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LEARNING DISABILITY
Ms ARIFA T N
FIRST YEAR M.Sc NURSING, MIMS CON
INTRODUCTION
 Learning disabilities are problems that affect the
brain's ability to receive, process, analyze, or store
information
 These problems can make it difficult for a student to
learn as quickly as someone who isn't affected by
learning disabilities
INTRODUCTION
 Learning disability (LD) refers to a group of
disorders that affect a broad range of academic
and functional skills including the ability to
speak,
listen,
read,
write,
spell,
reason and
organize information
DEFINITION
“Specific Learning Disabilities means a disorder in
one or more of the basic psychological processes
involved in understanding or in using language, spoken
or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect
ability to listen, speak, read, spell or to do mathematical
calculations. The term includes such conditions as
perceptual handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain
dysfunction, dyslexia and developmental aphasia. The
term does not include children who have learning
problems which are primarily the result of visual, hearing
or motor handicaps, or mental retardation, emotional
disturbance or environmental, cultural or economic
disadvantages.”
(Federal Register,1977, p. 65083) (Karanth, 2002).
DEFINITION
 The definition of Learning Disability as per the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual – IV (DSM-IV)
(American Psychiatric Association, 1994):
Learning Disorders are diagnosed when the
individual’s achievement on individually
administered, standardized tests in reading,
mathematics or written expression is substantially
below that expected for age, schooling and level of
intelligence. The learning problems significantly
interfere with academic achievement or activities of
daily living
The ICD-10 1999 Definition of LD
Learning disorders (LD) refer to a significant deficit
in learning due to a person’s inability to interpret
what is seen and heard, or to link information from
different parts of the brain (GEON, 2005).
CAUSES
 Heredity
Learning disabilities often run in the family.
Children with learning disabilities are likely to have
parents or other relatives with similar difficulties.
CAUSES
 Problem during pregnancy and birth
Learning disabilities can result from anomalies
in the developing brain, illness or injury, fetal
exposure to alcohol or drugs, low birth weight,
oxygen deprivation, or by premature or prolonged
labor
CAUSES
 Accidents after birth
Learning disabilities can also be caused by
head injuries, malnutrition, or by toxic exposure
(such as heavy metals or pesticides).
INCIDENCE
 Estimated 15 % of the U.S. population
 6 % to 8 % of school age population
TYPES OF LD
 Learning disorders are of four types
 Disorders of Reading,
 Disorders of Mathematics,
 Disorders of written expression and
 Learning disorder not otherwise specified
CLASSIFICATION OF LEARNING DISABILITIES
Common types of LD
 Dyslexia: Difficulty in writing, reading and spelling
 Dyscalculia: Mathematic and computation
problems
 Dysgraphia: difficulty with writing , spelling and
composition
 Dyspraxia: problems with manual dexterity and
coordination
(Various terms are used to describe specific
learning disabilities. A person may exhibit one or
more of them)
DYSPHASIA/APHASIA
 Speech and language disorders
 Difficulty producing speech sounds (articulation
disorder)
 Difficulty putting ideas into spoken form (expressive
disorder)
 Difficulty perceiving or understanding what other people
say (receptive disorder).
DYSLEXIA
The general term for reading disability which
involves difficulty in phonetic mapping, where
sufferers have difficulty with matching various
orthographic representations to specific sounds.
 Some claim that dyslexia involves a difficulty with
sequential ordering such that a person can see a
combination of letters but not perceive them in the
correct order
DYSGRAPHIA
The general term for a disability in physical
writing, usually linked to problems with visual-motor
integration or fine motor skills.
DYSCALCULIA
 The general term for disability in mathematics
EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT
PROCEDURES
 LD is not curable
 Using compensatory mechanisms to alter functional
gaps which are to be initiated early to ensure that
the disability is not aggravated further
 The child must be able to develop and learn to the
best of his/her potential
EARLY IDENTIFICATION
 Early intervention presupposes early identification
 At present, there is no universally standardized
screening procedure to guide referrals from schools
 The Schwab Foundation for Learning has a
grade specific checklist to help identify “at risk for
LD” children. This list is comprehensive and usually
followed by organizations working in the field of LD
(Schwab Learning, 2002).
 The checklist for LD in the Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan Manual (SSA, 2003) is also a helpful tool
for initial screening by teachers in the schools
ASSESSMENT
 The child must be assessed in all areas related to
the suspected disability such as health, vision
hearing, social and emotional status, general
intelligence, academic performance, communicative
status, and motor abilities
 Ideal assessment for LD is a long process requiring
several sessions with a qualified educational
psychologist
The assessment procedure for LD involves the
following steps:
 Parental Consent and Parent Interview
 Parents’ consent must be obtained before evaluating
the child.
 The academic, developmental and medical history
along with the linguistic usage and communications
patterns of the child must be obtained from the parents
 The parent must be involved in the planning of the
intervention program such as attending a resource
room, provision of accommodation and modifications to
the child
 Gathering Information from the Teachers/School
 Child’s performance and behavior in the class, and gain
insights from the teacher.
 Review of previous grades will show the pattern of
academic progress
 Looking at Student Workbooks
 The examination papers may give a clearer picture of
the specific nature of difficulty
Only through collecting data through a variety
of approaches (observations, interviews, tests,
curriculum-based assessment, etc.) and from
various sources such as parents, teachers, peers,
adequate picture be obtained of the child’s
strengths and weaknesses
INTERVIEW WITH THE CHILD
 “An Interview should be a conversation with a purpose”
with questions designed to collect information that
“relates to the observed or suspected disability of the
child”.
 A careful review of the student’s school records or work
samples help the assessment team identify patterns or
areas of specific concern which may be focused on at
the time of interview.
TESTING
 Though increasingly controversial, most
assessments for LD include standardized tests
 There are two types of tests.
a) Criterion-referenced tests
b) Norm-referenced tests:
CRITERION-REFERENCED TESTS
 Criterion-referenced tests are scored according to a
standard, or criterion decided by the teacher, the
school, or the test publisher.
 An example of a criterion referenced test might be a
teacher-made spelling test where there are 20
words to be spelled and where the teacher has
defined an “acceptable level of mastery” as 16
correct (or 80%).
NORM-REFERENCED TESTS
 Norm-referenced tests: Scores on these tests are
not interpreted according to an absolute standard or
criterion (i.e., 8 out of 10 correct, etc.) but, on how
the student’s performance compares with that of
the norm group (a large number of representatives
of that age group).
 This helps evaluators determine whether the child
is performing at a typical level, below, or above that
expected of a given ethnicity, socio-economic
status, age, or grade
DRAWBACK
 The drawback of this type of test is that the norms
in different regions of a country will vary and too
 the norms of the same region will change over a
period of time.
 Hence in a diverse country like India, each area
would have to develop its own norms which would
need to be reviewed periodically
 Essentially, the tests for LD have two major
components:
1. Testing for Potential: Performance Discrepancy.
2. Testing Processing Abilities
 A two-year discrepancy between potential and
performance is an indicator of a possible LD.
Validity of a significant discrepancy will be
evaluated on a case by case basis
 The recommended Psycho-educational tests are
discussed below under various heads
Intellectual Assessment:
 Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale Third Edition
(WAISIII),
 Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability.
Achievement: Recommended tests include:
 Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery-
Revised,
 Nelson Denny Reading Test,
 SATA
 Cognitive Processing Abilities:
 Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-
Revised (Part 1 - Tests of Cognitive Ability),
 Weschler Memory Scales- Revised, Benton Visual
Retention Test,
 Berry Visuo-Motor Integration Test,
 Raven Colored Progressive Matrices,
 Rex Auditory-Verbal Learning Test,
 Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test,
 Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery,
 Memory-For-Designs Test,
 Nimhans Index
OTHER ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
 Curriculum Based Assessment
Direct assessment of academic skills
(Curriculum Based Assessment) is one alternative
that has recently gained popularity.
 Tests” of performance in this case come directly
from the curriculum
 CBA is quick and offers specific information about
how a student may differ from his peers
 CBA provides information that is immediately
relevant to instructional programming.
 Dynamic Assessment
The goal “is to explore the nature of learning, with
the objective of collecting information to bring about
cognitive change and to enhance instruction”
 Dynamic assessment includes a dialogue or interaction
between the examiner and the student
 This interaction may include modeling the task for the
student, giving the student prompts or cues as he/she
tries to solve a given problem, asking what a student is
thinking while working on the problem and giving praise
or encouragement
 Dynamic Assessment
 The interaction allows the examiner to draw
conclusions about the student’s thinking processes
and his/her response to a learning situation.
 The “teaching” phase is followed by a retesting of
the student with a similar task but without
assistance from the examiner.
Learning Styles
 learning style assessment, attempts to determine
the elements that has an impact on a child’s
learning
Outcome-based Assessment
 Outcome-based assessment involves considering,
teaching and evaluating the skills that are important
in real-life situations
 This type of assessment though generally used for
the mentally challenged or autistic, may also be
used for children in the general classroom with
severe behavioural difficulties
 Assessment of the Culturally and
Linguistically–Diverse
 Because culture and language affect learning and
behavior the school system may misinterpret what
students know, how they behave, or how they learn
ASSESSMENTS IN INDIA
 The National Institute of Mental Health and
Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore has
developed the index to assess children with LD
There are two levels of this index. They are:
 Level I for children 5-7 years and
 Level II for 8-12years.
 The index comprises of the following tests
a) Attention test (Number cancellation).
b) Visuo-motor skills (the Bender Gestalt test and the
developmental test of Visuo – Motor integration).
c) Auditory and Visual Processing (discrimination and
memory).
d) Reading, writing, spelling and comprehension.
e) Speech and Language including
f) Auditory behaviour (Receptive Language) and Verbal
expression.
g) Arithmetic (Addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division and fraction)
 At the Lokamanya Tilak M.G. Hospital, Sion,
Mumbai, the procedure for assessment of
Specific Learning Disability involves the following:
a. Neurological assessment.
b. Vision and Hearing tests.
c. Analysis of school progress report.
d. I.Q. test.
e. Educational assessment.
f. Psychiatric assessment.
g. Case conference.
h. Counseling.
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
 Possible Preventive Measures in Schools
 Prevention of the effects of LD involves early
identification and intervention for language
development
 Language development and Phonetics are
important areas to focus on
SYNTHETIC AND ANALYTIC PHONICS
 Phonological awareness is an essential skill for
reading, writing, and listening
 There are two main approaches to teaching
phonics: analytic and synthetic
 Both approaches require the learner to have some
phonological awareness (the ability to hear and
discriminate sounds in spoken language).
 Synthetic instruction first presents the parts of the
language and then how the parts work together to
form a whole.
 Analytic instruction presents the whole first and
then how to break it into its component parts
 Approaches that use a phonics drill may seem
effective in the short term, but unless they are
embedded within meaningful and purposeful texts
and reading activities, they may well remain to be
viewed as exercises for school and not as reading
‘for real’.
MULTI SENSORY TEACHING
 All learning takes place through various senses.
 Babies learn a lot through a tactile approach
(feeling, touching, and mouthing)
 In pre-school, kinesthetic activities (activities
involving movement) enhance learning
 For example, the child learns about a circle by
forming a circle at play
 Using a multi-sensory teaching approach means
helping a child to learn through more than one of
the sense
 Involve the use of more of the child’s senses,
especially the use of touch and movement (kinetic).
 In India, mainly the lecture and blackboard method
of teaching is used. This poses difficulties for
children with auditory or/and visual processing
problems.
 For them, activities involving self, drama, music,
pictorials and use of audio-visual aids are essential,
for example, learning alphabets through sandpaper
cutouts, tracing, movement, sounds, etc.
 Similarly, activities that demonstrate concepts, such
as, rotation and revolution in geography either
through craft activities or role play will ensure
understanding of the concept
INTERVENTIONS
 Several components constitute interventions for
individuals with LD. First, they need intensive,
targeted treatment aimed at developing phonemic
awareness, phonics and fluency
 Also needed is instruction in vocabulary,
background knowledge, and comprehension
strategies
 Many children with LD have difficulty with
expressive language these children be evaluated
for non-language subjects through more multiple
choice questions, drawings, etc., to avoid repeated
failures.
PRE-SCHOOL INTERVENTION
 At present there is no standard developmentally
appropriate pre-school curriculum followed in our
country. This in itself creates difficulties and for
children at risk for LD, aggravates the problem
 Pre-school intervention should focus on
(a)Language development,
(b) development of fine motor and visual motor skills
 Adaptations of the Developmental Program in
Visual Perception can be included as a part of the
regular pre-school curriculum, and
(c)Synthetic and Analytic Phonics as mentioned
earlier.
INTERVENTIONS AT PRIMARY SCHOOL
 Interventions should focus on developing and
strengthening language and basic skills of reading,
writing and arithmetic. In addition ensuring that
children are allowed to “think” for themselves, to
develop higher cognitive functioning is vital.
 A reading strategy developed by Das based on the
PASS (Planning - Attention - Simultaneous -
Successive) theory of cognitive development (Das,
JP, 1998) may be used.

 This program is being used at the Maharashtra
Dyslexia Association in conjunction with other
remedial measures.
 Emotional development must be incorporated into
language-teaching with the ability to express
emotion, both positive and negative, appropriately,
a vital aspect of education
INTERVENTIONS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL
 Middle school is the time when the foundation for
Sciences and Social Sciences are laid.
 Children with LD have great difficulty in
memorizing, retrieval and linking of information.
 If they also have difficulties with learning English as
a second language, failure is likely in every aspect
of learning.
 Interventions at this stage, in addition to continuing
language development and basic skills, must focus
on teaching of concepts, critical thinking, and
problem solving whilst encouraging creativity and
divergent thinking.
INTERVENTIONS AT SECONDARY SCHOOL
(STD. VIII TO X)
 In these classes children must be provided with
ways and means to complete school successfully
so they can grow into confident, motivated
individuals with their self esteem intact.
Accommodations and modifications of curriculum
are essential for this.
 Board, ICSE and CBSE Boards do offer some
concessions during examinations
 Vocational Opportunities
ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS:
ADJUSTING THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE
Accommodations
 Accommodations provide different ways for children
to take information or communicate their knowledge
back.
 The changes don’t alter or lower the standards or
expectations for a subject or test.
 A child with delayed reading skills can participate in
class discussions about a novel if she/he has
listened to the audio tape version of the book
ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS:
ADJUSTING THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE
Accommodations
 A child with poor writing and spelling skills may use
assistive technology (tape recorder or word processor)
rather than struggle with pencil and paper to do her
report.
 Accommodations would include classroom, alterations
such as seating the child in front
 Alterations in class work and homework such as
individualizing assignments, regarding length, number,
due date,
 Topic alterations in examinations such as multiple
choice questions, oral examinations, reading of question
paper, allowance for spelling errors
ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS:
ADJUSTING THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE
Modifications
 Modifications are changes in the delivery, content, or
instructional level of subject matter or tests.
 They result in changing or lowering expectations and
create a different standard for kids with disabilities than
for those without disabilities.
 Modifications mean that the curriculum is changed quite
a bit (Schwab Foundation, 2006).
 A fifth grade child with a severe math disability who isn’t
ready to learn fractions and decimals may still be
working on addition and subtraction. This means that his
instructional level has changed significantly (second, not
fifth, grade instruction) (Schwab Foundation, 2006
 Present accommodations and modifications,
commonly called concessions, being offered by
some secondary boards in India are provision of a
writer, reader, extra time, exemption from second
and/or third languages, etc
NURSING MANAGEMENT
NURSING MANAGEMENT
 The overall goals of nursing management for the
family are assist them
 To achieve a comprehensive understanding of the
diagnosis and its sequele
 To be aware of the law and available community
services for children who have learning disabilities
 To promote coping strategies to deal with life stresses
that may be by a learning disability
 To develop internal means of self control and
 To remain free of insults and injuries from the
environment
 Identifying LD and making referral to
appropriate services
 The pediatric nurse Meet ambulatory children or those
in hospital unit who are ill but also have a learning
disability
 School nurses observe them in class room and collect
observations for diagnosis and referral
 Mental health nurse may encounter such children and
their families when they seek treatment for behavioral
problems
 The community health nurse may identify them in their
homes
 The child nurse is responsible for referring the family to
appropriate community resources so that a diagnosis
can be made and treatment planned
 Provide care during hospitalization
 Education and genuine support
 Follow up care
 Prevent hopelessness and guilt among the family
members through education and genuine support
 Multidisciplinary approach
 Need an active interdisciplinary team of nurse,
psychologist, education specialist and family therapist
 Parents and child should also be encouraged to
participate on this team
 Preparation for home care
 Preparation for care begins upon admission and should
address both long term and short term needs of the
child and family
 Pharmacological treatment
 Effective for children who have under focused attention
deficit
 Considered only as an adjunct
 CNS stimulants
 Methylphenidate
 Dextrooamphetamine
 Promoline
 Nurses responsible to administer and monitor, educate
regarding adverse reaction during medicine administration
 The fein gold diet found as effective
 Reduce sugar intake
 Eliminate artificial colorings and flavors
 Nurses can support to choose this diet
 Caution about the daily dietary requirements to be met
 Family therapy
 To cope up with stress and guilt
 Enhance international pattern
 Safely express concerns
 Provide mutual support
 Help to obtain support from community organizations
 Individualized educational plan
 Following parental consent for referral and planning
 Encourage to attend support group
 Prepare personalized care plan
 Utilize family as recourses
 Include Specialized educational programs based on
interest and need of the child and family
CONCLUSION
Learning disability

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  • 1. LEARNING DISABILITY Ms ARIFA T N FIRST YEAR M.Sc NURSING, MIMS CON
  • 2. INTRODUCTION  Learning disabilities are problems that affect the brain's ability to receive, process, analyze, or store information  These problems can make it difficult for a student to learn as quickly as someone who isn't affected by learning disabilities
  • 3. INTRODUCTION  Learning disability (LD) refers to a group of disorders that affect a broad range of academic and functional skills including the ability to speak, listen, read, write, spell, reason and organize information
  • 4. DEFINITION “Specific Learning Disabilities means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, speak, read, spell or to do mathematical calculations. The term includes such conditions as perceptual handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia and developmental aphasia. The term does not include children who have learning problems which are primarily the result of visual, hearing or motor handicaps, or mental retardation, emotional disturbance or environmental, cultural or economic disadvantages.” (Federal Register,1977, p. 65083) (Karanth, 2002).
  • 5. DEFINITION  The definition of Learning Disability as per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual – IV (DSM-IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994): Learning Disorders are diagnosed when the individual’s achievement on individually administered, standardized tests in reading, mathematics or written expression is substantially below that expected for age, schooling and level of intelligence. The learning problems significantly interfere with academic achievement or activities of daily living
  • 6. The ICD-10 1999 Definition of LD Learning disorders (LD) refer to a significant deficit in learning due to a person’s inability to interpret what is seen and heard, or to link information from different parts of the brain (GEON, 2005).
  • 7. CAUSES  Heredity Learning disabilities often run in the family. Children with learning disabilities are likely to have parents or other relatives with similar difficulties.
  • 8. CAUSES  Problem during pregnancy and birth Learning disabilities can result from anomalies in the developing brain, illness or injury, fetal exposure to alcohol or drugs, low birth weight, oxygen deprivation, or by premature or prolonged labor
  • 9. CAUSES  Accidents after birth Learning disabilities can also be caused by head injuries, malnutrition, or by toxic exposure (such as heavy metals or pesticides).
  • 10. INCIDENCE  Estimated 15 % of the U.S. population  6 % to 8 % of school age population
  • 11. TYPES OF LD  Learning disorders are of four types  Disorders of Reading,  Disorders of Mathematics,  Disorders of written expression and  Learning disorder not otherwise specified
  • 12. CLASSIFICATION OF LEARNING DISABILITIES Common types of LD  Dyslexia: Difficulty in writing, reading and spelling  Dyscalculia: Mathematic and computation problems  Dysgraphia: difficulty with writing , spelling and composition  Dyspraxia: problems with manual dexterity and coordination (Various terms are used to describe specific learning disabilities. A person may exhibit one or more of them)
  • 13. DYSPHASIA/APHASIA  Speech and language disorders  Difficulty producing speech sounds (articulation disorder)  Difficulty putting ideas into spoken form (expressive disorder)  Difficulty perceiving or understanding what other people say (receptive disorder).
  • 14. DYSLEXIA The general term for reading disability which involves difficulty in phonetic mapping, where sufferers have difficulty with matching various orthographic representations to specific sounds.  Some claim that dyslexia involves a difficulty with sequential ordering such that a person can see a combination of letters but not perceive them in the correct order
  • 15. DYSGRAPHIA The general term for a disability in physical writing, usually linked to problems with visual-motor integration or fine motor skills.
  • 16. DYSCALCULIA  The general term for disability in mathematics
  • 17. EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES  LD is not curable  Using compensatory mechanisms to alter functional gaps which are to be initiated early to ensure that the disability is not aggravated further  The child must be able to develop and learn to the best of his/her potential
  • 18. EARLY IDENTIFICATION  Early intervention presupposes early identification  At present, there is no universally standardized screening procedure to guide referrals from schools
  • 19.  The Schwab Foundation for Learning has a grade specific checklist to help identify “at risk for LD” children. This list is comprehensive and usually followed by organizations working in the field of LD (Schwab Learning, 2002).  The checklist for LD in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Manual (SSA, 2003) is also a helpful tool for initial screening by teachers in the schools
  • 20. ASSESSMENT  The child must be assessed in all areas related to the suspected disability such as health, vision hearing, social and emotional status, general intelligence, academic performance, communicative status, and motor abilities  Ideal assessment for LD is a long process requiring several sessions with a qualified educational psychologist
  • 21. The assessment procedure for LD involves the following steps:  Parental Consent and Parent Interview  Parents’ consent must be obtained before evaluating the child.  The academic, developmental and medical history along with the linguistic usage and communications patterns of the child must be obtained from the parents  The parent must be involved in the planning of the intervention program such as attending a resource room, provision of accommodation and modifications to the child
  • 22.  Gathering Information from the Teachers/School  Child’s performance and behavior in the class, and gain insights from the teacher.  Review of previous grades will show the pattern of academic progress
  • 23.  Looking at Student Workbooks  The examination papers may give a clearer picture of the specific nature of difficulty
  • 24. Only through collecting data through a variety of approaches (observations, interviews, tests, curriculum-based assessment, etc.) and from various sources such as parents, teachers, peers, adequate picture be obtained of the child’s strengths and weaknesses
  • 25. INTERVIEW WITH THE CHILD  “An Interview should be a conversation with a purpose” with questions designed to collect information that “relates to the observed or suspected disability of the child”.  A careful review of the student’s school records or work samples help the assessment team identify patterns or areas of specific concern which may be focused on at the time of interview.
  • 26. TESTING  Though increasingly controversial, most assessments for LD include standardized tests  There are two types of tests. a) Criterion-referenced tests b) Norm-referenced tests:
  • 27. CRITERION-REFERENCED TESTS  Criterion-referenced tests are scored according to a standard, or criterion decided by the teacher, the school, or the test publisher.  An example of a criterion referenced test might be a teacher-made spelling test where there are 20 words to be spelled and where the teacher has defined an “acceptable level of mastery” as 16 correct (or 80%).
  • 28. NORM-REFERENCED TESTS  Norm-referenced tests: Scores on these tests are not interpreted according to an absolute standard or criterion (i.e., 8 out of 10 correct, etc.) but, on how the student’s performance compares with that of the norm group (a large number of representatives of that age group).  This helps evaluators determine whether the child is performing at a typical level, below, or above that expected of a given ethnicity, socio-economic status, age, or grade
  • 29. DRAWBACK  The drawback of this type of test is that the norms in different regions of a country will vary and too  the norms of the same region will change over a period of time.  Hence in a diverse country like India, each area would have to develop its own norms which would need to be reviewed periodically
  • 30.  Essentially, the tests for LD have two major components: 1. Testing for Potential: Performance Discrepancy. 2. Testing Processing Abilities  A two-year discrepancy between potential and performance is an indicator of a possible LD. Validity of a significant discrepancy will be evaluated on a case by case basis
  • 31.  The recommended Psycho-educational tests are discussed below under various heads Intellectual Assessment:  Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale Third Edition (WAISIII),  Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability.
  • 32. Achievement: Recommended tests include:  Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery- Revised,  Nelson Denny Reading Test,  SATA
  • 33.  Cognitive Processing Abilities:  Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery- Revised (Part 1 - Tests of Cognitive Ability),  Weschler Memory Scales- Revised, Benton Visual Retention Test,  Berry Visuo-Motor Integration Test,  Raven Colored Progressive Matrices,  Rex Auditory-Verbal Learning Test,  Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test,  Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery,  Memory-For-Designs Test,  Nimhans Index
  • 34. OTHER ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES  Curriculum Based Assessment Direct assessment of academic skills (Curriculum Based Assessment) is one alternative that has recently gained popularity.  Tests” of performance in this case come directly from the curriculum  CBA is quick and offers specific information about how a student may differ from his peers  CBA provides information that is immediately relevant to instructional programming.
  • 35.  Dynamic Assessment The goal “is to explore the nature of learning, with the objective of collecting information to bring about cognitive change and to enhance instruction”  Dynamic assessment includes a dialogue or interaction between the examiner and the student  This interaction may include modeling the task for the student, giving the student prompts or cues as he/she tries to solve a given problem, asking what a student is thinking while working on the problem and giving praise or encouragement
  • 36.  Dynamic Assessment  The interaction allows the examiner to draw conclusions about the student’s thinking processes and his/her response to a learning situation.  The “teaching” phase is followed by a retesting of the student with a similar task but without assistance from the examiner.
  • 37. Learning Styles  learning style assessment, attempts to determine the elements that has an impact on a child’s learning Outcome-based Assessment  Outcome-based assessment involves considering, teaching and evaluating the skills that are important in real-life situations  This type of assessment though generally used for the mentally challenged or autistic, may also be used for children in the general classroom with severe behavioural difficulties
  • 38.  Assessment of the Culturally and Linguistically–Diverse  Because culture and language affect learning and behavior the school system may misinterpret what students know, how they behave, or how they learn
  • 39. ASSESSMENTS IN INDIA  The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore has developed the index to assess children with LD There are two levels of this index. They are:  Level I for children 5-7 years and  Level II for 8-12years.
  • 40.  The index comprises of the following tests a) Attention test (Number cancellation). b) Visuo-motor skills (the Bender Gestalt test and the developmental test of Visuo – Motor integration). c) Auditory and Visual Processing (discrimination and memory). d) Reading, writing, spelling and comprehension. e) Speech and Language including f) Auditory behaviour (Receptive Language) and Verbal expression. g) Arithmetic (Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fraction)
  • 41.  At the Lokamanya Tilak M.G. Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, the procedure for assessment of Specific Learning Disability involves the following: a. Neurological assessment. b. Vision and Hearing tests. c. Analysis of school progress report. d. I.Q. test. e. Educational assessment. f. Psychiatric assessment. g. Case conference. h. Counseling.
  • 42. PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION  Possible Preventive Measures in Schools  Prevention of the effects of LD involves early identification and intervention for language development  Language development and Phonetics are important areas to focus on
  • 43. SYNTHETIC AND ANALYTIC PHONICS  Phonological awareness is an essential skill for reading, writing, and listening  There are two main approaches to teaching phonics: analytic and synthetic  Both approaches require the learner to have some phonological awareness (the ability to hear and discriminate sounds in spoken language).
  • 44.  Synthetic instruction first presents the parts of the language and then how the parts work together to form a whole.  Analytic instruction presents the whole first and then how to break it into its component parts  Approaches that use a phonics drill may seem effective in the short term, but unless they are embedded within meaningful and purposeful texts and reading activities, they may well remain to be viewed as exercises for school and not as reading ‘for real’.
  • 45. MULTI SENSORY TEACHING  All learning takes place through various senses.  Babies learn a lot through a tactile approach (feeling, touching, and mouthing)  In pre-school, kinesthetic activities (activities involving movement) enhance learning  For example, the child learns about a circle by forming a circle at play  Using a multi-sensory teaching approach means helping a child to learn through more than one of the sense  Involve the use of more of the child’s senses, especially the use of touch and movement (kinetic).
  • 46.  In India, mainly the lecture and blackboard method of teaching is used. This poses difficulties for children with auditory or/and visual processing problems.  For them, activities involving self, drama, music, pictorials and use of audio-visual aids are essential, for example, learning alphabets through sandpaper cutouts, tracing, movement, sounds, etc.
  • 47.  Similarly, activities that demonstrate concepts, such as, rotation and revolution in geography either through craft activities or role play will ensure understanding of the concept
  • 48. INTERVENTIONS  Several components constitute interventions for individuals with LD. First, they need intensive, targeted treatment aimed at developing phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency  Also needed is instruction in vocabulary, background knowledge, and comprehension strategies  Many children with LD have difficulty with expressive language these children be evaluated for non-language subjects through more multiple choice questions, drawings, etc., to avoid repeated failures.
  • 49. PRE-SCHOOL INTERVENTION  At present there is no standard developmentally appropriate pre-school curriculum followed in our country. This in itself creates difficulties and for children at risk for LD, aggravates the problem  Pre-school intervention should focus on (a)Language development, (b) development of fine motor and visual motor skills
  • 50.  Adaptations of the Developmental Program in Visual Perception can be included as a part of the regular pre-school curriculum, and (c)Synthetic and Analytic Phonics as mentioned earlier.
  • 51. INTERVENTIONS AT PRIMARY SCHOOL  Interventions should focus on developing and strengthening language and basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. In addition ensuring that children are allowed to “think” for themselves, to develop higher cognitive functioning is vital.  A reading strategy developed by Das based on the PASS (Planning - Attention - Simultaneous - Successive) theory of cognitive development (Das, JP, 1998) may be used. 
  • 52.  This program is being used at the Maharashtra Dyslexia Association in conjunction with other remedial measures.  Emotional development must be incorporated into language-teaching with the ability to express emotion, both positive and negative, appropriately, a vital aspect of education
  • 53. INTERVENTIONS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL  Middle school is the time when the foundation for Sciences and Social Sciences are laid.  Children with LD have great difficulty in memorizing, retrieval and linking of information.  If they also have difficulties with learning English as a second language, failure is likely in every aspect of learning.  Interventions at this stage, in addition to continuing language development and basic skills, must focus on teaching of concepts, critical thinking, and problem solving whilst encouraging creativity and divergent thinking.
  • 54. INTERVENTIONS AT SECONDARY SCHOOL (STD. VIII TO X)  In these classes children must be provided with ways and means to complete school successfully so they can grow into confident, motivated individuals with their self esteem intact. Accommodations and modifications of curriculum are essential for this.  Board, ICSE and CBSE Boards do offer some concessions during examinations  Vocational Opportunities
  • 55. ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS: ADJUSTING THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Accommodations  Accommodations provide different ways for children to take information or communicate their knowledge back.  The changes don’t alter or lower the standards or expectations for a subject or test.  A child with delayed reading skills can participate in class discussions about a novel if she/he has listened to the audio tape version of the book
  • 56. ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS: ADJUSTING THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Accommodations  A child with poor writing and spelling skills may use assistive technology (tape recorder or word processor) rather than struggle with pencil and paper to do her report.  Accommodations would include classroom, alterations such as seating the child in front  Alterations in class work and homework such as individualizing assignments, regarding length, number, due date,  Topic alterations in examinations such as multiple choice questions, oral examinations, reading of question paper, allowance for spelling errors
  • 57. ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS: ADJUSTING THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Modifications  Modifications are changes in the delivery, content, or instructional level of subject matter or tests.  They result in changing or lowering expectations and create a different standard for kids with disabilities than for those without disabilities.  Modifications mean that the curriculum is changed quite a bit (Schwab Foundation, 2006).  A fifth grade child with a severe math disability who isn’t ready to learn fractions and decimals may still be working on addition and subtraction. This means that his instructional level has changed significantly (second, not fifth, grade instruction) (Schwab Foundation, 2006
  • 58.  Present accommodations and modifications, commonly called concessions, being offered by some secondary boards in India are provision of a writer, reader, extra time, exemption from second and/or third languages, etc
  • 60. NURSING MANAGEMENT  The overall goals of nursing management for the family are assist them  To achieve a comprehensive understanding of the diagnosis and its sequele  To be aware of the law and available community services for children who have learning disabilities  To promote coping strategies to deal with life stresses that may be by a learning disability  To develop internal means of self control and  To remain free of insults and injuries from the environment
  • 61.  Identifying LD and making referral to appropriate services  The pediatric nurse Meet ambulatory children or those in hospital unit who are ill but also have a learning disability  School nurses observe them in class room and collect observations for diagnosis and referral  Mental health nurse may encounter such children and their families when they seek treatment for behavioral problems  The community health nurse may identify them in their homes
  • 62.  The child nurse is responsible for referring the family to appropriate community resources so that a diagnosis can be made and treatment planned  Provide care during hospitalization  Education and genuine support  Follow up care  Prevent hopelessness and guilt among the family members through education and genuine support  Multidisciplinary approach  Need an active interdisciplinary team of nurse, psychologist, education specialist and family therapist  Parents and child should also be encouraged to participate on this team
  • 63.  Preparation for home care  Preparation for care begins upon admission and should address both long term and short term needs of the child and family  Pharmacological treatment  Effective for children who have under focused attention deficit  Considered only as an adjunct  CNS stimulants  Methylphenidate  Dextrooamphetamine  Promoline  Nurses responsible to administer and monitor, educate regarding adverse reaction during medicine administration
  • 64.  The fein gold diet found as effective  Reduce sugar intake  Eliminate artificial colorings and flavors  Nurses can support to choose this diet  Caution about the daily dietary requirements to be met
  • 65.  Family therapy  To cope up with stress and guilt  Enhance international pattern  Safely express concerns  Provide mutual support  Help to obtain support from community organizations  Individualized educational plan  Following parental consent for referral and planning  Encourage to attend support group
  • 66.  Prepare personalized care plan  Utilize family as recourses  Include Specialized educational programs based on interest and need of the child and family