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