Article DetailsHelping Children with Learning Disabilities - Samveda |
| Date Added: May 30, 2008 09:47:29 AM |
| Author: webmaster |
| Category: Education & Career |
| Learning Disability (LD) in persons signifies specific problems related to Language (Dyslexia), Writing (Dysgraphia) and Mathematics (Dyscalculia) affecting Learning - reading and writing, speaking and listening. In practice, the terms ‘Learning Disability’ and ‘Dyslexia’ are used interchangeably, thus giving the term ‘Dyslexia’ a wider scope. Learning Disability can be inherited or acquired. A child may be born with this disability or may become so due to external factors such as birth trauma, head injuries, epilepsy etc. It exists in learners of low, average and superior intelligence. Children with LD can come from any social or economic background. Dyslexics are known to have a near normal or above normal IQ, and not having any serious sensory disability, emotional disturbance, brain pathology, social disadvantage etc. Since Dyslexia is a dysfunction or impairment in the use of words, relations with others and performance in every subject in school can be affected by this disability. Consequently, most of the Learning Disabled are being misunderstood as slow learners and indifferent children. Teachers fail to identify this problem in the initial stages. Hence, the child with this problem loses interest in studies and in most cases becomes a drop out. It is important to diagnose the disability and start remedial measures when the child is young. If left unattended, children could get frustrated and lose confidence. They should be helped to deal with the academic and social problems that they may face. Otherwise, behavioural and emotional problems can arise. The earlier in the students’ life that we get at it, the better, but it is never too late and it is always too soon to give up, if the will is there. In the developed countries they have recognized these disabilities in children and are trying to rehabilitate such children with extensive Psychological Research and suitable changes in their Educational Policies. To know about child with problems, child with learning problems, children with learning problems, child with a disability, child with learning disability, children with learning disability, children with attention problem, children with attention deficit etc. visit Samveda.org for more. |
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