Browsing Category: "Learning Disabilities"
Learning Disabilities affect people in all walks of life each and every day. These disorders can include dyslexia (impairment of ability to recognize and comprehend written words), dyscalculia (impairment of ability to solve mathematics problems), dysgraphia (inability to write), dyspraxia (motor skill coordination problems), and auditory and visual process disorders (difficulty understanding language or images). [...]
Students can have a difficult enough time trying to function and essentially excel in school under normal circumstances. But when it has been determined that the student has a learning disability, success in school can be that much more difficult. Normally, students with learning disabilities receive extra attention in school. However, there are times when [...]
The term learning disability (LD) refers to a group of disorders that affect a broad range of academic and functional skills including the ability to speak, listen, read, write, spell, reason and organize information. A learning disability is not indicative of low intelligence. People with learning disabilities sometimes have difficulty achieving at their intellectual level [...]
Learning Disabilities tend to stay for life. Remedial teaching teaches children “coping skills” so that the child is able to function despite the learning disabilities. As a learning-disabled child grows, he becomes more aware of his shortcomings and this causes frustration. Added to this is the fact that as children grow, they become less accepting. [...]
Learning disabilities are problems that affect the brain’s ability to receive, process, analyze, or store information. The most common and best-known verbal learning disability is dyslexia, which causes people to have trouble recognizing or processing letters and the sounds associated with them. Learning disabilities are present in at least 10 percent of the population.Although the [...]
It is very common to have a learning disability together with ADHD. Research shows that thirty percent of people diagnosed with ADHD also have a learning disability. Beyond learning disabilities, over fifty percent of individuals suffering from ADHD have some other type of brain-based disorder; this explains why depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder and other [...]
Many strategies for dealing effectively with learning disabilities include multi-sensory approaches. The thinking behind this is simple: the more ways you give a person to remember something, the more chances they have of actually doing so. One approach that works-particularly for the artistically inclined-is the use of creative techniques to relay and interpret academic information. [...]
Not many people knew this, but baseball legend Joe DiMaggio had a thing for students with learning disabilities. He even has an award gala in his memory – The Joe DiMaggio Award Gala – a major fundraiser for Xaverian High and its program for students with learning disabilities. Established in 1999 after the Yankee Clipper’s [...]
There are two standards followed by the National Education Association (NEA). One is to create an education program that remains firm, and the second is to gain power over the system. The organization wants to gain power even if there is corruption and other are undermined as a result. It undermines ideas and limits the [...]
More information is being discovered about learning disabilities everyday, and with this growth in knowledge comes an increase in the number of people diagnosed with scholastic difficulties. Because of this, professionals trained in helping people to overcome their learning problems are needed now more than ever. This is a fascinating field and if you choose [...]