Specific Learning Disability (SLD) is a common developmental and neurobiological disorder of childhood that causes impairment in the functionality of one or more areas (Silver et al., 2007). The main feature of SLD is; It is the impairment that occurs in the child's cognitive processes, including reading, mathematics and written expression skills, despite the normal level of mental development. SLD is a heterogeneous disorder that manifests itself with significant difficulties in acquiring and using listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning and mathematical abilities. It is thought that these disorders are related to the structure of the individual, result from disorders in the functioning of the central nervous system (CNS), and will last a lifetime (Hammil, 1990; Korkmazlar and Driver, 2007).
In order to diagnose SLD, the child's intelligence level must first be measured, The difference between the actual success and the measured potential should be determined.
SLD is divided into different subclasses according to the damaged areas. These subclasses are: Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia
Dyscalculia is a SLD that affects the acquisition of arithmetic skills in a child with normal intelligence.
Dysgraphia is observed in both spelling and motor coordination areas. ; It is a SLD that causes slow, irregular or illegible handwriting. Dysgraphia causes writing to be distorted or inaccurate. This situation generally occurs in children when they start learning to write. Even though they are taught how to write, errors such as skipping letters, words and syllables, writing backwards, mixing letters, compound writing, separating syllables, adding words, misspelling words and spelling errors are seen in their writing. Other learning difficulties may also be observed in children with dysgraphia.
Dyslexia is a SLD that affects all aspects of language such as reading, writing and listening. The prevalence of dyslexia in school-age children is reported to be between 2% and 8% (Pratt and Patel, 2007). Dyslexia can be observed with difficulty in recognizing fingers, distinguishing right and left, visual scanning, learning sorting skills, learning to read analog clocks, and using spatial relations. As a result, dyslexia may involve more than just a difficulty in learning to read (Ardila, 1997)
Ö� To diagnose SLD, the child's intelligence level must first be measured and the difference between the actual success and measured potential must be determined.
SLD is divided into different subclasses according to the areas of impairment. These subclasses are: Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia
Dyscalculia is a SLD that affects the acquisition of arithmetic skills in a child with normal intelligence.
Dysgraphia is observed in both spelling and motor coordination areas. ; It is a SLD that causes slow, irregular or illegible handwriting. Dysgraphia causes writing to be distorted or inaccurate. This situation generally occurs in children when they start learning to write. Even though they are taught how to write, errors such as skipping letters, words and syllables, writing backwards, mixing letters, compound writing, separating syllables, adding words, misspelling words and spelling errors are seen in their writing. Other learning difficulties may also be observed in children with dysgraphia.
Dyslexia is a SLD that affects all aspects of language such as reading, writing and listening. The prevalence of dyslexia in school-age children is reported to be between 2% and 8% (Pratt and Patel, 2007). Dyslexia can be observed with difficulty in recognizing fingers, distinguishing right and left, visual scanning, learning sorting skills, learning to read analog clocks, and using spatial relations. As a result, dyslexia can involve more than just a difficulty in learning to read.
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