Mary needs extra time for her writing assignments and she needs a tutor in math to help her sequence properly.The occupational therapy (OT) practitioner works with her on writing and sequencing once a week and provides suggestions to the child, teacher, and parent.What type of learning disorder does this depict?

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The levels of severity of learning disorders can be described as:
.Mild: Child experiences some difficulties learning skills in one or two academic areas but is able to compensate and function well with accommodations, special education services, resource support, and/or related services.
.Moderate: Child demonstrates marked difficulty learning skills in one or more of the core academic areas such that the student is not likely to succeed without intensive support through special education and related services outside of the general education classroom and with small group specialized direct instruction.
.Severe: Child shows severe difficulty learning skills in several academic areas requiring ongoing and intensive individualized and specialized instruction in a special education self-contained classroom setting with related services specific to the child's needs.

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