuracy
   Clarity or organization of written expression
3. With impairment in mathematics:
   (Dyscalculia)
   Number sense
   Memorization of arithmetic facts
   Accurate or fluent calculation
   Accurate math reasoning

Question 3

is an alternative term used to refer to a pattern of difficulties characterized by problems processing numerical information, learning arithmetic facts,
and performing accurate or fluent calculations

Answer 3

dyscalculia

Question 4

is an alternative term used to refer to a pattern of learning difficulties
characterized by problems with accurate or fluent word recognition, poor decoding,
and poor spelling abilities

Answer 4

dyslexia

Question 5

what is the etiology for specific learning disorder?

Answer 5

1. genetic factors
2. neurobiological influences
   dyslexia: Broca’s area
   dyscalculia: intraparietal sulcus
   impairment in written expression: none yet
3. environmental influences