UNDERSTANDING LEARNING

DISABILITIES
Types of Learning Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities Are neurobiological and/or
genetic in origin
WRITING READING Result from impairments in one
ARITHMETIC DISORDER DISORDER or more processes related to
DISORDER
perceiving, thinking, remembering
SENSORY or learning
AUDITORY INTEGRATION (OR ORGANIZATIONAL
PROCESSING PROCESSING) LEARNING Are distinct from global
DISORDER DISORDER
DISORDER intellectual deficiency
SPELLING
DISORDER Range in severity and may affect
VISUAL PROCESSING SOCIAL CUE any or several areas of life
DISORDER DISORDER
Are life long
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How can we help

students with
learning disabilities
succeed?
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-Walcot-Gayda, E.,2004 & Walker, n.d

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to a climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is not worthy.