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Learning Disability

Children with learning disabilities have average or above average intelligence but experience academic difficulties due to processing issues in areas like phonological awareness, language, visual processing, attention, memory, processing speed, and executive functioning. These processing issues can also affect social interactions, self-esteem, and future employment. Students with learning disabilities may avoid risk-taking, need extra time to process questions, and perceive things differently, potentially getting into trouble without understanding why. Teachers can help by allowing extra processing time, using positive reinforcement, maintaining routines, and presenting information visually and orally.

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Learning Disability

Children with learning disabilities have average or above average intelligence but experience academic difficulties due to processing issues in areas like phonological awareness, language, visual processing, attention, memory, processing speed, and executive functioning. These processing issues can also affect social interactions, self-esteem, and future employment. Students with learning disabilities may avoid risk-taking, need extra time to process questions, and perceive things differently, potentially getting into trouble without understanding why. Teachers can help by allowing extra processing time, using positive reinforcement, maintaining routines, and presenting information visually and orally.

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Learning Disability

Definition & AB Educ. Code


Children with Learning Disabilities have average or above average intelligence but experience academic
difficulties because of processing difficulties. Areas of processing that may be affected include phonological,
language, visual (visual spatial, visual-motor), attention, memory, speed of processing and executive
functioning. Also affects social interactions, self esteem, and employment
Code: 54
Characteristics &/or
Observable Behaviours

Teaching Strategies & Resources

Links &/or Sources

- May avoid risk taking in


the classroom

- Give appropriate amount of time for


processing

- Need extra time to


process questions

- Have a secret cue to let student know when


you will be calling on them

Information for Classroom


Teachers:
http://www.learnalberta.ca/
content/inmdict/html/learni
ng_disabilities.html

- May perceive things


differently than others
(may get in trouble and
not know why)

- Provide direct instruction

- May obsessively point


out other students
mistakes, to prove that
they are not the only ones

- Avoid sarcasm

- Use positive reinforcement


- Have a routine you follow

- Visually and orally present info

How Difficult can this be?


https://www.youtube.com/
watch?
v=Xx5kr2T7rK8&list=PL
F6C1F5FB8916AD3D

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