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In Winell's approach, treatment is most effective when holistic and multi-modal. That is, treatment needs to address the cognitive, affective, physiological, and relational dimensions of the person, all in a societal context. [42] Treatment of RTS has been influenced by modern thinking about treating trauma of all kinds.
Brody and Mills [1997] argue that this population of students "could be considered the most misunderstood of all exceptionalities". [12] In each situation, the twice-exceptional student's strengths help to compensate for deficits; the deficits, on the other hand, make the child's strengths less apparent [13] although as yet there is no empirical research to confirm this theory.
The requisite age of symptom onset was changed from 7 years old to 12 years old, and symptom thresholds were reduced for diagnosis of ADHD as an adolescent or adult. [ 15 ] "Specific Learning Disorder" encompasses shortcomings in academic skill development, including dyslexia and dyscalculia .
From 1993 to 2006 Adobe Systems changed the PDF specification several times to add new features. Various aspects of Adobe's Extension Levels published after 2006 were accepted into working drafts of ISO 32000-2 (PDF 2.0), but developers are cautioned that Adobe's Extensions are not part of the PDF standard.
If suspected of having a mixed receptive-expressive language disorder, treatment is available from a speech therapist or pathologist. Most treatments are short term, and rely upon accommodations made within the environment, in order to minimize interfering with work or school.
Gerstmann syndrome is a neuropsychological disorder that is characterized by a constellation of symptoms [1] that suggests the presence of a lesion usually near the junction of the temporal and parietal lobes at or near the angular gyrus.
Definition is more in keeping with modern research and debunked discrepancy model of dyslexia diagnosis: [3] Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling. Characteristic features of dyslexia are difficulties in phonological awareness, verbal memory and verbal ...
Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's syndrome or Asperger's, is a term formerly used to describe a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. [5]