Specific learning disability refers to a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. The term does not include learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.
Services for students with Specific Learning Disabilities are offered in all schools and at every level in Prince William County.
Prince William County provides a continuum of services in self-contained classrooms, resource rooms, and in general education classrooms. Services provided in each building are determined by the specific needs of students at that site. Teachers are offered training in strategic instructional and specific reading methodology. Training in the Strategic Instruction Model developed at the University of Kansas is also available. To staff. Some LD teachers co-teach in the regular classroom setting providing special education students with instructional accommodations and curricular modifications. Classes such as Learning Strategies and Compensatory Skills are taught for credit at the high school level. The majority of students with Specific Learning Disabilities graduate with a standard diploma.
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