• inconsistent school performance
• difficulty remembering today what was learned yesterday, but may know it tomorrow
• short attention span (restless, easily distracted)
• letter and number reversals (sees "b" for "d" or "p", "6" for "9", "pots" for "stop" or "post")
• poor reading (below age and grade level)
• frequent confusion about directions and time (right-left, up-down, yesterday-tomorrow)
• personal disorganization (difficulty in following simple directions/schedules; has trouble organizing, planning, and making best use of time; frequent loss or misplacement of homework, schoolbooks, or other items)
• impulsive and/or inappropriate behavior (poor judgment in social situations, talks and acts before thinking)
• failure on written tests but high scores on oral exams (or vice versa)
• speech problems (immature language development, trouble expressing ideas, poor word recall)
• difficulty understanding and following instructions unless they are broken down to one or two tasks at a time
• seems immature and has difficulty making friends
• trouble remembering what someone just told him or her
• poor coordination (in gross motor activities such as walking or sports and/or in fine motor activities such as tying a shoelace, holding a pencil, or handwriting - inconsistent, slow, messy, or illegible)
• difficulty interpreting body language, facial expression, or tone of voice
• difficulty with development of sound/symbol correspondence

Some of these problems can be found in all children at certain stages of development. When a child has a cluster of symptoms which do not disappear as she/he gets older, you might suspect learning disabilities.

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