Dyslexia Essays

Dyslexia: A Conceptual Understanding       In the United States, the generic term “learning disability” is used to describe a state of an individual’s communicative capabilities and potentials to be taught effectively as affected by psychological and neurological conditions. The term covers various conditions such as dysgraphia or writing disorder; dyslexia …

Dyslexia and Specific language impairment (SLI) are two of the most commonly occurring learning disorders among children (Pennington and Bishop, 2009). SLI and dyslexia have similar a prevalence in modern day society and is estimated to affect 3 – 10% of children (Tomblin, 1997). Broadly speaking dyslexia has generally been …

Jennifer is a 2nd grader being referred for possible learning disabilities in reading. Jennifer has always attended Sand Hill Elementary and has not repeated a grade. She is eight years old. She has been screened for vision and hearing problems and was found to have normal vision and hearing. Her …