#3 MANY AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS WILL HAVE A VISUAL LEARNING DISORDER: This means dyslexia, numeric dyslexia, amblyopia (lazy eye), focusing slowness, blurred and low vision (correctable with lenses) nutritional defici
encies, etc.http://www.allaboutvision.com/parents/learning.htm This has significant implications considering the large percentage of Native students that are visual learners. If student are undiagnosed with these problems they WILL be labeled as discipline problems, or with other, misdiagnosed, special education problems. This will put them on a path that gets them further away from having their specific needs met. You need to work in partnership with IHS clinics, local specialist and the district to identify this as a learning disability and have it included in an IEP.