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learning disorder (learning disability)
disorders that affect the ability to
- understand or use spoken or written language
- do mathematical calculations
- coordinate movements, or
- direct attention
Epidemiology:
- occur in very young children, but
- generally not recognized until the child reaches school age
Management:
- special education
- diagnostic educational evaluation
- teach learning skills by building on the child's abilities & strengths while correcting & compensating for disabilities & weaknesses
- speech therapy
- language therapists
- methylphenidate may be useful for attention and concentration
- psychological therapies
- prognosis
- can be lifelong conditions
- several overlapping learning disabilities may be apparent
- some have a single, isolated learning problem that has little impact on life
Related
learning
Specific
acalculia
agraphia (dysgraphia)
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
attention-deficit without hyperactivity
auditory processing disorder (APD); central auditory processing disorder (CAPD); auditory perception problem; auditory comprehension deficit; central auditory dysfunction; central deafness; word deafness
dyslexia (reading disability)
Gerstmann syndrome
General
mental disorder
References
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
NINDS Learning Disabilities Information Page
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Learning-Disabilities-Information-Page