gifted

Characteristics of Gifted Children

Very Observant
Extremely Curious
Intense interests
Excellent memory
Long attention span
Excellent reasoning skills

This above average giftedness can be generic or acquired.
Mildly gifted (IQ 115-129)
Moderately gifted (IQ 130-144)
Highly gifted (IQ 145-159)
Exceptionally gifted (IQ 160-174)
Profoundly gifted (IQ 175+)

MENTAL RETARDATION
Genetic conditions
Problems during pregnancy.
Problems at birth.
TYPES
syndromic intellectual disability, syndromic intellectual disability,

Delays in oral language development
Deficits in memory skills
Difficulty learning social rules
Difficulty with problem solving skills
Delays in the development of adaptive behaviors such as self-help or self-care skills
Lack of social inhibitors

LEARNING DISABILITIES

CAUSES
Heredity
Problems during pregnancy and birth
Accidents after birth

CHARAC
Confusion of similar words, difficulty using phonics, problems reading multi-syllable words.
Difficulty with sentence structure, poor grammar, omitted words.
Difficulty memorizing basic facts.
Difficulty memorizing basic facts.
Poor organization and time management.
Difficulty "reading" facial expressions, body language.

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TYPES
Reading disorder
Disorder of Written Expression
Math disability
Nonverbal learning disability
Disorders of speaking and listening:

HEARING IMPAIRMENT

CAUSES

Age
Noise
Genetic
Illness
Neurological disorders
Medications
Chemicals

Physical trauma

CHARAC
SPEECH DELAYS
COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES
SELECTIVE HEARING
BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

TYPES
Conductive Loss
Sensorineural Loss
Mixed Loss

VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Types
strabismus, where the eyes look in different directions and do not focus simultaneously on a single point; congenital cataracts, where the lens of the eye is cloudy; retinopathy of prematurity, which may occur in premature babies when the