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Learning Disabilities
Not all humans are born with the same learning capabilities. Here you may ask and answer questions about certain types of learning impairments: ways to circumvent them, identification, and their causes.
447 Questions
What are special learning difficulties?
I think it means a learning difficulty that has a name; for instance: dyslexia.
Should people with disabilities be treated differently?
Absolutely not ! They have just as much right to go about their daily life as anyone else.
What learning disability do I have?
This is part of my question, please don't erase:
I am really not to aware of it and my parents tell me I get distracted very easily, when I work on tasks. I can list how I am at places:
- I am a freshman in high school, but I am in a specialized private middle and high school for learning disabilities.
- When I am in the independent 1:1 class, but I get distracted by other cubicles. In the independent 1:1 class, I work on social skills, reading, waiting for my turn to talk, expressing myself, organizing and vocabulary.
- I sometimes miss out on HW now and earlier and I spaced out in class, when I was in middle school. I do very well in gym class and I am kind of popular at my school. In Occupational Therapy (OT), at my school, my class rides gym scooters and works on writing neat. I am not a very neat writer.
- When I have sports, I am one of the better players on my team, but some of the players tease how I answer questions and react to a fight. I use curse words when I am very mad or upset.
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What percentage of students in Jewish day schools have learning disabilities?
There's no exact answer to that question.
What is the condition dyslexia?
Dyslexia is something you are born with that mixes up words in your mind. For example, you would look at ate but to you it would be tae.
It is a fault with the brain, that messes up your word processor. If you see a sign the say call 2957. When you try to remember it, you will probably think its 5927 or 9572.
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Why has the concept of learning disabilities proven so difficult to define?
It has proven so difficult to define because LD has multiple causes which cannot be answered to its definition. The causes could come from the forces within and external from the person. It can be a short and long term Learning Difficulties. Causes such as immediate environment, genetic heredity, food and others.
Is illiteracy a learning disability?
many people are illiterate. this is not a learning disability in itself. but illiteracy can be caused by learning disabilities like dyslexia.
power can be abused by intimidation of other s who feel they are in a higher position
dominant disorder is caused by mutations in genes on the x chromosomes.
Axis relating to "learning disabilities" even though its a learning difference that has weaknesses within our heavily book/reading based education system.
youre mama youre mama zac age 11 what are you talking about: youre mama youre mama , if your trying to make fun of people with dyslexia than stuff your self cuz i got it. its not a disease it just how my brain works (no i havent got problems with my brain) it makes some things harder and others easyer so i could argue that other peoples brains arnt so good.
Are anger issues learning disabilities?
no. it might affect how they do in school, but it can't be a learning disability because it is not a specific problem in cognitive skills and doesn't directly affect how the person does at school or at work.
Answer2: Anger is learned behavior. There is nothing beautiful about uncontrolled anger. Anger and violence have a long history. Adam and Eve's firstborn son, Cain, "grew hot with great anger" at his brother Abel and 'proceeded to assault him and kill him.' (Genesis 4:1, 2, 5, 8) While there may be times when we rightly feel angry, we must be on guard against allowing our anger to get out of control. Proverbs 16:32 clearly states: "He that is slow to anger is better than a mighty man, and he that is controlling his spirit than the one capturing a city." Uncontrolled anger is a sign neither of strength nor of virtue. It is a weakness that can 'cause one to go in a way that is not good.'
The pressures of life in this present wicked system can make people feel angry. Often, this anger leads to hatred and outright violence. Wars rage between and within countries, while family tensions bring conflict right into many homes. A home environment where children see anger and rage expressed may often do the same thing in their adult life.
For example, economic woes can put pressure on our emotions. Police and family-help organizations link crises in the financial system to an increase in angry outbursts and domestic violence. Many of the people we come in contact with are "lovers of themselves," "haughty," and even "fierce." It is very easy for bad characteristics like these to rub off on us and anger us. (2 Tim. 3:2-5)
You can't always control how a situation makes you feel, but you can control how you express your feelings. You don't have to explode.One key to controlling your emotions is learning to control your thoughts. Learning to control your temper is part of leaving childhood and becoming an adult. Children tend to argue and bicker, buy mature adults know how to discuss things calmly.
What is nimhans index of specific learning disabilities?
A battery of tests to assess attention, reading, writing,
spelling, comprehension, arithmetic, visuo-motor skills
and auditory and visual memory was compiled at
NIMHANS19. This battery has face and content
validity. If the child's performance was 2 classes below
what was expected for him/ her, the diagnosis of SLD
was made. The ICD-10/DCR13 category of specific
developmental disorder of scholastic skills is referred
to as specific learning disability (SLD) for
convenience.
Are learning disorders Axis I or Axis II disorders?
Learning disabilities are on Axis II.
Actually learning disabilities are listed under Axis 1.
Axis I focuses on clinical disorders. This axis includes diagnoses like Dementia, Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders, Mood Disorders (like Depression), Anxiety Disorders, Learning Disorders, Eating Disorders, and Adjustment Disorders. It's also important to note that Substance-Related Disorders fall under Axis I.
Axis II deals with Personality Disorders like Antisocial Personality Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. While many disorders ordinarily diagnosed during childhood (i.e. Learning Disorders, Autism, etc) fall under Axis I of the DSM, the DSM classifies Mental Retardation in general under Axis II.
The term dyslexia is best defined as?
The word. dyslexia, is of Greek origin and is made up of two parts: dys, meaning bad or abnormal and lex, meaning words.
Dyslexia is a type of language processing disability often manifested as a difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling. Evidence suggests that it is a result of a difference in how the brain processes written and/or verbal language. It is separate and distinct from reading difficulties resulting from other causes, such as deficiencies in intelligence, non-neurological deficiency with vision or hearing, or from poor or inadequate reading instruction.
Dyslexia is most commonly characterized by difficulties with learning how to decode at the word level, to spell, and to read accurately and fluently. Dyslexic individuals often have difficulty "breaking the code" of sound-letter association (the alphabetic principle), and they may also reverse or transpose letters when writing or confuse letters such as b, d, p, q, especially in childhood. However, dyslexia is not a visual problem that involves reading letters or words backwards or upside down, nor are such reversals a defining characteristic of dyslexia.
Dyslexia is linked to the left hemisphere of the brain and is caused by inefficiencies in language processing areas. It may be a genetic disorder.
You can use alot of tools, having the computer read to you, using overlays, computer games. But what works best is find out what you are good at, and using that to overcome it.. I'm dyslexic and have a ton of stuff on my website.
What are the symptoms of dyspraxia?
Dyspraxia is a condition you are born with 90% of the time. It doesn't affect IQ in any way. This is a condition that affects how your cerebellums work, leaving these parts of the brain out of sync. The cerebellums are in charge of the movement between the two side's of the body and spatial awareness. It is normally the left cerebellum that is the weak one, and dyspraxia affects more males than females.
From a young age (0-14 years old) it can/does cause the following:
- poor hand to eye co-ordination
- problems with balance, perception, spatial awareness
- problems with posture
- difficulties with using buttons (or any other two handed task involving timing between the left and right hands)
- difficulties in distinguishing between a dominant hand for two hand task such as eating with a knife and fork
- problems with writing (down to poor pen grip child may also have problems with organizing words and also keeping the writing the same size and in straight lines)
- Children with this condition may also have problems with sport and many other group activities (a dyspraxic person can feel most alone when they are in a group).
- may have problem with fixation of thoughts often when stressed/pushed for speed (this can lead to a dyspraxic person being misunderstood as being argumentative)
- can have clumsy gait or over-exaggerated movement (usually when running or walking along with many others)
- can have a very short attention span and weak concentration
- can also be late at achieving goals (crawling, walking, talking, riding a bike, etc.)
- They can also become very confused, agitated, and withdrawn (child may not know why and will get more distressed because of this).
- Many with dyspraxia suffer from bad short term memory.
The severity of dyslexia depends on the person. Some people will have mild dyslexia and only face some challenges, others can have very severe dyslexia.
In severe cases reading and writing can be extremely difficult.
What are Power relationships and how can these be abusive?
Power relationships are where there is an unbalance of power between the people involved. One is often more powerful than the other- this person feels strong and in control of themselves and the situation. The lesser powered person will feel abused and generally put up with the controlling and manipulative ways of the person in higher power. The person in higher power may say, "you can't leave me, I will kill myself." so the lesser powered- person will stay in the relationship out of fear that the higher powered person will kill themselves. When the lesser powered person feels vulnerable and unsafe, you can understand how this could be considered abusive - the lesser powered person is not allowed to leave, but is unhappy if they stay. It is a lose-lose situation for them.
How do you get a private school educational grant for a learning disabled child?
A lot of grants depend on the state in which you live.
I found a few general links, however.
Grant opportunities for kids K - 12
http://www.k12grants.org/grant_opps.htm
Private school scholarships:
http://privateschool.about.com/
Grants for individuals (the disabled) - This is for Michigan but take a look. It will at least give you an idea of the types of grants out there at least for one state.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3disable.htm
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AnswerHERE IN CONNECTICUT, you hook up with a "Case Worker" or the equivilant as asupport person when you attend your child's school meetings ( PPT's, IEP's etc..)If you can show that the present school system is not educating your specialneeds child, by LAW, the town has to send that child to a school that is able tomeet the child's needs AND educate the child (usually a private special educationschool). TRY that angle! It can't hurt. (P.S. I find school systems andtown education departments are intimidated [as they should be] by Lawyers. Lookfor Childrens Legal Services. Sometimes free or reduced rates.) BEST of LUCK!!Ability to understand the interrelationship of ideas or Elements in relation to the tolality ......
