Learning disabilities and difficulty.

How important is for teacher to learn how to handle and how to identify learning disabilities and disorders. It is really importan because in the teaching field there might be students with this problems, and teachers needs to get familiar with it.

So, we can start knowing that learning disabilities and disorders are not problems with intelligence, or motivation, it’s not a matter of being lazy, because in fact, most are just as smart as everyone else. It is just that their brains are wired differently, and this differences are the ones that affects how they receive, process, and acquired information.

Learning disorder or difficulty is like and obstacle, are this problems that can affect child brain’s ability to receive, process, analyze or store information. While, Learning disability is something that incapacitates, is a significant lifelong condition that starts before adulthood, it not only affects the way a person learns new things but will also find hard to understand new information and cope independently.

Teachers are not the ones that determine if a child has a learning disability, instead they need help from a doctor or phycologist to diagnose what type of disability the kid has. But, it is really important that teacher spent as many time as they can with this students so they can be a facilitator to help to improve, accept and manage their disability.

Also is important to  be aware of some signals that can be a hint to identify if our student deals with a learning disability or disorder,  some signals can be: the level of hyperactivity, -get distracted with objects, impatience, changing topic suddenly.

Most common type of learning difficulty:

• Dyslexia: which affects the process of reading, writing, spelling, and speaking.
• Dyscalculia: which affects the understanding of time, money, and math.
• Dyspraxia: which has to be with hand-eye coordination and balance.

Most common type of learning disability:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): troubles with making friends, communicating or making eye contact.
• Down Syndrome:  affects memory, concentration, problem solving, and understanding consequences of their actions.
• Spina Bfida: affect language processing and the ability to read or solve problems.

It is really important  for us, as teachers, to learn how to handle and identify and get familiar with  this leaning disabilities and disorders, due to this students needs more attention and more time in order to overcome and accept  their differences.