Symptoms of a Learning Disability
Symptoms of learning disabilities vary among individuals but could include many of the indicators listed below:
- Significant delay in any of the basic academic skills: reading, writing, mathematics
- Frustration with lack of performance
- Mixed dominance - example: write with left hand and bat right handed
- Directional confusion
- Similar learning problems in other family members
- Extreme difficulties in sequencing
- Slowed or delayed speech development
- Difficulty with time and time relationships
- Retrieval problems
- Poor motor control
- Problems with attention
- Disorganization
- Tendency toward reversals after 8 years old
- Poor oral reading
- Poor handwriting
- Inability to copy correctly
- Poor spelling
- Difficulty expressing thoughts verbally or in writing
- Behavior problems
- Leaks and lapses in memory
- Slow processing - takes longer than most to complete a task
- May have significant creativity/talents in one or more areas