tariq mahmood kiian department of special education university of ...

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Sraific Lomirg Diffrdhie (SrD) is . sisnifi@t pbbtch of dc childEn.
They Bully .Muicr u ealiiy dd disunging tming cxp.n.nc6 in th. rgutar
clssMns. Th.* exp.riences tead mon oi rh. b.ginneA loward .xctBion frcn rutl
@ge ofeducarionel oppofrurilies which.e.vaitobte to rhe mljority chitdren of &en
ase. All childdr shoutd enjoy cqulir, of .c6 to lnc badth of cduatio@l
exFm.s. qhich e.njold by rh.i pcrl, tur it G a chauenS. fd Lach.rsr Dsm6
dd pofcsrionals or sp@i.t eduotion. h G .[ duc b nmbcr of dittcE sds tud
*vcBl difcEnr cootexk in Nhich rh.ohitd is sEd Dp. prior (t996) depicred rhat d
lan one in cvcry ten ohitdEn of school as. wil have difficuhrs w
or lhe shool cudiculum, nosl anhonty Mding sd sp.ltin8. tf te tdins
difricuhica p.6in in dE @li&.gc ii *i hid.r Oe su@s D I
ditrculti.s c diogno..d 6 SLD, *hich is {t fin.d 6j
An lQ score grea!.r rhd 80 dd d.ficit! in at lan onc ar.. of &ademic
ach'.vem.nt (rc!di.g! spe ing, and narhcm,rict Nocialcd with specinc
cognidv. imr{nno$ scn 6 snon tcm mcmory pobl.ns, por aldilory
discnmiMtid lbitity, VisiGpceflurl pDbt.ms! atrr, rh. likc {p. 4) .
Childh rirh SLD e rl$ .si!r.d *jrh srEnS.hl ed w.t.css in difrcHr
aE s, E.ngor Dydexia U,n e002) d.snbed lhe difarculries dd lbilnies a a
conbi@tion, which alleds ftc tehing prccc$ in on€ or nor€ of rccdin8, sp€Uing,
wting and sooc lime iunemy or longuagc. The katness in rhc a6 of speed of
pro6ine, shom.m ndory, $qu.rcin& ,uditory FE€ption, rtuat p.cptio!
spoken larsug. md firc o sb$ moror stilts c 6uly diaSno$d 6 drst.xja. The