The impact of learning disabilities on correctional treatment

This article, therefore, examines how learning disabilities are defined and identified, their prevalence within the institutional population and, perhaps most important, how offender treatment or programming can accommodate the unique needs of offenders with learning disabilities. Defining learning disabilities Learning disabilities can best be described as a group of problems resulting from disorders in the receipt of information and its transmission to the brain. Individuals are born with learning disabilities, even though such conditions may not become evident until formal schooling begins. A person also does not outgrow a learning disability it usually remains present throughout their life.