Learning disability

challenging to achieve in school, especially when they are stigmatized for having a learning disability. Students with learning disabilities can either have a negative or positive school experience based on the attitudes and behaviors of their fellow classmates and teachers. These students often have negative school experiences…

Learning disabilities have become a worldwide topic when it comes to learning. Learning disabilities does not care about gender, race or socioeconomic status and can affect anyone. Many people have perceptions on what a learning disability is but most are not educated enough to fully understand how the learning disability affects someone. Research was done on learning disabilities most people where thought of having a half of brain, retarded or not normal who had a learning disability. These…

individual plan for student receiving special education services. Students with disabilities are facing with many challenges throughout their lives. One of the most profound challenges is the transition to adulthood. Many of them after graduated high school do not receive proper support to be successful; so often, they have been left to defend themselves without any guidance. From reading the article learning disabilities: The Challenges of Adulthood; it is an imperative…

Jason is a 16 year old student who just completed his junior year of high school. Ms. Mau describes Jason as a bright and friendly student with a specific learning disability in reading and reading comprehension. However, Ms. Gutowski describes Jason as being strong in math and time management. Jason is treasurer of the student council and plays racquetball in a community league with some of his friends. He is also an active member of the youth group at his church and on weekends he likes to…

Darnell is a 5th grade student with a learning disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He has an issue with impulsive and inattentive behaviors that often get him in trouble in the classroom. Darnell has been suspended 26 times for about a combination of 30 days. He was told that he would still be provided services through in home tutoring during his suspension, but during his latest suspension he had only received services once so far. In his latest instance, he was thought…

In the UK more and more parents are finding themselves having to put their children who have learning disabilities into mainstream education. One of the main reasons for this is that the government have not got enough money to fund schools or to train teachers to look after children who have these learning disabilities. Another reason for the increase in children with learning disabilities in mainstream education is that there are not enough schools to take in these children. Also the ones we…

Correlation Between Learning Disabilities and Juvenile Delinquency People with learning disabilities come from different social economic race ethnic groups. Like any other disorders, Learning disabilities does not discriminate. It can affect people from any backgrounds, social or economic group. A learning disability is hard to explain due to it having many definitions depending on whom you are asking. Many people have the options on what is a learning disability and who has it.…

grade at Troy Heritage Trail Elementary school, my 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Scarcelli noticed that I had some difficulties- I had a hard time learning in her class. So, she called my parents, and gave us some suggestions, and contacts to get extra help in order for me to do well at school. Then, my parents followed up and my road to overcoming my learning disability began. When I was in the 5th grade at William B. Orenic Intermediate School, I started taking Special Education classes since my…

frustrations individuals with learning disabilities face on a daily basis in and out of the classroom. Lavoie explains in a letter in the online “Teachers. Scholastic ” (How hard can it be), that after completing his special education degree, he began to tutor a student named Craig. While tutoring this student, Lavoie made a serious mistake by telling the student that he understood how the student felt. However, Lavoie could not have understood because he is not learning disabled (How hard can…

needs. Often ELL students are labeled as having a learning disability; when students who are learning a new language and ELLs with a learning disability who are learning a new language both do poorly on certain academic assignments with high language demands, it is easy to misclassify the ELLs with having a disability (Abedi, 2006). Research by Lesaux (2006) shows those students who are classified with a learning disability often do not have a disability, but are misclassified due to struggling…