Correct Answer - Option 1 : by administering intelligence tests
Learning Disability is an umbrella term that encompasses a variety of specific kinds of learning problems. Children with learning disabilities experience difficulty in learning and using certain skills namely reading, writing, listening reasoning, and mathematics.
Learning disability is often identified by
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School psychologists, clinical psychologists, and neuropsychologists through a combination of intelligence testing, academic achievement testing.
- Classroom performance, social interaction, and aptitude.
- Other areas of assessment include perception, cognition, memory, attention, and language abilities. The resulting information is used to determine whether a child is achieving at his / her potential.
Learning disability is a syndrome found in children of normal or above intelligence characterized by specific difficulties in learning to-
| Dyslexia |
Reading disability |
| Dysgraphia |
Writing disability |
| Dysphasia |
Speech and language disorders |
| Dyscalculia |
Mathematics disability |
| Dyspraxia |
Difficulty with motor skills |
| Dysnomia |
An inability to retrieve or recall appropriate words for oral or return language |
NOTE:
Characteristics of learning disabled (LD) children-
- Hyperactivity
- Perceptual motor impairments
- Emotional liability (frequent shifts in the emotional mood)
- General coordination deficits
- Attention disorders (short attention span distractibility, perseverance)
- Impulsivity
- Specific academic problems ( reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling)
- Speech and hearing disorders
Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that you identify a child with a learning disability by administering intelligence tests.
