PSY341H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Speech Disorder, Phonological Awareness, Learning Disability

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Disorders usually affect only certain limited aspects of learning, and rarely are severe enough to impair the pursuit of a normal life. Changed dramatically over last 30 years used to be that it was poor motivation or instruction. Learning disability: general term for learning problems that occur in the absence of other obvious conditions, such as mental retardation or brain damage. How they take in, retain or express information. Hidden handicap and often undetected in children. Now recognize that while it is challenging it doesn"t have to be a handicap. Main characteristic cshared by all children with learning disabiliites is not performaing upto their expected level in school. Learning disability significant problmes in mastering on of more of the following skills listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning and mathematics. Linguistic: sensitivity to the meaning, function and grammatical rules of words, as in writing an essay. Musical: sensitivity and creatitvity in hearing and manipulating tones, rhythms, musical patters, pitch and timbre.

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