Learning Disabilities Research Sheet NAME: ___________________

What is a learning disability?

What are the five most common types of learning disabilities?

At what time in a person’s life, are learning disabilities most often diagnosed?

Are learning problems which are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor handicaps considered learning disabilities?

True or False: People with learning disabilities are usually of below average intelligence.

True or False: Learning disabilities can be cured or fixed.

True or False: ADHD is a learning disability.

What is Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)

What is Dyscalculia?

What is Dysgraphia?

Dyslexia?

What is Language Processing Disorder?

What are Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities?

What is a Visual Perceptual/Visual Motor Deficit?

What is Dyspraxia?

What is Executive Functioning?

Problems with Working Memory can make learning difficult. What is Working Memory?