A child you are working with is struggling in school; they cannot seem to grasp the material you are teaching. The child's intelligence is of average ability; it is decided that this child has a learning disability. Of the following responses, what is the best way you could explain the cause of a learning disability to a parent?

a. It is caused by a personality disorder
b. It is caused by limitations in linguistic, auditory, and/or visual dysfunction
c. It is caused by low motivation
d. It is caused by deafness, blindness or other processing impairments


b

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What will be an ideal response?

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Through a related process he termed , or building sequential skills through

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