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Schools
For Learning Disability, Child
Learning Disability:
Disabilities are characteristics of the body, mind, or senses that,
to a greater or lesser extent, affect a person’s ability to
engage independently in some or all aspects of day-to-day life.
Disabled people are those people with impairments who are disabled
by society.
What is Disability?
Disability is a disadvantage or restriction on doing things that
is the fault of society and the way it is run. The world takes no
account of people who have impairments and leaves them out and stops
them from doing things other people do. Disability is discrimination
very much like racism and sexism.
What is Impairment?
Impairment is when a person has an injury or a disease for a long
time that makes them different to other people. It can affect the
brain or the body it can also cause pain, make the person feel tired,
affect the way the person talks or they may not remember things
very well. Impairment does not cause disability and impairment does
not make disability the right thing to do.
A student with a disability may need specially designed instruction
to meet his or her learning goals. A student with a disability will
usually have an Individualized Education Program (IEP), which guides
his or her special education instruction. Students with disabilities
are often referred to as special education students and may be classified
by their school as learning disabled or emotionally disturbed.
A learning disability is a neurobiological disorder; people with
LD have brains that learn differently because of differences in
brain structure and/or function. If a person learns differently
due to visual, hearing or physical handicaps, mental retardation,
emotional disturbance, or environmental, cultural or economic disadvantage,
we do not call it a learning disability.
Schools For Learning Disability:
Schools
For Learning Disability means "educational
programming designed specifically for the individual." It can
really help your child do better in school. If your school-aged
child qualifies for special education, they will have an Individualized
Education Program (IEP) designed just for them.
Learning disabilities can affect many different areas:
• Spoken language—problems in listening and speaking
• Reading—difficulties decoding or recognizing words
or understanding them
• Written language—problems with writing, spelling,
organizing ideas
• Math—trouble doing arithmetic or understanding basic
concepts
• Reasoning—problems organizing and putting together
thoughts
• Memory—problems remembering facts and instructions
• Social behavior—difficulties with social judgment,
tolerating frustration and making friends
• Physical coordination—problems with handwriting, manipulating
small objects, running and jumping
• Organization—trouble with managing time and belongings,
carrying out a plan
• Met cognition (thinking about thinking)—problems with
knowing, using and monitoring the use of thinking and learning strategies,
and learning from mistakes.
What causes learning disabilities?
Because there are lots of kinds of learning disabilities, it is
hard to diagnose them and pinpoint the causes. LDs seem to be caused
by the brain, but the exact causes are not known. Some risk factors
are:
• Heredity
• Low birth weight,prematurity , birth trauma or distress
• Stress before or after birth
• Treatment for cancer or leukemia
• Central nervous system infections
• Severe head injuries
• Chronic medical illnesses, like diabetes or asthma
• Poor nutrition
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