- neurological condition children are born with and there is no cure
- occurs with average IQ (85+)
- history of perception problems
- significant discrepancy in attitude and achievement
Perception Problems:
- Identification: the ability to recognize (name/sort) sensory information
- recognizing voices, R vs. L
- Discrimination: the ability to notice increasingly subtle likenesses and differences between items (Dyslexia)
- poor word guessers
- wouldn’t recognize the sign change in Math
- Sequencing: the ability to recognize meaningful order and position of items
- visual order of things: spelling and math problem troubles
- poor note takers (need copies)
- Figure-Ground: the ability to prioritize items; to focus on the relevant and ignore the irrelevant
- distracted with clutter in room, ‘white noise’ is helpful, body-kinesthetic learners are sensitive to smells, touch, clothing
- Closure: the ability to activate prior learning to form a meaningful whole
- need for concrete answers and specific detail
- has trouble ‘filling in the gaps’
Possible Causes:
- Genetic link: ‘defect’ on X-chromosome
- Allergies
- Prenatal toxins that cross the placenta barrier
- Peri-natal anoxia: slight lack of oxygen
(Dr. Kathy Heikkila, UBC, EPSE 317 Fall 2011)
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