CMN 554 Unit 1 Part 3 Practice Exam
Questions and Actual Detailed
Answers 2025-2026 Edition.
What are the clinical features of MATH disorder? - Answer - 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? -
Answer - 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? - Answer - 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
, What are some common comorbid conditions in patients with a READING disorder? - Answer
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.
What are the deficits seen in children with a learning disorder in written expression? - Answer
- Deficits in written expression are characterized by writing skills that are significantly below the
expected level for a child's age and education.
- Such deficits impair the child's academic performance and writing in everyday life.
- Components of writing disorder include poor spelling, errors in grammar and punctuation, and
poor handwriting.
-Spelling errors are among the common difficulties for a child with a writing disorder.
- Spelling mistakes are most often phonetic errors; that is, an erroneous spelling that sounds like
the correct spelling. Example: fone for phone, or beleeve for believe.
Review the normal development of speech, language, and nonverbal skills in children. - Answer
By 6 months - laugh and coo
9 months - verbalize syllables (dada or mamama)
12 months - imitate vocalizations and can speak at least one word
18 months - can say a handful of words
Questions and Actual Detailed
Answers 2025-2026 Edition.
What are the clinical features of MATH disorder? - Answer - 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? -
Answer - 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? - Answer - 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
, What are some common comorbid conditions in patients with a READING disorder? - Answer
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.
What are the deficits seen in children with a learning disorder in written expression? - Answer
- Deficits in written expression are characterized by writing skills that are significantly below the
expected level for a child's age and education.
- Such deficits impair the child's academic performance and writing in everyday life.
- Components of writing disorder include poor spelling, errors in grammar and punctuation, and
poor handwriting.
-Spelling errors are among the common difficulties for a child with a writing disorder.
- Spelling mistakes are most often phonetic errors; that is, an erroneous spelling that sounds like
the correct spelling. Example: fone for phone, or beleeve for believe.
Review the normal development of speech, language, and nonverbal skills in children. - Answer
By 6 months - laugh and coo
9 months - verbalize syllables (dada or mamama)
12 months - imitate vocalizations and can speak at least one word
18 months - can say a handful of words
