Common red flags for learning disabilities

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Common red flags for learning disabilities

Why is school so hard?

Common red flags for learning disabilities

Your child comes home from school and tells you that school is "sooo hard". How does a parent effectively respond after gritting their teeth and begrudgingly missing a golden opportunity…

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*few friends or lack of acceptance in any social group

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Misinterpretation of social cues

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Inability to respond appropriately to a specific audience - (e.g. berating a teacher or intruding into a conversation with peers)

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Missing parallel play from 5 yearsATTENTION

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Impulsiveness

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Inability to sit still

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Distractability

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*unorganized

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*keeps calling at school

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Continuously interrupts conversations with peers or adultsBEHAVE

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*oppositional/unruly

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Task refusal or avoidance

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Rejection of schoolREAD

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Difficulty pronouncing words

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Word recall for poor eyesight

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Letter confusion

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*poor reading fluencyUNDERSTANDING

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Confusion about word or sentence meaning

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Difficulties in sequencing events in a story

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Difficulty retelling details such as character name, problem or solutionRETENTION

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Inability to retain what is read

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Difficulty linking prior knowledge

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Difficulty keeping ABC, colors, etc.

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*constantly misspells words

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*spells words differently in the same documentMATHEMATICS

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*does not understand numbers

Common red flags for learning disabilities

* Difficulty distinguishing between left and right

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Difficulty visualizing math or geometry

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Calculation errors that are far away

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*inconsistent command of basic facts

Common red flags for learning disabilities

*Difficulty arranging general lists like days of the week or months of the yearSome common learning disabilities are dyslexia (difficulty reading, which may involve letter swaps in both reading and…

Common red flags for learning disabilities

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