Learning Disabilities

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Learning Disabilities
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Learning Disabilities
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Three parts to the research

• Definition and description of learning
  disabilities.
• As teachers, how do you notice a learning
  disability in the classroom?
• How do you talk to the parents about their
  childs learning disability?
• Most of my information was found on The Learning
  Disabilities Association of Canadas web site (a
  full list of sources will be shown at the end of
  my presentation).

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According toThe Learning Disabilities
Association of Canada1A learning disability is

• a number of disorders which may affect the
• Acquisition
• Organization
• Retention
• Understanding
• Use
• of verbal or nonverbal information.

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In simpler terms

• Learning Disabilities are caused by
• faulty wiring in the cortex of the brain.
• The result is the difficulty processing
  information.2

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The different types of learning disabilities are

• Visual Problems
• Auditory Problems
• Fine and gross motor Problems
• Organizational Problems
• Conceptual Problems

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1. Visual Problems

• There is a bad connection
• between what the eyes see and
• what the brain processes.

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Visual problems cause

• Poor visual memory and perception.
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• Poor figure ground discrimination.

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Visual problems cause

• Poor visual tracking
• Children with poor visual tracking have a hard
  time following a line on a page.

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Auditory Problems

• The wires in charge of telling the brain what
  we hear dont function properly.

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Auditory Problems Affect

• Auditory processing
• Auditory memory
• Auditory discrimination
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Auditory Problems Cause

• Poor auditory sequencing confusion with numbers,
  lists or direction.
• Auditory figure ground

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Motor Problems

• The wire connections to the brain have a hard
  time controlling the various motor functions of
  the body.

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Motor problems cause

• Poor fine motor problems
• Hand-eye coordination
• B) Small muscle control
• A child with this LD misjudges
• where to place things.

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Motor problems cause

• Gross motor problems
• Large muscle control

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Organizational Problems

• Poor ability in organizing time, space or
  sequencing.

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Organizational problems cause

• Poor ability to organise time
• Poor ability to organise tasks
• Poor ability to use space
• ? steps to accomplish something
• Inability to keep track of their materials

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Conceptual problems

• Problem with understanding
• abstract concepts
• complex language
• consequences
• social cues.

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Conceptual problems cause

• A difficulty in interpreting non-verbal language
• ? social cues.
• A difficulty in understanding figures of speech
• ?very literal.
• ?adaptation to different situation.
• A difficulty in anticipating the future
• It is hard to plan events.
• It is hard to plan your life,
• to achieve your goals and to set them!

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Conceptual problems cause

• Rigid thinking
• ? No flexibility when facing a changed
  situation.
• Poor social skills and peer relations
• ? Dont maintain eye contact.
• ? Dont use appropriate tone of voice or
  language.
• ? Lack social grace.

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Finally

• ?You cannot get rid of learning disabilities.
• ?But you can learn to live with them.
• ?Many children with learning disabilities grow up
  to be normally functioning adults
• Thanks to great teachers who take the time to
  help their young students.

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Sources

• Learning Disabilities Association of Canada.
  Official Definition of Learning Disabilities.
  Adopted January 30, 2002. www.ldac-taac.ca
• LD Online. Article What is ADHD? Is It a Type
  of LD? Larry B. Silver, M.D. LD Online exclusive
  http//www.ldonline.org/article.php?max20special
  _groupingid5loc68
• Learning Disabilities Association of Canada. Fact
  Sheet, What Is a Learning Disability? March
  2001. www.ldac-taac.ca
• Interview with Mrs. Donna Duncan, M.Ed. during
  which she explained to me, in her experience,
  what to do with a child with learning
  disabilities, and the step to undertake to speak
  with parents.
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