learning d/o

Question 1

Parameters to dx dyslexia

Answer 1

Dyslexia is a reading disorder ( reading, writing, spelling )

• single word decoding
• resulting in insufficeient phonological processing

Question 2

a dx of written disorder is not made before the child is …

Answer 2

atleast 8 yrs old

Question 3

Reading disorder is more common among boys 3-4x

T or F

Answer 3

True.

• imapiremnet recognition
• slow reading
• comprehension
• oral reading : omission, addition, distortions

genetic component - look for relatives

Question 4

how to dx disorder of written expression ?

Answer 4

severe cases - as early as 7y/o
mild 10 yrs

disability in spelling, grammar, punctuation

not self limited
mgt : practice in spelling, sentence construction, rules of grammar

Question 5

reading and mathematics d/o

Answer 5

not dx until second or third grade
etio is unknoiwn
minozygitic > dizygotic
brain anomalies are inferred

Question 6

provisional tic disorder

Answer 6

if tic occured less than 1 yr