LEARNING DISABILITES
Learning disabilities is
defined, in Minnesota Special Education Due Process Standards Manual, as
a condition
within the individual affecting
learning relative to potential.
1. A specific learning disability is manifested by interference with the
acquisition organization,
storage, retrieval, manipulation, or expression of information so that
the individual does not learn
at adequate rate when provided with the usual developmental opportunities
and instruction from a
regular school environment.
2. A specific learning disability is demonstrated by a significant discrepancy
between a pupil's
general intellectual ability and academic achievement in one or more of
the following areas:
oral expression, listening comprehension, mathematical calculation or mathematics
reasoning,
basic reading skills, reading comprehension, and written expression
In short in means that a child learns slower than his peers and may be
having trouble
keeping his /her grades up. The areas most commonly affected are reading,
math,
listening comprehension, and written expression.