Alias: Aptitude

Be aware. You may become totally overwhelmed when you get the results of the special education testing on your child. There is a lot of “stuff” on that report! And much of it sounds like a foreign language to many people. You get one piece the results from the Intelligence part of the test. This is extremely important information, but know that it will most likely come in disguise. One of its disguises, or aliases, might be “Broad Cognitive Ability”. Another may be “Aptitude.” But, basically, they are measures of the same thing – your child’s ability to process and learn information. So, for the sake of keeping things simple, let’s just call it “aptitude.” As I’ve stated many times, in order for a child to be considered learning disabled, he has to show an average “aptitude” for learning. He must have the same ability to learn as well as any other child of his age or grade. An
Alias: Aptitude