Learning disabilities

Neurodevelopmental disorders

Learning Disabilities

Neurodevelopmental disorders

Learning Disabilities

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What are Learning disabilities?

Learning disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, speak, read, spell, or do mathematical calculations.

Learning disabilities look very different from one child to another. One child may struggle with reading and spelling, while another loves books but can’t understand math. Still another child may have difficulty understanding what others are saying or communicating out loud. The problems are very different, but they are all learning disorders.

Prognosis for Learning disabilities

Learning disabilities can be lifelong conditions. In some people, several overlapping learning disabilities may be apparent. Other people may have a single, isolated learning problem that has little impact on their lives.

Treatments influence prognosis

The most common treatment for learning disabilities is special education. Specially trained educators may perform a diagnostic educational evaluation assessing the child’s academic and intellectual potential and level of academic performance. Once the evaluation is complete, the basic approach is to teach learning skills by building on the child’s abilities and strengths while correcting and compensating for disabilities and weaknesses.

Common Learning disabilities

Examples of learning disabilities disorders in children include dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysorthography, dysgraphia and dyspraxia. Read the following articles to learn more about the common learning disabilities:

Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that mainly causes problems with reading, writing, and spelling. It’s a specific learning difficulty, which means it causes problems with certain abilities used for learning, such as reading and writing. Unlike a learning disability, intelligence isn’t affected.

Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia is a math learning disability that impairs an individual’s ability to learn number-related concepts, perform accurate math calculations, reason and problem solve, and perform other basic math skills. Dyscalculia is sometimes called “number dyslexia” or “math dyslexia.”

Dysorthography

Several experts considered it a disorder that consists of a deficiency in the ability to write. Some argue it could be part of the dyslexic syndrome. Dysorthography features significant spelling mistakes while writing, and such errors can include confusion, omissions or inversions of letters and syllables, remarkably flawed conjugation, and arbitrary word breaks. Even though many call it a “disorder,” several experts are quick to point out the possibility of this being the result of recent changes in the way children are learning their language.

Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder of written expression that impairs writing ability and fine motor skills. It is a learning disability that affects children and adults, and interferes with practically all aspects of the writing process, including spelling, legibility, word spacing and sizing, and expression.

Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia is an impairment that affects fine and/or gross motor coordination – it particularly affects the planning, organization, and timing of movements. Single movements or tasks may be done well, but it is harder to coordinate several different movements or tasks, especially when there is time pressure.

October 9, 2021
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