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Characteristics of Children With Learning Disabilities

This document discusses the characteristics of children with learning disabilities. It notes that no two children will exhibit the same characteristics or to the same degree. Some common characteristics include academic learning problems, language disorders, perceptual disorders, metacognitive deficits, socio-emotional difficulties, problems with memory, motor difficulties, and attention/impulse control deficiencies. Specifically, the hallmark characteristic is an academic learning difficulty, most commonly in reading. Problems can include acquiring phonological skills, oral reading skills, translating thoughts to writing, and mathematics difficulties related to speed, memory, language, reasoning, generalization of concepts, and procedural errors.

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Characteristics of Children With Learning Disabilities

This document discusses the characteristics of children with learning disabilities. It notes that no two children will exhibit the same characteristics or to the same degree. Some common characteristics include academic learning problems, language disorders, perceptual disorders, metacognitive deficits, socio-emotional difficulties, problems with memory, motor difficulties, and attention/impulse control deficiencies. Specifically, the hallmark characteristic is an academic learning difficulty, most commonly in reading. Problems can include acquiring phonological skills, oral reading skills, translating thoughts to writing, and mathematics difficulties related to speed, memory, language, reasoning, generalization of concepts, and procedural errors.

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Characteristics of Children with Learning Disabilities

After learning some of the basic information about learning disabiliteis, we need to
discuss some of the effects this disability may have on the children you will be
serving. As you learned in the last activity, no two children with learning disabilities
will show the same set of characteristics. Nor will children with similar characteristics
show these effects to the same degree, in the same situations, or in the same way. As
we learn about some of the typical characteristics that children with learning
disabilities, please keep these lessons in mind.

Specific Characteristics
In this online lesson we will cover some of the general characteristics you may see in
the children you serve. These include:

 academic learning problems


 language disorders
 perceptual disorders
 metacognitive deficits
 socio-emotional difficulties
 problems with memory
 motor difficulties
 attention and impulse control deficiencies

Academic Learning Problems

Probably the hallmark, indeed the single characteristic that is present in all cases of
learning disabilities, is an academic learning difficulty. Although disorders can occur
in any portion of the idea definition (basic reading skills, reading comprehension,
written expression, mathematics calculation, or mathematical reasoning), reading is
the most common deficit area. Research indicates, however, that a child with a
learning disability may have problems with:

 acquiring phonological skills that are necessary for word


recognition
 oral reading skills necessary to decode and comprehend text
 difficulty with mechanical or thinking skills which will effect
the child's ability to translate thoughts to writing, spelling errors,
punctuation difficulties, and cohesion of thoughts.
 mathematics difficulties that stem from:
 slowness in performing operations (addition, subtraction,
etc.)
 memory deficiencies
 language difficulties that disrupt problem solving or
following directions
 lack of thinking and reasoning skills
 poor generalization of learned concepts, and
 procedural errors that compromise the accuracy of the
child's work

Beyond the academic difficulties I have cited above, children (and adults) with a
learning disability may show profiles with a variety of other effects - or
characteristics. Perhaps the best way to learn about these is to meet two children with
learning disabilities. Click on the links below to read a basic description of some other
effects (characteristics) of a learning disability.
Academic Problems and Learning Disabilities
As previously stated, the most consistent characteristic of a child with a learning
disability is their difficulty with academic tasks. Because academic abilities and skills
are the core element of the child's school program, we need to spend some time
examining the effects of a learning disability in reading, writing, and math, the core
academic areas.

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