Sentences with phrase «challenging cognitive disabilities»

A subsequent 2003 regulation allowed states to use «alternate achievement standards» for up to 1 percent of students with the most challenging cognitive disabilities.

Not exact matches

The disease is caused by a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the brain, which leads to a progressive loss of muscle control, increased disability, and cognitive and psychological challenges.

They reveal surprising ways music has mattered to students with very different kinds of challenges - attention deficit, cognitive disability, autism, trauma and neglect, brain injury, blindness, and hydrocephaly.

This is a non-graded division limited to students whose physical, cognitive or mental health challenges meet the guidelines set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

ESSA puts a state - level cap of 1 percent on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who can take an alternate state assessment, which must be aligned with challenging state academic standards.

The factors that contribute to the outcome of the test are extremely variable: did the child sleep well, does the child receive support and assistance from the parents at home, is English spoken at home, is the child from a stable environment, does the child have proper nutrition for cognitive success, does the child have learning disabilities or challenges or suffer from test anxiety... and so on.

Studies have revealed that persons with cognitive disabilities have difficulty telling their stories and that lawyers face challenges in advising clients because of lawyers» inability to understand the communication and comprehension levels of a their clients.

Intellectual disability (ID) affects 143/10 000 children1 and is associated with a range of comorbid health conditions.2 — 4 It is heterogeneous, 5 and clustering of some medical conditions may be associated with particular disorders such as Down syndrome6 or Prader - Willi syndrome.7 While epilepsy and sensory impairments often occur in association with specific syndromes or more severe cognitive impairment, conditions such as fractures or obesity may develop as secondary to medication use, nutritional deficiency or lack of mobility.2 Consequently, children with ID may face greater health challenges than typically developing children and use healthcare systems more frequently.8, 9 Mental health problems are also common in people with ID.10 For instance, in a Canadian adolescent and adult population with ID, a high proportion of hospitalisations was attributed to the presence of psychiatric conditions.11

The Positive Parenting Resource Center provides services and support families headed by parents with cognitive challenges, intellectual limitations or learning disabilities.

While people who sustain a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may have a physical disability, the more common and challenging problems are changes to their cognitive, behavioural and emotional state.

Counseling services are available for individuals, couples and families, addressing: caregiving and relationship challenges; loss of functioning with disability; threatened loss, death, and bereavement; cognitive impairment; couples» issues of communication, intimacy, and sexual dysfunction; adjusting to new work and family roles; illness - related behavioral or school problems; challenges of growing older, helping aging parents.