learning disabilities final draft
Specific Learning Disabilities
Yvette Ramirez-Cabrera
Concordia University-Portland
Specific Learning Disabilities
How Many Are Affected by a Learning Disability? Specific learning disabilities are affecting 10 percent of the population in classrooms today. About 2 or 3 pupils in every classroom have dyslexia, dyscalculia, or autism. Some of these children have more than one disability. Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder also suffer from dyslexia and dyscalculia. There is about 33 percent to 45 percent of children with ADHD that suffer from dyslexia and 11 percent from dyscalculia. These conditions provide a challenge to educators because they have to modify their teaching in order to help these children learn (London, ScienceDaily, 2013). Roughly 2.8 million students have Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) which makes up 51 percent of all individuals receiving special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (U.S. Department of Education, 2003). The rise of learning disabilities is due to many disorders of neurological development even in children who have high intelligence. The good news is that now they are many effective ways to help learners who have a SLD. Research suggests that students with a learning disability need specialized support in order to adapt their distinctive combination of disabilities. By training teachers about this condition it will help children with this neurological development in becoming better learners and at the same time give teachers the necessary tools to help them in their classroom. The education system needs to adapt to the learner’s existing range of skills and knowledge (London, Science Daily, 2013).
What are Learning Disabilities? What the school systems need to understand is that a learning disability is not a problem with intelligence or motivation. Students who have SLD are not dumb or lazy; it just means that their brains
Yvette Ramirez-Cabrera
Concordia University-Portland
Specific Learning Disabilities
How Many Are Affected by a Learning Disability? Specific learning disabilities are affecting 10 percent of the population in classrooms today. About 2 or 3 pupils in every classroom have dyslexia, dyscalculia, or autism. Some of these children have more than one disability. Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder also suffer from dyslexia and dyscalculia. There is about 33 percent to 45 percent of children with ADHD that suffer from dyslexia and 11 percent from dyscalculia. These conditions provide a challenge to educators because they have to modify their teaching in order to help these children learn (London, ScienceDaily, 2013). Roughly 2.8 million students have Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) which makes up 51 percent of all individuals receiving special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (U.S. Department of Education, 2003). The rise of learning disabilities is due to many disorders of neurological development even in children who have high intelligence. The good news is that now they are many effective ways to help learners who have a SLD. Research suggests that students with a learning disability need specialized support in order to adapt their distinctive combination of disabilities. By training teachers about this condition it will help children with this neurological development in becoming better learners and at the same time give teachers the necessary tools to help them in their classroom. The education system needs to adapt to the learner’s existing range of skills and knowledge (London, Science Daily, 2013).
What are Learning Disabilities? What the school systems need to understand is that a learning disability is not a problem with intelligence or motivation. Students who have SLD are not dumb or lazy; it just means that their brains
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