Learners with Difficulty

Remembering
(Learning disabilities )
 To know what is learning
disabilities,

LEARNING Learn the characteristics of person

who has a learning disability,

OUTCOMES Know the severity of a person with

disability,

Understand the different types

learning disabilities and;

To know the possible the medical

and educational interventions to a
person with learning disability .
 What is learning
disabilities ?
Disorders that affect the ability to
understand or use spoken or written
language, do mathematical
calculations and coordinate
movements. We can know that a
person has a learning disability if
he/she has a difficulty understanding
and following.
 Learning disabilities have been given different definitions

Individuals With Disabilities Educations Act (IDEA)

Defines specific learning disability as a disability in one or
more of the basic psychological processes involved in
understanding or in using language, whether spoken or
written, that may manifest in terms of imperfect ability to
listen, think, speak, read, writes, spell, or to perform
mathematical calculations.
National Joint Commission Learning Disabilities (NJCLD)
 Defines learning disabilities as a general term referring to a
heterogenous group of disabilities manifested by
significant difficulties in acquiring and using listening
speaking ,reading, writing, reasoning or mathematical
abilities
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
They used the term Special Learning Disorder instead of
learning disabilities. Usually used in clinical and diagnostic
setting
They defined this as a neurodevelopmental disorder that
hinders one from learning academic skills.
 Characteristics of Learners With
Difficulty Remembering
(learning disability)

 Dyslexia (reading problems)

 Written Language Deficits
 Math Underachievement
 Poor Social Skills
 Attention Deficit And Hyperactivity
 Behavior Problems
 Low Self-esteem or Self-Efficacy

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Causes Of Learning Disabilities

HEREDITY PROBLEMS DURING PREGNANCY

AND BIRTH INCIDENTS AFTER BIRTH
often run in the could be due to illness or
family injury before birth
Levels or Severity May Also Be Classified As:

• Mild- learning challenges with one or two areas but

students still make up for this challenge with
appropriate understanding.

• Moderate- learning skills in one or more academic

domains that the learner is unlikely to become proficient
without some intervals of intensive and specialized
teaching in school.

• Severe- learning skills in several academic domains

that the learner in unlikely to learn those skills without
 Common Types Of learners with Difficulty Remembering
(Learning Disability):

DYSLEXI
A
DYSCALCUL
IA

DYSGRAPHIA

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 Dyslexia
 is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the
skills involved in accurate and fluent word
reading and spelling.

 Characteristics features of dyslexia are

difficulties in phonological awareness , verbal
memory and verbal processing speed.

 There is no medications to treat dyslexia

instead educational interventions can teach
new ways to learn and read.
(use multisensory methods to explicitly teach
new content )
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DYSCALCULIA
• Is a learning disorder that affects a person’s
ability to understand number-based information
and math.

• Some of the characteristics of dyscalculia is

difficulty remembering basic facts, slow to
perform calculations, weak mental arithmetic
skills ,trouble with counting and etc.

• In educational intervention you could possibly

provide a multisensory instruction. On the other
hand there is no medication that treats
dyscalculia.

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 DYSGRAPHIA
• Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder
characterized by writing disabilities .

• Characteristics of dysgraphia are poor

spacing between letters and word, awkward
inconsistent pencil grip, letter and number
reversals beyond early stages writing .

• There are no medications for dysgraphia.

Possible education intervention is allowing
the use of audio recorders and teaching
touch-typing so computers can be used as an
alternative to handwriting.

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Identification and assessment of
learners with learning disabilities
• Intelligence and Achievement Test

 Standardized IQ test and individual

achievement tests are typically
administered during the referral
process

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Criterion Referenced Test
Criterion referenced test, as opposed
to norm – referenced tests, compare
an individual’s score to a
predetermined criterion rather than
with other individuals .

Brigence Comprehensive Inventory

of Basic Skills

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 Curriculum Based
Measurement
 Also called progress
monitoring it entails
measuring the growth of
students’ proficiency in the
core skills that contribute
to success in school.

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 Summary IT IS MOSTLY CAUSE
FROM YOUR ACCIDENTS
OR RIGHT FROM THE
LEARNING DISABILITIES
START THAT YOU WERE
BASICALLY HAS TO DO
BORN
WITH THE WAY
SOMEONE’S BRAIN
WORKS.
THE LEVEL OR SEVERITY
COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS
MILD , MODERATE AND THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF
. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A LEARNING DISABILITIES BUT ON
SEVERE. THIS REPORT WE ONLY GIVE 3
PERSON THAT HAS A LEARNING
DISABILITY ARE DYSLEXIA EXAMPLES THE
(READING PROBLEMS)WRITTEN DYSLEXIA ,ADHD, DYSCALCULIA
LANGUAGE DEFICITS MATH AND DYSGRAPHIA.
UNDERACHIEVEMENT POOR FURTHERMORE , INTERVENTION
SOCIAL SKILLS ATTENTION IS MORE LIKELY TO BE
DEFICIT AND HYPERACTIVITY EFFECTIVE WHEN IT IS
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS LOW PROVIDED EARLIER IN LIFE.
SELF-ESTEEM OR SELF-
EFFICACY
 Thank you !!

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