Learning Disabilities and Dysgraphia
Running head: LEARNING DISABILITIES AND DYSGRAPHIA
Children with Dysgrapia and Other Learning Disabilities
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There are many types of learning disabilities that are prevalent among children in the world today. This paper will not necessarily explore in detail the prevalence of the disorders, but explore the different types, causes, and treatment for the variety of learning disabilities among children today. This paper will focus particularly on one disorder. This learning disorder is called dysgraphia. To make it simple, dysgraphia is a disorder of written language expression that is more prevalent in children than in adults. Dysgraphia can be seen in letter inconsistencies, irregular letter sizes, and a struggle to use writing as a tool to communicate with other people.
Children With Dysgraphia and Other Learning Disabilities
Learning disabilities are a major problem in the world today. Almost every day, there is news of a child or an adult that has a learning disability that greatly affects their lives. The diagnosis of a learning disorder is given when there is a clear impairment in school performance or in daily living activities (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2004). Learning disabilities can result in a person having low self-esteem, possibly dropping out of school at an early age, and possibly depression or criminal behavior. Approximately one in seven children that attend a public school struggle with some type of learning disability in their lives, which causes them to not reach their full potential in the classroom. Ten to thirty percent of elementary school children suffer from difficulties during the act of writing (Rosenblum, & Weiss, & Parush, 2004). There are many learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia. Dyslexia is a reading disorder where the child cannot identify different word sounds. Dysgraphia is a developmental writing disorder that leads to
Children with Dysgrapia and Other Learning Disabilities
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Abstract
There are many types of learning disabilities that are prevalent among children in the world today. This paper will not necessarily explore in detail the prevalence of the disorders, but explore the different types, causes, and treatment for the variety of learning disabilities among children today. This paper will focus particularly on one disorder. This learning disorder is called dysgraphia. To make it simple, dysgraphia is a disorder of written language expression that is more prevalent in children than in adults. Dysgraphia can be seen in letter inconsistencies, irregular letter sizes, and a struggle to use writing as a tool to communicate with other people.
Children With Dysgraphia and Other Learning Disabilities
Learning disabilities are a major problem in the world today. Almost every day, there is news of a child or an adult that has a learning disability that greatly affects their lives. The diagnosis of a learning disorder is given when there is a clear impairment in school performance or in daily living activities (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2004). Learning disabilities can result in a person having low self-esteem, possibly dropping out of school at an early age, and possibly depression or criminal behavior. Approximately one in seven children that attend a public school struggle with some type of learning disability in their lives, which causes them to not reach their full potential in the classroom. Ten to thirty percent of elementary school children suffer from difficulties during the act of writing (Rosenblum, & Weiss, & Parush, 2004). There are many learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia. Dyslexia is a reading disorder where the child cannot identify different word sounds. Dysgraphia is a developmental writing disorder that leads to
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