3).
OTHER DISORDERS : (includes
coordination, motor skill disorders and other specific developmental
disorders). Here a person may have difficulty in doing coordinative
actions, difficulty to form letters or write within a defined
space (
dysgraphia)
- Some
children with learning disorders (almost 20% ) have difficulty
to focus their attention. Some children and adults may have
attention disorder, where they may daydream excessively and
tend to get distracted easily. Other children (especially boys)
with attention deficit disorder may have hyperactivity. They
act impulsively, are fidgety, and always losing things. These
hyperactive children can’t sit still, can’t wait for
their turn and interrupt the classroom. However, by adolescence,
this physical hyperactivity usually subsides into restlessness
and fidgeting.
Q. How are children with learning disabilities identified?
A.
Parents are usually the first to notice delays in their child
reaching early milestones, but the pediatrician may observe more
subtle signs of minor neurological damage. However, the classroom
teacher may, infact be the first to notice the child’s persistent
difficulties in reading, writing or arithmetic.
There
are some warning signs, which may help to pick up children with
learning disabilities earlier.
Warning
signs in a preschool child
: -
- Speaks
later than most children.
- Has
difficulty pronouncing and finding the right word.
- Has
difficulty rhyming words.
- Has
trouble learning number, alphabets, days of the week, color,Shapes
etc..
- Gets
easily distracted and is extremely restless.
- Has
trouble interacting with peers.
Warning
signs in a school going child : -
- Spelling
errors.
- Reveres
letter sequences.
- Confuses
arithmetic signs (+, —, X, /, =).
- Is
slow to remember facts and learn new skills.
- Has
an unstable pencil grip.
- Has
trouble learning about time.
- Has
poor co-ordination and is prone to accidents.
- Avoids
reading aloud.
- Has
trouble with handwriting.
- Has
difficulty making friends.
- Has
trouble with words.
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created on 20-01-2001
Last
updated on18-11-2006
