Specialists in Identifying Learning Disabled

Individuals who are learning disabled possess average to above average intelligence but have difficulty acquiring, storing, and/or retrieving information in certain areas. The primary reason for this difficulty is thus not lack of intelligence-nor is it an emotional block, poor instruction, or a disadvantaged background. Rather, the reason is a deficit, apparently of neurological origin, in one or more specific cognitive processing abilities-for example, perception, symbolization, image-making, conceptualization. Such specific cognitive processing deficits can affect different content areas or social skills. When the deficits affect written language, the condition is called dysgraphia. Some of the symptoms may be illegible or unusual handwriting, frequent and bizarre mechanical errors, and incoherent or inappropriate style and content. Helmer