Deck 4: Language and Children With Learning Disabilities

Question 1

Inconsistent sound substitutions, reduced intelligibility and unusual patterns of stress and intonation best describe which of the following?

A) oral apraxia
B) CAS
C) ADHD
D) Developmental phonological dyslexia

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What are the similarities and differences between the NJCLD and USOE definitions of learning disability?
(Refer to Table 4.1 in the text). What are the implications for identification and/or treatment of children with learning disabilities?

Answer 2

not answered

Question 3

What are metalinguistic skills and how do they develop across the school years?

Answer 3

Metalingusitics, which develops separately and later than spoken language, is defined as the ability of a person to manipulate the different aspects of a language. Metalinguistics is influenced by both literacy and cognition. Metalinguistics will be reflected in tasks involving figurative language, grammatical judgments, and lexical organization among other areas.

Question 4

How are children with learning disabilities impacted by the emergence of technology in K-12 education?

Question 5

What are the long-term consequences of learning disabilities in terms of academic, social, emotional and
vocational perspectives?

Question 6

Given the known risk factors, what kind of preventative measures could be put into place?

Question 7

Describe the relationship(s) between speech, phonological awareness, and learning difficulties.

Question 8

What are two ways that semantic deficits can express themselves?

A) recall and retrieval of words
B) recall and storage of narratives
C) reading and writing
D) identification and retrieval of words

Question 9

Describe typical differences between the narratives produced by school-aged children with and without
learning difficulties.

Question 10

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Question 11

Applying a discrepancy model, which of the following students would be found eligible for special education services?

A) high IQ and low achievement
B) high IQ and high achievement
C) low IQ and low achievement
D) low IQ and high achievement

Question 12

Why is it important that a common definition of learning disabilities is agreed upon?

Question 13

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Question 14

Discuss the importance of a team approach in the diagnosis and treatment of a child with suspected
learning disabilities. Who should be included on the educational team?

Question 15

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Question 16

The term dyslexia refers to specific difficulties in learning to read.

Question 17

Which of the following disabilities is most often associated with a learning disability?

A) hyperactivity
B) phonological processing disorder
C) impaired reading comprehension
D) spelling

Question 18

List factors which may place a child at risk of learning disabilities. Indicate which ones are modifiable.

Question 19

Consider the four behavioral characteristics of ADHD. Explain how each of these might impact academic
performance.

Question 20

In which area might a child with issues in phoneme-grapheme mapping experience problems?

A) reading and speaking
B) recall of narratives
C) phonological processing
D) lexicon

Question 21

Reading disorders are significantly associated with hyperactivity in girls but not in boys.

Question 22

The collaborative service delivery model is successful because treatment is provided in genuine
communicative contexts and is shared by team members.

Question 23

In the majority of U.S. schools, children are identified as learning disabled using an ability-achievement
discrepancy method.

Question 24

Unlike typically developing children, children with learning difficulties show increased rates of
communication breakdown in a narration as compared to conversation.