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Definition of Specific Learning Disabilities
A specific learning disability is defined as a disorder in one or more of the basic learning processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest in significant difficulties affecting the ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematics. Associated conditions may include, but are not limited to, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, or developmental aphasia.
A specific learning disability does not include learning problems that are primarily the result of a visual, hearing, motor, intellectual, or emotional/behavioral disability, limited English proficiency, or environmental, cultural, or economic factors.
Dr. Sheldon Horowitz from the National Center for Learning Disabilities describe what it means to have a Specific Learning Disability.
The written exercise in the video to the left was created by Dr. Amy Margolis of Columbia University Medical Center and Amy Levine from Mary McDowell Friends School lets you experience what it feels like to have a learning disability.
Give it a try!
How did it feel? Did you struggle? Did you feel hopeless? Did you want to ask for help?
Parents can help children with learning disabilities achieve success by encouraging their strengths, knowing their weaknesses, understanding the educational system, working with professionals and learning about strategies for dealing with specific difficulties.
Resources:
Resources:
Learning Disabilities Association Of America
Specific Learning Disorder Basics- Child Mind Institute
Reading Interventions for Kids with Learning Disabilities- Reading Rockets
Helping Children with LSLD Understand What They Read- LD Online
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