Learning Disabilities and Disorders
In the classroom, we will encounter challeging situations, from a technical issue with your equipment to dealing with different students' personalities.
Learning disabilities, neurological processing problems that affect the learning of someone's basic skills such as speaking and reading. In some cases, learning disabilities can affect organization, abstract reasoning, short-term memory and attention.
Difficulties with basic skills are usually discovered during school years because the symptoms are easily picked out in basic skills such as speaking, reading and math. However, in many cases, people may never get an evaluation to know how to deal with the learning disability that affects them; and they just go on with their lives, sometimes having issues at work or at home without knowing the reason behind it.
These are some learning disabilities and disorders.
Auditory Processing Disorder
This is a condition that affects how the sounds travels unimpeded through the ear is processed. People with APD do not recognize subtle differences in sounds, even if the sounds are clear enough to be heard.
Discalculia
It affects a person's ability to understand numbers and learn math facts. People with D may also have some difficulties may symbols comprehension, telling the time or have trouble with counting.
Dysgraphia
It affects a person's handwriting ability and fine motor skills . This may also include illegible handwriting, poor spelling and difficulty composing writing.
Dyslexia
This learning disability affects reading and related language-based processing skills.
ADHD
This affects the ability of staying focused and paying attention, controlling behaviour and hyperactivity.
Dyspraxia
This disorder affects the muscle control, which causes problems with movement and coordination, language, speech and can affect learning.
To conclude, it is important to know about learning disabilities and disorders to identify them in our students. Moreover, by identifying these disorders, we will find the right way to teach our students without isolation.
Difficulties with basic skills are usually discovered during school years because the symptoms are easily picked out in basic skills such as speaking, reading and math. However, in many cases, people may never get an evaluation to know how to deal with the learning disability that affects them; and they just go on with their lives, sometimes having issues at work or at home without knowing the reason behind it.
These are some learning disabilities and disorders.
Auditory Processing Disorder
This is a condition that affects how the sounds travels unimpeded through the ear is processed. People with APD do not recognize subtle differences in sounds, even if the sounds are clear enough to be heard.
Discalculia
It affects a person's ability to understand numbers and learn math facts. People with D may also have some difficulties may symbols comprehension, telling the time or have trouble with counting.
Dysgraphia
It affects a person's handwriting ability and fine motor skills . This may also include illegible handwriting, poor spelling and difficulty composing writing.
Dyslexia
This learning disability affects reading and related language-based processing skills.
ADHD
This affects the ability of staying focused and paying attention, controlling behaviour and hyperactivity.
Dyspraxia
This disorder affects the muscle control, which causes problems with movement and coordination, language, speech and can affect learning.
To conclude, it is important to know about learning disabilities and disorders to identify them in our students. Moreover, by identifying these disorders, we will find the right way to teach our students without isolation.
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