Learning Difficulties

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Below, you can find resources regarding a number of learning difficulties. Some may help identify a specific problem your child may have, or may offer new strategies to approach learning that may benefit your child.

5 Most Common Learning Disabilities
Dyslexia: Reading disorder.https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/what-is-dyslexia
Dyscalculia: Math disorder.https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dyscalculia/what-is-dyscalculia
Dysgraphia: Writing disorder.https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/understanding-dysgraphia
Dyspraxia: Problems with motor skills.https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dyspraxia/understanding-dyspraxia
ADHD: Inability to stay focused.There is much debate that Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not a learning disability; however, it does make learning difficult.
Relationship between ADHD and Learning Disabilitieshttps://www.verywellmind.com/is-adhd-a-learning-disability-4116126
What is Dyslexia?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE3DqJP-nkI
The True Gifts of a Dyslexic Mindhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dPyzFFcG7A
Every Dyslexic person is different in the ways that they learn bestExamples below:
Multisensory ways (engagement of more than one sense at a time)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uMraFJQpiE
Visual elementshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CpZAH6elIc
Kinesthetic learninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hei2sVAFmU
Read aloud or use Audiobookshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J55Fm-UFs7c
Visual thinking as they readhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV_bVpOODns
Summarize and give the big picture first, then start with the detailshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAfWTAqfN5g
Use a multi-sensory teaching approach to reading (all at one time)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWGfgG6a6oM
Phonemic awareness tends to not be how they learn besthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgAkk5I705s
What is Dyscalculia?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiYo6SOQEs
Study tipshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YATGHR7m8ag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYIGzqE5IMc
What is Dysgraphia?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JYphwPhNp8
Study tipshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBrTIp9nlE4
What is Dyspraxia?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXRdWjBEjc
Study tipshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTVPxnB3A5w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncnVYonMA5Y
What is ADD/ADHD?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2-nnHGlPbc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZrZa5pLXk
Parenting a child with ADHDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgu-_me7TE4
Why Kids With ADHD Need Different Parenting Strategieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktb520seHYk