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Learners with Learning Disabilities

Learners with Learning Disabilities. ESE 380 February 5, 2009. True or False?. Learners with learning disabilities have low IQ’s. Learning disabilities are typically discovered in kindergarten. Learning disabilities are only found in children.

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Learners with Learning Disabilities

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  1. Learners with Learning Disabilities ESE 380 February 5, 2009

  2. True or False? • Learners with learning disabilities have low IQ’s. • Learning disabilities are typically discovered in kindergarten. • Learning disabilities are only found in children. • More boys than girls have learning disabilities. • Dyslexia and “learning disability” are the same thing. • Learning disabilities only affect children at school. • Children with learning disabilities cannot be successful in college. • Learning disabilities go away after adolescence.

  3. Signs to Look For • Poor grades, despite significant effort • Require constant, step-by-step guidance for tasks • Difficulty comprehending logic behind a task • Difficulty with language and communication • Difficulty transferring skill from one task to another • Poor retention of knowledge or skills • Good general knowledge, but poor reading, writing, or math skills • Easily frustrated • Low self-esteem

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  5. Major Categories of Learning Disability Specific learning disability in: • Reading (dyslexia) • Writing (dysgraphia) • Arithmetic (dyscalculia)

  6. Winston Churchill Walt Disney Thomas Edison Albert Einstein Alexander Graham Bell Cher Tom Cruise Whoopi Goldberg H. G. Wells From: www.independenceinc.org/trivia.htm - 9k Famous People with Learning Disabilities

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