Every child suffers from learning difficulties at one time or another. The trick is to stop them become learning problems by being aware of the issue and doing something about it.
Learning difficulties, unlike learning differences (see last post), are temporary and relatively easy to overcome once you are awareyour child is suffering from one.
Signs that your child has a learning difficulty
* Your child struggles with a particular aspect of homework – such as a new math problem.
* Your normally happy child does not want to go to school
* Your child gets headaches and stomach aches in an attempt to stay at home
* When you ask your child what he did at school that day you get no answer
* Your child does not want you to talk to his teacher or go to his school at all.
* Homework is either done quickly and sloppily, or your child tries to make it perfect, and as a result never gets anything finished.
* Your child might reject any help you try to offer by saying, “That is not the way to do it”, or, ” My teacher told me something else”.
* Homework books get left at school
* Your normally happy, sociable child turns into an angry, upset tyrant or wants to be left alone.
* Your child’s grades take a sudden turn for the worst and you have no idea why
* When your child changes school or grade level and his marks start to drop
There are many more signs, but these are the ones I see most often. You know your child best, if you suspect that your child has a learning difficulty try to find out more so that you can do something about it.
The thing to remember is that most learning difficulties can easily and quickly be solved once they are understood and properly addressed.
However, if this does not happen,if your child does not get the help he or she needs at the time it is needed the learning difficulties can become compounded often with disastrous, and long-term results.
Don’t wait. Get your child the help he or she needs as soon as possible before a learning difficulty turns into a learning problem.
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My daughter is very impatient when it comes to school work. She seems to “forget” when papers are due or “forgets” there is a major test until the night before. She seems to be not very well organized and almost seems lost during lecture in the classroom. Either she daydreams in class or truely does not grasp the content of the lecture because trying to make any sense of her note taking is a real challenge. I know she could benefit from some sort of outside help, but I really don’t know who or what to look for. Thanks for any help that you may have.
Hi Cindy
Your daughter is showing the classic symptoms of a child with a learning issue. Before you decide what help she needs – and you may be able to provide that help yourself – you need to know what her learning difficulty is.
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Thanks
Patricia