What is Learning Disabilities

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[Muhammad Hamka]

Let's start by saying what it's not
   It's not low intelligence, stupidity or laziness.  And it's not the result of cultural differences, economic disadvantage or environmental influences. It is a specific problem in the brain that affects the way a person processes and responds to information.
   For instance, a child who is bright, active and of normal intelligence, may be able to tell a story, but may not be able to read or perhaps, write it down in any legible form.
   ADHD occurs in people of normal intelligence, yet their ability to concentrate and control their behavior is limited.
   Learning disability is not a disorder in itself - it is a term used to describe a range of disorders that affect a person's abilities in reading, writing, math, listening and speaking.
   A learning disability is like an island of inability - it's just one part that's not working right or needs a different kind of attention.

[Muhammad Hamka]

ADHD
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder - a disorder which affects the brains ability to concentrate.
    
DYSLEXIA
A learning disability that makes it difficult to learn to read, write and spell in the conventional way.
     
DYSPRAXIA
A learning disability that involves problems with movement.   

DYSCALCULIA
A learning disability involving mathematics.

[Mohd Ilahi]

Terima kasih kerana berkongsi maklumat.
    Saya ingin tahu kaedah.modul,pendekatan yg cikgu gunakan utk mengajar murid yg bermasalah membaca dan menulis?Boleh kongsi utk panduan guru saya.

[Kradi B. Sulkar]

Terima kasih cikgu di atas perkongsian maklumat tersebut

[Muhammad Hamka]

Language is often described in two ways: expressive language and receptive language. Individuals with LD( Learning disability) often have difficulty with both expressive and receptive language. There is a strong relationship between language and learning disabilities.

lets try what always 'pop up' in our mind when we teaching this special needs child.

What are some ways to help my student learn the names and sounds of letters? They are tired of simply using flashcards.

There are several things you can do to help your pupils remain interested in learning their letters. Try using a multi-sensory approach. Your pupils may be a tactile learner instead of an auditory or visual learner, or they may just need a variety of sensory input to learn best. Help them to identify how each sound feels on their mouth. Use a mirror to help. For example your lips come together for /m/.

You may want to try coming up with a rhyme or song about each letter. Use alphabet magnets or alphabet cookie cutters with clay in lieu of flash cards. These activities may be more fun and engaging than flashcards and help your pupils develop their oral communication.

Use pictures. Give your pupils a picture (e.g. a cat) and have her sound out the name while placing marbles, drawing marks, or tapping her fingers for each of the individual sounds in the word (e.g., /c/.../a/.../t/ is composed of 3 sounds, thus the child would use 3 marbles, marks, or taps.) Stick with short words with a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern, like bat, top, pen, dad, etc. You can also clap or tap out the number of syllables in a word.

[Muhammad Hamka]

    Saya ingin tahu kaedah.modul,pendekatan yg cikgu gunakan utk mengajar murid yg bermasalah membaca dan menulis?Boleh kongsi utk panduan guru saya.

I didnt have any module so far for LD sudent. Just try various style and some reading and research to improve self. but i can share it and maybe somebody also can share their opinion. together we will improve our teaching ability.

[Dayang Noorasmah]

Let's start by saying what it's not
   It's not low intelligence, stupidity or laziness.  And it's not the result of cultural differences, economic disadvantage or environmental influences. It is a specific problem in the brain that affects the way a person processes and responds to information.
   For instance, a child who is bright, active and of normal intelligence, may be able to tell a story, but may not be able to read or perhaps, write it down in any legible form.
   ADHD occurs in people of normal intelligence, yet their ability to concentrate and control their behavior is limited.
   Learning disability is not a disorder in itself - it is a term used to describe a range of disorders that affect a person's abilities in reading, writing, math, listening and speaking.
   A learning disability is like an island of inability - it's just one part that's not working right or needs a different kind of attention.

Thank you for sharing this information..how wonderful it is if all the teachers always aware of this matter in school

[Mohd Sabli b Hj Badi]

ADHD
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder - a disorder which affects the brains ability to concentrate.
    
DYSLEXIA
A learning disability that makes it difficult to learn to read, write and spell in the conventional way.
     
DYSPRAXIA
A learning disability that involves problems with movement.   

DYSCALCULIA
A learning disability involving mathematics.

Thanks Sir for the sharing. All the terms are new to me and hopefully we will be able to detect them in our pupils and our own kids as well. I think I'm in this category.
DYSCALCULIA
A learning disability involving mathematics.

[Muhammad Hamka]

you can try this rule, if you didn't know how, I'll try my best to make the explaination.

Guidelines for LD's learning to spell

1. Practice makes permanent
2. Don't try to learn all the words at once
3. Review, and review some more
4. Practice spelling as if you expect to spell those words right when you're writing
5. Use the words you've practiced

[Khadijah binti Hossain]

Cikgu.. thanks for your interesting information.

How about dsygraphia? Have you encounter this kind of learning disabilities? Hope you can share any information or stories here.

Thanks again. 

[Azman Bin Hariffin]

I have a brother who's dyslexic, only able to read, write in conventional way but slow. He's not able to translate 'd' & 'b' and some other similar letters. He even wrote some words in mirror image. At 1st, the whole family members especially my parents were worried but at the end, he's improved & did well in exam (average). He's 21 years old now & studying in a private college. What surprised me is; sometimes he's still writing in mirror image if he's not careful enough. I asked him why & he said, "the letters are always like that. That's the way I see it. I actually don't see any differences between 'd' & 'b'" I asked again, "How come you can write correctly then?"
He answered, "I look at my hand when I write, which way should it go. I remember the movement of the letters. My hands write them correctly although my eyes don't see them in the normal way... only if I focus on my hand movement when I'm writing. If I scribble the letters, the result might be different,"

Teachers can adapt this situation for slow learners. Teach them the hand movements instead of memorizing them (the letters) visually because there are pupils with this disability but we never know until we realize

[Khadijah binti Hossain]

Good sharing..

Dyslexia is the most common and general learning disabilities that we usually hear and read about.. But, a really thorough and specific descriptions of dyslexia symptoms are hard to tell because those symptoms are added from time to time (comes from different cases, different gender, different personalities, different age, etc). Besides, there are many kinds of dyslexia (such as the disability to socialize with people, disability to stay put, disability to concentrate etc) and many people in Malaysia (especially in small town and rural area) doesn't have the awareness and enough knowledge of this learning disabilities.

The symptoms may be mistaken for merely caused by one's attitude and behaviour towards something. For example; pupils can't write and read correctly because they are lazy, stupid, retarded.. That's the most normal assumptions of societies and even the teachers..

But then again, who's to blame? 

[Azman Bin Hariffin]

I think people with these disabilities need special treatment. I mean not in a medical or chemical way but more to encouragement, more atterntion & moral support.

[Muhammad Hamka]

cikgu boleh tengok disini: http://www.uluskum.net/remedial/ salah seorang pendidikan khas di kedah buat bagi usaha pemulihan khas.

[Muhammad Hamka]

Cikgu.. thanks for your interesting information.

How about dsygraphia? Have you encounter this kind of learning disabilities? Hope you can share any information or stories here.

Thanks again. 

I have student that dsygraphia, it really hard to teach them how to write. just be passion on their clumsiness. today they can write 1 alphabet, but tomorrow they will forget. i think what cikgu azman post can be used. i still try to adapt that style now. but i dont know what kind of dsygraphia did you mean. there are 3 of dsygraphia.
 (Deuel, 1994. has divided dysgraphia into three subtypes:

    * Dyslexic dysgraphia (i think this is writing disabilities)

    * Dysgraphia due to motor clumsiness

    * Dysgraphia due to a defect in the understanding of space)

[Khadijah binti Hossain]

cikgu boleh tengok disini: http://www.uluskum.net/remedial/ salah seorang pendidikan khas di kedah buat bagi usaha pemulihan khas.

laman web ini mmg popular di kalangan cikgu pemulihan. .. owh yer, saya rasa murid saya tue mungkin kategori dsygraphia yang melibatkan ruang tu... hmm... memang kita perlu bagi sokongan moral dan perhatian yang lebih untuk murid-murid sebegini.. tapi kalau ada kaedah dan kemahiran untuk mengatasinya secara bersistematik dan teratur mungkin masalah seperti ini dapat diatasi dengan lebih profesional lagi...

[Kong Yieng Sia]

For normal schools, it is quite difficult to identify the students with the exact type of learning disabilities unless they are tested by a specialist.  But most of the parents are reluctant to send their children to the 'Agape Centre' in order to confirm whether their children are having learning disabilities for fear of losing face (malu).  Instead, some of them blamed teachers for not teaching their children well. 

[Lilly Anak Daud]

Terima kasih atas perkongsian maklumat yang amat berguna ini....

[Nadzari Hj Lampong]

Good info......thank you. 

[Soffiah Binti Ahmad]

TQ for the great explanations above..

saya ingin mendapat pandangan ckgu2 khas bmasalah pembelajaran sekiranya pnah menyemak laporan pakar untuk murid2 khas.

saya sendiri kurang berpengalaman dlm mbuat pengkategorian murid2 khas. tetapi ada segelintir murid2 khas saya dikategorikan sebagai 'terencat akal'. tetapi secara realiti, saya lihat murid itu 'mungkin' boleh dikategorikan sebagai slow learner shj..sy pnah btanya dengan teman sekerja, mereka sebenarnya turut hairan dgn diaknosis doktor tsebut..mungkin ada benarnya atau cikgu2 lain pernah mengalami perkara yg sama..? 

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