Learning disabilities is the truth of many children with special needs. Learning disabilities are those disabilities in which the children face problems with reading, writing and comprehending. There are various types of learning disabilities, which can hamper the prospect of child’s growth and development in his school. Being deficient or different to his classmates in any way is mentally traumatizing to a child. Thus, it is imperative to get help for such children so that their skills can be developed.

What constitutes as learning disability?

There are a variety of factors that can draw the conclusion that your child has a learning disability. When a kid is young, he is bound to face many problems in reading and writing. But as he grows up all the problems slowly dissipates. However, the problem never really dissipates for a child with special needs. His problems grow as he has trouble associating one thing with the other. The factors that can help you to determine whether you child has a learning disability varies from child to child based on his age. Keep a close eye on the development and progress of your child in comparison with the other kids of his age so that you can easily identify the symptoms of learning disability.

Types of learning disability          

There are many types of learning disabilities. Learning disabilities can basically be of two types. Either they occur as standalone learning problems or they occur as a part of some other psychological problems. Dyslexia is one learning disability where the child has problems reading, dyscalculia is another where the child faces problems solving maths, dysgraphia deals with the problems in writing and aphasia is a problem where the child has a problem with any kind of spoken languages. Other than that, ADHD and autism may also worsen the situation of a child and burden him with learning problems too.

Treatments for learning disabilities

For children with learning disabilities, you need to seek out special programs, which will help the child to learn. The primary thing you have got to remember is that a child with learning disability is like any other child. All he needs is a little extra time and some out of the box and innovative measures, which will make him, learn the same things as those of his classmates. You can also go for those professional learning disability treatments, which look forward to making the life of these children a tad bit easier. Some measures of treatment are-

• Special teaching techniques- instead of going the same old way about education, the teacher uses some unique multisensory teaching techniques. These multisensory techniques aim at involving all the sense organs of a child and thus help him to grasp the concept faster.
• Use of technology- Use of technology is another great way to help out such a child. Why make the kid write when he can speak and the voice to words translator will type it on its own? Why make him remember a question when he can tape it and listen to it whenever he wants?
• Psychological help- This can help a child a lot in developing his lost self-esteem and can motivate him further.

There are many institutes too where you can enrol your kid for better learning and progress.