2. Learning disabled children are those
children who suffer from serious
learning disabilities. These children
exhibit exceptionally inferior qualities
and capacities in terms of learning and
understanding in comparison to the
normal children of their age or class.

3. CHARECTERISTICS OF
LEARNING DISABLED
They essentially suffer from serious
learning problems
They may exhibit symptoms of
hyper activity and impulsivity
They suffer from emotional problems
and express signs of anxiety
They essentially suffer from
severely impaired learning
inefficiency
All of them essentially exhibit
significant educational
discrepancy
They may have disorders of memory,
thinking, attention, perception, and
motor functioning

4. CAUSES OF
LEARNING
DISABILITY

5. CAUSES OF
LEARNING
DISABILITY
GENETIC OR HEREDITY FACTORS
ORGANIC OR PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

6. HEREDITY

7.  Nearly 20 to 25 percent
hyperactive or impulsive children
have been fond to have at least
one parent of this nature
 Emotional imbalances, disorders
of memory and thinking, speech
and learning have been found to
run in families
 Going deep in to the genetic
research, the USA scientists and
psychologist have attained success
in identifying particular genes that
may be held responsible for
reading and other learning problem
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8. PHYSIOLOGICAL
FACTORS

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 Brain damage caused by an
accident or due to the lack of
oxygen before or after birth
resulting in neurological
difficulties that may effect their
ability to learn
 Damage of injury caused to the
spinal chord and massages
carrying nerves etc. leading to
the mal functioning and
subsequent learning difficulties
 Dysfunction of the central
nervous system may be caused by
bio chemical imbalances

10. ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS

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 The poor nourishment and defective environment
received by the fetus in the mother’s womb
 Pre mature delivery, uncongenial and improper
environmental setting at the time of birth
 Children who do not receive proper medical care
and attention and as a result suffer from any
impairment in their sense of hearing, sight, taste,
smell and other neurological functioning become
handicapped in terms of learning
 Insufficient early experience and stimulation in
terms of learning and acquisition received on
account of defective educational setup
 Poor or inadequate instructions from their own
family or lack of motivation, skill and ability from
teachers
 Improper development of language skill, lack of
concentration and attention
 Use of drugs and alcohol
 Imitation of defective learning models present in
one’s cultural, social and educational environment

12. TYPES OF
DISABILITY
DISGRAPHI
A
DISCALCULI
A
DISLEXIA
DISPRAXIA DISPHASIA

15. DISCALCULIA
It is a disability in learning
mathematics. It involves
difficulty in memorization
and organization of
numbers and operations.
A child with dyscalculia
may also have trouble
with counting principles or
have difficulty in telling
time

16. DISPRAXIA
It is the disability in
performing motor skills.
This refers to the problem
with movement and
coordination. They may be
gross motor skills (
running, jumping ) or fine
motor skills ( cutting,
writing ) .It involves
problem with coloring,
cutting, writing, buttoning
and tying shoes.

17. It is the disability in using
language.
It implies the inability to understand
and produce spoken language. It
involves problem with verbal language
skills, such as the ability to retell a
story and the fluency of speech, as
well as the ability
to understand the meaning of words,
parts of speech, directions etc.

18. DEALING WITH
LEARNING
DISABLED
CHILDREN

19. Give
positive
feedback to
the students

20. Give lots of
opportunities
for practice

21. Review the
student’s
evaluation
records to
identify learning
disability area

22. Consult
with
specialities

23. Provide proper
instruction to
address the
student’s
special needs

24. Establish a
positive working
relationship with
the student’s
parents

25. THANK YOU