Everything You Need to Know About Learning Difficulties in Children
- A learning difficulty occurs when one or more of the basic cognitive processes involved in understanding, remembering or expressing information are affected. It can be defined as problems people encounter in learning that affect achievement and daily life skills. The most common is reading and… more
- The ears listen, and the brain hears. Children with Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) may have perfectly good hearing when tested, but their brain do not process the sounds into meaning properly. Hence, they do not understand what is being said as well as they should. They don’t learn as… more
- Visual processing disorder refers to a reduced ability to make sense of information taken in through the eyes. This is different from problems involving sight or sharpness of vision. Difficulties with visual processing affect how visual information is interpreted or processed. A person with visual… more
- Neuroscience research indicates that ADHD is associated with underlying brain dysfunctions, mostly involving the frontal lobes. When these dysfunctions are rectified, children with ADHD can process information normally, enabling them to focus, concentrate and sustain mental effort and improve… more
