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Detecting
Children's Learning Disabilities*
By David
Fitzgerald
The most common learning disability is reading and language skills.
Learning disabilities are not something that children will
outgrows or is cured. But
once recognized and focused on, the child can succeed in learning.
Well-meaning relatives and pediatricians sometimes offer assurances
that an infant or toddler or pre-schooler with a delay is a
“late-bloomer” that will catch up and advise parents to “just
wait.” Yes, all children develop at varying rates, but a parent
often knows when their child is truly not developing in a typical
way. Trust your instincts as a parent: Waiting is not a good idea!
Most
children struggle during some part of their school years.
This
is
common and some help over the hard spots will remedy this problem.
But if you detect your child has continues problems with
reading, writing and math, he or she may have a learning disability.
Often
children with learning disabilities have symptoms.
These symptoms do not disappear, as the child grows older.
Detecting them is the key to a successful approach to helping your
child. |
