Helping Kids with "Learning Disabilities"

Kids with disabilities - I thought this meant injury/disease etc, but actually it seems it is an umbrella term including learning disabilities. All kids in this category need an IEP (Individual Education Plan). It is good for us to be familiar with these procedures and definitions. The second snippet gives statistics of how many kids have what (for Australia).

Categories of disabilities:

• Learning disability (e.g. dyslexia, estimated around 20% primary kids underachieve in maths and literacy)
• Intellectual disability (e.g. brain damage, 1.2% of Australian population has this)
• Students with communication disorders (e.g. speech problems 5%, hearing problems
• Students with emotional or behavioural disorders (e.g. ADHD, depression, anxiety disorder etc)
• Students with physical/health impairments (e.g. cerebral palsy, epilepsy, asthma etc)

This is not about labelling, but incorporating techniques that help these kids achieve (e.g. velcro-backed laminated cards of all items to be packed into school bag with a buddy-checker for a kid who struggles severely with  being organised).

All the stuff pasted below (after IEPs) relates to Learning Disabilities.

Tips to help kids with Learning Disabilities:

How to identify kids with learning disabilities? What else do they struggle with?

Maths problems & Learned Helplessness

Teaching Techniques that can help:

More useful tips: