Exceptionality

Definition

Classification criteria and characteristics

Prevalence

Associated educational practices

Additional information

Learning Disability

(Week Two CheckPoint)

Below average grades in at least one learning discipline

Below average grades;

Lack of focus/disinterested;

Unable to understand;

Poor interaction with others;

Lacks drive

1 out of 25 students in 2006 or million or % of school age children in the U.S.

Hired agency responsibility (different location);

In-school education

Mild Intellectual Disability

(Week Two CheckPoint))

Well below average grades in multiple learning disciplines;

Shortfall adjustment activity

IQ below average;

Trouble learning adjustment strategies that arise during maturation years;

Issues severely affect education;...