Children grow at an incredible rate. Parents watch in amazement as a beautiful child child suddenly becomes a child, then pre-schooler, and so on. Suddenly a small developing the points are consistent attention to meet their needs for self-sufficient child who wants to do everything for him / herself. Babies and toddlers are different and develop their skills at different rates. However, the study of child growth and development, there are established time in which to expect a physical, cognitive and behavioral development occurs. Early identification of developmental delays is critical for recovery of any affected area of delay.
One of the areas in need of early identification of problems is that of literacy reading and writing skills. Children begin to acquire literacy skills for a very young age, before any parent even thinks about a potential problem in their child's ability to read and write. Emergent literacy actually begins at birth and continues throughout the year, before school starts! It was during the years of development of speech and language that young brains networking understanding and expressing their language systems - systems for the organization and relationships of ideas, thoughts and communication needs in a multi-sensory environment. May one be surprised that the foundations of reading and writing begin so early, but the truth is that children begin making appearances written information is very young and they watch and monitor your environment.
According to the regulations for Public Law (PL) 101-476, which is the right of persons with disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the definition of learning is "a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language, which can manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or do mathematical calculations. "National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 4.6 million people in the United States have some form of learning disability. learning disability may manifest itself with one or more of the following diagnosis: Dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, visual processing disorder, Dysgraphia, attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) / attention deficit hyperactivity deficit (ADHD), reading disorder, Alexia, or sensory integration disorder (SID ).
It is important to know that learning disabilities is possible. Critical to this is to identify potential learning difficulties at an early stage in the development process. The attack early deficits can help significantly the ability of the child to establish the foundation necessary for reading and writing. If a child starts school without these base functions, the ability to learn the requirements over time it will be difficult for a child. Some of the early warning signs of possible learning problems reported in the literature are as follows:
- late talkers based on developmental scales and limited knowledge of vocabulary and expression.
- Delay in motor development, such as walking, standing, pulling up or holding / manipulating objects.
- Lack of interest in books and nursery rhymes, or understanding of rhyming words.
- Difficulty in remembering names and letters are related to their sounds.
- Problems in saying the alphabet or counting.
- Inability to understand simple instructions and remember the routines.
- Difficulty in paying attention and being easily distracted.
- Understanding the basic problem of language information
Learning is like building a building, that would have to build strength and stability, a solid foundation must first be laid. Without this foundation, the structure will not sustain continued growth upwards. As a speech / language pathologist for many years and one that specializes in processing and learning disorders, I understand the frustration of parents when their children are identified with learning difficulties or problems after attending school for two, three or more years. Each school class is building a learning process without a solid foundation, the children can understand and learn more advanced material content. For children identified late, filling the gap becomes very difficult or sometimes to this problem is to help children before they even start pre-K for the Development basics that they need to learn basic academic skills. Simply learning activities and learning strategies may be involved in the child's normal to explore the day to encourage the development of neural network patterns necessary for learning success.
In short, success can most effectively be obtained for children at risk for learning problems and disabilities early identification of delays. Development and incremental physical, cognitive, and language acquisition are fundamental to learning. It is essential that the underlying cause of the problem will be discovered and remedied the building blocks of learning how to successfully take place. With early and accurate diagnosis, children are dealing with disorders affecting learning can achieve more productive and efficient in the pursuit of personal life goals and ambitions.
