Misconceptions about Learners with Learning Disabilities There are many misconceptions associated with learners who have a learning disability. One common myth is that we know very little about the causes of learning disabilities. This is very untrue. Even though we don’t know all of the causes of learning disabilities‚ we know a great deal as to why they happen. In our book it discusses how they may be caused by genetic factors‚ teratogenic factors‚ such as alcohol during pregnancy‚ and medical
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Everyday students with disabilities enter schools around the world. These students come to school with expectations of receiving the same education that their classmates are receiving‚ but sometimes find that doing so is difficult. About 50 percent of students attending school have been diagnosed with specific learning disabilities (Laureate Education‚ 2013). Many of the students with this disability struggle with reading‚ writing‚ mathematics and overall learning. Dyslexia is a disorder categorized under
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Communication Disorders in Children and Adolescents Tweet 1 Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. These delays and disorders range from simple sound substitutions to the inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech and feeding. Some causes of speech and language disorders include hearing loss‚ neurological disorders‚ brain injury‚ mental retardation‚ drug abuse‚ physical impairments
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.................. 1 b. Sources of Self-Efficacy…………………………………….… 2 i. Past Performance Accomplishments……………....…….... 3 ii. Verbal Persuasion……………………….…........................ 3 iii. Emotional Arousal………………………………................ 4 iv. Vicarious Learning………………………...……................ 4 c. Career Self-Efficacy i. Application of Self-Efficacy Theory to Careers…............... 5 d. Career Exploration i. Theories Behind Career Exploration…………….……...… 6 e. Relationship Between Career
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Learning Disabilities Contributor Anelyse Belsom Grand Canyon University: SPE 557 July 9‚ 2014 This paper will discuss students with nonverbal learning disabilities syndrome. Nonverbal learning disabilities NLD will be addressed as to what is NLD and what students are usually have. This will be an overview of how to not only identify students with NLD but how to assists students with NLB. This paper will go over important strategies
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Identifying Communication Disorders in Students This assignment will target an audience of professionals in the field of Childhood Education such as teachers‚ administrators and aides‚ as well as those in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders. In addition‚ the audience includes scholars and readers of the journal Intervention in School & Clinic: an "Interdisciplinary journal directed to those who deal with the day-to-day aspects of special and remedial education" (Intervention).
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related services offered to learning-disabled children. By providing funds‚ the Public Law of 1969 known as the Children with Specific Learning Disabilities Act has recognized children with "learning disabilities" (Berger‚ 2008‚ p. 302) and enabled them to receive special education and other services such as physical therapy‚ speech‚ transportation‚ etc. In addition‚ by enforcing mandated education for all children‚ the Public Law has protected children with disabilities from being rejected or forced
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prevent exclusion of individuals with learning disabilities. The Equalities Act of 2010 combines 116 different legislations to provide a legal framework the purpose of which is to protect the rights of individuals. It simplifies past legislation providing the UK with a law that protects individuals from discrimination and make society equal. Merged legislations are: The Equal Pay Act 1970 The Sex discrimination Act 1975 The Race Relations Act 1976 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The Employment
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individuals with Learning Disabilities 1.1 People with learning disabilities are more vulnerable than other people; they are affected by certain laws. There isn’t one law or Act which covers their situation‚ but they may be affected by laws concerning: * Education * Voting rights * Ownership of property * Guardianship * Control of finances * Consent to sex In the United Kingdom‚ specific legislation that affects people with learning disabilities include: * Disability Discrimination
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The definition of a learning disability is a neurological disorder that is characterized by difficulty in the understanding of learning to read or interpret words‚ letters and other symbols‚ but that does not affect general intelligence. An abundance of people‚ both with and without learning disabilities believe that those with a LD are dumb and cannot succeed‚ but I have never let my disability define who I am and my ability to succeed in school and in life. Growing up I always knew there was something
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