1. Chapter 8 Young Children with Learning Disabilities

2. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8-2 Precursors of Learning Disabilities Phonological awareness Rapid naming skills Knowledge of the alphabet Visual-motor skills Communication/oral language Fine- and gross-motor skills Attending abilities Social skills

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8-3 Motor Development Gross motor skills Fine motor skills Learning through play Perceptual motor skills Sensory integration therapy

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8-4 Sensory Integration Therapy Tactile system Vestibular system Proprioceptive system

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8-5 Phases of Assessment

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8-6 Auditory Perception Auditory perception—interpreting what is heard Phonological awareness Auditory discrimination Auditory memory Auditory sequencing Auditory blending

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8-7 Visual Perception Visual perception—interpreting what is seen Visual discrimination Figure-ground perception Visual closure Spatial relations Object-letter recognition Reversals Whole-part perception

8. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8-8 Legislation for Young Children Ages 3 through 5 –Part B –IEP or IFSP –Category of disability or developmental delay –Transition to general or special program Birth through 2 –Part C –IFSP –Developmental delay –Transition to preschool program

9. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8-9 Educational Environments for Young Children with Disabilities