Sentences with phrase «affects language abilities»

Your teen could be suffering from dyslexia, which affects language abilities, dysgraphia, which could affect their writing abilities, or dyscalculia, which affects mathematical abilities.

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But over the years, employers have reached differing conclusions about how the Act's language should be interpreted — specifically the line that says employers must treat pregnant women the same as «other persons not so affected [by pregnancy] but similar in their ability or inability to work.»

Some children still have trouble getting ideas across or have other language difficulties that might affect their ability to learn important new skills, such as reading and writing.

A learning disability can affect your toddler's ability to recognize spoken language and give it meaning.

Parents» language can affect children's ability to understand and sympathize with others» emotions.

Now, a new British study has found that parents» language can affect children's ability to understand and sympathize with others» emotions as well.

How well all the wiring gets set up — that is, how your baby's brain develops — will affect her ability to learn language, solve problems, and do well in school.

The purpose of both tests is to ensure language and memory abilities will not be affected as a result of surgery.

«On the other hand, if these seemingly different abilities are carried out by overlapping cognitive mechanisms or brain areas, then experience with musical pitch processing should affect language pitch processing, and vice versa.»

FOXP2 was first tied to language in 2001, when a mutation in it was shown to affect a person's ability to speak.

Ladd says that he and Dediu now plan to look at whether possession of ASPM - D or microcephalin - D affects the ability to learn a tonal language in individual subjects.

«The privileged position of industry to craft language in the trade agreement without public input, and the unlimited potential of TTIP to affect the ability of countries to regulate on toxic chemicals, energy and climate change, food and agriculture and other critical issues.»

Strokes place people at risk for vascular dementia, and depending upon the location of the stroke, language and cognitive abilities are affected.

Your signs and symptoms are the language of your hormones, Although there are many, many hormones influencing your body and your ability to burn fat, these are the biggest players affecting your results.

Dysgraphia is a language - based learning difference that affects a student's ability to produce written language.

For example, Martiniello discovered that many English - language learners weren't familiar with words like «chores,» «rake,» and «weed» which affected their ability to answer questions correctly.

A student identified as having a disability which adversely affects the ability to learn a language may be exempted from the requirements set forth in this paragraph if the student's individualized education program, developed in accordance with section 200.4 of this Title states that such requirements are not appropriate.

The following are common characteristics of gifted children, although not all will necessarily apply to every gifted child: • Has an extensive and detailed memory, particularly in a specific area of interest • Has advanced vocabulary for his or her age; uses precocious language • Has communication skills advanced for his or her age and is able to express ideas and feelings • Asks intelligent and complex questions • Is able to identify the important characteristics of new concepts and problems • Learns information quickly • Uses logic in arriving at common sense answers • Has a broad base of knowledge; a large quantity of information • Understands abstract ideas and complex concepts • Uses analogical thinking, problem solving, or reasoning • Observes relationships and sees connections • Finds and solves difficult and unusual problems • Understands principles, forms generalizations, and uses them in new situations • Wants to learn and is curious • Works conscientiously and has a high degree of concentration in areas of interest • Understands and uses various symbol systems • Is reflective about learning • Is enraptured by a specific subject • Has reading comprehension skills advanced for his or her age • Has advanced writing abilities for his or her age • Has strong artistic or musical abilities • Concentrates intensely for long periods of time, particularly in a specific area of interest • Is more aware, stimulated, and affected by surroundings • Experiences extreme positive or negative feelings • Experiences a strong physical reaction to emotion • Has a strong affective memory, re-living or re-feeling things long after the triggering event

The same deficits that compromise expressive language will also affect the ability to express thoughts in writing.

Research has found that intrusive noises adversely affect children's cardiovascular systems, memory, language development and ability to learn, though studies specifically on impacts of wind turbine noise on youngsters has not been done.

The ACE score is one way to provide a common language in that it facilitates the process of referrals for services for children and adults with complex needs, particularly those individuals with challenges that are affecting their health and their ability to participate effectively in their own health care in a functional and sustainable way.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a paper Educational Interventions for Children Affected by Lead (April 2015) which identifies lead's «Neurobehavioral Signature,» and the negative impact that lead exposure has on children's cognitive abilities, speech and language, hearing, visual - spatial skills, attention, impulse control, social behavior, emotional regulation, and motor skills.

Brooks - Gunn recently summarized the research as showing that language stimulation and learning materials in the home are the parenting practices most strongly linked to school readiness, vocabulary and early school achievement, while parent discipline strategies and nurturance are most strongly linked to social and emotional outcomes such as behaviour and impulse control and attention.3 That is, discipline practices that do not help children develop their own internalized behaviour standards can also adversely affect children's social and emotional functioning — their abilities to develop sustained social relationships and to take account of the needs and feeling of others, to control and direct their own impulses, and to focus their attention to plan and complete tasks successfully.

Path analyses indicated that parental expectations influenced early adolescents» self - concept of ability which in turn affected their grades and standardized scores in math and native language.