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Characteristics of Persons With Learning Disability
Group 2
“probably no such entity as a typical person with learning disabilities.”
Learning disabilities covers an extremely wide range of characteristics.
1 pupil; may have deficits in just 1area while another exhibits deficits in several area, yet both will be labeled learning disabled(Hallahan et al., 1999)
Some children will experience:
o Cognitive difficultieso Motor skills difficultyo Social deficits
10 frequently attributes:Hyperactivity
Perceptual-Motor impairments
Emotional lability
Coordination problems
Disorders of attention
Clements(1966)
Impulsivity
Disorders of memory & Thinking
Academic Difficulties
Language deficits
Equivocal neurological signs
Clements(1966)
Learning And behavioral Characteristics: Disorders of attention
Poor motor abilities
Psychological process deficits and information-processing problems
Lack of cognitive strategies needed for efficient learning
Lerner’s(2000)
Learning Disability
Social and emotional Problem
Cognitive deficits
Academic difficulties
Oral language difficulties
Reading difficulties
Written language problems
Quantitative disorders
Social skills deficits
Lerner’s(2000)
Hyperactive vs. Hypoactive
Boys are 4 times as likely as girls to be identified as learning disabled.
Boys physical aggression Loss of controlGirls More cognitive problems Language problems Social problems deficits in reading and Math
Gender Differences
Reading comprehension
Word recognition errors
Lack word analysis
Deficient in oral reading
Reading difficulty
Student fails to recognize and comprehend written words
Dyslexia
Pupil may have difficulty with:• Computational skill• Word problems• Spatial relationships or writing numbers• Copying shapes• Problems in telling time• Understanding fraction and decimals• measuring
Mathematics