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Post by notellin on Dec 3, 2006 12:05:57 GMT -5
Do children with learning disabilities show a cognitive processing deficit on testing? In terms of testing, what exactly is the key identifier of a LD?
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Post by lillian on Dec 3, 2006 12:54:08 GMT -5
I'm not sure what you mean by a cognitive processing deficit? There are different types of cognitive skills that are tested on IQ tests. When a particular cognitive skill shows up as a weakness on the IQ test, achievement tests can help explain why. This is the reason why IQ and achievement tests are given together. Neither test alone tells you much of anything. It is the tests together that help define the child's learning issues.
As far as what signifies an LD, well, that's a highly debatable question. Although the federal law changed recently to say that schools no longer have to use the discrepancy formula for finding an LD, many schools still do. What this is is a discrepancy between full scale IQ on the IQ test and achievement scores on the achievement test in areas of accepted LD's under federal law. The discrepancy varies from state-to-state, but it is at least one standard deviation or fifteen points. Some states have 1 1/2 standard deviations, which is 22 points, and some states have 2 standard deviations, which is 30 points.
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Post by Charlie Girl on Dec 3, 2006 14:39:32 GMT -5
According to this it should show up in testing. The article is long but this is the part that I think answers your question. medicine.ucsd.edu/nbmu/Faculty/WilliamPerry/CINP.htmlCognitive processing refers to the underlying functions that are involved in everyday problem-solving behavior. These cognitive functions include the ability to attend to information, the ability to encode or learn information, to retrieve learned information for further use, and to process complex information in order to efficiently solve problems. When these cognitive processes are impaired, they manifest as behavioral symptoms that are hallmarks of neuropsychiatric disorders, including disorganized thinking (thought disorder) that results in problems successfully navigating everyday life.
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Post by laurapalmer on Dec 6, 2006 9:28:30 GMT -5
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Post by notellin on Dec 6, 2006 12:19:25 GMT -5
This looks interesting laurapalmer. I'm going to check into it further. There's a brochure, and a tour on the website.
My son's doctor found him to have slow cognitive processing, possibly as the fundamental problem, with ADHD symptoms being secondary to the slow cognitive functioning. He met the ADHD criteria, so he got the diagnosis for now. I guess I'm kind of waiting for a LD to appear.
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Post by Charlie Girl on Dec 6, 2006 13:32:25 GMT -5
I'm going to check it out. It has that free preview. I'll check that and hope its something that will work for us. I wish I knew someone who has used it and what they think of it.
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Post by laurapalmer on Dec 6, 2006 18:59:33 GMT -5
Actually the person that sent it to me, was asking the same question about the website: If anyone has tried it??? I don't know, but in the morning i'll have a look at it.
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