Learning Disabilities and Characteristics of Learning-Disabled Children

Introduction to Learning Disabilities and Characteristics of Learning

Learning disabilities is a dysmelic condition in which the child’s learning process is hindered due to the difficulty they face while learning in their kindergartens.

The difficulty may range from forgetting things, not being able to adapt the pattern of writing letters and figures, also it includes the ability to grasp things at the normal pace instead they are slower than other kids.

The parents in this should take care of the following points –

1. Equal opportunities must be given to them to live their hobbies and ideas
2. A room to explore new things with the help of teachers and parents should always be initiated.
3. Right from a very early age, they should be critically assessed on their skills, which might be informed to the AT educators.
4. They should be given counselling be it at home or clinics to make the best of it.
5. Parents should let them do things on their own so as to attain self-reliance.
6. Attainment of self-reliance provides the person with the confidence to build an empire.
7. The parents should enlist the hobbies or things that their kids are following passionately.
8. The enlisting of skills would help the parents to send their children to the skill centric volunteer centre so that they can easily live their passion.
9. Instead of counting on the weaknesses, counting the strengths of the children who take up special education gives them moral support.
10. Let your child interact freely with normal kids.
11. Let your kid live a normal life, instead of hiding them in a room making them just lifeless creatures.

What are the learning disabilities that the kids face?

Dyslexia – children having difficulty in reading the texts written in the textbook clearly and fluently.

Few children face difficulty in remembering and repeating a short sentence.

• Difficulty in phonological processing
• Difficulty in orthographic processing
• Difficulty in working memory means problems arise in solving mental arithmetic.
• Dyscalculia is the hindrance faced while solving arithmetic problems and grasping mathematical concepts.
• Dysgraphia is a disability faced while writing in which children of yours find it difficult to form letters.
• Visual processing difficulties cause a time lag between seeing something and processing the information then and there.
• Auditory processing issues.

What are the characteristics of learning-disabled children?

1. They possess poor social skills.
2. They have disruptive behaviour.
3. They lack attention or too much attention with too much detail.
4. They face trouble remembering things.
5. They lack enthusiasm or interest in reading and writing.
6. They usually work at a slower pace.
7. They face trouble following instructions given to them.

• The thought to live their life to the fullest is what usually we, being normal people, lack.
• Stop complaining and start praising and working with what you have got.
• Look at life with an optimistic mind.
• Always stay calm and caring.
• Happiness is the key to all.
• Say no to criticism
• Always praise things around you.
• Never make people uncomfortable around you just because you are normal.
• Teach and support such people.
• Never give up attitude is the key to thriving in life.
• Life is more than how you look.
• Life is what you perceive and how you want to make it.
• No disabilities can stop you from living life
• Life values you when you start valuing it.

Why should learning disabilities be treated early?

Sending children to special teams with a learning disability on an early call itself helps them to heal faster. Various programs such as AT assisted technology which includes text to speech etc help the children with special demands cognitively.

IEP which stands for Individualised Education Program is designed programmed assistance provided in the U.S. It consists of a team that is knowledgeable about different children’s needs.

IEP provides persons related to the kid be it teachers, parents, school administrators or any related service personnel to work as a team to improve the educational goals of the children with disability.

IEP has proven to be a cornerstone in the pursuit of providing quality education to children with disabilities.

In 1975 IEP was introduced into the schools. The law passed says that it is the right of every student, be it with disabilities, to attend public schools (Education for all handicapped children act (EHA)).

The IEP plan could be served to the kids and youngsters till the K-12 segment only. The plan named –504 plan can serve the students at both K12 and college level.