Understanding Learning Disabilities

Important Terms for Parents Who Have Children with Learning Disabilities

Navigating the public school system when your child has a learning disability can be intimidating. There are a lot of new terms, acronyms and descriptions that have evolved recently. Here's a list that will help you understand some of the terms educators and professionals may use when discussing a child with a learning disability.

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Receptive Language Disorder top

A learning disability which can impede the understanding and/or expression of language.

Scenery Integration Dysfunction (Dysproxia) top

A neurological disorder resulting in difficulties processing information from the five senses, the sense of movement or the vestibular system , and/or the positional sense known as proprioception.

Visual Processing Disorder top

A neurological dysfunction in processing ocular information.

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