✨LEARNING DISORDERS✨

WHAT CAUSES IT?

• Genetics-increases risk if it’s in the family history
• Prenatal and neonatal risks- premature births, exposure to drugs and alcohol in the womb, Low birth weight
• Psychological trauma-abuse in early childhood can affect brain development and increase the risk.
• Physical trauma- hate injuries or nervous system problems.
• Environmental exposure- exposure to high levels of toxins such as lead.

Nurture
Nature effects a learning disability in ways listed in the previous slide such as physical trauma.

Nature
Nature does play a factor in Learning disabilities in the form of genes.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Poor decoding skills
• Poor/slow reading
• Poor comprehension
• Difficulty integrating ideas
• Weak vocabulary
• Difficulty understanding words or grammar
• Better Oral comprehension
• Difficulty focusing on attention on “printed marks
• Bad eye movement control
• Frequent spelling errors
• Poor handwriting
• Poor alignment
• Difficulty with instructions

Heritability
A good proportion of children with learning disabilities have a underlying genetic cause

Treatment
It has no cure but figuring it out early can be beneficial in lessening the effects of the disorder. For certain disorders there is medication.