What are the signs of a Reading Disability?

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Dr. Jack A. Naglieri is Professor of Psychology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Prior to his current position he was Professor of School Psychology and Psychology at the Ohio State University where he taught from 1982 to 2000. The author of more than 150 scholarly papers, chapters, books, and tests, he has focused his efforts since the late 1970s on reconceptualizing intelligence. He also the recipient of the Senior Scientist Award, and holds an appointment as a senior Research Scientist at the Devereux Foundation's Institute for Clinical Training and Research. Dr. Naglieri obtained his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Long Island University, Master of Science from St. John's University, and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Georgia in 1979. He worked as a school psychologist in the New York area from 1974-1977. Jack A. Naglieri is also the author of the Cognitive Assessment System (Naglieri & Das, 1997), the CAS Scoring Aide (Naglieri, 2002), the General Ability Measure for Adults (Naglieri & Bardos, 1997), Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (Naglieri, 1996), Devereux Scoring Assistant (LeBuffe, Naglieri, & Pfeiffer, 1996), Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders (Naglieri, LeBuffe, & Pfeiffer, 1994), Devereux Behavior Rating Scales School Form (Naglieri, LeBuffe, & Pfeiffer, 1994), Draw A Person: Screening Procedure for Emotional Disturbance (Naglieri, McNeish, & Bardos, 1990), Draw A Person: Quantitative Scoring System (Naglieri, 1988), Matrix Analogies Test (Naglieri, 1985).

What are the signs of a Reading Disability?

In this video Dr. Jack Naglieri discusses a variety of topics related to Learning Disabilities. These topics include what a Learning Disability is, signs of a Learning Disability, how parents can help children with a Learning Disability and more.

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What are the signs of a reading disability?

Dr. Jack Naglieri: Typically, children who have reading disability is specific reading disability, which is specific learning disability. They have a lot of difficulty decoding the sounds, working with sounds in order remembering those sequences of sounds, associating sounds with specific letters. In general, they have a lot of trouble with working with information that is specific linear order or in specific sequence. And if you think about reading decoding when you have a word, the child needs to figure out what that word is by blending the sounds in order or blending the letters into a whole, that s we oftentimes see the children who have specific reading disability.

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