specific developmental dyslexia

  • 1Specific developmental disorder — A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of development. For example, dysgraphia is one type of specific developmental disorder. In dysgraphia there is inability to write legibly. Problems… …

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  • 2Disorder, specific developmental — A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of development. For example, dysgraphia is one type of specific developmental disorder. In dysgraphia there is inability to write legibly. Problems… …

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  • 3Developmental disorder — Classification and external resources [[File:image|frameless|upright=1.06|alt=]] ICD 10 F80 F84 ICD 9 299 …

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  • 4Dyslexia — This article is about developmental dyslexia. For acquired dyslexia, see Alexia (acquired dyslexia). Dyslexia Classification and external resources ICD 10 R48.0 ICD 9 …

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  • 5Developmental dyspraxia — For Motor dyspraxia, see Motor skills disorder. Developmental dyspraxia Classification and external resources ICD 10 F82 ICD 9 …

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  • 6Dyslexia interventions — Main articles: Dyslexia and Management of Dyslexia Some teaching is geared to specific reading skill areas, such as phonetic decoding; whereas other approaches are more comprehensive in scope, combining techniques to address basic skills along… …

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  • 7Developmental disorder — One of several disorders that interrupt normal development in childhood. They may affect a single area of development (specific developmental disorders) or several (pervasive developmental disorders). With early intervention, most specific… …

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  • 8Developmental disorder, specific — A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of development. For example, dysgraphia is one type of specific developmental disorder. In dysgraphia there is inability to write legibly. Problems… …

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  • 9Dyslexia — is a specific reading disability due to a defect in the brain s (higher cortical) processing of graphic symbols. Dyslexia is thus a learning disability that alters the way the brain processes written material. The effects of dyslexia vary from… …

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  • 10Dyslexia treatment — Because dyslexia s most salient symptom is childhood difficulty with learning to read, the most common form of treatment is through specialized tutoring or teaching tailored to meet the particular learning characteristics of the student. Most… …

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