CMN 554 TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | 2026 UPDATE
What are the clinical features of MATH disorder?
- Difficulty learning number names
- Difficulty remembering the signs for addition and subtraction
- Difficulty learning multiplication tables
- Difficulty translating word problems into computations
- Difficulty performing calculations at the expected pace
What are some common comorbid conditions in patients with a learning disorder in
MATH?
- Commonly found to be comorbid with deficits in both reading and written expression
- May also have higher risk for expressive language problems and developmental coordination
disorder
What are the clinical features of a patient with a READING disorder?
- Reading impairment is characterized by difficulty in recognizing words, slow and inaccurate
reading, poor comprehension, and difficulties with spelling. Reading impairment is often
comorbid with other disorders in children, particularly, ADHD
- Characteristic diagnostic features include difficulty recalling, evoking, and sequencing printed
letters and words; processing sophisticated grammatical constructions; and making inferences
, - Usually identified by age 7
- Children can sometimes compensate for reading disorder in the early elementary grades by the
use of memory and inference, particularly in children with high intelligence. In such instances,
the disorder may not be apparent until age 9 (fourth grade) or later
- Many Children make error is their oral reading characterized by omissions, additions and
distortions of words
- Reading speed is slow with limited comprehension
- Have ability to copy from a written or printed text but nearly all spell poorly
What are some common comorbid conditions in patients with a READING disorder?
At a high risk for additional learning deficits including mathematics and written expression.
Comorbid psychiatric disorders are also frequent, such as ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder,
Conduct Disorders, and Depressive Disorders, especially in adolescents.
15-30% of children w/ ADHD have a specific learning disorder. ADHD and reading impairment
may share some degree of heritability.
Youths have higher than average rates of depression and experience higher levels of anxiety.
Youths have poor peer relationships and exhibit less skill in responding to subtle social cues.
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | 2026 UPDATE
What are the clinical features of MATH disorder?
- Difficulty learning number names
- Difficulty remembering the signs for addition and subtraction
- Difficulty learning multiplication tables
- Difficulty translating word problems into computations
- Difficulty performing calculations at the expected pace
What are some common comorbid conditions in patients with a learning disorder in
MATH?
- Commonly found to be comorbid with deficits in both reading and written expression
- May also have higher risk for expressive language problems and developmental coordination
disorder
What are the clinical features of a patient with a READING disorder?
- Reading impairment is characterized by difficulty in recognizing words, slow and inaccurate
reading, poor comprehension, and difficulties with spelling. Reading impairment is often
comorbid with other disorders in children, particularly, ADHD
- Characteristic diagnostic features include difficulty recalling, evoking, and sequencing printed
letters and words; processing sophisticated grammatical constructions; and making inferences
, - Usually identified by age 7
- Children can sometimes compensate for reading disorder in the early elementary grades by the
use of memory and inference, particularly in children with high intelligence. In such instances,
the disorder may not be apparent until age 9 (fourth grade) or later
- Many Children make error is their oral reading characterized by omissions, additions and
distortions of words
- Reading speed is slow with limited comprehension
- Have ability to copy from a written or printed text but nearly all spell poorly
What are some common comorbid conditions in patients with a READING disorder?
At a high risk for additional learning deficits including mathematics and written expression.
Comorbid psychiatric disorders are also frequent, such as ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder,
Conduct Disorders, and Depressive Disorders, especially in adolescents.
15-30% of children w/ ADHD have a specific learning disorder. ADHD and reading impairment
may share some degree of heritability.
Youths have higher than average rates of depression and experience higher levels of anxiety.
Youths have poor peer relationships and exhibit less skill in responding to subtle social cues.
