Traduction de «learning disability » (Anglais → Français) :

Learning Disabilities Association of Canada [ LDAC | Canadian Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities | Canadian Association for Children with Learning Disabilities ]

intellectually disabled | learning disabled | mentally defective | mentally disabled | mentally handicapped | mentally retarded

Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec [ LDAQ | Quebec Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities | Quebec Association for Children with Learning Disabilities ]

Knowledge acquisition disability NOS Learning:disability NOS | disorder NOS

developmental impairment | feeble-mindedness | intellectual disability | intellectual impairment | learning disability | mental deficiency | mental retardation | mental subnormality | oligophrenia | LD [Abbr.]

Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities [ ACLD | Association for Children with Learning Disabilities ]

A rare genetic hematologic disorder characterized by progressive trilineage bone marrow failure (with hypocellularity), developmental delay with learning disabilities and microcephaly. Mild facial dysmorphism and hypotonia have also been reported. Th

polyhandicap | profound and multiple impairment | profound and multiple learning disabilities | severe and multiple impairment | PMLD [Abbr.]

Definition: A disorder characterized by impairment of memory, learning difficulties, and reduced ability to concentrate on a task for more than brief periods. There is often a marked feeling of mental fatigue when mental tasks are attempted, and new learning is found to be subjectively difficult even when objectively successful. None of these symptoms is so severe that a diagnosis of either dementia (F00-F03) or delirium (F05.-) can be made. This diagnosis should be made only in association with a specified physical disorder, and should not be made in the ...[+++] presence of any of the mental or behavioural disorders classified to F10-F99. The disorder may precede, accompany, or follow a wide variety of infections and physical disorders, both cerebral and systemic, but direct evidence of cerebral involvement is not necessarily present. It can be differentiated from postencephalitic syndrome (F07.1) and postconcussional syndrome (F07.2) by its different etiology, more restricted range of generally milder symptoms, and usually shorter duration.

Definition: Physical symptoms compatible with and originally due to a confirmed physical disorder, disease or disability become exaggerated or prolonged due to the psychological state of the patient. The patient is commonly distressed by this pain or disability, and is often preoccupied with worries, which may be justified, of the possibility of prolonged or progressive disability or pain. | Compensation neurosis

Typical accommodations and services required for students with learning disabilities are an up-to-date assessment for learning disabilities, extended time, tutoring services, note-taking services, learning strategies workshops, audio textbooks, prolonged program due to their disability, and adaptive technology.

We urge you to demonstrate the same leadership and vision you have during the past few years by: ensuring that all teachers receive training on children with special needs before graduating from teacher preparation programs; making it mandatory that every Canadian child who falls behind by one year receives an assessment by a psychologist or educational psychologist; providing young offenders who have learning disabilities with targeted programs and support needed to help put a stop to criminal behaviour; supporting families who need to hire tutors, send their children to remedial classes or buy specialized software for their children ...[+++]; investing in research to help identify environmental contaminants that affect neurological development of the fetus and the young infant; encouraging Finance Canada to work with the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada to clarify and improve the disability tax credit guidelines where learning disabilities are involved.

At a conference on the subject of learning disabilities entitled " Putting a Canadian Face on Learning Disabilities," hosted by the Learning Disabilities Association of New Brunswick, on April 13, 2007, Dr. Lex Wilson, Director of the Learning Disabilities Institute at Mount Allison University, added to this picture by telling his audience that as many as 50 per cent of children and youth with learning disabilities also suffer from depression.

32. Stresses that there are many forms of disability, including people with mobility problems, visual impairments, hearing impairments, mental health problems, chronic illnesses and learning disabilities; highlights the fact that people with multiple disabilities have exceptional problems, as do people subjected to multiple discrimination, and that greater attention should be paid to elderly people with disabilities and women with disabilities;