Browsing Category: "Learning Disabilities"
A learning assessment is the first step in the right direction to help your child overcome common learning disabilities. Since learning struggles manifest themselves in many different ways, a quality learning assessment should start with that in mind. Struggles can range from trouble paying attention in class to difficulty sounding out words or struggling to [...]
Identifying the deep and underlying causes of learning disabilities doesn’t have to be difficult. A “Learning Style Exercise” helps bring to the surface potential causes for many common learning disabilities including dyslexia (difficulty understanding words, sentences, or paragraphs), dyscalculia (difficulty solving mathematical problems and grasping mathematical concepts, and auditory and visual processing disabilities. There are [...]
So what is learning disabilities really all about? The following report includes some fascinating information about learning disabilities–info you can use, not just the old stuff they used to tell you. From the day we are born, we have the ability to see, hear, smell, touch, and even relate to the people around us. A [...]
So your child has been diagnosed as having a learning disability. What’s your next move? You may feel disappointed or discouraged, but you need to realize that these feelings are temporary and shouldn’t be communicated to your child. While it’s important that you acknowledge your feelings, make sure that you do so with an appropriate [...]
This list of 10 parenting tips is a guideline for successful parenting of a child with learning disabilities. In addition to the incorporation of these tips into your parenting skills, understand that often, therapy for children with learning disabilities and their parents can increase feelings of success and self acceptance, and decrease feelings of isolation. 1. Do [...]
One of the best and easiest ways to inform yourself about your child’s learning disability is by reading a good book on the subject. There is a ton of literature available about learning problems, so it may be a bit of daunting task to choose something to start with. Luckily, there are many informed parents [...]
The following article includes pertinent information that may cause you to reconsider what you thought you understood. The most important thing is to study with an open mind and be willing to revise your understanding if necessary. Complimenting those with learning disabilities is important since these people are struggling harder than the rest. Often when [...]
Have you heard of Albert Einstein or Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell? Of course yes, you know them! They are the great inventors whose inventions are still talked about, and their inventions have paved the way for several new innovations. But did you know what was common to all three of them? They all [...]
A big part of the fear surrounding learning disabilities has to do with misinformation. Sure, parents have a right to be concerned about their child’s well-being when they discover that he or she has a learning disability, but being accurately informed is half the battle. Don’t let the following common misconceptions about learning disorders color [...]