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responsiveness to intervention model  

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  • The term learning disabilities is a disability category that includes persons with severe underachievement in academic areas that is caused by a neurological delay or dysfunction. This underachievement is not related to mental retardation, sensory impairments, or environmental influences such as lack of educational opportunity or poor instruction. [Source: Encyclopedia of School Psychology; Responsiveness to Intervention Model]

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