Exam 13: Specific Learning Disorders and Intellectual Disability

Children with a nonverbal learning disorder most often:

Many researchers have identified a fourth type of specific learning disorder, known as:

Dyslexia is:

Which of the following are criteria for specific learning disorders based on the new DSM-5 criteria?

Intellectual disability is diagnosed when there is (are):

Medications for aggression and depression in children and adolescents with intellectual disability are:

What other disorders are highly comorbid with specific learning disorders? What do these patterns tell us about the diagnoses themselves?

Based on the meta-analysis study of special education interventions for specific learning disorders, which of the following services were effective in treating specific learning disorders (i.e., they showed a large effect size)?

Which of the following is NOT a current specifier of impairment in specific learning disorder?

Discuss the disorders that are most highly co-morbid with intellectual disability.

Risk factors for specifc learning problems include:

Of the etiological factors listed below, which group accounts for the largest percentage (30% to 40%) of intellectual disability?

Specific learning disorders can be specified for which of the following severities?

According to your book, within the last few years the connections between school personnel and parents/caretakers:

What are the etiologies that are known for intellectual disability.Which etiologies are connected to which categorizations of intellectual disability? Are any of these causes preventable?

Define intellectual disability and discuss the various aspects of prevalence (e.g., gender, age, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status).

Which of the following is FALSE?

The etiological factors that have received the most support regarding the development of specific learning disorders are:

A common age for a specific learning disorder with impairment in reading is:

If children who experience a specific learning disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are given a psychostimulant medication like Ritalin: