Who won’t love to see their little kids excelling in academics? Shining in academics is not often effortless for all the students. Some may need specialized focus to match their peers. To assure the same, parents may make a written goal that they want their children to reach by the end of the session. This … Read more
Dyscalculia, a learning difficulty related to numbers, impacts various daily life activities. Children find it difficult to tell time, manage money, or make decisions. Since the inability to do daily life math-based tasks clouds over other skills, this learning deficiency needs correct and ample addressing. To provide equal chances at learning, educational institutes run individualized … Read more
Man is a social animal. Hence, skills for dealing with social situations are as important as language and number skills. Some students do well on the platforms of social interaction. But, there is always a section of students who find it almost impossible to open up and self-express[1]. On closer scrutiny of such cases, educators … Read more
Math problems may prove exceptionally difficult for students with learning disorders. Thankfully, the schools are now adopting a sincere approach to making education quite inclusive for children with special education needs. In addition to offering individualized education programs, they insist on working with parents/guardians as a team. So, if you are a parent or caretaker … Read more
Reading is a basic step to attaining language literacy. But, it may prove to be an uphill task for starters with reading difficulties. With the introduction of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, parents and students suffering from learning disorders found solutions for meeting academic objectives. Schools started taking special education initiatives seriously and now run … Read more
The term Dyslexia is not some recently found disorder. Rudolf Berlin, a professor and eye specialist in a German city, introduced the term Dyslexia in 1896 to name the neurological impairment that interfered with children’s reading abilities. Several educators, researchers, and teaching specialists have been working in this field to find a solution to help … Read more
Teacher, Butterfly, Table, Pencil, Helicopter – Do you know what is common about these words? Well, these are multisyllabic words. If you know the sequence of these multi-syllables, you can sound out and spell the words correctly. Hence, decoding multisyllables is one of the necessary elements of speech therapy. It is required for those kids … Read more
Behavior apt to situation and surroundings is a natural manifestation of human intelligence. However, those born with learning disabilities may show the inability to conform to behavioral norms. These children require additional training as a supplement to their basic skills-building curriculum. This additional training emphasizes addressing issues related to non-verbal learning disabilities; building these is … Read more
Learning disabilities are not restricted to discomfort with numbers and language only. If you dissect these issues deeply, you will find other co-morbidities working behind the scenes too. Difficulty in reasoning, comprehending, or ascertaining orientation or inability to take care of the self, which is what cognitive disability sums up as, is the result of … Read more
It’s hard for a child with learning disorders to match the performance of a regular child. They can’t just study the same curriculum given to the abled kids and if they can, they require a little extra effort than their counterparts. Thus in order to make developmental, behavioral, and social skills better for the differently-abled … Read more