Train the Brain

 

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Christchurch, New Zealand.

The above diagram shows the traditional view of Learning Disabilies

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A Specific Learning Disability (SLD) is a neurological (brain-based) disorder of one or more of the basic psychological processes. These processes are involved in understanding or in using language (spoken or written) that may manifest itself in difficulty to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or do mathematical calculations.

 

Specific Learning Disabilities include conditions such as perceptual disabilities (visual and auditory perception) but do not include learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, mental retardation, emotional disturbance, or environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.

 

A SLD often shows up in issues with direction (e.g. left, right; up down, underneath, beside), sequencing (e.g. the order in which letters occur in a word, or the steps in a maths problem), short-term memory retention and inefficient working memory, as well as a drastic discrepancy between intellectual ability and academic achievement.

 

Although it is a permanent condition, intervention teaches children to manage and often overcome their disability. Because of the plasticity of the brain, remedial teaching is able to “re-wire” the brain. This involves time, correct intervention and hard work.

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