PSYC 3220 Lecture Notes - Otitis Media, Developmental Coordination Disorder, Formal Language
2 Sep 2014
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Impact on brain development and ability to learn language later on. In the dsm-iv, communication disorders include: expressive language disorder, phonological disorder, mixed receptive-expressive disorder, stuttering. If you can"t hear sounds you can"t pick them up: parental speech and language stimulation i. e. children locked in a room and can hear sounds need someone there for you and communicate with you. Is their reading level at a 3rd grade level: achievement test: document how much you learned through your education . It is not the same as an intelligence test: people can have more than one form of learning disorder. Mathematics disorder: difficulty recognizing numbers and symbols, memorizing facts, aligning numbers, and understanding abstract concepts, problems in visual-spatial ability, deficits in arithmetic calculation and/or mathematic reasoning abilities. Causes of learning disorders: most likely cause is genetic-based neurobiological problem, difficulties bringing together information form different from different brain regions. Overlap between dyslexia ad adhd ranges from 30-70%
