Learning Disabilities
For someone that has been diagnosed with a learning disability, they may feel that it takes over their lives. But with the right help it will not affect their ultimate success in life. In this research essay I will be talking about what a learning disorder is, how to detect that a child has a learning disorder, and how it affects children in school and ways to treat them. The four common types of learning disability I will be discussing are Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia.
Doctors describe learning disabilities as a neurological disorder. In comparison children with learning disabilities are not as quick to pick up basic reading, writing, reasoning, recalling, and or have the ability to organize information as children that do not have learning disabilities. The statistics show that one in ten (or 3 million) (Child and Family Canada, 1997) Canadians has a learning disability. All learning disabilities do not have to do with a person's aptitude in school. Rather, in having a learning disability the person is not able to analyze, store, process and receive information like other people. (Learning Disabilities Association of Canada [LDAC], 2005) These impairments can make it more complex for a student who has a disability to learn as quickly as someone who is not affected by learning disabilities. Researchers today still do not know what the main cause of learning disorders are, but there are many theories on how they develop. First, there are genetic influences. "Experts have become more responsive to the idea that learning disabilities run in families and that heredity may play a role. However, researchers are still debating whether learning disabilities are, in fact, genetic, or if they show up in families because kids learn and model what their parents do." (Kids Health, 2006) Some experts believe that learning disabilities can brain development is tied to learning disabilities. Problems such as premature birth,
Doctors describe learning disabilities as a neurological disorder. In comparison children with learning disabilities are not as quick to pick up basic reading, writing, reasoning, recalling, and or have the ability to organize information as children that do not have learning disabilities. The statistics show that one in ten (or 3 million) (Child and Family Canada, 1997) Canadians has a learning disability. All learning disabilities do not have to do with a person's aptitude in school. Rather, in having a learning disability the person is not able to analyze, store, process and receive information like other people. (Learning Disabilities Association of Canada [LDAC], 2005) These impairments can make it more complex for a student who has a disability to learn as quickly as someone who is not affected by learning disabilities. Researchers today still do not know what the main cause of learning disorders are, but there are many theories on how they develop. First, there are genetic influences. "Experts have become more responsive to the idea that learning disabilities run in families and that heredity may play a role. However, researchers are still debating whether learning disabilities are, in fact, genetic, or if they show up in families because kids learn and model what their parents do." (Kids Health, 2006) Some experts believe that learning disabilities can brain development is tied to learning disabilities. Problems such as premature birth,
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