MS072: Processing Speed Deficits and Specific Learning Disabilities

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
2:00 PM–3:50 PM CST

  • PMD: 1,3
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. identify different types of processing speed.
  2. describe the influence processing speed has on cognitive and academic development.
  3. recognize different options for assessing processing speed.

Description

Reviews models, relations with learning, development, neuropsychology, accommodations, and interventions. Proposes a new approach for assessing processing speed that includes the complex cognitive processing speed involved in reasoning and language.

Presenter(s)

Jason Craig, Texas School Neuropsychology and Educational Services
Milton J. Dehn, Schoolhouse Educational Services

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