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Assessment for Childhood Disorders - as young as 1 year of age! |
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Online Class on Autism!
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ONLINE COUNSELING for Learning Disorders
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Other Online Classes
When Time-Out & Stickers Don't Work Prepare for MFT Licensing Exam
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learning disabilities (LD)
A learning disorder is typically diagnosed when a
child's performance at school is substantially below the expected for
age and intelligence. The child is then assessed in areas of math,
reading, or writing, and if the child's scores fall more than 2 standard
deviations below where the child would be expected to score, a learning
disability is considered. In other words, the child may have average or
above intelligence, but be performing at a much lower area in one or
more areas of academics.
Often, children with learning disorders suffer low self-esteem and may have difficulty making or keeping friends. The drop-out rate for children with learning disorders is nearly 40%, and many of the children develop other behavioral health issues, such as conduct disorder, or oppositional defiance disorder. There are many types of learning disorders, including Reading Disorder, Mathematical Disorder, and Writing Disorder. If you think a child has a learning disability, insist that the local school district test the child. Often, school districts will tell you that they cannot assess children for learning disabilities until they are in the second grade. This is not true. By the time the child is in the second grade, great damage can be done to the child's self-esteem and often the child falls so far behind classmates that s/he never catches up. To find out more about your legal rights, please visit the educator's corner and parent rights.
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