TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Delays in Speech/Language or Nonverbal Development and Learning Disabilities A1 - Monteiro, Sonia A1 - Mensah-Bonsu, Noel A2 - Kline, Mark W. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Language and nonverbal/visual-motor problem solving are components of the neurocognitive stream of development. Because the most common causes of neurodevelopmental disability affect the brain diffusely (eg, genetic disorders), delays in language development are most commonly accompanied by delays in nonverbal/visual-motor problem-solving development and vice versa. Thus, the most prevalent mild neurodevelopmental difficulty that results in school failure is “slower learning,” where both language and nonverbal/visual-motor problem solving are delayed, resulting in intelligence quotients in the borderline (IQ = 70–79) to low average (IQ = 80–89) range. The globally delayed pattern of slower learning occurs in 22.8% of the population, while the dissociated pattern of learning disabilities occurs in only approximately 5% to 10% of the population. In the dissociated pattern of learning disabilities, there is a discrepancy between cognitive abilities and academic achievement, typically with discrepant or dissociated delays in language relative to nonverbal/visual-motor problem-solving development (as observed in language-based learning disabilities) or discrepant or dissociated delays in nonverbal/visual-motor problem solving relative to language development (as observed in nonverbal learning disabilities). It is also important to note that inadequate academic instruction is a common cause of learning problems. This chapter will review the spectrum of dissociated delays in language and nonverbal/visual-motor problem-solving development, including specific language-based and nonverbal learning disabilities. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182924624 ER -