HOW TO HELP CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES? We as teachers are in the obligation to teach the right way and convey all the knowledge we have gained over the years our apprentices students. But what happens when we have a obstacles in this process we give up? or move?. the role of teacher is so, then what happens when in our classroom we have a learner's problem child, how to help this couple to the level of others. we can do?.
Some symptoms of a learning disability
Some Symptoms of a Learning Disabilities
*Attention and concentration.
* Easily distracted.
*The transition from one activity to another.
*Losing things necessary for a task.
* Do a lots of clicks, whistles and other sounds.
*Having a "defeastist" actitude about academics.
*Feeling "dumb"
*The difficults with math, reading recognition, spelling, reading,comprehension, writting, drawing, and other topics.
*Difficult remembering what is seen.
*Poor language development.
*Give easily in academic taks.
*Do not read for a pleasure.
We have many types of learning disabilities , but in this blog I mention some of them like:
What is Dysgraphia?
Dysgraphia is a specific learning disability that affects written expression.
Dysgraphia can appear as difficulties with spelling, poor handwriting and trouble putting thoughts on paper. Dysgraphia can be a language based, and/or non-language based disorder.
Many people have poor handwriting, but dysgraphia is more serious. Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder that generally appears when children are first learning to write. Experts are not sure what causes it, but early treatment can help prevent or reduce problems. Writing requires a complex set of motor and information processing skills. Not only does it require the ability to organize and express ideas in the mind. It also requires the ability to get the muscles in the hands and fingers to form those ideas, letter by letter ,on paper. Dysgraphia that is caused by a language disorder may be characterised by the person having difficulty converting the sounds of language into
Some Signs of Dysgraphia
- Generally illegible writing
- Inconsistencies in writing, e.g. mixtures of printing and cursive writing, upper and lower case, or irregular sizes, shapes, or slant of letters
- Unfinished words or letters, omitted words
- Inconsistent position of letters on the page with respect to lines and margins
- Inconsistent spaces between words and letters.
What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability, which results in the person having difficulties with reading, writing, spelling and sometimes speaking. Short-term memory, mathematics, concentration, personal organisation and sequencing may be affected.In dyslexic people, the brain has been wired to process information differently. It doesn't mean that a dyslexic person is slow, disabled or not motivated to learn. On the contrary, dyslexic people can be quite brilliant in other areas and many famous, successful people have been identified as dyslexic.In fact, dyslexia can be seen as a gift. "Dyslexic people are visual, multi-dimensional thinkers. We are intuitive and highly creative, and excel at hands-on learning. Because we think in pictures, it is sometimes hard for us to understand letters, numbers, symbols, and written words.
Common Signs of Dyslexia
If a person displays difficulties in the following areas, testing for dyslexia is recommended.
- writing letters in the wrong order or back to front
- sounding out words
- identifying the correct sounds of letters
- pronouncing words properly
- spelling words
- learning alphabet, numbers, days of the week, months of the year - basic sequencing information
- reading with age-appropriate speed and accuracy
- Reading comprehension.
What is Dyscalculia?
Dyscalculia is a term referring to a wide range of life-long learning disabilities involving math. There is no single form of math disability, and difficulties vary from person to person and affect people differently in school and throughout life.
What are the warning signs?
Since math disabilities are varied, the signs that a person may have a difficulty in this area can be just as varied. However, having difficulty learning math skills does not necessarily mean a person has a learning disability. All students learn at different paces, and particularly among young people, it takes time and practice for formal math procedures to make practical sense.
If a person has trouble in any of the areas below, additional help may be beneficial.
- Good at speaking, reading, and writing, but slow to develop counting and math problem-solving skills
- Good memory for printed words, but difficulty reading numbers, or recalling numbers in sequence
- Good with general math concepts, but frustrated when specific computation and organization skills need to be used
- Trouble with the concept of time — chronically late, difficulty remembering schedules, trouble with approximating how long something will take
- Poor sense of direction, easily disoriented and easily confused by changes in routine
- Poor long term memory of concepts — can do math functions one day, but is unable to repeat them the next day
- Poor mental math ability — trouble estimating grocery costs or counting days until vacation
http://www.dsf.net.au/LearningDisabilities/WhatisDysgraphia/tabid/90/language/en-US/Default.aspx
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