3. Learning Disability
• Is a classification including
several disorders in which a
person has difficulty learning in
a typical manner, usually caused
by an unknown factor or factors.
• The unknown factor is the
disorder that affects
the brain's ability to receive
and process information.
4. • This disorder can make it
problematic for a person to learn as
quickly or in the same way as
someone who is not affected by a
learning disability.
• People with a learning disability have
trouble performing specific types of
skills or completing tasks if left to
figure things out by themselves or
if taught in conventional ways.
Learning Disability
5. • Some forms of learning
disability are incurable.
• Can face unique
challenges that are often
pervasive throughout the
lifespan.
Learning Disability
9. • Learning disability is the
difficulty in learning that involves
understanding or using spoken or
written language.
• This difficulty can be in listening,
thinking, reading, writing,
arithmetic and spelling.
10. • May have trouble
connecting letters to their
sounds.
• May make many mistakes
when reading aloud and
repeat and pause often.
• May have real trouble with
spelling.
• May learn language late
and have a limited
vocabulary.
11. • May have trouble organizing what he
or she wants to say or not able to
think of the word he or she needs for
writing or conversation.
• May not be able to retell a story in
order.
• May not know where to begin a task
or how to go on from there.
• May lack control over body
movements.
12. • May not follow the social rules of
conversation such as taking turns and
may stand too close to the listener.
• May have very messy handwriting or
hold a pencil awkwardly.
• May struggle to express ideas in
writing.
13. • May confuse math symbols
and misread numbers.
• May have trouble following
directions.
14. COMMON TYPES OF LEARNING DISABILITIES
Dyslexia Difficulty processing
language
Problems reading, writing,
spelling, speaking
Dyscalculia Difficulty with math Problems doing math
problems, understanding
time, using money
Dysgraphia Difficulty with writing Problems with handwriting,
spelling, organizing ideas
Dyspraxia (Sensory)
Integration Disorder
Difficulty with fine motor
skills
Problems with hand-eye
coordination, balance,
manual dexterity
Auditory Processing Disorder Difficulty hearing differences
between sounds
Problems with reading,
comprehension, language
Visual Processing Disorderas
attention
deficit/hyperactivity
disorder. ADHD
Difficulty interpreting visual
information
Problems with reading,
math, maps, charts, symbols,
pictures
15. Take the needs of the child with a learning
disability into account while teaching.
• State objective clearly
• Use visuals
• Clear directions
• Concrete examples
Make modifications in testing
and assignments.
• Accept oral reports
• Read instructions and questions to them
• Highlight important words
• Give more time
• Conduct tests for smaller parts
16. • Let the student with listening difficulties
borrow notes from classmates or allow
them to use a tape recorder.
• Let the student with writing difficulties use
special softwares like word processors for
assignments and accept the errors while he
writes.
• Let the student with reading problems read
slowly and give them advance notice.
Advice them to use textbooks on tapes.
• Help improve the organisational skills by
guiding the child to keep a calender and a
to do list.