Resources:
Learning About Learning Disabilities (video)
A Working Description of Learning Disabilities
Notes from video:
-Impacts how a person can obtain, remember, recall, understand, organize information received through the senses
-Average to above average intelligence
Types of LDs
Reading disability
-letters or words, reversals, difficulty with comprehension
Expressive language/language-based disability
-problems using language to express one's self by talking, writing
Receptive language
-knowing the meanings of words
-following conversations
Auditory processing
-nothing wrong with physical sense of hearing
-how brain is processing what is heard
-telling differences between sounds of letters or words
-remembering the order of what was heard
-difficulty filtering out background noises
Memory
-difficulty remembering written or auditory information
Visual perceptual
-difficulty understanding what was seen (gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, body language)
-difficulty copying from a board
-difficulty in seeing differences in visual patterns
-difficulty understanding math concepts: time, space, quantity
-trouble picking up on verbal cues
Notes from web site:
A Working Description of Learning Disabilities
-specific neurological disorders impacting ability to store, understand, retrieve and/or communicate information
-intelligent and can learn despite difficulties
-display a pattern of uneven abilities
-invisible and lifelong.
-sometimes present with other disorders (ADHD, etc)
-may run in families
-learning disability is not the same as intellectual disability, autism, deafness, blindness, behavioral disorders, laziness.
-not because of economic disadvantage, environmental factors, cultural differences
-can impact friendships, school, work, self-esteem, daily life
-need to develop strategies
My Working Definition of LD
- What is the intellectual ability?
- How is achievement effected?
- What factors/processes may be involved?
- Are there associated difficulties?
- What are some exclusionary factors that need to be considered?
Learning disability means that a person's brain has difficulty processing information that is received through the senses (hearing, seeing, etc.), and without strategies in place this will impact their ability to achieve or perform to their full potential. A person can have an LD in one area or several, and the LD can present with other disorders, such as ADHD. An LD is not a reflection of economic disadvantage, cultural differences, or environmental factors. For example, a multilingual person with an LD will experience their struggles in all languages. An LD is not a reflection on intelligence, as people with LDs generally have average to above average intelligence.
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