Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Types of learning disabilies:

1) Dyslexia- It is a condition where a child encounters problems related to reading. Even if the child is able to read, it is very slow and after a lot of effort has been put in.
In most of the cases, decoding is possible but there is no comprehension, i.e; the child manages to read the text, but is not able to get the meaning out of it.
It is also seen in many children that due to their difficulty in reading, they are not able to establish any connection between the first few lines and the last lines of what they have read. This is so because a lot of time is spent on decoding and reading each word in a sentence, and then the meaning out of it. So, by the time the next line is read, meaning of the previous line(s) tends to be forgotten.

2) Dyscalculia- Problems pertaining to numbers, math calculations come under the category "dyscalculia".
It is however important to keep in mind that a child who is weak or scores low in math should not be mistaken for dyscalculia.
Dyscalculia is a condition in which children cannot understand simple arthemetic operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and so on...there seems to be lot of problem and confusion in understanding such concepts and anything related to numbers.

3)Dysgraphia- Dysgraphia refers to a condition in which children have severe problem with their writing.. Their handwriting seems to be illegible, shabby and letters are usually found overlapping on to the next. There is no proper spacing between the words, inappropriate usage of capital letters and beginning of a sentence with a small letter may also be noticed here.

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