News, commentary, and resources about Learning Disabilities
Over on The Second Sight, EoR has a post that sensibly dismantles another bologna therapy. He does a pretty thorough job of the take-down and pin of this product that’s reputed to help people with Learning Disabilities.
Via Liz Ditz EoR was alerted to the Sensory Learning Program (SLP). At first viewing this appears to be a legitimate webpage, but cracks rapidly appear in the seeming semblence of truth.
Link to EoR’s review.
According to an English-language publication called The Nation, students with Learning Disabilities are being identified in Thailand. The article features comments by two academics and a school director. The report on Learning Disabilities does not present new or unusual data or perspectives. I note it because it represents the international understanding of the need for special education services for students with Learning Disabilities.
Many children with average or above-average intelligence struggle at school due to learning disabilities.
At least 5 per cent of school children could have some form of learning disability (LD), and the government is doing little to help, experts say.
“We have found learning disabilities in 5 to 10 per cent of children aged from four to 12 years old,” said Dr Kullaya Korsuwan, head of the Special Education Department at Srinakharinwirot University.
She explained a simple intelligence test could distinguish LD sufferers from slow learners.
LD was generally defined as a significant gap between a person’s intelligence and the skills the person had achieved at each age level.
Link to the article.
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