Learning Disability Information

Learn More about a Specific Learning Disability

Click on a learning disability area from the list below to get a definition and to see our products that relate to that disability.

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, A.D.H.D., Attention Deficit Disorder, A.D.D., Attention Problems, Short or Poor Attention Span, Easily Distracted, Distractible, Disinhibition Disorder, and/or Underfocused Attention.
  
  

• Hyperactivity

  Hyperactive, Disinhibition Disorder, Hyperkinetic Syndrome, Hyperkinesis, and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with Hyperactivity.
  
  

• Auditory Discrimination

  Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), Poor Auditory Discrimination, Poor Auditory Reception, Poor Auditory Processing, Difficulty with Auditory Closure, Phoneme Syllable Decoding, Phonological Coding, Auditory Perception Inefficiency, and/or Auding.
  
  

• Visual Reception

  Visual Perception, Visual Discrimination, Visual Reception, Visual Figure Ground Problems, Poor Scanning of the Visual Field, Trouble with a Visually Cluttered Field, Visual Processing, Visual Tracking and/or Visual Vigilance.
  
  

• Reversals

  Position-in-Space, Directionality, Position-In-Time-Space, Dyslexia, b/d Confusion, Mirror Writing, Strephosymbolia, Transposition, and/or Laterality Problems.
  
  

• Prosody/Body Language

  Difficulty reading Body Language, Difficulty with Prosody, Inefficient with Receptive Aprosodia, Inefficient with Expressive Aprosodia, Flat Tone of Voice, Trouble with Non-Verbal Language and/or Trouble with Non-verbal Communication.
  
  

• Following Directions

  
  

• Disorganized

  Disorganized, Do Not Complete Assignments at School, Do Not Complete Assignments at Home, Visual Reception, and/or Sequential Order Difficulty.
  
  

• Dyslexia

  Dyslexia, Reading Problems, and/or Disordered Reading Pattern.
  
  

• Dysphasia

  Dysphasia, a Dysphasic-like Syndrome, Literal, Deep Dyslexia, Difficulty with Comprehension, Difficulty with Reading Comprehension, Difficulty with Language Comprehension, Difficulty with Abstractions (verbal), Difficulty with Semantic Meaning, Difficulty with Hierarchical Classification of Language, Difficulty with Complex Grammatic Structure, and Difficulty with Word Problems in Math (compared to skill with basic operations), Trouble with Verbal Association, Trouble with Language Delay, Trouble with Receptive and Expressive Language, Trouble with Language Output, and Trouble with Meta-linguistic Function.
  
  

• Sequential Order

  
  

• Auditory Memory

  Auditory Memory, Auditory Recall Memory, Auditory Recognition Memory, Short Term Auditory Memory, Long Term Auditory Memory, and/or Auditory Retrieval.
  
  

• Visual Memory

  Visual Memory, Visual Recognition Memory, Visual Recall Memory, Short Term Visual Memory, Long Term Visual Memory and/or Visual Retrieval.
  
  

• Nominal Recall

  Nominal Recall, Naming Fluency, Word Finding, Dysnomia, and/or Anomia.
  
  

• Dysgraphia

  Dysgraphia, Difficulty with Handwriting, Work is messy, Difficulty with Visual Motor Integration, Difficulty with Fine Motor Performance, Poor Psycho-Motor Speed, Fine Motor Fluency, and/or Difficulty with Eye-Hand Coordination.
  
  

• Gross Motor Problems

  Gross Motor Problems, Poorly Coordinated, Clumsy or Awkward, Poor Motor Control, Poor Balance (Especially With Eyes Closed), Motor Problems, Can't Hop, Can't Skip, Can't Jump Rope, and/or Klutzy.
  
  

• Self Image

  Self Image Problems, Quit Easily, Easily Defeated, Poor Risk Factor, Damaged Self Worth, and/or Poor Self Concept.
  
  

• Social Skills

  Difficulty with Social Skills, Difficulty Making Friends, Inability to Read and Interpret Environment and People, Inability to Create Meaningful Friendships, Little Thought About Results of Actions, Loners, Magical Thinking, Poor Judgment, Sometimes Relates Well to Younger Students, and/or Trouble with Peer Relationships.
  
  

• Dyscalculia

  Memory Problems, Position-in-Space Problems, Sequential Order Problems, Dysphasia, Dysphasic, and/or Dyscalculic.

Articles and Resources for Learning Disabilities

To help you understand more about this important subject, we have provided articles and links to online resources.

• What are Learning Disabilities
  by Jill Smith, M.A. and Howard Diller, M.D.
  
  
• Words in the Brain: Reading program spurs neural rewrite in kids
  Science News Online
  
  
• Crossing Over: Techniques used with deaf children benefit other students, too
  by Jill Smith, Howard Diller and Ray K. McNamara
  
  
• Progress is Our Most Important Product
  By: Randy Soffer, Director of Special Education, Conroe ISD
  
  
• Glossary of Terms