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Reading for special needs has become an area of interest as the understanding of reading has improved. Teaching children with special needs how to read was not historically pursued under the assumption of the reading readiness model [1] that a reader must learn to read in a hierarchical manner such that one skill must be mastered before learning the next skill (e.g. a child might be expected ...
Reading Recovery is a short-term intervention approach designed for English-speaking children aged five or six, who are the lowest achieving in literacy after their first year of school. For instance, a child who is unable to read the simplest of books or write their own name, after a year in school, would be appropriate for a referral to a ...
Language-based learning disabilities or LBLD are "heterogeneous" neurological differences that can affect skills such as listening, reasoning, speaking, reading, writing, and math calculations. [1] It is also associated with movement, coordination, and direct attention. LBLD is not usually identified until the child reaches school age.
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Hyperlexic children are characterized by word-reading ability well above what would be expected given their ages and IQs. [24] Hyperlexia can be viewed as a superability in which word recognition ability goes far above expected levels of skill. [25] However, in spite of few problems with decoding, comprehension is poor.
The Ohio Youth Problems, Functioning, Satisfaction Scales (Ohio Scales) are a set of parent-reported [1] [2] and self-reported [3] questionnaires, consisting of four scales used to assess the improvement and outcomes of children and adolescents who have received mental health services.
There are a variety of disabilities affecting cognitive ability.This is a broad concept encompassing various intellectual or cognitive deficits, including intellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation), deficits too mild to properly qualify as intellectual disability, various specific conditions (such as specific learning disability), and problems acquired later in life through ...
These people typically adapt to their disability and are able to use a style of compensatory reading known as letter-by-letter reading. [15] This style of reading takes longer than the conventional style of reading does. As the number of letters in a word increases, the amount of time it takes for the person with pure alexia increases.