Learning and Reading Difficulties
Understanding and Overcoming Learning Difficulties
Learning difficulties is often the first descriptive term used when a child begins to have trouble in school. In some countries it is also used as a synonym for learning disabilities. However, learning difficulties and learning disabilities are usually distinguished with learning difficulties being the broader term. Any person may experience a learning difficulty between mild and severe, which may be caused by internal or external factors, and may or may not be an "expected" consequence of the person's potential. Read more…
Learning Disabilities Clarified: Learning is a Skill
The subject of this discussion, that learning is a skill, is apparently one of those ideas that are generally regarded as self-evident. Most people, however, do not seem to realize the implications involved. Read more…
Causes of Learning Disabilities
Successful intervention is dependent on finding the cause or causes of a problem. Most problems can only be solved if one knows their causes. A disease such as scurvy claimed the lives of thousands of seamen during their long sea voyages. The disease was cured fairly quickly once the cause was discovered, viz. a Vitamin C deficiency. A viable point of departure would therefore be to ask the question, "What causes learning disabilities?" Read more…
Help for Children with Learning Difficulties…
Plato, the great Greek philosopher, once said that the direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. In modern Western society mastery of basic academic skills — reading, writing and arithmetic — is a necessary prerequisite for success in both school and employment settings and society at large. However, due to learning difficulties, the futures of many children are put in jeopardy. Read more…
Reading Problems in Children Explained
We all know that before building a house, one needs to lay a foundation. Unless there is a strong and solid foundation, cracks will soon appear in the walls, and with no foundations, the walls will collapse. In the same way one needs to lay a proper foundation before it becomes possible for a child to benefit from a course in reading. If this foundation is shaky, learning "cracks" will soon appear. Read more…
Overcoming Reading Problems
Imagine not being able to read. Your academic career would not venture further than high school, seriously hampering your chances of ever working your way up in the world. You could never apply for a job without assistance, being incapable of filling in an application form. You couldn't email your friends, read for pleasure or read road signs and maps on long journeys. In essence, you would be severely disabled in a reading world. Read more…
Effective Help for Reading and Spelling Difficulties
In order to understand what causes reading and spelling difficulties, it is necessary to keep in mind a fundamental characteristic of the human being, namely that the learning process does not occur on a single level, but on multiple levels. One cannot teach a child to play ice hockey unless he has already been taught to skate. Read more…
Compublox Program for Math Learning Disabilities and Dyscalculia
This program is applicable for any learner of approximately 9 years and older who has no reading problem, but has a problem with mathematics. The learner's reading must be age appropriate and he must be able to fully comprehend what he is reading. Read more…
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Learning and Reading Difficulties