| According to a study, about six to ten percent of | | | | must be able to get the hidden messages during |
| American children have learning disabilities. Learning | | | | these periods of inattentiveness and hyperactivity to |
| disability or LD has no concrete definition because of | | | | recognize the warning signs. The most common sign |
| its varied aspects but it is clear that a child suffering | | | | is the difficulty of a child to cope with the learning |
| from LD experiences difficulties in the academics such | | | | progress of other children his or her age. Other |
| as in the areas of speaking, writing, listening and | | | | symptoms may include the following: - Difficulty in |
| reasoning. Mathematical skills may also be slow. A child | | | | recognizing colours and shapes - Delay in learning to |
| with learning disability can hear and see but finds it | | | | talk - Poor test results - Poor reading and writing skills |
| difficult to interpret these. While a child affected by | | | | as compared to children of his or her age - |
| LD has uneven learning patterns, experts do not | | | | Disinterest in books - Inability to follow simple |
| agree that LD is a sign of mental or emotional | | | | instructions - Poor memory - Difficulty in paying |
| disorders. The environment is also not a cause of | | | | attention - Slow in completing simple tasks - |
| learning disability. General Learning Disability and | | | | Awkwardness Parents can help the child with LD. It is |
| Specific Learning Disability A child affected by general | | | | painful for a parent to know that his or her child has |
| learning disability has problems in all aspects of | | | | limitations in learning. A parent may find it frustrating |
| learning compared to children of his or her age. In | | | | to communicate to a child with learning disability. |
| some cases, children with general learning disability | | | | However, it is important to take note that a learning |
| may require the care of others to do the basic things | | | | disabled child has a grasp of his or her emotions |
| such as dressing and eating. Others may grow up | | | | which cannot be expressed due to the disability. |
| independently. Specific learning disability, on the other | | | | While a parent may not fully get the concept of the |
| hand, refers to the difficulty of a child to learn some | | | | problem, he or she should focus on the needs of a |
| aspects but may find it easy to cope in other areas. | | | | learning disabled child. Upon recognizing the warning |
| Possible causes of Learning Disability (LD) Experts | | | | signs, the parent must seek help from the school and |
| hypothesize that learning disability may be caused by | | | | request that the child be subjected to evaluations. |
| genetics, birth infections, or early childhood injuries. | | | | Likewise, the parent should consult a paediatrician. |
| Some were observed to have suffered frequent ear | | | | Denial about the symptoms should be avoided to |
| infections as a child. However, the prime causes of | | | | prevent the quick progress of the learning disability |
| LD are still unknown. It is noteworthy that boys are | | | | of a child. Love and proper care are still the best |
| often affected by learning disability than girls as | | | | ways to deal with a learning disabled child. |
| revealed by the LD reports. Warning signs of LD It is | | | | Grunty's day care nursery is a long established |
| not easy to know if a child is suffering from LD. A | | | | Nursery School based in Blackpool. |
| hyperactive and inattentive child is normal but parents | | | | |