Competencies Needed for School Success

• Neurological
  • Hearing
  • Balance–gravitational responses
  • Tactile
  • Visual
  • Cognitive (inclusive of attention issues)

• Emotional
  • Peer interactions
  • Authority responses
  • Frustration levels
  • Task initiation/response patterns
  • Group skills

• Physical
  • Mobility
  • Self-cares
  • Hand skills
  • Strength

• Intellectual

• Performance
  • Task behaviors (rejection, motivation, curiosity, transitional skills, initiation, organization)
  • Time Concepts (sequencing, getting work done “on time,” etc.)
  • Task production (following directions–verbal, written, demonstrated, repeated, etc.)
  • Retention (long vs. short-term memory issues–ADD children)
  • Task judgments (relies on teacher, peers, independent)

• Some Common Classroom Signs of Discrete LD
  • Inattentive
  • Disorganized
  • Needs repeated instructions
  • Easily frustrated
  • Takes long time to do work
  • Poor handwriting
  • Social issues (but not severe)
  • Seems very bright, but just not “getting it done”