How To Help Children & Youth Affected By Learning Difficulties/Disabilities
Children & youth with learning difficulties have difficulty learning, regardless of their intelligence. There are many different kinds of learning difficulties. Learning difficulties can affect listening, speaking, thinking, organizing, remembering, reading, spelling, writing. Without help, learning difficulties can limit a child or youth’s future. Social relations and self-esteem can also be very difficult because social cues are not noticed/learned. May be caused by and complicated by a combination of: genetic factors; physical or neurological challenges with hearing/vision; discomfort from emotional and physical traumas (falls, accidents and abuses of all kinds); exposure to environmental pollutants; nutritional imbalances; fevers; prolonged stress of any kind. Occasionally a lack of training can be mistaken for a learning difficulty. Children & youth have an even harder time when they are stigmatized and stereotyped as being damaged, not intelligent, lazy.
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On Our Own We Would Try: • Less or No TV, Movies, Video/Computer Games • Bedtime Stories and Chats • Back Rubs and Foot Massages • Replace sodas, juices, sugars, fats, fast foods with water, veggies, whole grains, nuts, protein, fruit, slow food • Long Walks/Hikes • Wholesome Pleasures • Nature • Pets |
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For Parents: • Get a medical/psychological evaluation as soon as you notice difficulties. • Try to find practitioners who are supportive of the above practices. • Check out gluten allergies. • Have enjoyable activities based on what the child or youth likes to do and is good at. • Keep life interesting but simple. • Calm homes are easier for kids with these challenges. • Get help and support from the many resources you can find on the Internet, at your local school, through your medical team. |