HOW ARE LEARNING DIABILITIES FORMALLY DIAGNOSED?
By law, learning disability is defined as a significant gap between a person’s intelligence and the skills the person has achieved at each age. This means that a severely retarded 10-year-old who speaks like a 6-year-old probably doesn’t have a language or speech disability. He has mastered language up to the limits of his intelligence. On the other hand, a fifth grader with an IQ of 100 who can’t write a simple sentence probably does have LD. Learning disorders may be informally flagged by observing significant delays in the child’s skill development. A 2-year delay in the primary grades is usually considered significant. For older students, such a delay is not as debilitating, so learning disabilities aren’t usually suspected unless there is more than a 2-year delay. Actual diagnosis of learning disabilities, however, is made using standardized tests that compare the child’s level of ability to what is considered normal development for a person of that age and intelligence. For examp
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- I have a diagnosed disability/learning disability/ADHD. Can I get extra assistance with my remedial coursework even though I dont take the classes at FGCU?
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