Biology Prefixes and Suffixes: (-stasis) Definition: The suffix (-stasis) refers to having a state of balance, stability or equilibrium. It also refers to a slowing or stoppage of motion or activity. Stasis can also mean to place or position.
Disproportionality is defi ned as the âoverrepresentationâ and âunder-representationâ of a particular. population or demographic group in special or gifted education programs relative to the presence of this. group in the overall student population (National Association for Bilingual Education, 2002).
Pragmatic language impairment (PLI), or social (pragmatic) communication disorder (SCD), is an impairment in understanding pragmatic aspects of language.This type of impairment was previously called semantic-pragmatic disorder (SPD).he current view, therefore, is that the disorder has more to do with communication and information processing than language. For example, children with semantic pragmatic disorder will often fail to grasp the central meaning or saliency of events.