LEARNING DIFFICULTIES Part 1

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Many people asking about what is learning difficulties. Is learning difficulties similar to people who has lower IQ? Is he/she dumb? Can she/he learning well? And etc

A Child with learning difficulties is not a dumb child or retarded. But this child has difficulty in some part, such as difficult in math or reading. Some child might have difficulties in writing or spelling. Garry Fisher, Ph.D., and Rhoda Cummings, Ed.D, (2002) described that learning difficulties is described as learning differently. It means that a child must be taught in different ways to make them easy to understand the subject that given to them. 

So, what makes a child have LD? Even though no one knows exactly what is caused LD but below is the possibilities that might explain why people have LD;

1. Some kids have problems learning from the start; In this case, probably the child has difficulties in catching ball, stay in lines or understanding what people said. Thus, things will getting worse when they go to school. The complexity of the school tasks will make them difficult in learning subjects at school.
2. Run in families; In this case, check the history of the family whether her/his aunts, uncles or parents with LD. If the answer is YES, it mean the child may has too, but sometimes, there are many people who seem to be the only ones in their families with LD.
3. The problems come when the child was a baby or even before they born; the pre-natal or pra-natal might affect to child with LD. In this case, some child may difficult in the born process or the mother is sick, or they were very sick after they born. 

Is it enough for your search about LD? Well, if you think it is not enough for your search, you may continue your reading on Learning Difficulties Part 2 or visit www.freespirit.com to contact Garry Fisher, PhD and Rhoda Cummings, Ed.D by emailing them at help4kids@freespirit.com