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Developmental Reading Disorder : Risk Factors

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Risk Factors List

  • Developmental mental disorder
  • Difficulty Writing
  • elementary-age student
  • ethnocentrism
  • Family History of Developmental reading disorder
  • Family history of learning disability
  • Young child

Specific Risk Factors Articles

Disorder of written expression
Disorder of written expression is a childhood condition characterized by poor writing skills.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 15, 2006
Disorder of written expression
Disorder of written expression, formerly called developmental expressive writing disorder, is a learning disability in which a person's ability to communicate in writing is substantially below the level normally expected based on the individual's age, intelligence, life experiences, educational background, or physical impairments. This disability affects both the physical reproduction of letters and words and the organization of thoughts and ideas in written compositions.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Reading disorder
Reading disorder is a learning disorder that involves significant impairment of reading accuracy, speed, or comprehension to the extent that the impairment interferes with academic achievement or activities of daily life. People with reading disorder perform reading tasks well below the level one would expect on the basis of their general intelligence, educational opportunities, and physical health.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Developmental reading disorder
Developmental reading disorder, also called dyslexia, is a reading disability resulting from the inability to process graphic symbols.
Source:ADAM
Date:December 6, 2006
Mathematics disorder
Mathematics disorder is a condition characterized by mathematical ability substantially below expectation given a child's age, general intelligence, and education.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 20, 2008
Mathematics disorder
Mathematics disorder, formerly called developmental arithmetic disorder, developmental acalculia, or dyscalculia, is a learning disorder in which a person's mathematical ability is substantially below the level normally expected based on his or her age, intelligence, life experiences, educational background, and physical impairments. This disability affects the ability to do calculations as well as the ability to understand word problems and mathematical concepts.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Mathematics/Mathematical Ability
Study of numbers and their operations. Skill with mathematics is as important as literacy for daily living.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Ethnocentrism
Any policy, research, and action on the part of individuals or institutions that promote (intentionally or unintentionally) the believed superiority of one group, profession, or set of ideals over another can be considered ethnocentric. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines ethnocentrism as " regarding one ' s own race or ethnic group as of supreme importance " (1989, p.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Overview of the Male Anatomy
Detailed anatomical description of the prostate gland, including simple definitions and labeled, full-color illustrations
Source:StayWell
Overview of the Male Anatomy
Detailed anatomical description of the prostate gland, including simple definitions and labeled, full-color illustrations
Source:StayWell
Overview of the Male Anatomy
Detailed anatomical description of the prostate gland, including simple definitions and labeled, full-color illustrations
Source:StayWell
Male Physical Development
Detailed information on male growth and development
Source:StayWell
Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder
Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder is a language disability which causes impairment of both the understanding and the expression of language.
Source:ADAM
Date:June 13, 2006
Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder
Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder is diagnosed when a child has problems expressing him-or herself using spoken language, and also has problems understanding what people say to him or her. Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder is generally a disorder of childhood.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
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