Learning disabilities mindmap

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  • Created by: rstrange
  • Created on: 07-06-17 01:55
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  • Learning disabilities
    • Features
      • Difficulty with reading, writing, spelling, maths
        • Deficits in academic achievement
      • Dysfunction in underlying psychological processes
      • Mild, moderate, or severe
    • Causes
      • Not caused by low IQ
      • Genetic heritability
      • Not caused by poor schooling
    • Classification
      • Response to intervention (RTI)
        • Comparing child to others in response to the same curriculum
          • Primary, secondary, decision making, & tier III
      • Comprehensive assessment
        • RTI approaches
        • Classroom observations
        • IQ tests
      • Compare IQ to academic achievement
    • Epidemiology
      • Reading disability most common
      • Low SES a risk factor
      • Hertiable
      • Familial concordance stronger for boys
      • Comorbidities
        • Low self-concept
        • ADHD
        • Academic anxiety
        • Peer rejection
    • Treatments
      • Self-regulated strategy development
      • Teaching phoneme awareness
      • Systematic practice

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