Sentences with phrase «language deficits who»

But Families for Excellent Schools, a charter backer, said they are enrolling an increasing number of kids with disabilities and English - language deficits who are outpacing public - school students.

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One stereotypical knock against conservatives who speak in the language of economics, especially if they focus on deficits, debts and taxes, is that they couldn't care less about the poor.

Laziridis says New Democracy is committed to bringing the deficit down and to «much of the structural change suggested by the troika» but calls some of the proposals «ill - advised» and warns in colourful language that: «if Greece explodes, it will be 100 % blame on those who do not let a country breathe before they operate.»

Some studies show that children who were exposed to tiny amounts of mercury in utero have slower reflexes, language deficits, and shortened attention spans.

Bilingual adults with aphasia (BAA) who have semantic deficits secondary to stroke can experience impairments that leave them unable to communicate in either language.

When a student comes to school who speaks a language other than English at home, do we see that as an asset or as a deficit?

It is designed for students with word - level deficits not making sufficient progress through their current intervention, have been unable to learn with other teaching strategies and require multisensory language instruction, or who require more intensive structured literacy instruction due to a language - based learning disability, such as dyslexia.

We also found that children with low - average IQ scores did not generally experience more severe language deficits, educational difficulties, or social, emotional and behavioural problems than those who scored in the average range.

Poor comprehenders are generally students who have significant language - learning deficits.

• Assist pediatric patients who have deficits in the areas of swallowing / feeding, voice production, speech sound articulation, language comprehension or expression, and fluency.

Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased competence with peers, which over time develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.