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Learning and Reading Difficulties
Understanding and Overcoming Learning Difficulties
Learning difficulties is often the first descriptive term used when a child begins to have trouble in school. In some countries it is also used as a synonym for learning disabilities. However, learning difficulties and learning disabilities are usually distinguished with learning difficulties being the broader term. Any person may experience a learning difficulty between mild and severe, which may be caused by internal or external factors, and may or may not be an "expected" consequence of the person's potential. Read more…
Learning Disabilities Clarified: Learning is a Skill
The subject of this discussion, that learning is a skill, is apparently one of those ideas that are generally regarded as self-evident. Most people, however, do not seem to realize the implications involved. Read more…
Help for Children with Learning Difficulties…
Plato, the great Greek philosopher, once said that the direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. In modern Western society mastery of basic academic skills — reading, writing and arithmetic — is a necessary prerequisite for success in both school and employment settings and society at large. However, due to learning difficulties, the futures of many children are put in jeopardy. Read more…
Reading Problems in Children Explained
We all know that before building a house, one needs to lay a foundation. Unless there is a strong and solid foundation, cracks will soon appear in the walls, and with no foundations, the walls will collapse. In the same way one needs to lay a proper foundation before it becomes possible for a child to benefit from a course in reading. If this foundation is shaky, learning "cracks" will soon appear. Read more…
Overcoming Reading Problems
Imagine not being able to read. Your academic career would not venture further than high school, seriously hampering your chances of ever working your way up in the world. You could never apply for a job without assistance, being incapable of filling in an application form. You couldn't email your friends, read for pleasure or read road signs and maps on long journeys. In essence, you would be severely disabled in a reading world. Read more…
How to Overcome a Language Problem
Language plays a vital role in reading. If a child's knowledge of English is poor, then his reading will also be poor. This means that the cause of a reading problem can go even deeper than merely that the foundational skills of reading have not been adequately mastered. Read more…
Dysgraphia: Incidence, Characteristics, Warning Signs, Causes and Treatment
Most people never consider the complexity and difficulty of the writing process. In fact, relative to all other academic activities, writing requires more basic skills than perhaps any other. Even during their earliest handwriting exercises, children must combine complex physical and cognitive processes to render letters precisely and fluidly. Read more…
Dyscalculia: Definition, Symptoms, Incidence, Causes and Treatment
Alfredo is eighteen years old, and he excels in drama and art. He’s an avid reader and writes poems and short stories in his spare time. However, he is unable to graduate with his senior class because he doesn’t have the required credits in mathematics. Although he has normal intelligence, Alfredo has consistently done poorly in mathematics since primary school. Read more…
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Learning and Reading Difficulties
