How to Tell If Your Child has a Learning Disability

Is Your Child Having Trouble Learning?

All parents want their children to be able to reach their full potential. When a child has a learning disability, it can make many aspects of life more challenging than they need to be.

It is helpful to know how to tell if your child has a learning disability. When you know what you’re dealing with, you’ll able to find the resources and assistance that your child needs in order to deal with challenges more easily.

To be able to spot a learning disability, a parent needs to know what the signs are. Here are some of them so you can keep your eyes open.

7 Helpful Hints on How to Tell If Your Child has a Learning Disability

1) Difficulty learning – Does your child struggle to learn concepts at home? How about at school? Does it seem to take longer for your child to grasp things compared to others?

2) Does your child hate school? – If your child tells you that he hates school, it could be because of a number of reasons. There are many things that could cause a child to struggle in school. Don’t dismiss your child’s concerns if he is reluctant to attend school.

If he has many friends, is not being bullied, and does not have interpersonal problems with anyone else such as the teacher, there could be a learning disability involved.

A child will not enjoy any activity that makes him feel stupid, and unfortunately that is how children with learning disabilities often feel before they realize what the true problem is.

At times, learning disabilities can invite situations such as bullying, so don’t immediately write off the possibility of a learning disability even if there are other issues.

3) Your intuition – Our intuition can be a great ally to us if we allow it to. If something is simply not right with your child’s learning, you may already suspect it. If something is leading you to believe that your child may have a learning disability, ask for your child to be tested.

4) Is your child on a par with peers? – Although all children learn at a different pace, there are times when there is enough of a difference that it may tip you off to a deeper issue.

If your child’s peers all appear to be effortlessly learning new concepts and your child is one of the few struggling, get help. When the other children are all further ahead in their learning and yours still struggles, this may be because of an undiagnosed learning disability.

5) Difficulty understanding and expressing – A clear sign of a learning disability can be difficulty in understanding oral and written commands and instructions. Your child may also find it difficult to express what she needs. If your child is struggling with directions or you find miscommunications happening regularly between you, a learning disability may be involved.

6) Emotional outbursts due to frustration – Is your child spending a lot of time angry and frustrated? This could be due to not understanding what is going on at school.

7) What does the teacher say? – Don’t be afraid to take your concerns to your child’s teacher. Teachers have experience dealing with different learning problems, and your child’s school will likely have resources for testing and helping students who are having trouble.

Learning disabilities are not always easy to detect. Every child has different symptoms. There are however, some key areas that show signs in a more obvious way. If any of these areas is pointing you towards the possibility of a learning disability in your child, pursue it. The sooner you know what your child is dealing with, the sooner you can help him on his way to achieving his full potential.



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