Saturday, August 8, 2009

Spe Edu. Golden Rules book uses the word dyslexic

I am often asked in IEP meetings where it uses the word dyslexia is found under a specific learning disability. Here it is for those of you that need or want it:

http://www.usu.edu/teachall/rules.htm
then click on Special Education "Golden Rules" Book

On p. 11 in the Special Education "Golden Rules" Book it states:


50. Specific learning disability. A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological
processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may
manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do
mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain
injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. The term does
not include students who have learning problems that are primarily the result of visual,
hearing, or motor disabilities, of intellectual disabilities of emotional disturbances, or of
environmental, cultural or economic disadvantage.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Whoever wrote this does not understand either the English or the Greek languages. The proper adjective for a person possessing the quality of dyslexia is dyslectic. Definitely not "Dyslexic". I know, I'm dyslectic.