Dyscalculia

What does learning disabilities mean? It means several areas of functioning in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner, usually caused by unknown factors. Learning disabilities affect several people each day. Many try to be like their peers. There are several different levels of learning disabilities. Some are affected only when it comes to school subjects; others have permanent disabilities in all areas of life. There are many things to think about when it comes to learning…

assignments Ms. Wilson gave me, she sent home a note with me to give to my parents. On the note it suggested I should get tested for Dyslexia and ADHD. Three months later, I got tested. The results said that I have ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia and Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder. Ms. Wilson was right! However, that didn’t stop Ms. Wilson from teaching me how to read and write the same way as she did before finding out I had learning differences. In fact, every…

Learning disabilities term was developed by Professor Kirk in 1963. Now, about 2.9 million school-aged children in the United States are classified as having specific learning disabilities of some kind. (Giuliani) On September, the 27th we completed the “Learning Disabilities” simulation. The purpose of this simulation was to help us understand learning Disabilities. This simulation was conducted through some websites called Understood.org. Other information was given through two other websites…

When I was in the third grade my old teacher notice that I have a trouble with reading and writing because I could not understand because it was very difficult to me. I’m mean I did have my hearing aids since I was born with hearing loss but not born deaf. However, that was not the problem. Therefore, I went to tell my parents that I am having a difficult at school. Therefore, they decided to talk to a doctor specialist. The doctor says that my brain is very slow and that my brain goes back…

classify a child as learning disabled or non- learning disabled based on certain assessment parameters. Once diagnosed with learning disability, the child is further classified into different types of learning disability like dyslexia, dysgraphia,dyscalculia and dysphasia. The model not only detects the type but also will identify the level of Learning Disability and provide the student with study material for improvement. The model is trained using the student’s history and parameters of…

James McKay | DoB: 8.11.02 | Date of Report: 20 July 2015 Speech-Language Assessment Findings James’ language, speech and phonological awareness skills were assessed in June 2015 to determine the best strategies to support his academic and social development. Although James displayed a strong working knowledge of certain language-processing concepts, he has overall difficulties with spoken language that will significantly undermine his interpersonal and classroom activities. To…

Imagine a high school athlete, head spinning from tests and quizzes and homework grades, mind swimming with due dates and deadlines, trying not only to balance the hardships high school offers but also juggling his passion of football. Imagine after all his hard work, one of his grades slipped and now he is forced to cut his sport. Do students really deserve this kind of pressure? That is why the no pass, no play rule is a ridiculous rule to follow, since not only does this add extra stress to…

With nearly 91% of today’s children ages two to seventeen playing video games, one can see that technology is influencing our kids dramatically (CNET).Video games on phones, iPads, and additional games are mainly stationary games that seem to be making many of today’s kids less active and less social as their eyes are glued to their devices. Unlike a gaming systems such as the Wii which only senses the remote moving, and can easily be fooled into saying one is moving, Xbox has created the Kinect…

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION - “SINGLE TEACHER- SINGLE CLASSROOM- UNCLASSIFIED STUDENTS” *Manikandan. R & **Dr. C. Manoharan Department of Education, Bharathiar University Abstract Today, teaching- learning activities are consistently advancing but the existence of discrimination among children is inevitable. Classrooms, schools and as well as the society are seriously influenced due to this. It is time for us to change the prevailing school education system and find an alternative to it. To bring…

Inclusive Education: To start off, I will touch on inclusive education. We have children whom have special needs which can be internal or external reasons, for barriers to learning. Therefore inclusive education means that every single child and learner has the right and must be accepted into the main stream of education. This would also include elder learners whom have not completed their education and so wish to come back to school to learn and finish what they have or haven’t started.…