Jan Esterkin M.A., M.Ed., ET/P
Educational Therapy Terms
Educational Therapy Vocabulary
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Auditory Memory: An individual's ability to process and remember sounds, letters, words and sentences that are presented orally.
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Auditory Processing: An individual's ability to understand and respond to verbal information, letter sounds, words and sentences.
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Dyslexia: A language disability in which the individual's ability to read, write, spell, and/or listen interferes with learning.
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Executive Functioning: An individual's ability to plan, organize and problem solve with sustained attention to compete a task.
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Reading Fluency: An individual's ability to read with rhythm, expression and accuracy. Success in reading fluency is related to success in reading comprehension.
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Phonemic Awareness: An individual's ability to hear and manipulate the sounds in letters, syllables and words. Phonemic Awareness is an essential skill for reading success.
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Phonics/Decoding: An individual's ability to understand letter-sound or sound-symbol correlation and apply this understanding to reading and spelling.
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Visual Processing: An individual's ability to understand and respond to visual information and visual stimuli.
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Visual Memory: An individual's ability to process and remember sounds, letters, words, sentences and patterns that are presented visually.