What Are Learning Disabilities? Learning disabilities are problems that affect the brain's ability to receive, process, analyze, or store information. These problems can make it difficult for a student to learn as quickly as someone who isn't affected by learning disabilities.
2. LEARNING DISABILITIES
3. National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) 1980’s NJCLD: A heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasonin g or mathematical abilities. These disorders are intrinsic to the individual and presumed to be due to Central Nervous System Dysfunction.
4. Concept of LD (2000): Strong converging evidence supports the validity of the concept of specific learning disabilities (SLD). This evidence is particularly impressive because it converges across different indicators and methodologies. The central concept of SLD involves disorders of learning and cognition that are intrinsic to the individual. SLD are specific in the sense that these disorders each significantly affect a relatively narrow range of academic and performance outcomes…
5. …SLD may occur in combination with other disabling con