Specific Learning Disabilities
Specific Learning Disabilities
Specific learning disabilities: Review
Specific learning disabilities are disorders in one or more of the central nervous system processes involved in perceiving, understanding and/or using concepts through verbal (spoken or written) language or nonverbal means. This disorder manifests itself with a deficit in one or more of the following areas: attention, reasoning, processing, memory, communication, reading, writing, spelling, calculation, coordination, social competence and emotional maturity. The specific causes of learning disabilities are not clearly understood, however, these disorders are presumably related to central nervous system dysfunction.
Students with specific learning disabilities have average to above average intelligence, but may have difficulties acquiring and demonstrating knowledge and understanding. This results in a lack of achievement for age and ability level, and a severe discrepancy between achievement and intellectual abilities. These students also have severe trouble learning or demonstrating academic skills in one or more of the following areas: oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic reading skill, reading comprehension, mathematical calculation, and mathematical reasoning.
Specific learning disabilities: A closer look
Specific learning disabilities are believed to be caused by problems the child has processing information. In other words, while students with specific learning disabilities almost always hear and see normally, they have trouble understanding or using what they see or hear (National Joint Committee for Learning Disabilities). Although the students often do well in some school subjects, they usually have extreme difficulty with certain skills such as decoding (reading) words, calculating math facts, or getting their thoughts into writing. As a result, they lag significantly behind their peers in these skills. It may take longer for some students who have learning disabilities to process written information. Lengthy reading or writing assignments and tests may be difficult to complete in a standard amount of time. This may be due to difficulty discriminating numerals or letters because they appear jumbled or reversed. Inconsistencies between knowledge and test scores are also common.
Specific learning disabilities: Remediation
Specific learning disabilities can be dealt with in positive ways that help students achieve even greater success. Imagine a student with Dyslexia who has always had difficulty reading, enjoying a book from cover to cover for the first time. Or a person with Dyscalculia who has always had difficulty understanding and using math concepts and symbols start to excel in areas they once thought too hard. At LearningRx we get these types of results using our one-on-one training methods. Thinking skills and comprehension skills are just part of what we do. Contact a local local LearningRx center near you, or visit www.learningrx.com.
Specific learning disabilities: Review
Specific learning disabilities are disorders in one or more of the central nervous system processes involved in perceiving, understanding and/or using concepts through verbal (spoken or written) language or nonverbal means. This disorder manifests itself with a deficit in one or more of the following areas: attention, reasoning, processing, memory, communication, reading, writing, spelling, calculation, coordination, social competence and emotional maturity. The specific causes of learning disabilities are not clearly understood, however, these disorders are presumably related to central nervous system dysfunction.
Students with specific learning disabilities have average to above average intelligence, but may have difficulties acquiring and demonstrating knowledge and understanding. This results in a lack of achievement for age and ability level, and a severe discrepancy between achievement and intellectual abilities. These students also have severe trouble learning or demonstrating academic skills in one or more of the following areas: oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic reading skill, reading comprehension, mathematical calculation, and mathematical reasoning.
Specific learning disabilities: A closer look
Specific learning disabilities are believed to be caused by problems the child has processing information. In other words, while students with specific learning disabilities almost always hear and see normally, they have trouble understanding or using what they see or hear (National Joint Committee for Learning Disabilities). Although the students often do well in some school subjects, they usually have extreme difficulty with certain skills such as decoding (reading) words, calculating math facts, or getting their thoughts into writing. As a result, they lag significantly behind their peers in these skills. It may take longer for some students who have learning disabilities to process written information. Lengthy reading or writing assignments and tests may be difficult to complete in a standard amount of time. This may be due to difficulty discriminating numerals or letters because they appear jumbled or reversed. Inconsistencies between knowledge and test scores are also common.
Specific learning disabilities: Remediation
Specific learning disabilities can be dealt with in positive ways that help students achieve even greater success. Imagine a student with Dyslexia who has always had difficulty reading, enjoying a book from cover to cover for the first time. Or a person with Dyscalculia who has always had difficulty understanding and using math concepts and symbols start to excel in areas they once thought too hard. At LearningRx we get these types of results using our one-on-one training methods. Thinking skills and comprehension skills are just part of what we do. Contact a local local LearningRx center near you, or visit www.learningrx.com.
