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LEARNING DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN
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Q. How are children with learning disabilities treated?
A. It is extremely important that learning disabilities are diagnosed early as the brain's flexibility to learn new skills is greatest in young children and may diminish somewhat after puberty. Thus, early intervention is most important (Nevertheless, the ability to learn remains throughout life ).
Q. How are children with learning disabilities treated?
A. It is extremely important that learning disabilities are diagnosed early as the brain's flexibility to learn new skills is greatest in young children and may diminish somewhat after puberty. Thus, early intervention is most important (Nevertheless, the ability to learn remains throughout life ).
Children with LD and their families require help on several fronts: educational, medical, emotional and practical.
In most ways, children with LD are no different from other children. They require special educational programs either in a separate all day classroom or as a special educational class for several hours a week. If problems are severe, these children may require a special school for the learning disabled. Special educational programs begin with systematically identifying what the student can and cannot do. By using several skills and sense, the child is taught the activities for e.g. in learning to spell and recognize words, a student may be asked to see, say, write and spell each new word. The student may also write the words in sand, which engages the sense of touch (children are more likely to retain a skill if more the senses are used).
For a child with articulation problems, the child may watch the speech therapist make the sound, feel the vibration in the therapist's throat, then practice making the sounds before a mirror.
Non-standard teaching methods like using computers that talk can help teach children with language disabilities to process spoken words more quickly. The computer starts slowly, pronouncing one sound at a time. As the child gets better at recognizing the sounds and hearing them as words the sounds are gradually speeded up to a normal rate of speech.
Medications like methyl phenidate, dextroamphetamine and pemoline are available, which are used in children with attention deficit disorders. They help children control their impulsiveness and other hyperactive behaviors. These drugs are effective for 3-4 hours and the child takes the medication so that the drug is active during peak school hours.
The effects of LD may not enable a LD child to effectively communicate socially. Children with LD may have a low self-esteem and consider themselves :- behind, slow or different from other children. Counseling can be very useful to people with LD and their families. Counseling can help affected children, teenagers and adults develop greater self-control and a more positive attitude towards their own abilities. Family members may also be allowed to air their feelings as well as get support and reassurance. When children have learning disabilities, parents may need to work harder at developing their children's self-esteem and relationship building skills for self-esteem and good relationships are as worth developing as any academic skills.
Q. What are other sources of information of learning Disabilities?
A. Books on Learning Disabilities are as follows:
Cordoni, B. "Living with a Learning Disability". Carbondale IL: Solution Illinois University Press,1987
Greene, L. "Learning Disabilities and your child: A survival Handbook." New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1987
Novick, B, and Arnold, M. "Why is my child having trouble in school?" New York: Villard Books,1991.
Acknowledgement - National Institute of Mental Health, U.S.A.
Last created on 20-01-2001
Last updated on 18-11-2006
In most ways, children with LD are no different from other children. They require special educational programs either in a separate all day classroom or as a special educational class for several hours a week. If problems are severe, these children may require a special school for the learning disabled. Special educational programs begin with systematically identifying what the student can and cannot do. By using several skills and sense, the child is taught the activities for e.g. in learning to spell and recognize words, a student may be asked to see, say, write and spell each new word. The student may also write the words in sand, which engages the sense of touch (children are more likely to retain a skill if more the senses are used).
For a child with articulation problems, the child may watch the speech therapist make the sound, feel the vibration in the therapist's throat, then practice making the sounds before a mirror.
Non-standard teaching methods like using computers that talk can help teach children with language disabilities to process spoken words more quickly. The computer starts slowly, pronouncing one sound at a time. As the child gets better at recognizing the sounds and hearing them as words the sounds are gradually speeded up to a normal rate of speech.
Medications like methyl phenidate, dextroamphetamine and pemoline are available, which are used in children with attention deficit disorders. They help children control their impulsiveness and other hyperactive behaviors. These drugs are effective for 3-4 hours and the child takes the medication so that the drug is active during peak school hours.
The effects of LD may not enable a LD child to effectively communicate socially. Children with LD may have a low self-esteem and consider themselves :- behind, slow or different from other children. Counseling can be very useful to people with LD and their families. Counseling can help affected children, teenagers and adults develop greater self-control and a more positive attitude towards their own abilities. Family members may also be allowed to air their feelings as well as get support and reassurance. When children have learning disabilities, parents may need to work harder at developing their children's self-esteem and relationship building skills for self-esteem and good relationships are as worth developing as any academic skills.
Q. What are other sources of information of learning Disabilities?
A. Books on Learning Disabilities are as follows:
Cordoni, B. "Living with a Learning Disability". Carbondale IL: Solution Illinois University Press,1987
Greene, L. "Learning Disabilities and your child: A survival Handbook." New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1987
Novick, B, and Arnold, M. "Why is my child having trouble in school?" New York: Villard Books,1991.
Acknowledgement - National Institute of Mental Health, U.S.A.
Last created on 20-01-2001
Last updated on 18-11-2006
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