Presenter
Jim Russell Ph.D., N.C.C., L.P.C.
777 Craig Rd, Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 963-8862
Fax: (314) 918-8943
E-mail [email protected]
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LDA Of America
49th Annual International Conference
February 24, 2012
Gifted/LD
The “Twice Exceptional”
Person
The Cow Personality test
• Developed by Dr. Jim Russell
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Learning Objectives… to... • To Understand the basics about the
neurobiology of being a Twice-Exceptional Person: i.e., being Gifted /LD
• To understand: Strengths, …then weaknesses & The Average Person
• To understand emotions and cognition, all the letters: ADHD, OCD, ODD, & more
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Neurobiology
• Lobes: Frontal,
Temporal,
Parietal
Occipital
• Cortex: Lateral Frontal Cortex (IQ)
• Amygdala & Hippocampus (Emotional Intelligence)
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Lateral Brain
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Amygdala & Hippocampus
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Flow chart for LD:
• Input
• Integration
• Memory
• Output
Adapted from
Dr. Larry Silver’s book,
The Misunderstood Child 8
If I had a hammer “is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was
written in 1949…first recorded by The Weavers, …and then
by Peter, Paul and Mary.
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Bell Curve
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• MR (Intellectual or cognitive disability)
• slow learners
• Sandwich human beings
• LD
• GT/LD was the smallest category ergo, got
the least amount of attention.
• Who do we look to when talking about LD
success stories?
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Bloom’s Taxonomy
1956
Most complex
• Evaluation
• Synthesis
• Analysis
• Application
• Comprehension
• Knowledge
Least complex
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Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy has been updated
(Anderson et al., 2001), for an excellent
overview see:
David A. Sousa,
How the Brain Learns,
Third Edition, Corwin Press
ISBN 1-4129 3661-6 (pbk.)
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Bloom’s Taxonomy
Convergent thinking
• Apply: Application, learn to use abstraction, i.e., ideas, rules, methods
• Understand: to understand and to use the information
• Remember; Acquiring & recalling (Memory)
• Least Complex, Least Complex, Least Complex, Least Complex!!!
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Bloom’s Taxonomy
Divergent thinking
• Create: Formerly Synthesis (to imagine)
• Evaluate: to make value judgments
• Analyze: contrast-distinguish-deduce
Most Complex, Most complex, Most Complex, Most complex!!!
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Bloom’s Taxonomy • Most Complex, Most complex, Most Complex, Most complex!!!
• Create: (Formerly Synthesis) to imagine
• Evaluate: to make value judgments
• Analyze: contrast-distinguish-deduce
• Apply: Application, learn to use abstraction, i.e., ideas, rules, methods
• Understand: to understand and to use the information
• Remember: Acquiring & recalling
• Least Complex, Least Complex, Least Complex, Least Complex!!!
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Five Memory Lanes
• Procedural (Cerebellum) Muscle Memory– driving a car, any routine
• Automatic (Cerebellum) Alphabet, Multiplication tables, ability to read (Not comprehension), can be triggered
• Episodic (Hippocampus), Location, Contextual or Spatial
• Semantic (Hippocampus), learned from words, textbooks lectures, filing system, factual information, used heavily for classroom learning
• Emotional (Amygdala), stores emotional information, takes precedent over any other kind of memory
(Daniel Goleman’s – neural hijacking)
From the book: Learning & Memory, By Ms. Marilee Sprenger ISBN 0-87120-350-2.. 18
David A. Sousa, How the Brain Learns,
Third Edition, Corwin Press
ISBN 1-4129 3661-6 (pbk.), p 81
• Declarative (explicit memory)
aka conscious memory:
Episodic (autobiographical), memory of
remembering i.e., experiences
Semantic (words, facts, objects, faces),
memory of knowing
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David A. Sousa, How the Brain Learns,
Third Edition, Corwin Press
ISBN 1-4129 3661-6 (pbk.), p 81
• Nondeclarative (Implicit)
Procedural (motor & cognitive): remembering
how to do something
Perceptual representations: recognizing
structure & forms of words and objects
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David A. Sousa, How the Brain Learns,
Third Edition, Corwin Press
ISBN 1-4129 3661-6 (pbk.), p 83
• Nondeclarative (Implicit)
Classical conditioning, aka Pavlovian
conditioning
“occurs when a conditioned stimulus…prompts
an unconditioned response.”
conditioned stimulus (CS) >prompts an>
unconditioned response (UR)
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David A. Sousa, How the Brain Learns,
Third Edition, Corwin Press
ISBN 1-4129 3661-6 (pbk.), p 83
• Nondeclarative (Implicit)
Nonassociative occurs in two forms: Habituation
& sensitization
“Habituation helps us to learn not to respond to
things that don’t require conscious attention.”
“In Sensitization, “we increase our response to
a …noxious or threatening stimulus.”
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David A. Sousa, How the Brain Learns,
Third Edition, Corwin Press
ISBN 1-4129 3661-6 (pbk.), p 81
• Declarative (explicit memory)
Episodic (autobiographical)
Semantic (words, facts, objects, faces),
• Nondeclarative (Implicit)
Procedural (motor & cognitive)
Perceptual representations
Classical conditioning: CS-UR
Nonassociative: Habituation & sensitization
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Identification of the Gifted/LD
Person Three categories:
• Gifted/LD
• LD/Gifted
• Hidden “C” students
Use 120 as Superior IQ • Verbal IQ
• Performance IQ
• Full IQ
• GAI (Russell)
Dr. Susan Baum et al. 24
Wechsler IQ Tests
Verbal Comprehension
Perceptual Reasoning
Working Memory
Processing Speed
General Ability Index (GAI)
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The Psychology of Science, 1966,
Abraham Maslow
"If the only tool you have is a
hammer, you will see every
problem as a nail."
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Giftedness (Ellen Winner—Gifted Children p. 3).
• Gifted children have precocity in one domain,
probably not globally.
• March to the beat of a different drummer.
• Driven to master the domain “rage to master” the material.
“Children can be gifted in one area but average or even learning-disabled in another. Thus, abilities can be independent of one another.”
(Ellen Winner p.12)
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Major characteristic
A major characteristic of all gifted children is asynchronous development. These children (persons) are uneven in abilities. According to Singer (2000) their mental age, chronological age, and emotional age may be extremely different. Asynchronous development becomes even greater when the person has special needs.
Twice-exceptional is a term that describes a person who is gifted and who also has special needs.
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Characteristics of Gifted/LD:
• Ability to express emotions
• Ability to improvise with commonplace materials
• Articulateness in role
• playing and storytelling
• Enjoyment of and ability in a specific area
• Expressive speech
• Fluency and flexibility in nonverbal media
• Enjoyment of and ability in small group activities
• Problem solving
• Humor
• Originality of ideas in problem solving – (Adapted from Torrence)
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Strategies – Work from the Person’s areas
Strengths & Remediate Weaknesses:
• Extended time on examinations (2.0 double the allotted time)
• Distraction reduced test environment
• Scribe
• Tape record lectures
• Class notes or note takers
• Use of Spell checker
• Use of fact sheets
• Test reader
• Visit the writing center to have material edited
• Use of calculator for math course work
• Use of computer, voice recognition software
• Books on tape
• Computer software that reads the text
• Alternative test format
• Fewest number of hours for full-time enrollment
• Study skills course
• Medical consultation for medication for ADHD
• Bibliotherapy for gifted/learning disabled
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Learning...
• Disabilities—require accommodations to
level the playing field
• Difficulties— may need enrichment in an
area of weakness
• Differences—need to understand
strengths and weaknesses
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Learning Disabilities IDEA & 504
There are many
definitions used to
identify learning
disabilities.
Some of the most
widely recognized
domains in early and
secondary education
are:
• Basic Reading,
• Reading Comprehension,
• Reading Fluency,
• Written Expression,
• Mathematics
• Calculation,
• Mathematics reasoning,
• Listening Expression,
• Oral Expression.
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Americans with Disabilities Act
Amendments Act (ADAAA)
Major life activities
• Reading
• Thinking
• Concentrating
• Learning
• Communicating
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Sternberg's Theory of Triarchic
Intelligence • Componential intelligence (often called analytical)
Traditional notion of intelligence Abstract thinking & logical reasoning Verbal & mathematical skills
• Experiential intelligence (often called creative) Creativity Divergent thinking (generating new ideas) Ability to deal with novel situations
• Contextual intelligence (often called practical intelligence) Street smarts Ability to apply knowledge to the real world Ability to shape one’s environment; choose an environment
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The Triarchic Theory
• Componential
Alice had high test scores and was a whiz at
test-taking and analytical thinking. Her
type of intelligence exemplifies the
componential sub theory, which explains
the mental components involved in
analytical thinking.
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The Triarchic Theory
• Experiential
Barbara didn’t have the best test scores, but
she was a superbly creative thinker who
could combine disparate experiences in
insightful ways. She is an example of the
experiential sub theory.
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The Triarchic Theory
• Contextual
Celia was street-smart. She learned how to
play the game and how to manipulate the
environment. Her test scores weren’t tops,
but she could come out on top in almost
any context. She is Stenberg’s example of
contextual intelligence.
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The rate at which you learn
will become the only
sustainable competitive
advantage you’ll have in your
life.
Peter Senge (The Fifth Discipline).
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Lateral Brain
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LD= Learning Disability
• What is the neurobiology of dyslexia?
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Head 1
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Visual Pathway
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Visual Pathway
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http://www.positscience.com/human-brain/image-
gallery/auditory-images#
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http://www.positscience.com/human-brain/image-
gallery/auditory-images#
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Turning to sound
Sensory maps of vision, audition, and somatosensation integrated in the superior colliculus
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What ?
Speech is primarily the left hemisphere
localized…. The ability to distinguish a question
from a statement, or sarcasm from sincerity,
often rests on these right –hemisphere
lateralized, nonlinguistic cues, known as
collectively as prosody [pros-uh dee] (p. 122).
This Is Your Brain on Music, 2006, Daniel J. Levitin. 50
Sagittal Brain
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Neurobiology of LD:
• Synapse and neurotransmitters (100
Billion plus)
• Cortex--Lobes: Frontal, Temporal, Parietal
and Occipital
• Limbic System: Amygdala & Hippocampus
• PET and MRI scans
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Neurobiology of LD:
• Dr. Bennett Shaywitz Co-director of the Center for the Study of
Learning and Attention at Yale explains:
“The brain does not have an innate reading ability-as it does for
speech-so it deals with the written word by converting it into the
nuts and bolts of a familiar phonetic language.” P.56
• Poor Reading means Poor Prospects
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Text Comprehension
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Dyslexic Brains
Dr. Todd Richards, University of Washington 55
Most common DSM-IV-TR
Post Secondary setting are:
315.00 Reading Disorder
315.2 Disorder of Written Expression
315.1 Mathematics Disorder
315.9 Learning Disorder, NOS
294.9 Cognitive Disorder, NOS
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Dyslexic cerebral cortex
Cross-section of dyslexic cerebral cortex showing the disorganization of cortical lamination and abnormal vessel architecture
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Why are learning problems so complicated?
Time Magazine
March 26, 2001
Blame it on the Written Word
By Unmesh Kher • English has 1120 different spellings for ~44 phonemes
• Italian has 33 different spelling for 25 phonemes
• English is notoriously illogical
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Informal Reading Assessment
• The informal reading assessment consists
of six trials wherein the person read
silently for six separate one-minute
periods.
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Informal Reading Assessment
• Trial One: 125 wpm
• Trial Two: 97 wpm
• Trial Three: 110 wpm
• Trial Four: 84 wpm
• Trial Five: 101 wpm
• Trial Six: 129 wpm
• Average 646 words in six minutes
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Informal Reading Assessment
• Average reading rate
• 107.6 wpm
• (rounded to 108)
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Informal Reading Assessment
• The average person in the population can read 251 wpm, according to Harris (1990) How To Increase Reading Ability, 9th Edition.
• 108 Words Per Minute (WPM)
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Informal Reading Assessment
• Your client can read 108 wpm
• about 43% the rate of the average person in the population
• 143 fewer words-per-minute
• The average 12th grade student can read 8580 more words-per-hour than your Client
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• The number of words-per-minute was calculated. The passage used had, on average, 4.5 sentences and 162 syllables per 100 words; therefore, he or she was asked to read passages at approximately the 12th grade level, according to the Fry Readability Scale.
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Most common DSM-IV-TR
Post Secondary setting are:
315.00 Reading Disorder
315.2 Disorder of Written Expression
315.1 Mathematics Disorder
315.9 Learning Disorder, NOS
294.9 Cognitive Disorder, NOS
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Clinical Judgment:
• The clinician/diagnostician needs to be very specific in describing his or her clinical judgment regarding the standardized test scores and percentile ranks that support the identification of a learning disability. He or she must demonstrate that the person experiences a substantial limitation for a major life activity.
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Americans with Disabilities Act
Amendments Act (ADAAA)
Major life activities
• Reading
• Thinking
• Concentrating
• Learning
• Communicating
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A failure to read
• Lacking automaticity
• Lacking Fluency
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A Human Being
• Second year graduate student
• report card, teachers notes, testing from childhood, supported that he had ADHD, and an information processing problem
• Used accommodations in high school and college
• Denied the use of accommodations
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Statistics
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Anti-inertial, multiple impact, nail
eradication device
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Possible Sources: Aristotle, Max
Wertheimer, R. Buckminster Fuller
• The concept of a learning disability,
Embodies the phrase:
“The whole is greater than the sum
of its parts”
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Jim Russell says
•Life is in the doing
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Jim Russell says
•Not necessarily in the
testing of the doing
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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-
1860)
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All truth passes through 3
stages
• It is ridiculed
• It is violently opposed
• It is accepted as being self evident
The Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer
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The meaning behind words
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
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The rate at which you learn
will become the only
sustainable competitive
advantage you’ll have in your
life.
Peter Senge (The Fifth Discipline).
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ADD=ADHD
• 2000 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text
Revision pp. 92&93
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ADHD is ADD: DSM-IV names:
– 314.01 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder, Combined Type
– 314.00 Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity
Disorder, Predominantly Inattentive Type
– 314.01 Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity
Disorder, Predominantly Hyperactive-
Impulsive Type
– 314.9 Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity
Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified (NOS)
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DSM-IV-TR Criterion
Inattention (1) Six (or more) of the following symptoms of inattention have persisted for at least 6 months to a degree that is
maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level:
Inattention
• (a) often fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities
• (b) often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities
• (c) often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly
• (d) often does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties in the workplace (not due to oppositional behavior or failure to understand instructions)
• (e) often has difficulty organizing tasks and activities
• (f) often avoids, dislikes, or is reluctant to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort (such as schoolwork or homework)
• (g) often loses things necessary for tasks or activities (e.g., toys, school assignments, pencils, books, or tools)
• (h) is often easily distracted by extraneous stimuli
• (i) is often forgetful in daily activities
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DSM-IV-TR Hyperactivity
& Impulsivity • (2) six (or more) of the following symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity have persisted for at least 6 months to
a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level:
Hyperactivity
• (a) often fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat
• (b) often leaves seat in classroom or in other situations in which remaining seated is expected
• (c) often runs about or climbs excessively in a situation in which it is inappropriate (in adolescents or adults, may be limited to subjective feeling of restlessness)
• (d) often has difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities quietly
• (e) is often "on the go" or often acts as if "driven by a motor"
• (f) often talks excessively
Impulsivity
• (g) often blurts out answers before questions have been completed
• (h) often has difficulty awaiting turn
• (i) often interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g., butts into conversations or games)
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Robert D. Hunt, MD
The Neurobiology of ADHD
Posted 09/25/2006
www.medscape.com
• Arousal and alertness- the prerequisites to
attention
• External or receptive attention: sensory
processing and interpretation- as with
reading
• Internal or reflective attention-which
includes thinking about ideas, concepts,
and organization of projects or tasks
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Robert D. Hunt, MD
The Neurobiology of ADHD
Posted 09/25/2006
www.medscape.com
• Processing attention or selective attention.
This includes:
A. Focus-tuning in to an object or topic
B. Filtering-signal: noise gradient-
enhancement or activation of
relevant stimuli
C. Inhibition of sensation (sensory
inhibition)-selective sensory input
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Robert D. Hunt, MD
The Neurobiology of ADHD
Posted 09/25/2006
www.medscape.com
• External or expressive attention-encompassing
what we choose to communicate or suppress,
which also evokes components of focusing,
filtering, and inhibition
• Working memory-accessing the retrieval and
storage of working memory, i.e., the flow of
information, the content of active thought
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT
SCT is a homogeneous subset of ADHD-PI
ADHD-PI ADHD-PHI
ADHD-C
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT
SCT is a homogeneous subset of ADHD-PI
ADHD-PI ADHD-PHI
ADHD-C
SCT
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT & ADHD-PI
SCT is a homogeneous subset of ADHD-PI;
however, it could be a separate entity.
SCT ADHD-PI
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT
ADHD SCT
extroverted introverted
obtrusive drifting
risk takers day dreamy
hyperactive hypo-active
dys-inhibition lack motivation
in a fog
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT
Drifting tendencies may interfere with
verbal memory, the person may have
excellent visual-spatial memory, but still
have problems with word recall.
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT
In an excited state, SCT may look like an
ADHD person: because of under-arousal,
the person may have intense needs for
emotional and intellectual stimulation.
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT
The person must manage:
memory retrieval issues
weak working memory
cycling mental patterns (up-down)
variable levels of intense thought
hyperactivity
variable sexual appetites
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT
Mental skills that can be problematic for
SCT:
calculation
abstract reasoning
reading
disorganized thoughts
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT
Behaviors that may cause issues for SCT:
sloppiness
lose things
chronically late
appear as “lazy”
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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
SCT
Mental health issues:
Anxiety
Depression
Social withdrawal
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Jim Russell Ph.D.
• Is this a brain based problem?
Yes
• What part of the brain do we want to help?
Front-Back-Left-Right- Middle
• How are we going to get there?
Understanding
• Can you make a difference?
Yes Yes Yes
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Behavior disorders
• Oppositional Defiance Disorder ODD
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD
• Behavior Disorder BD
• Sensory Integrative Disorder SI
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Reticular Activating System
http://www.idealu.com 99
Sensory Integration Disorder
• Wool
• Tight clothing
• Seams in socks
• Tags
• Colicky infants
• Cry a lot as infants
• Lactose intolerance
• Sensitive skin
• Avoid hot or cold
weather
• Texture of food
• Clumsy
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Serotonergic Pathways
[ser-uh-tn-ur-jik]
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Amygdala & Hippocampus
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Types of Neurotransmitters
Amino Acids
Glutamate GABA
(Gamma-amino butyric acid)
Excitatory Inhibitory
From the book: Learning & Memory, By Ms. Marilee Sprenger ISBN 0-87120-350-2..
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Classes of Neurotransmitters
Monoamines
Catecholamines Indoleamines
Epinephrine Serotonin
Norepinephrine Melatonin
Dopamine
From the book: Learning & Memory, By Ms. Marilee Sprenger ISBN 0-87120-350-2..
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Neurotransmitters
• Norepinephrine alertness
• Dopamine alertness
• Serotonin calming
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Gifted LD
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Emotional Components of
the Brain
or
Modulating disorders
(Dr. Larry Silver)
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Modulating disorders
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Anger
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Dr. Larry Silver,
(The Misunderstood Child, pp. 80-88.)
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Dr. Michael McManmom
Top 10 Supports for College Students with
Learning Differences
(http://cipworldwide.org/article/top-10-supports...)
Executive functioning and scheduling:
“Each student should work to develop
organizational and follow through
strategies for his/her academic schedule.”
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Dr. Michael McManmom
Top 10 Supports for College Students with
Learning Differences
(http://cipworldwide.org/article/top-10-supports...)
Sensory Integration:
“Students with Processing delays or
attention deficits benefit from having a
holistic understanding of their sensory
issues and a key sense of the
environmental factors that affect their
performance.” 112
Dr. Michael McManmom
Top 10 Supports for College Students with
Learning Differences
(http://cipworldwide.org/article/top-10-supports...)
Sensory Integration:
“Finding the best seat in the classroom,
identifying distraction-free environments,
preparing for sensory triggers such as
heat, cold, or noise can help students be
calm and receptive for the start of class.”
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Definition
Sensory integration disorder or
dysfunction (SID) is a neurological
disorder that results from the brain's
inability to integrate certain
information received from the body's
five basic sensory systems.
http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/sensory-integration-
disorder?ask_return=Sensory+Integration+Disorder#1
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http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/sensory-integration-
disorder?ask_return=Sensory+Integration+Disorder#1
“These sensory systems are
responsible for detecting sights,
sounds, smell, tastes,
temperatures, pain, and the position
and movements of the body.”
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http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/sensory-integration-
disorder?ask_return=Sensory+Integration+Disorder#1
“The brain then forms a combined
picture of this information in order for
the body to make sense of its
surroundings and react to them
appropriately.”
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http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/sensory-integration-
disorder?ask_return=Sensory+Integration+Disorder#1
“The ongoing relationship between
behavior and brain functioning is called
sensory integration (SI), a theory that
was first pioneered by A. Jean Ayres,
Ph.D., OTR, in the 1960s.”
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Sensory
Integration Disorder
• Wool
• Tight clothing
• Seams in socks
• Tags
• Colicky infants
• Cry a lot as infants
• Lactose intolerance
• Sensitive skin
• Avoid hot or cold
weather
• Texture of food
• Clumsy
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Jim Russell, Ph.D.
Neuro-diversity
Neuro-typical
Typically-Neural
Wanting to be Neuro
Being Neuro
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Reticular Activating System
http://www.idealu.com 120
Amygdala & Hippocampus
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Joseph LeDoux
The Emotional Brain
ISBN 0-684-83659-9 (pbk.)
High road to sensory cortex
Low road to the Amygdala
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Sensory Information 2 Pathways
Eyes
Optic Nerve
Optic Chiasm
Thalamus
Cortex Slower
Adapted from Healing Emotions, Edited by Daniel Goleman, Ch.4. The Brain and
Emotions by Cliff Saron & Richard J. Davidson, pp-68-88.
Eyes
Optic Nerve
Optic Chiasm
Thalamus
Amygdala Faster
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Fear
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/home/ledoux/ 124
Amygdala
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Approach System A Balance between Hemispheres
Left
Approach
Right
Withdraw
Adapted from Healing Emotions, Edited by Daniel Goleman, Ch.4. The Brain and
Emotions by Cliff Saron & Richard J. Davidson, pp-68-88. 126
Prefrontal Cortes
Left
Happiness
Right
Fear Disgust
Adapted from Healing Emotions, Edited by Daniel Goleman, Ch.4. The Brain and
Emotions by Cliff Saron & Richard J. Davidson, pp-68-88. 127
The Highly Sensitive Child
by Elaine N. Aron, PH.D.
• 15%-20% of the population are Highly
Sensitive Children (HSC)
• Introversion is not high sensitivity (70% of
introverts are highly sensitive HS)
• Not inherently shy or neurotic
• There brains process information more
thoroughly, feel stronger emotions
• Overwhelmed by “high volume”
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The Highly Sensitive Child
by Elaine N. Aron, PH.D.
• Stronger feelings
• Deeper thoughts
• Suffer when others suffer
• Will melt down when overwhelmed
• Want to known the “meaning” of life
• Afraid of social judgments
• Scientists-theologians- historians- lawyers-doctors-nurses-teachers-artists
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The Highly Sensitive Child,
by Elaine N. Aron, PH.D.
“If you want to have an exceptional
child,
you must be willing to have an
exceptional child.”
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The Art of War
• Know yourself and know others
• Know yourself but do not know others
• Unknown self and do not know others
100%Success
50% Success
0% Success
Sun Tzu 131
Emotional Intelligence
• Anger – Increased blood flow to the hands, making it easier to strike a foe, heart rate increases, pulse of adrenaline.
• Fear – blood goes to the larger skeletal muscles, such as the legs, making it easier to flee. At the same time, the body freezes, if only for a moment, perhaps allowing time to gauge whether hiding might be a better action. Circuits in the brain’s emotional centers trigger a flood of hormones that put the body on general alert.
Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman 132
Emotional Intelligence
• Happiness – Increased activity in a brain center that inhibits negative feelings & fosters an increase in available energy, & a quieting of those that generate worrisome thoughts. This configuration offers the body a chance to rest, as well as readiness & enthusiasm for whatever task is at hand & for striving towards a great variety of goals.
• Love – tender feeling, sexual satisfaction entails parasympathetic arousal-the opposite of the “Fight-or-Flight” mobilization shared by fear & anger. The parasympathetic pattern, dubbed the “relaxation response,” is a body wide set of reactions that generate a state of calm and contentment, facilitating cooperation.
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Emotional Intelligence
• Surprise – lifting of the eyebrows, allows taking in of a larger visual sweep and also permits more light to strike the retina. This offers more information about the unexpected event, making it easier to figure out exactly what is going on and concoct the best plan for action.
• Disgust – around the world, the look of disgust is the same, and sends the identical message: something is offensive in taste or smell, or metaphorically so. The facial expression of disgust- the upper lip curled to the side as the nose wrinkles slightly-noxious odor or to spit out a poisonous food.
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• Sadness – the main function of sadness is to help adjust to a significant loss, such as the death of someone close or a major disappointment. Sadness brings a drop in energy and enthusiasm for life’s activities, particularly diversions and pleasures, and as it deepens and approaches depression, slows the body’s metabolism. This loss of energy may well have kept saddened and vulnerable – early humans close to home, where it was safer.
– Appendix A page on 289 adds 2 more to list above
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• Enjoyment – joy, relief, contentment, bliss
delight, rapture.
Russell—Motivation to keep a human on
task or involved with an activity or another
person.
• Shame – guilt, embarrassment, remorse,
humiliation, contrition.
Russell – Feelings related to Learning.
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Asperger’s Syndrome:
Hans Asperger, Austrian psychiatrist, 20th
century (ahs’ pr grz)
Overdevelopment of one mental faculty or
skill in an otherwise autistic person, also
see autistic savant, Dorland’s Medical
Dictionary, 28th edition, p. 1624.
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What is Asperger’s
Syndrome: • Social behaviors--awkward, appear disconnected,
stereotypic
• Language characteristics--pronominal confusion, overuse of idiosyncratic words
• Interests and routines--narrow interests, hyper focus on routine, does not shift easily
• Motor clumsiness--balance and coordination
• Sensory sensitivity—maybe tactile defensive, may have a low pain threshold
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The Asperger Learning Style--
• Motivation--competitive motives are absent
• Imitation--can copy others, but does not easily assimilate
• Perception--maybe inconsistent or unexpected response to sensory input
• Attention--narrow and/or obsessive
• Memory--most likely Episodic, without a meaningful framework
• Sequencing--difficulty in following a sequence
• Problem solving--may learn a set of strategies, but not be aware that he possesses them
Cumine, Leach, and Stevenson, 1998, p. 42):
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The meaning behind Words
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
• I did not say he stole my pencil.
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1. Emotional skills:
• Identifying and labeling
feelings
• Expressing feelings
• Assessing the intensity of
feelings
• Managing feelings
• Delaying gratification
• Controlling impulses
• Reducing stress
• Knowing the difference
between feelings and
actions.
Daniel Goleman —- Emotional Intelligence, pp 301-302.
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Amygdala & Hippocampus
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2. Cognitive Skills
• Self talk
• Reading and interpreting social cues
• Problem solving strategies
• Understanding the perspective of others
• Understanding behavioral norms
• A positive attitude
• Self-awareness.
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Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts David W. Johnson, Reaching Out
GOALS
R
E
L
A
T
I
O
N
S
H
I
P
S
Compromising
Problem Solving
Withdrawing
Smoothing
Forcing
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3. Behavioral Skills
• Nonverbal communication:
eye contact, facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures.
• Verbal communication:
making clear requests, responding correctly to criticism,
resisting negative influences, listening to others, helping
others, participating in positive peer groups.
Daniel Goleman —- Emotional Intelligence, pp 301-302.
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Reticular Activating System
http://www.idealu.com 148
Classroom modifications: Online Asperger
Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS)
– General Behaviors
– Perseveration
– Transitions
– Sensory/Motor
– Stimuli
– Visual cues
– Interruptions
– Eye Contact
– Friendship
– Routine
– Organizational Skills
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Educational Interventions (Cumine, Leach,
and Stevenson, 1998, p. 33):
• Communication
– Simplify language
– Give one instruction at a time
– Keep facial expressions simple
– Give time to respond ( 5 seconds)
– Use visual clues
– Be sensitive to the child’s attempts to
communicate
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Educational Interventions (Cumine, Leach,
and Stevenson, 1998, p. 33):
• Social interaction
a. The child maybe threatened by close proximity
b. Allow for solitariness
c. Go at the child’s pace when trying to develop interactions
d. Identify likes and dislikes
e. Initially, have the child interact only with people he knows
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Educational Interventions (Cumine, Leach,
and Stevenson, 1998, p. 33):
• Your Behavior
– Try to be consistent in approach
– Give clear predicable routines
– Introduce change gradually
– Help explain change by using visual cues
– If the child becomes agitated, the usually
strategies for calming may not work
– If the child has an obsession, don’t try to
stop it, but try to use it positively
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Primary Education Oasis
• Primary Education Oasis has the best
teacher created resources and creative
teaching ideas for your classroom. If they
didn't work, they wouldn't be on this ...
• http://www.primary-education-oasis.com
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All truth passes through 3 stages
• It is ridiculed
• It is violently opposed
• It is accepted as being self evident
The Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer
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Emotional Development
Emotional Intelligence
• Page 33
• Impulse control
• Anger management
• Recognizing similarities & differences
• Complimenting
• Self-monitoring
• Communication
• Evaluating risk
• Positive self talk
• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Goal setting
• Resisting peer pressure
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Joeharri’s Window
Known to
Self
Unknown to
Self
Known to
Others Open Blind
Unknown to
Others Hidden Closed
Joe Luft & Harry Ingham
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The Art of War
• Know yourself and know others
• Know yourself but do not know others
• Unknown self and do not know others
100%Success
50% Success
0% Success
Sun Tzu 157
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Transitioning
• It is always a scary thing to do!
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Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.
Original Zone of
Comfort
New Zone of Comfort
Risk One
Risk Two
Risk Three
Risk Four
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Five Truths About Fear Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.
• The fear will never go away as long as I continue to grow.
• The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out… and do it.
• The only way to feel better about myself is to go out…and do it.
• Not only am I going to experience fear whenever I’m on unfamiliar territory, but so is everyone else.
• Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the underlying fear that comes from a feeling of helplessness.
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Anyway, by Kent M. Keith
Paradoxical Commandments
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered Love them anyway
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives Do good anyway
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies Succeed anyway
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Anyway, by Kent M. Keith
Paradoxical Commandments
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow
Do good anyway
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable
Be honest anyway
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Anyway, by Kent M. Keith
Paradoxical Commandments
The biggest men and woman with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and the smallest mind Think Big anyway
People Favor underdogs but follow only the top dogs Fight for a few underdogs anyway
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight Build anyway
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Anyway, by Kent M. Keith
Paradoxical Commandments
People may really need help but may attack you if you do help them
Help people anyway
Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth
Give the world the best you have
anyway
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Oceangram Stories Archive,
Author unknown, 08/19/2006
Enough
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
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Oceangram Stories Archive,
Author unknown, 08/19/2006
Enough
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you
possess.
I wish enough hellos to get you through the final
good-bye.
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Thank you!
Jim Russell Ph.D., N.C.C., L.P.C.
777 Craig Rd,
Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 963-8862
Fax: (314) 918-8943
E-mail [email protected]
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