Perceptual Handicap
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Difficulty in ability to process and organize as well as interpret information through the senses.
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Oral Language
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Those verbal communication skills needed to understand (listen) and to use (speak) language.
Near Point Copying
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Writing while copying from a model close at hand, e.g., copying from a textbook.
Multisensory
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Involving more than one sense in presenting material. Teaching by talking and showing and moving simultaneously.
Motor
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Muscular or kinesthetic activity.
Modality
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The sensory channel used to acquire information. Visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, olfactory (odors), and gustatory (taste) are the most common modalities.
Mixed Laterality or Lateral Confusion
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Tendency to perform some acts with a right side preference and others with a left, or the shifting from right to left for certain activities.
Developmental Lag
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Also called Maturation Lag. Delayed maturity in one or several skills or areas of development.
Linguistic Approach
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Method for teaching reading (decoding skills) which emphasizes use of Sword families. For example, the child is taught to read at and then subsequently is taught to decode words such as “cat,” “bat,” “sat,” “mat,” etc. Early stories adhere strictly to the words which have been taught previously and so may sometimes seem nonsensical, e.g., [...]
Laterality
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The tendency to use the hand, foot, eye, and ear on a particular side of the body. For example, many people use their right hand when eating and their right foot when kicking.
Kinesthetic
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Pertaining to muscles and movement.
Inversions
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In reading, spelling, or math, confusion of updown directionality of letters or numbers, e.g., m for w, 6 for 9, etc.