Learning about Learning Disabilities

Learning disabilities are neurologically-based processing problems. These processing problems can interfere with learning basic skills such as reading, writing and/or math.  They can also interfere with higher level skills such as organization, time planning, abstract reasoning, long or short term memory and attention.  It is important to realize that learning disabilities can affect an individual’s life beyond academics and can impact relationships with family, friends and in the workplace. Moreover, learning disabilities should not be confused with learning problems which are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor handicaps; of mental retardation; of emotional disturbance; or of environmental, cultural or economic disadvantages.

It should be noted that a learning disability cannot be cured or fixed; it is a lifelong challenge. However, with appropriate support and intervention, people with learning disabilities can achieve success in school, at work, in relationships, and in the community.

Prepared by: GÖZDE SIZAN, my teaching assistant at The School of Foreign Languages, Boğaziçi University

FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE TOPIC

• Listening: What are learning disabilities and how to cope with them?

                https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/learning-disabilities.html?WT.ac=p-ra

• Prezi: Learning Disabilities by Alyssa Tharp

                https://prezi.com/pnajkwafyxoo/learning-disabilities/

• A short film on Learning Disabilities - Progressive Education Schools (9 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmNdTmZQc18

• Learning Disabilities and Their Symptoms

http://www.helpguide.org/articles/learning-disabilities/learning-disabilities-and-disorders.htm

• How to cope with learning disabilities

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/08/getting-the-most-out-of-working-with-a-learning-disability/261263/

• Listening: Learning Development and Difficulties by LearnFast Education (8 videos)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dytLydNVgkU&list=PL4234573C8FCA1009

COMMON TYPES OF LEARNING DISABILITIES

DYSCALCULIA - difficulty with math

• Understanding Dyscalculia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyscalculia/understanding-dyscalculia#item0

• Symptoms of Dyscalculia
• https://dsf.net.au/what-is-dyscalculia/

• Prezi: Dyscalculia by James Braun

                https://prezi.com/jhvluozo8hbc/dyscalculia/

• My world without numbers | Line Rothmann by TEDx Talks (12 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPFv_EDnvY

DYSLEXIA - difficulty reading

• Learning Dyslexia by Listening

http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/dyslexia.html

• Prezi: Dyslexia by Colleen Packman

                https://prezi.com/kalt-t7fmnt0/dyslexia/

• I have Dyslexia. What does it mean?

                http://dyslexia.yale.edu/whatisdyslexia.html

• Dyslexia Explained: What's It Like Being Dyslexic? by Nessy (8 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEpBujdee8M

• A Short Film about Dyslexia by GRIMFilm (7 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaQfuxODpog

• Test for Dyslexia: 37 Common Traits

https://www.dyslexia.com/about-dyslexia/signs-of-dyslexia/test-for-dyslexia-37-signs/

• The True Gifts of a Dyslexic Mind | Dean Bragonier | TEDxMarthasVineyard by TEDx Talk (17 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dPyzFFcG7A

DYSGRAPHIA - difficulty with writing

• Dyslexic Advantage | What is Dysgraphia? by Dyslexic Advantage (3 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMfl5kqSWmk

• Symptoms of a Teenager with Dysgraphia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/dysgraphia-what-youre-seeing-in-your-high-schooler

• Understanding Dysgraphia https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/understanding-dysgraphia

• Prezi: Dysgraphia by Sarandon Landers

                https://prezi.com/eeo6lqj8oeef/dysgraphia/

• The Difference Between Dysgraphia and Dyslexia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/the-difference-between-dysgraphia-and-dyslexia

DYSPRAXIA - difficulty with fine motor skills

• Dyspraxia by FixersUK (3 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssfbXEc3tKc

• What is Dyspraxia?

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/dyspraxia

• Prezi: Dysapraxia by Kathryn Russel

                https://prezi.com/e-x8wwz8gsak/dyspraxia/

• Dyspraxia Children: How to Help (2 mins)

                http://www.dystalk.com/talks/94-dyspraxia-children-how-to-help

• Childhood dyspraxia: James' story by NHS Choices (4 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncnVYonMA5Y

DYSPHASIA/APHASIA - difficulty with language

• What is Aphasia?

                http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/aphasia/Pages/Introduction.aspx

• Prezi: Broca’s Aphasia by Rose Jansen

                https://prezi.com/xcw8baxzu6ud/brocas-aphasia/

• Aphasia: The disorder that makes you lose your words - Susan Wortman-Jutt by TED-Ed (6 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GsVhbmecJA

• Wernicke's aphasia by Canale di cogmonaut (2 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTdMV6cOZw

• Broca’s Aphasia by Megan Shevekhman (6 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tbSSgUGgrY

• Aphasia - Imagine life without words by Understanding Aphasia (7 mins)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGyOKItHS9Y

AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER (APD) - difficulty hearing differences between sounds

• Learn more about APD by listening

                http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/central-auditory.html

• What is APD?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/auditory-processing-disorder/understanding-auditory-processing-disorder

• Prezi: Auditory Processing Disorder by Jamie Goehring

                https://prezi.com/d1r_xbukf_ix/auditory-processing-disorder/

• What is Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)? by Gemm Learning (2 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq4EXctw-wc

• Causes, Symptoms and More: Auditory Processing Disorder by LearnFast Education (6 videos)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoGhWpVdnHE&list=PLD954C3D2AF657812

• Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) - How does it feel like? (4 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzegGXoZY30

VISUAL PROCESSING  DISORDER – difficulty interpreting visual information

• Listening: Visual Impairment

                http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/visual-impairment.html?ref=search

• Visual Processing Issues

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/visual-processing-issues/understanding-visual-processing-issues

• Prezi: Visual Processing Disorder by NJ

                https://prezi.com/zaly5i7psk_l/visual-processing-disorder/

• What are the differences between Dyslexia and Visual Processing Disorder?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/the-difference-between-dyslexia-and-visual-processing-issues

• Visual Problems & Dyslexia by dystalk (11 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gj2jQvG0LU

• Visual Processing Disorder by Cameron Matabuena

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=464wT_ose6M

• A Child's View of Sensory Processing by ESGWNRM (10 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1G5ssZlVUw

OTHER DISORDERS THAT MAKE LEARNING DIFFICULT

ADHD - difficulty focusing

• Learn more about ADHD by listening

                https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/adhd.html?WT.ac=t-ra

• Prezi: ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) by  Shevanie Singh

https://prezi.com/magqehnxedqt/adhd-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder/

• Let Me Be Your Camera - Understanding ADHD - ADHDPerkins (3mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyOdenFEwnQ

• 10 Tips for Going to College With ADHD

                http://childmind.org/article/10-tips-going-college-adhd/

• What ADHD Feels Like by BuzzFeedVideo (3mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL483G4xKu0

• ADHD As A Difference In Cognition, Not A Disorder: Stephen Tonti by TEDxTalks(14 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU6o2_UFSEY

AUTISM - pervasive developmental disorders

• Listening: Autism

http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/autism.html?ref=search

• What is Autism?

                http://www.autism.org.uk/about/what-is/asd.aspx

• What is Autism? Do you know the signs? by behaviorfrontiers (15 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbXjW-cX9kQ

• What is Autism? by ScottishAutism

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7JbMEyPxHs

• Living with Autism - Ky's Story by Autism Queensland (5 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4J59GY8DR4

• BBC - My Autism and Me by AutismAssociation’s Channel (15 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejpWWP1HNGQ

• Stranger In The Family (Autism Documentary) - Real Stories (52 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZOfjMXNPik

WHAT CAN BE DONE?

• Prezi: Learning disabilities in College Students

                https://prezi.com/gzjjqg_ecrrs/learning-disabilities-in-college-students/

• College Steps: Support for Students with Autism or Learning Disabilities by The College Steps (14 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLp-7Ylq5sw

• As They See It: Technology for Students with Learning Disabilities by Bookshare (4 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqMyXvjAapg

• Study tips for students with learning disabilities by WWLP-22News (7 mins)

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsvTgzGjLQc

• 10 Tips for College Students with Disabilities

                http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94728312